The Asian Development Bank (ADB) today announced an Asian solar energy initiative (ASEI) to generate some 3,000 megawatts of solar power over the next three years.

• May 3, 2010

Iran will never accept swapping its low-enriched uranium (LEU) with nuclear fuel abroad, a senior adviser to the country’s top authority said on Friday, making clear Tehran’s continued defiance in a row with global powers.

• May 1, 2010

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has proposed merging Gazprom, the world's largest gas firm, with Ukraine's state gas company, Naftogaz.

• May 1, 2010

Iran will never accept swapping its low-enriched uranium (LEU) with nuclear fuel abroad, a senior adviser to the country’s top authority said on Friday, making clear Tehran’s continued defiance in a row with global powers.

• May 1, 2010

Viru County Court ordered Estonia-based state power company Eesti Energia (Estonian Energy) to pay an energy enterprise Baltic Energy Partners (BEP) 3.1 million kroons in compensation of damages, BBN/LETA reports, referring to Aripaev.

• May 1, 2010

Oil from an undersea well is spreading in the Gulf of Mexico after a drilling rig exploded and sank. Platforms in Europe's North Sea are much safer as they are permanently anchored in place and less likely to sink.

• April 30, 2010

Russia is launching a new all-out offensive on the European energy market.

• April 29, 2010

Renewable power devices in the North Sea could help supply electricity to Scotland, continental Europe and North Africa, a new study suggests.

• April 29, 2010