Driving through Kerry a few summers ago, I decided to drive the back road from Tralee to Listowel to take in a little-known piece of Irish history.

• Date: 29.12.2010  |  Published on EGF: 29.12.2010  |  External Relations  |  from irishexaminer.com

Taking a look at the market, forecasts and the key issues in developing wind power projects in the Balkan region, Jeff Potter explores the former Yugoslav republics.

• Date: 29.12.2010  |  Published on EGF: 29.12.2010  |  Energy  |  from renewableenergyworld.com

State-owned Turkmengas has begun the $3.4 million second phase of its South Yoloten project, according to international oil and gas service company Petrofac, London. Petrofac will perform the engineering, procurement, and commissioning on the project. The work follows successful completion of the first phase.

• Date: 28.12.2010  |  Published on EGF: 28.12.2010  |  Energy  |  from ogj.com

A new enterprise that will make highly efficient commercial gas plants in Rybinsk will cost 100 million euros, excluding the technology, Inter RAO UES CEO Boris Kovalchuk said

• Date: 28.12.2010  |  Published on EGF: 28.12.2010  |  Energy  |  from itar-tass.com

As Pure Speculation has remarked previously, the global grab of commodities now being orchestrated from Beijing did not, until recently, include one commodity close to our heart.

• Date: 28.12.2010  |  Published on EGF: 28.12.2010  |  Markets  |  from theaustralian.com.au

Lithuania asked Belarus to provide further clarification and information on the construction of the Belarusian nuclear power plant. As Telegraf journalist learnt, the Belarusian side is ready to provide Lithuania all the documents of interest

• Date: 28.12.2010  |  Published on EGF: 28.12.2010  |  Energy  |  from baltic-course.com

Turkey’s facilitator role in nuclear negotiations between Iran and the West (specifically the P5+1) has resumed with some change in form. After much noise and clatter after Turkey voted “no” to the United Nations Security Council’s resolution on a number of sanctions against Iran, the parties chose İstanbul as the venue for their meeting slated for late January 2011, which confirms Turkey’s objective and neutral role and position in these talks.

• Date: 27.12.2010  |  Published on EGF: 27.12.2010  |  Energy  |  from todayszaman.com

The Nuclear Security Summit planned for 2012 in Seoul is expected to have one additional participant — Belarus.

• Date: 27.12.2010  |  Published on EGF: 27.12.2010  |  External Relations  |  from koreatimes.co.kr