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Exxonmobil Battery Separator Film Technologies Help Put Electric Vehicles On The Road Houston TX (SPX) Jan 29, 2008 
ExxonMobil Chemical has announced that its new battery film technology will be an integral part of Electrovaya's new all electric vehicles. ExxonMobil's battery separator films significantly enhance the power, safety and reliability of lithium-ion batteries, thereby helping speed the adoption of these smaller and lighter batteries into the next wave of lower-emission vehicles.
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Nowhere To Hide As New Ultra-Powerful Microscope Probes Atomic World
Warrington, UK (SPX) Jan 29, 2008A unique electron microscope, the first of its kind in the world, was unveiled yesterday at the STFC Daresbury Laboratory in Warrington. It will enable scientists to study atoms within materials in a way that has never before been possible and will pave the way for pioneering research relating to every aspect of our lives, from research into liver disease, to the creation of the mobile phones an ... more Russia completes nuclear fuel delivery to Iran: report 
Tehran (AFP) Jan 28, 2008Russia has completed delivering fuel for Iran's first nuclear power plant in the Gulf port of Bushehr on Monday, the official IRNA news agency reported. "With the last consignment, Russia has fully delivered the 82 tonnes of fuel enriched by 1.6 to 3.6 percents along with the supplementary equipment," said a statement from Iran's Organisation for Production and Development of Nuclear Energy. ... more House carbon-offset program scrutinized 
Washington (UPI) Jan 28, 2008An $89,000 carbon offset program initiated in the U.S. House of Representatives stirred debate over the controversial green initiative, officials said. The Democrat-led House launched the program in November as part of a "Green the Capitol" initiative meant to cancel greenhouse gas emissions in Washington by funding reductions elsewhere, The Washington Post reported Monday. Envir ... more China's auto production to exceed 10 mln in 2008: official 
Beijing (AFP) Jan 28, 2008China's auto output is expected to top 10 million units for the first time ever this year, an official told a briefing in Beijing on Monday. "There's no doubt our auto production in 2008 will exceed 10 million units, with sedan output to surpass five million," said Zhu Hongren, a senior official of the National Development and Reform Commission, the top economic planner. Last year, major ... more SEMI Establishes Global Photovoltaic Initiative 
San Jose CA (SPX) Jan 29, 2008SEMI has announced details of the association's global photovoltaic (PV) initiatives, including the formation of the SEMI PV Group to enhance member support in this critically important and high growth area. With technologies and industry structure similar to the semiconductor industry -- and with 20% of SEMI members currently active in PV, including the industry's largest equipment and ma ... more |
ENERGY TECH
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Washington (UPI) Jan 28, 2008It is ironic that Europe, which likes to think of itself as the center of environmental correctness and the green revolution, should now be the scene of a sharp political struggle over its ambitious emissions targets. Indeed, few EU proposals have aroused quite such a chorus of complaint and derision. "This is a historic plan to make Europe the first economy on the post-carbon age," EU ... more Japan's TEPCO to test park and charge system 
Tokyo (AFP) Jan 28, 2008Japanese energy giant Tokyo Electric Power Co. said Monday that it had begun testing power chargers at parking lots as part of efforts to bring commercially viable plug-in electric vehicles closer to reality. TEPCO, the world's biggest private power supplier, has joined forces with parking lot operator Park24 Co. to build power plugs at eight parking lots in and around Tokyo. The power c ... more India showcases military might 
New Delhi (AFP) Jan 26, 2008French President Nicolas Sarkozy was guest of honour Saturday at India's Republic Day parade as New Delhi showcased its latest military hardware including nuclear-capable missiles. Soldiers marched down the central avenue of the British Raj-built capital to the sound of military bagpipes as Sarkozy, Premier Manmohan Singh and India's first woman president, Pratibha Patil, gazed on from behin ... more Analysis: Taiwan faces better PLA ability 
Hong Kong (UPI) Jan 25, 2008The appearance of Chinese editions of expeditionary fighting vehicles (CEFV/CAAAV amphibious assault vehicles) has fundamentally changed the mode of cross-sea combat operations in the Taiwan Strait, making beyond-vision landing assaults possible. The practical significance is that these vehicles can greatly suppress and weaken the artillery projection capability of the Taiwanese ground forces, ... more |
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Cotonou (AFP) Jan 25, 2008Gilbert Adikpeto remembers the night he lost much of his shorefront home, literally washed away by the sea. "We were asleep with the children when there was a deafening noise from the living room. I got up in a panic and the whole room had disappeared under the waves," said the 62-year-old retired railway worker, still in shock two months later. Adikpeto's story could become all too comm ... more Mass false limb find to help quake victims 
London (AFP) Jan 25, 2008A massive stash of false limbs found in the cellar of a retired British taxi driver's home are to be sent to Pakistan to help victims of the 2005 earthquake, a charity said Friday. More than 100 artificial limbs and about 100 crutches and walking frames were found by a plumber fitting central heating at Mike Sutton's home in Bridport, south-west England, soon after he and his wife Teresa mov ... more China energy law likely to see delay: report 
Beijing (AFP) Jan 25, 2008China's new energy law has been held back by bureaucratic infighting and is unlikely to be ready in time for the annual session of the national parliament in March, state media reported Friday. The law, which provides the legislative basis for the establishment of a powerful new energy ministry, may not be passed until next year's gathering of the National People's Congress, the China Daily ... more China to build 97 new airports by 2020 
Beijing (AFP) Jan 26, 2008China announced plans Saturday to build nearly 100 new airports by 2020 to cater for soaring demand. The proposals will mean eight out of every ten residents will live within 100 kilometres (60 miles) of an airport within 12 years, the General Administration of Civil Aviation said. It put the cost of building the 97 new airports at 450 billion yuan (61.6 billion dollars). Air traffic ... more
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