A day after Germany announced it will phase out all its 17 nuclear plants by 2022, German Chancellor Angela Merkel Tuesday agreed to help India in areas related to nuclear safety and pledged support for the development of renewable energy.

• Date: 31.05.2011  |  Published on EGF: 31.05.2011  |  Energy  |  from inewsone.com

Turkish President Abdullah Gul met with his counterpart in Turkmenistan on Monday for urgent talks thought to be related to $1 billion in outstanding bills owed to Turkish construction companies that have revamped the capital city.

• Date: 31.05.2011  |  Published on EGF: 31.05.2011  |  External Relations  |  from Yahoo news

The construction of the third electricity transmission line from Iran to Armenia, with the capacity of 800-900 mega watt, will start within two weeks, Iranian IRNA news agency quoted Iranian Energy Minister Majid Namjoo as saying

• Date: 30.05.2011  |  Published on EGF: 30.05.2011  |  Energy  |  from arka.am

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

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