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The ballooning price tag for energy

By • Mar 6th, 2008 • Category: Geopolitics of Energy, Renewable Energy

As the world spends more to meet growing energy needs, nations seeking cleaner alternatives to fuel their expanding economies will have to spend much more.
Even though the world will spend over $1 trillion a year on energy projects over the next two decades, governments and industry will have to dig deeper to switch to newer, […]



Tehran hits out over U.S. ‘sabotage’

By • Feb 29th, 2008 • Category: Geopolitics of Energy

Rassul Movahedian, Iran’s ambassador to the UK, insisted that Western reaction to last week’s report by the International Atomic Energy Agency had been misguided and had ignored the progress achieved in clarifying questions about Iran’s experiments.
International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Mohamed ElBaradei presented a report on Iran’s nuclear program to the IAEA Board of […]



EU reveals energy plan of action

By • Jan 26th, 2008 • Category: Geopolitics of Energy

European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso has announced “historic” plans to make Europe “the first economy for the low-carbon age”.He said Europeans wanted “a vision and a plan of action” against climate change and the measures would cost 3 euros (£2.10) a week for every citizen.
The aim would be a 20% cut in the EU’s […]