Between the Broadsheets

Russia has won $25bn in loans from China in return for agreeing to supply oil from new fields in eastern Siberia for the next 20 years as Moscow seeks funds to see its oil industry through the financial crisis.
Transneft, Russia’s oil pipeline monopoly, said on Tuesday China had agreed to lend it $10bn (€8bn, £7bn) and Rosneft, Russia’s state-controlled oil giant, $15bn in return for 20 years worth of oil supplies. - The Financial Times

Iran has failed to clarify whether its nuclear programme will have a military element, said the chief of the government watchdog IAEA, Mohamed ElBaradei, stressing that it remains unclear whether Tehran wants to build a nuclear weapon. - France24

More waste should be treated in anaerobic digestion plants, the government said yesterday...
...It announced a taskforce to help encourage the use of the technology. The National Farmers' Union said at its annual conference that it wanted at least 1,000 of the digesters to be in use of farms by 2020 - Financial Times

Demand for gas in Britain has been well below last year's levels, when adjusted for the cold weather this winter, as the recession hits production at energy-intensive industries. The weakness of demand has sent wholesale gas prices tumbling to their lowest level for 16 months, renewing calls for energy suppliers to pass the reductions on to retail customers - Financial Times

Energy bills will be history in the home of the future - due to a combination of new renewable energy technology and centuries-old building techniques. A zero-carbon building, developed by University of Cambridge architects as a prototype for future living, is based on a 600-year-old design that retains heat from the sun while cooling naturally in the summer - The Daily Telegraph