The decline in the price of oil could force the U.S. and other non-OPEC producers to make their deepest output cuts since the early 1990s, according to the International Energy Agency. [WSJ]

The privatization of Zambia’s mines has created an energy crisis, producing regular power cuts and inadequate funds for new power stations. [The Guardian]

Researchers have shown a new way to help solar cells track the sun, which could boost a panel’s energy generation by 40 percent. [MIT Technology Review]