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OIL
OPEC demand forecasts hold steady, prices remain under $80
The Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries said Wednesday that its demand forecasts through 2010 remain mostly unchanged but warned of risks if economic recovery remains sluggish. Crude prices rose slightly but remained under $80 a barrel.
COMMENTARY
Analysts warn of soaring fuel costs, but who calls the shots?
The International Energy Agency thinks fuel prices will rocket unless the world gets serious about climate change. But the fluctuations of the last 12 months might suggest otherwise.
ENERGY
Global oil reserves overestimated, media report says
A senior official at the International Energy Agency says the Paris-based watchdog, which is due to release its latest World Energy Outlook this week, has been deliberately underplaying a looming shortage of oil, UK daily the Guardian reports.
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energy - water
This week: Water is life…is it also the answer to our energy needs?
ENVIRONMENT travels to the Pyrenees on the French Spanish border to visit the latest dam built in the area. Small in size it provides electricity to just a few hundred homes but it does so with very little cost to the environment.
energy - gas - Russia
European Energy : Ending The Russian Addiction
While Russia dominates in the production and distribution of natural gas, the EU is trying to look away from Moscow to diversify in terms of its energy security and be less dependent...
ENERGY
GDF Suez wins $3 billion deal in Chile
GDF Suez will use a new deal worth three billion dollars to supply electricity to Chilean company Emel from 2012 to 2026 to reinforce its position in Latin America, where the French utility group has been present since the nineties.
ENERGY
EDF's UK supply unit for sale
EDF, the world’s largest nuclear power producer, is planning to sell EDF Energy, the biggest power distribution business in Britain, for more than four billion euros (5.8 billion dollars) to help cut debt, the French group announced on Friday.
ENERGY
French PM confirms replacement of energy giant EDF chairman
French Prime Minister Francois Fillon (right of photo) has said in an interview to be published Sunday that Pierre Gadonneix, chairman of the French energy giant EDF - which is 85 percent state-owned - is to be replaced, confirming media speculation.
economy - energy - environment
Auto industry: Going green, still in the red 2d Part
What car we will be driving in 20 years time?
energy - production
This week : how electricty works
Making sure energy needs are met is what the French Distribution network does. But what happens at peak time is what ENVIRONMENT investigates. We also see new ways to save energy.
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