UK 'needs to cut' gas dependency
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The IEA says the UK should be less dependent on gas power, and develop nuclear and renewable energy sources.
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Prime Minister Gordon Brown will be advised to try and water down an EU target for all the bloc's countries to procure a fifth of their energy from renewable sources, The Guardian reported in an early edition of its Tuesday paper.
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As ministers from the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries meet in Cairo, there are calls for cuts in output to prevent the slide in oil prices accelerating with the seasonal decline in demand in the spring.
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Energy group Centrica said today that higher energy prices would weaken profitability at its British Gas division next year. Centrica said it would not increase household bills immediately but would absorb
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At a time when the nation is chafing at its dependence on foreign oil, it is becoming clear that the United States may be headed for the same situation with natural gas.
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The government will seek a 60% cut in UK carbon dioxide emissions by 2050 in its plan to tackle global warming.
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People need to be encouraged to offset carbon emissions despite recent criticism of some schemes, say MPs.
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Energy experts urged nations to move swiftly away from the use of coal and provide new options for the two billion people who still mostly cook in the dark on wood or dung fires.
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A potential gas source found on the moon&#39;s surface could hold the key to meeting future energy demands as the earth&#39;s fossil fuels dry up in the coming decades, scientists said.
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The UK is responsible for almost 30% more carbon dioxide than it reports, the conservation organisation WWF says. WWF&#39;s Living Planet Report 2004 says Britain counts only CO2 emitted by UK industry, power plants and vehicles.
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Solar and wind-power generators will reduce dependence on petroleum, which is increasingly hard (and dangerous) to procure.
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US energy policy over the long term will require new nuclear power plants, cleaner coal and cars that get more miles per gallon, experts said Wednesday.
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The UK might be "better off" with fewer - but larger and better-funded - chemistry departments, a leading academic says.
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Scottish & Southern is going to cut gas and electricity bills for its customers - but will not yet say by how much.
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Comment is free: Timothy Garton Ash: An interdependent world faces many challenges. Britain should promote a coalition of democracies to tackle them.
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At least two of the roughly dozen liquefied natural gas plants proposed for New England and eastern Canada must get built by 2010 to ensure New England has adequate supplies of gas for heating and power generation, President Bush's top energy regulator said yesterday.
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New England badly needs new supplies of liquefied natural gas, the country's top energy regulator said yesterday, but he's skeptical of calls for regional decision-making about where to put controversial LNG unloading and storage facilities.