French energy group EDF on Thursday announced a further delay to the launch of its next generation EPR nuclear reactor, another setback for its $11.6 billion project.
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Miranda Shreuers is director of the Environmental Policy Research Center at the Free University in Berlin. She was asked to join the commission to determine Germany's nuclear policy after the…
A misguided faith in the complete safety of atomic power was a key factor in Japan's 2011 Fukushima accident, the UN nuclear watchdog said in its most comprehensive report on the disaster.
Iranian Fuel Conservation Company has set a lofty target and plans to cut Iran's energy intensity—the world standard for measuring how efficient an economy is at using energy—by half within six…
Most OPEC members would like to see crude prices at $70 to $80 a barrel and the producer group does not need to coordinate with other oil suppliers to determine output levels, Iran's Oil Minister…
Russia will not limit the access to its oilfields for foreign companies despite sanctions, the country's Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Sergei Donskoi said on…
Gas production in Toos Gas Field in northeast Iran is expected to reach 4 million cubic meters per day, technical director of East Oil and Gas Production Company said on Wednesday.
Plans have been devised to build a wind farm using turbines in the Azerbaijan Republic, said the managing director of MAPNA Group's Renewable Energy Production Company.
Akbar Adibfar…
The Iranian government is working to introduce crude oil to the Iran Energy Exchange's repertoire of commodities, after successfully hosting the trading of export-grade fuel oil.
IRNEX was…
Oil prices fell on Tuesday after the largest surge in crude prices was triggered by the OPEC's hint that it might cut production in future and the US lowered output estimates due to the prospects…
Iran has exported 57 million liters of diesel to Afghanistan via Doqaroun border since March 2015.
Director of National Iranian Oil Refining and Distribution Company in Khorasan Razavi…
The representative of the Egyptian Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources said the gas field, discovered by the Italian giant ENI, will enable Egypt to live without importing gas for at least…
The use of natural gas for electricity generation is a priority for South Africa, as the country seeks to address present-day power shortages and rising energy needs, said Energy Minister…
Oil companies are unlikely to invest in Arctic drilling in the short run as energy prices remain low, but will not turn away from the region in the long run, former US assistant secretary of…
The number of Japanese nuclear reactors likely to restart in the next few years has halved, hit by legal challenges and worries about meeting tougher safety standards imposed in the wake of the…
The 1,040-megawatt Siah Bisheh Power Plant was inaugurated in a ceremony attended by First Vice President Es'haq Jahangiri and Energy Minister Hamid Chitchian, Managing Director of Iran Water and…
A string of solar panels at the Pardisan Park in northwest Tehran became operational on Sunday.
A total of 144 panels deployed in the southern parking space of the 270-hectare park can…
Gazprom exported 13.6 billion cubic meters of gas to Europe and Turkey in August. According to the company’s data obtained by TASS, in August 2014, exports amounted to 11.13 billion cubic meters,…
France’s oil and gas giant Total said it hopes to dispose of $5.5 billion worth of its minor assets this year to boost revenues at a time of depressed oil prices.
Indian Oil Corp. is seeking to build a $3 billion petrochemical plant in Iran, according to people with direct knowledge of the matter.
The plan hinges on assurances from Iran that the 1…
Italian energy group Eni announced it had discovered the largest known gas field in the Mediterranean off the Egyptian coast, predicting the find could help meet Egypt's gas needs for decades to…
Iran's Oil Ministry is sweetening its oil contracts to attract foreign investments, which is expected to be finalized in three weeks.
"We are trying to gain access to regional and global…
The cost of producing electricity from renewable sources like solar and wind has dropped significantly in the past five years, while rising for power generated from natural gas, coal and nuclear,…
The expansion of national gas network not only generates more jobs, but also creates energy security, the managing director of National Iranian Gas Company said.
Hamidreza Araqi added that…
Water scarcity in three southern Iranian cities of Bandar Abbas, Bushehr and Kerman is "alarming", Energy Minister Hamid Chitchian warned on Monday, adding that the ministry is mulling water…
