Concerns about climate change, carbon footprints, energy security and the rising cost of fossil fuels spurred a revival of interest in nuclear power generation. In early 2010 we saw the start of a of a global civil nuclear renaissance

• Date: 28.05.2011  |  Published on EGF: 28.05.2011  |  Energy  |  from marketoracle.co.uk

Nations united over Libya as Cameron says pressure on Tripoli beginning to tell – but G8 rift remains over Syria

• Date: 28.05.2011  |  Published on EGF: 28.05.2011  |  Energy  |  from guardian.co.uk

A new round of energy talks are soon to be held within the larger framework of Russian-Chinese economic cooperation. Russian Deputy Prime Minister Igor Sechin and his Chinese counterpart, Wang Qishan, will discuss the current conditions of and prospects for cooperation in the energy sector, particularly with regard to oil and gas, which have become a major component of Russian-Chinese bilateral relations.

• Date: 27.05.2011  |  Published on EGF: 27.05.2011  |  Energy  |  from rian.ru

If South Stream is built, Caspian gas would be bought up by Gazprom and shipped via Russia through the Black Sea pipeline, undermining the rationale of the Southern Corridor. It would also have an impact on Ukraine's economy and politics

• Date: 26.05.2011  |  Published on EGF: 26.05.2011  |  Energy  |  from indiatimes.com

Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych said he wants to pursue European Union membership for the former Soviet republic that is also being wooed by a Russian-led customs union with the lure of lower natural-gas prices.

• Date: 25.05.2011  |  Published on EGF: 25.05.2011  |  Markets  |  from businessweek.com

Royal Dutch Shell will shut its Caspian office for the giant Kashagan oil field at the end of this month, effectively putting the crucial £30bn ($50bn) project on ice for at least two years.

• Date: 25.05.2011  |  Published on EGF: 25.05.2011  |  Energy  |  from telegraph.co.uk

The fourth trilateral summit held in Tokyo on Sunday expanded cooperation amongst China, Japan, and South Korea and proposed new targets, which injected new vitality into the exchange and cooperation in Northeast Asia.

• Date: 24.05.2011  |  Published on EGF: 24.05.2011  |  External Relations  |  from People's Daily

Head of Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) Fereidoon Abbasi said the Bushehr nuclear power plant would join the national grid soon, semi-official ISNA news agency reported

• Date: 24.05.2011  |  Published on EGF: 24.05.2011  |  Energy  |  from People's Daily