A report says that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) can move forward in a timely way on new air quality rules for power plant emissions to improve public health while maintaining the reliability of the nation’s power system.

At the St Petersburg International Economic Forum, Alexey Miller, chairman of the Management Committee of Gazprom and Gerard Mestrallet, chairman and CEO of GDF SUEZ signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on a cooperation in the areas of energy saving and energy efficiency.

The Energy Information Administration said world marketed energy use is expected to grow 49 percent between 2007 and 2035, driven by economic growth in the developing nations of the world, according to the International Energy Outlook 2010 Reference case.

In 2009, energy-related carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions in the United States declined 405 million metric tons, or 7 percent.

U.S. greenhouse gas emissions fell 2.9 percent in 2008 thanks to rising oil prices and the economic recession, according to a draft report from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission said 97 of the nation’s 104 operating commercial nuclear power plant units were performing in the two highest categories.

Analysis shows average wind speeds over parts of the UK during the past year have been at or close to historical lows. Conversely, a number of factors in the U.S. caused noticeably intensified domestic wind speeds across much of the Western U.S. compared to the first quarter of 2010.

RWE Innogy and German Pellets have inaugurated RWE's biomass-fuelled cogeneration station and the neighbouring pellet plant at the Wittgenstein industrial estate in Germany.

Spanish company Iberdrola Engineering & Construction has secured a contract for two electricity power lines, each 220 km of length in the western Mexican state of Jalisco, as well as two substations associated with the 750 MW La Yesca hydroelectric plant.

FuelCell Energy has announced the sale of a 1.4 MW DFC1500 fuel cell power plant to G3 Power Systems for installation at the Olivera Egg Ranch, a poultry farm located in French Camp, California, US.