Despite gaining its wealth from oil, Norway has becoming the world’s biggest user of electric cars. Read the full story

The electromagnetic storm which hit the upper atmosphere over Iceland, Scandinavia, Greenland and North America this week was the biggest since December 2006. Read the full story

The military is blocking wind development plans, according to Finnish Energy Industries (ET). Read the full story

A flashy new fleet of bright yellow electric minibuses has hit the narrow inner streets of Copenhagen to provide an eco-friendly form of transport in this historic city. The minibuses are operating along a new route created by Movia, the company in charge of the city’s public transportation. Read the full story

The innovative Norwegian car marker Think is seeing production of its environmentally-friendly electric car grinding to a halt just as it was starting to gain momentum. The concept of the compact Think City car is perfectly timed considering ever-increasing global climate worries, but a lack of financing may see the production terminated just two months after it launched its sole model. Read the full story

In a few months, Indian carmaker Tata Motors is planning to begin selling an electric version of its hatchback car called the Indica in Norway. Working in conjunction with a Norwegian firm, the company will make the Indica widely available throughout the country in 2009 if sales go well.

Tata’s managing director, Ravi Kant, told Reuters that “this is one of the technologies that we are looking at, as you know that electric cars are almost zero emission. Right now we want to Read the full story

Yemen’s General Corporation for Electricity and Iceland’s Reykjavik Energy Invest company signed a new agreement on Sunday, according to reports by Saba, Yemen’s news agency. The document signals a new agreement on electricity generation between the two countries.

The agreement details a plan for REI to lead a study into the geothermal potential at Lesi Mountain in the Dhamar region of Yemen. If the potential for a geothermal project is there, REI will initiate drilling works in the location.

According to the document, REI will invest in the first geothermal station after the study is finalised, which is expected to occur by the end of August this year.

Yemen’s Minister of Electricity and Energy Mustafa Bahran and Ossur Skarphédinsson, his Icelandic counterpart met following the signing of the agreement to discuss how the two countries could cooperate in energy-related issues.

Like Iceland, Yemen is increasingly using renewable sources of energy such as geothermal energy, wind power and solar power. Iceland’s minister expressed his willingness to assist Yemen in the expansion of their renewable energy sources.

Iceland is considered the foremost expert in geothermal operations and is the country with the most electricity generated from renewable resources.

Abdul-Muti al- Juneid, the chairman of GCE and Gudmundur Sigurjonsson, the CEO of REI signed the document.