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Early signs that China, one of the world

Investors have moderated their support for clean energy funds so far this year, but inflows into one of last year

China Light and Power, Hong Kong's largest energy company, hopes shortly to finalise a provisional natural gas contract with the UK's BG Group worth billions of dollars in spite of a government agreem

Poland faces crippling energy price rises which will threaten growth and employment unless the European Union rethinks its carbon trading system, officials in Warsaw are warning.

Oil companies stepped up efforts to shut production in the Gulf of Mexico on Sunday as hurricane Gustav tore into the US

When Pamela Pipes fled New Orleans for Houston at the weekend with her dog and vital papers, she contrasted the orderly lines of people boarding trains and buses out of the city with the chaos of Hurr

When Pamela Pipes fled New Orleans for Houston at the weekend with her dog and vital papers, she contrasted the orderly lines of people boarding trains and buses out of the city with the chaos of Hurr

Hurricane Gustav swept across the Gulf of Mexico yesterday, forcing the mandatory evacuation of New Orleans, the shutdown of offshore oil production and the cancellation of most of the programme on th

Researchers have found a new, efficient catalyst to convert ethanol and other biofuels into hydrogen - a discovery that could help make the use of hydrogen-powered cars more practical in the future.

The catalyst - which was presented this week at the American Chemical Society meeting in Philadelphia -makes hydrogen from ethanol with 90 per cent yield.

It is much less expensive than others being developed around the world because it does not contain precious metals, such as platinum or Thodium.