ENERGY-DAILY.Com brings you daily news on energy technology - it's manufacture, it's distribution and it's application 02-JUL-09 en-us Baghdad (UPI) Jul 1, 2009 - The Iraqi government's much-touted award of major production contracts for international oil majors on June 29-30 turned out to be a big fizzle. ]]> Beijing (AFP) June 30, 2009 - Chinese protectionism is on the rise, the European Chamber of Commerce in China warned Tuesday, as Beijing moves to fend of criticism that it is favouring its own firms over foreigners.]]> Cairo (AFP) June 30, 2009 - France's Helene Pelosse was elected on Tuesday to head the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) at a meeting in the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt's state news agency MENA announced.]]> Paris (AFP) June 30, 2009 - French state-controlled nuclear giant Areva said Tuesday it was opening its capital to new investors and would sell a subsidiary to raise money for massive investments in new nuclear technology.]]> Beijing (AFP) June 30, 2009 - China's government-backed oil companies are jostling with each other to make landmark overseas acquisitions, seizing on the economic crisis -- and accompanying low asset prices -- to grow.]]> Washington (AFP) July 1, 2009 - The United States on Wednesday confirmed its participation in next year's World Expo in Shanghai, saying it wanted to showcase US technology and values in a bid to boost ties with the Asian giant.]]> Beijing (AFP) July 1, 2009 - European aviation giant Airbus said Wednesday it had started building a new plant in China that would make major components for its A350 XWB -- an aircraft designed to compete with Boeing's Dreamliner.]]> Vienna (AFP) July 1, 2009 - Belgian candidate Jean-Pol Poncelet pulled out of the race to succeed Mohamed ElBaradei as head of the UN atomic watchdog on Wednesday, leaving only three candidates still in the running.]]> London (UPI) Jun 30, 2009 - "Sustainable mobility" is the catchphrase of the moment in Europe.]]> Port Of Spain, Trinidad And Tobago (UPI) Jun 30, 2009 - Trinidad and Tobago's prime minister said he looked at the economic data and his country's reserves and decided now is the time to send Jamaica natural gas.]]> Helsinki (AFP) July 1, 2009 - Poor planning has led to rising costs and huge delays for a nuclear reactor going up in Finland, the country's biggest-ever construction project, officials said.]]> Abuja (AFP) June 30, 2009 - The pollution caused by half a century of oil extraction in Nigeria is one of the world's most disturbing examples of the curse of natural resources, a global rights lobby group said Tuesday.]]> Beijing (AFP) June 30, 2009 - Less than half of consumer products on sale in south China are safe, according to a survey quoted by state media Tuesday.]]>