Oil producers set to cut production by at least 1m to stem plunge in prices

Opec oil ministers meet this morning in Vienna to discuss a cut in oil output, following sharp falls in barrel prices since their record peak of $147 in July.

Renewable energy - 'Massive shake-up needed to meet targets'

A Churchillian effort will be needed if Britain is to meet its target of getting 15 per cent of its energy needs from renewable sources by 2020, Peers have warned.

Oil prices tumble to 16-month low

Oil prices tumbled to a 16-month low amid more evidence that the economic downturn was drying up energy demand.

Drax firm plans three new plants

An electricity generating company is planning to build three large bio-mass power stations across Yorkshire and North Linconlshire costing £2bn.

UK to boost wind farm power generation by a third

Britain will boost the generation of power from wind farms by a third next year as part of efforts to hit renewable energy targets, a government minister said on Wednesday.

Why are fuel bills still going up?

Oil prices are plunging and the wholesale price of gas and electricity in the UK is trending downwards – so why are our fuel bills still going up?

How carbon capture and storage (CCS) could make coal the fuel of the future

It has been condemned as one of the main causes of global warming but is coal about to enjoy an extraordinary rebirth as the fuel of the future?

Neighbours ask who's next as Bush allows Russia free rein

The shadow of the Soviet Union is again looming as Moscow flexes its muscles and the West does little, writes Chris Stephen.

North Sea oil reserves far exceed industry estimates

Geological experts say figure may be a fifth higher than current projections at 30 billion barrels.

Pressure mounts to slap windfall tax on UK oil companies

Pressure mounted on Gordon Brown last night to slap a multi-billion-pound windfall tax on the UK's oil companies to provide new money for vote-winning populist measures such as tax cuts.

Pressure mounts to slap windfall tax on UK oil companies

Total confirmed Monday it will this summer begin looking for potential partners for the construction of a pipeline to deliver gas from undeveloped fields in the West of Shetland region of the U.K. North Sea to the mainland.

Wind farms stalled by five-year planning delays

Government promises to speed up planning inquiries to ensure that wind farms play a valuable role in providing clean energy are not being fulfilled, with many schemes waiting up to five years for the go-ahead.