VANCOUVER - An "artificial leaf" which converts electricity and sunlight into fuel could soon become a reality, scientists claim. The technology is a "turbo-powered" version of photosynthesis, the natural process by which plants creates energy from sunlight, but uses electricity to spark the reaction. Rather than producing carbohydrates, the end product is fuel which could be used ...

KIEV - The minister said the two countries signed a protocol on how pipeline developments could affect bilateral relations. Turkey's energy and natural resources minister said on Wednesday that he exchanged views with Ukrainian executives on coal technologies and management. Taner Yıldız said Ukraine was experienced on coal technologies. "Turkey is experienced on management, and we exchanged views ...

GENEVA - CERN has announced that it plans to boost the energy of the large Hadron Collider (LHC) this year, with the aim of gathering as much data as possible before it goes into a planned shutdown. It says the LHC will run with a beam energy of 4 TeV this year, 0.5 TeV higher than ...

BRUSSELS - Future EU spending on agriculture, research and energy should promote the "bio-economy" instead of fossil-based chemicals and fuels, the European Commission says. Agricultural waste used as fuel for energy plants, plastic made out of organic compounds instead of oil-based chemicals, bio-enzymes that let detergents clean laundry at lower temperatures than conventional substitutes - these ...

BRUSSELS - European wind energy is picking up as recently released statistics by the European Wind Energy Association (EWEA) show an upward spike in the number of wind farms created, amount invested, and energy generated. The European Commission describes it as one of the fasting-growing energy sources, while the sector itself aims to get wind power ...

SANTIAGO - AES Gener SA plans to build a $572 million solar farm in northern Chile as it seeks to boost electricity supply to copper miners in the Atacama Desert. AES, a unit of Arlington, Virginia-based AES Corp. (AES), the U.S. power producer with operations in 28 countries, is seeking a permit to build the farm ...