The electricity industry is spending billions on building new, transnational power lines to harness electricity from renewable energy sources. The intelligent grid is designed to make distribution more reliable and efficient, but are consumers playing along?

• Date: 13.05.2010  |  Published on EGF: 13.05.2010  |  Energy  |  from spiegel.de

Last week China's Dongfang Electric Corporation signed an agreement on building the Stanari thermo-electric plant in the Serb Republic whose investor is the EFT [Energy Financing Team] group.

• Date: 13.05.2010  |  Published on EGF: 13.05.2010  |  Energy  |  from pennenergy.com

Congressional investigators say the device meant to halt an oil leak after the Gulf of Mexico rig blast was faulty.

• Date: 13.05.2010  |  Published on EGF: 13.05.2010  |  Energy  |  from bbc.co.uk

David Cameron is preparing for his first cabinet meeting as UK prime minister, as he puts the finishing touches to his historic coalition government.

• Date: 13.05.2010  |  Published on EGF: 13.05.2010  |  Markets  |  from bbc.co.uk

India has conveyed to Tehran that it had a major role in stabilizing the situation in Afghanistan and that India would cherish its support in handling the developing situation in that country.

• Date: 13.05.2010  |  Published on EGF: 13.05.2010  |  External Relations  |  from IndiaTimes

Conservative Party leader David Cameron has been named Britain's new prime minister, taking over from Gordon Brown who resigned. Cameron said he would seek a coalition with the Liberal Democrats.

• Date: 12.05.2010  |  Published on EGF: 12.05.2010  |  Markets  |  from Deutsche Welle

Noting that Sino-Indian border disputes still existed, defence minister A K Antony said the two governments had evolved mechanisms to talk about these disputes.

• Date: 12.05.2010  |  Published on EGF: 12.05.2010  |  External Relations  |  from IndiaTimes

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev arrived in Turkey on Tuesday to broach relations in the volatile South Caucasus region and seal several energy deals.

• Date: 12.05.2010  |  Published on EGF: 12.05.2010  |  Energy  |  from guardian.co.uk