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Baltics reaffirm commitment to new nuclear plant
Vilnius - The prime ministers of three Baltic states said Friday they remained committed to the joint construction of a new nuclear power station for the region in which Poland will also have a share. After talks in the Lithuanian capital Vilnius, th...

[Posted on : 2009-11-06 ] Category : [ Energy (Environment) ]

India, Sweden hold talks on climate change, energy
New Delhi - Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his Swedish counterpart, Fredrik Reinfeldt, Thursday held talks on a wide range of issues in hopes of providing a fresh impetus to bilateral ties in the areas of trade, energy and environment. Sing...

[Posted on : 2009-11-05 ] Category : [ Energy (Environment) ]

EU's Barroso urges Ukraine to avoid disruptions in gas supplies
Brussels - European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso on Thursday urged Ukraine to do everything in its power to prevent a repeat of last winter's gas crisis, in which a fight with Russia over money cut off supplies to much of Europe. Europea...

[Posted on : 2009-11-05 ] Category : [ Energy (Environment) ]

Iran favours purchase of nuclear fuel, envoy says - Summary
Vienna - Iran favours purchasing nuclear fuel for its research reactor, Tehran's UN ambassador in Vienna said Monday, indicating the country is reluctant to send uranium abroad for reprocessing. That would go against the concept favoured by the Unite...

[Posted on : 2009-11-02 ] Category : [ Energy (Environment) ]

Timor Sea oil rig catches fire
Sydney - A Thai oil exploration company said Sunday its leaking Timor Sea oil well had caught fire. The West Atlas drilling platform operated by PTTEP Australasia in the Montara field 690 kilometres west of Darwin has been leaking around 400 barrels ...

[Posted on : 2009-11-01 ] Category : [ Energy (Environment) ]

Lawmaker says Tehran reactor to be shut down
Tehran - A senior Iranian member of parliament said Saturday that Tehran's research reactor would be shut down in the near future, making the nuclear fuel deal with world powers irrelevant. The Tehran reactor will soon be replaced by the 40-megawatt...

[Posted on : 2009-10-31 ] Category : [ Energy (Environment) ]

ANALYSIS:Experts gloomy about Iranian uranium deal
Vienna - There is little hope that Iran will agree to an multinational deal to reduce its uranium stockpile, experts said Friday, as the plan has got caught up in Iran's fractious internal politics. While the United States, Russia and France have sai...

[Posted on : 2009-10-30 ] Category : [ Energy (Environment) ]

Commission pushes for details on Polish-Russian gas deal - Update
Warsaw - Polish gas monopoly PGNiG struck a deal with Russia's Gazprom for gas deliveries, while a parliamentary commission pressed for details, saying Poland was threatened by a gas shortage, the Polish Press Agency PAP reported. The Polish and Russ...

[Posted on : 2009-10-30 ] Category : [ Energy (Environment) ]

EU expresses 'grave concern'over Iran's nuclear programme
Brussels - The European Union renewed pressure on Iran on Friday by urging co-operation over its controversial nuclear programme and demanding the prompt release of EU citizens held in custody. The European Council reaffirms its grave concern over...

[Posted on : 2009-10-30 ] Category : [ Energy (Environment) ]

BACKGROUND: A Q&A on Iran's planned nuclear fuel deal
Tehran/Vienna - Tehran on Thursday replied to a proposal for a multinational nuclear fuel deal that was negotiated last week in Vienna, saying Iran's stance was positive but that changes to the deal are needed. Here are the outlines of the proposal d...

[Posted on : 2009-10-29 ] Category : [ Energy (Environment) ]

 

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