For all the excitement over Wyoming coal making its way to Chinese power plants, the trend reveals a dampening outlook for the industry here in the United States. Coal proponents and opponents alike seem to agree that the lack of a U.S. energy policy hasn’t served anybody well, including the mining industry.

• Date: 21.01.2011  |  Published on EGF: 21.01.2011  |  Energy  |  from newwest.net

China may reach an initial agreement with Russia on natural gas pricing - a subject of great contention for years - by the middle of 2011, industry experts close to the matter said.

• Date: 21.01.2011  |  Published on EGF: 21.01.2011  |  Energy  |  from ce.cn

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin will meet with his Belarusian counterpart Mikhail Myasnikovich to discuss economic and energy cooperation.

• Date: 20.01.2011  |  Published on EGF: 20.01.2011  |  Energy  |  from rian.ru

Bulgaria was still hesitating to build the Belene nuclear power plant and to participate in the South Stream pipeline construction, Energy Minister Traicho Traikov said here Tuesday.

• Date: 19.01.2011  |  Published on EGF: 19.01.2011  |  Energy  |  from ce.cn

Estonian state-owned energy company Eesti Energia has purchased 90% of bio-energy producer Valkas bioenergijas kompanija shares, newspaper Dienas Bizness reports. Valkas bioenergijas kompanija was renamed Enefit Power&Heat Valka yesterday.

• Date: 19.01.2011  |  Published on EGF: 19.01.2011  |  Energy  |  from baltic-course.com

Georgian Prime Minister participated in the 4th World Future Energy Summit held in Abu Dhabi

• Date: 19.01.2011  |  Published on EGF: 19.01.2011  |  Energy  |  from news.az

Kiev signed a two-year agreement with a Belarusian oil company for guaranteed supplies of oil through the Odessa-Brody pipeline, an energy official said.

• Date: 19.01.2011  |  Published on EGF: 19.01.2011  |  Energy  |  from upi.com

Estonia on Friday signed a $1.3 billion contract to build power stations, the largest investment in the Baltic state's 20-year history.

• Date: 18.01.2011  |  Published on EGF: 18.01.2011  |  Energy  |  from hurriyetdailynews.com