WASHINGTON, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- The emphasis on ethanol this year has seen it promoted as everything from a panacea for U.S. reliance on foreign oil to the fuel that will bring back jobs to th
WASHINGTON, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- The U.S. nuclear power industry ends 2006 optimistic as what has been dubbed a "nuclear renaissance" is on the horizon and applications for the first new nuclea
NEW DELHI, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- Power tariff in India may go up as the government has decided to revise coal royalty rates, shifting from present specific rate to ad Valorum system.
RASNODAR, Russia, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- Drilling began Thursday at the first prospective oil well on the Sea of Azov shelf, the Priazovneft Company announced.
BAKERSFIELD, Calif., Dec. 29 (UPI) -- California-based Tri-Valley Corp. announced its drilling subsidiary, Great Valley Drilling Company, LLC, purchased a a new drill for drilling geothermal wells.
BEIJING, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- China Guodian Corp. announced it has agreed to invest $2.81 billion with its partner to build a coal mine and power plant in the northeastern province of Heilon
NEW DELHI, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- India's Petroleum Ministry says it has proposed zero customs duty on capital goods imported for new refineries and their expansions.
DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- The Tanzania Electric Supply Co. announced Thursday that hydropower would be the main source of electricity and rations would be lifted in the new year.
CORVALLIS, Ore., Dec. 29 (UPI) -- An engineering professor at Oregon State University has helped to design a miniature wind turbine that is better suited for powering buildings in more populated
DAYVILLE, Conn., Dec. 29 (UPI) -- International gas company BG Group announced it has agreed to purchase a Connecticut power plant, its second recent buy into the New England market.
ROCKVILLE, Md., Dec. 29 (UPI) -- U.S. nuclear regulators have issued a Georgia nuclear plant with a $104,000 fine for losing highly radioactive parts of fuel rods.
NEW DELHI, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- India has announced a gas pipeline and city gas-distribution policy inviting private participation and allowing companies to have a time-bound monopoly to sell
The past year has seen landmark legislative support for solar in the United States; testing on the world's largest solar dish in Israel; and the announcement of
Petroleum-rich Nigeria led all of Africa's oil-producing states in two crucial categories in 2006: barrels produced per day and violence against foreign energy
MOSCOW, Dec. 27 (UPI) -- Russian Unified Energy System and the governor of Nizhny Novgorod announced an agreement Wednesday, investing more than $800 million in the power grid there.
MINSK, Belarus, Dec. 27 (UPI) -- If the gas price row between Russia and Belarus further escalates, supplies to Europe may be in danger, a top Belarus official said.
A one-of-a-kind 8 x 4 foot portrait of Marilyn Monroe made from 2,100 bite sized stuffed cupcakes stands in the lobby next to her wax figure on the eve of Marilyn Monroe's 86th birthday at Madame Tussauds in New York City on May 31, 2012. UPI/John Angelillo
