Scientists at the Energy and Bioproducts Institute at Aston University are to start a project to convert Indonesia's unwanted rice straw into low-cost energy on a commercial scale. Each year the ...

Thanks to their low toxicity, chemical stability, and remarkable electrical and optical properties, carbon-based nanomaterials are finding more and more applications across electronics, energy ...

Ecuador President Rafael Correa warned Monday that reports US intelligence played a role in a 2008 Colombian attack on FARC rebels in his country could threaten regional peace efforts. Over the ...

Portugal's electricity company EDP on Tuesday rejected as too low a takeover bid by its current largest shareholder, Chinese energy behemoth Three Gorges. Energias de Portugal (EDP), one of the ...

Yancoal Australia, a new firm created by the merger of Gloucester Coal and China's Yancoal, listed on the Australian Stock Exchange Thursday in the bourse's biggest debut in 18 months. Yancoal ...

World-class research supported by the Ontario government will help create jobs, develop new energy sources and fight climate change. The Ontario government is investing more than $5 million to support ...

America is one step closer to tapping into a new and potentially limitless clean energy source today, with the announcement from MIT spinout Commonwealth Fusion Systems (CFS) that it plans to build ...

PPL Montana plans to nearly double the amount of clean, renewable electricity produced at its Rainbow hydroelectric plant on the Missouri River near Great Falls by constructing a new powerhouse with a ...

Production sharing contracts for energy companies tasked with exploring Myanmar's onshore reserves should be signed in May, a planning official said Thursday. More than a dozen blocks for onshore ...

Plant-derived oils are widely used all over the world both for food and for industrial purposes. In recent years they have also attracted attention as raw materials for potential bio-fuels and ...

Exxon Mobil on Thursday became the first US company to win a contract since Iraq's oil industry was nationalised almost 40 years ago, further expanding the role of foreign nations in the industry. The ...

Juicing up your cell phone or iPod may take on a whole new meaning in the future. Researchers at Saint Louis University in Missouri have developed a fuel cell battery that runs on virtually any sugar ...