Energy

Big jump in wind energy forecast (Houston Chronicle)

13 May 2008

Two decades from now Americans could get as much electricity from windmills as from nuclear power plants, according to a government report that lays out a plan for wind energy growth.

China Quake May Cut Energy Use, Boost Food Inflation (Update1) (Bloomberg.com)

13 May 2008

May 13 (Bloomberg) -- China's strongest earthquake in 58 years may cut the nation's energy demand as damaged power plants and transmission lines force companies to idle generators.

StatoilHydro stumbles in sprint for Arctic energy riches (AFP via Yahoo! News)

13 May 2008

When Norwegian energy giant StatoilHydro fired up the world's northernmost liquefied natural gas plant here last year it was hailed as an industry pioneer.