Hong Kong shares climbed early Wednesday as heavyweights HSBC Holdings PLC and Chinese lenders advanced despite weak overseas cues on more bargain-buying and as China Coal Energy Co. jumped after better-than-expected results.

• Date: 17.08.2011  |  Published on EGF: 17.08.2011  |  Energy  |  from marketwatch.com

A meeting was held with a delegation from the Afghani Ministry of Mines at the Turkmen Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources, the "Neutral Turkmenistan" newspaper said.

• Date: 16.08.2011  |  Published on EGF: 16.08.2011  |  Energy  |  from trend.az

Iran welcomes Russia's latest proposals for restarting the dialogue on Tehran's atom program, top nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili said Tuesday after meeting with his Russian counterpart Nikolai Patrushev, the state television's website reported.

• Date: 16.08.2011  |  Published on EGF: 16.08.2011  |  Energy  |  from ynetnews.com

The Ethiopian Petroleum Enterprise (EPE) is to import coal from South Africa with the aim of securing a sustainable supply of coal as an alternative source of energy for cement factories in Ethiopia, Fortune has learnt.

• Date: 16.08.2011  |  Published on EGF: 16.08.2011  |  Energy  |  from allafrica.com

Wind power is resultant from uneven heating of the Earth`s surface from the Sun and the warm centre. Most modern wind power is generated in the form of electricity by converting the rotation of turbine blades into Wind Energy into electrical current through an electrical generator. Windmills is a much older technology that generated wind energy and is used to turn mechanical machinery to do physical work, like crushing grain or pumping water.

• Date: 15.08.2011  |  Published on EGF: 15.08.2011  |  Energy  |  from businesswire.com

Leaders and experts at the forefront of the global clean energy movement will be convening at the Hawai'i Convention Center for the 3rd Annual Asia Pacific Clean Energy Summit and Expo, to be hosted by the State of Hawai'i on September 13-15 in Honolulu.

• Date: 15.08.2011  |  Published on EGF: 15.08.2011  |  Energy  |  from kotatv.com

Japan is considering joining a U.S.-led global nuclear compensation treaty in a bid to fend off excessive overseas damage claims related to nuclear accidents, the Nikkei newspaper reported on Sunday, without citing sources.

• Date: 15.08.2011  |  Published on EGF: 15.08.2011  |  External Relations  |  from cnbc.com

That’s a very specific part of the program to be aiming at and there’s good reason for that too.

• Date: 13.08.2011  |  Published on EGF: 13.08.2011  |  Energy  |  from forbes.com