BP to close Australia refinery due to Asian competition

Oil giant BP says it will cease production at its Bulwer Island refinery in Brisbane, Australia, by 2015.

Solar islands floated as clean energy source for crowded continents

Global consultancy and certification firm DNV has unveiled designs for floating solar arrays that could rival offshore wind farms.

Wind energy in Asia

In 2010, for the first time ever, more new wind power capacity was installed in developing countries and emerging economies than in the traditional wind farm markets of the OECD.

This puts an end to the assertion that wind power is a premium technology only for rich countries which cannot be deployed at scale in other markets. It is also testament to the inherent attractiveness of wind power for countries striving to diversify their energy mix, improve their security of supply in the face of rapidly growing demand, and relieve national budgets of the burden of expensive fossil fuel imports at volatile prices.