WASHINGTON, Jan. 19 (UPI) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Electricity Advisory Committee released three reports on generation, transmission and storage of electricity.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 23 (UPI) -- Improvements to Russian nuclear security agreed to by the leaders of Russia and the United States will be completed by year's end, a report said Tuesday.

President-elect Barack Obama's energy team leaders received votes of approval from a number of quarters Tuesday, although not everyone's happy about their policy stances.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 12 (UPI) -- President-elect Barack Obama's choice as U.S. energy secretary was another bold surprise. He picked the first Nobel Prize winner and the first Asian-American ever to hold the job.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 10 (UPI) -- The United States will need a second nuclear depository unless the site at Yucca Mountain in Nevada is enlarged, the U.S. energy secretary said Tuesday.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 26 (UPI) -- Nearly 30 years of U.S. sanctions have left Iran's energy industry in a parlous state. Speaking at the opening ceremony of the first National Stakeholder System Development Congress in Oil Industry, Iran's Deputy Oil Minister Hamdollah Mohammadnejad candidly stated that Iran needs foreign investment of $14 billion annually over the next decade to sustain and improve its energy infrastructure.

BAKU, Azerbaijan, Nov. 17 (UPI) -- The war in Georgia shows the geopolitical significance of the regional energy sector as Kazakhstan moves hesitantly in pipeline quarters.

BAKU, Azerbaijan, Nov. 14 (UPI) -- Washington opposes the formation of a gas troika between Russia, Iran and Qatar, the U.S. energy secretary said on the sidelines of an energy summit in Baku.

BAKU, Azerbaijan, Nov. 14 (UPI) -- Energy security and improvements in the infrastructure in Azerbaijan may bring several areas to light for regional cooperation, the Azeri president said Friday.