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Japan, China close to gas field deal Tokyo (AFP) June 16, 2008 
Japan said Monday it was close to reaching a deal with China on joint development of gas fields in disputed waters, the focus of a long-running spat between the two Asian giants. Japanese news reports said that the two governments had reached a final solution after exhaustive talks and were expected to announce an agreement as soon as this week. In the reported solution, Japan would ... read more
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Bella Energy Ground Mounted Solar Electric System Survives Tornado
Boulder CO (SPX) Jun 17, 2008Bella Energy found that one of their systems, the largest residential solar electric system in Colorado, is still standing after a Class F3 tornado blew through Northern Colorado last week. Tornados are rated 1-5, with 5 being the strongest. "We get a lot of wind out here so at first I wasn't sure the systems would hold up. But after the storm I had to say to Bella Energy that they were ... more Honda starts producing next-generation fuel cell car 
Takanezawa, Japan (AFP) June 16, 2008Honda Motor Co. on Monday began producing a next-generation fuel cell vehicle that it hopes will propel zero-emission cars running on hydrogen closer to the mainstream. Japanese automakers are in a race to produce fuel-efficient, environmentally friendly vehicles amid soaring prices at the pump, spreading their bets on an array of technology including hybrid, electric and fuel cell automobile ... more A Promising Step Towards More Effective Hydrogen Storage 
Uppsala, Sweden (SPX) Jun 17, 2008An international research team led by Swedish Professor Rajeev Ahuja, Uppsala University, has demonstrated an atomistic mechanism of hydrogen release in magnesium nanoparticles - a potential hydrogen storage material. The findings have been published in the online edition of Proceedings of the National Academy of Science (PNAS). It is becoming clear that cars of the future will have to ... more Fuel: No Flying Without The Good Stuff 
Spangdahlem AFB, Germany (AFNS) Jun 17, 2008There are not many Airmen with two stripes who have a job that gives them the authority to halt flying operations across the entire installation. This is a responsibility Airman 1st Class Darren Albrecht does not take lightly. The 52nd Logistics Readiness Squadron fuel laboratory technician here is responsible for testing all of the Deparent of Defense and NATO fuel used on base in ... more Global Solar Energy Introduces First Thin-Film Alternative For Silicon Module And BIPV Manufacturing 
Munich, Germany (SPX) Jun 17, 2008Global Solar Energy has announced a major breakthrough for silicon module and Building Integrated Photovoltaic (BIPV) manufacturers looking to quickly and efficiently incorporate thin-film technology into their manufacturing processes. Global Solar's new PowerFlex Solar Strings provide a pre-connected format to its Copper Indium Gallium diSelenide (CIGS) cells that makes it easy for ... more |
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Vienna (AFP) June 16, 2008The UN's atomic watchdog said Monday it will hold an international workshop in Japan this week to examine how to best protect nuclear installations from strong earthquakes and minimise damage. The International Atomic Energy Agency said in a statement that the workshop would be held in Japan from June 19-21 and draw more than 50 international specialists. Kashiwazaki, the site of the ... more China vice premier urges green partnership with US 
Beijing (AFP) June 16, 2008China's pointman on US trade ties Monday urged Washington to work closely with Beijing to develop energy-efficient and pollution-reducing technologies as he heads to the United States for economic talks. Vice Premier Wang Qishan said in an opinion piece in The Financial Times that China and the United States should set up joint research and development centres to encourage new energy and ... more First US Intrastate Wind Project Public Offering 
Minneapolis MN (SPX) Jun 17, 2008High Country Energy, along with its manager National Wind, have announced the nation's first intrastate public offering of a wind project's securities. Delphi Financial is the placement agent for the offering. High Country Energy plans to build over 300 megawatts of community-owned wind farms in Dodge, Olmsted and Mower Counties, Minnesota. 'This offering can be made available to ... more Hong Kong aims to create oil futures market: financial secretary 
Hong Kong (AFP) June 16, 2008Hong Kong is looking at developing its own oil futures market as China tries to counter the effect of the commodity's rocketing price, the city's financial secretary said Monday. The new market would help fix the disparities that Asian buyers face when purchasing oil, which is priced in Dubai, London and New York and does not take into account local conditions, John Tsang said. "This ... more |
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San Francisco (AFP) June 12, 2008California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger declared a state of emergency Thursday to help the state's Central Valley farm region deal with a severe drought. "Central Valley agriculture is a 20-billion-dollar a year industry," Schwarzenegger said in a statement. "If we don't get them water immediately the results will be devastating. Food prices, which are already stretching many family ... more Quake hits car, electronics factories in northern Japan 
Tokyo (AFP) June 15, 2008Operations at a number of Japanese car and electronics makers remained suspended on Sunday as companies tried to repair damage from a powerful earthquake, officials said. Kanto Auto Works Ltd., a unit of Toyota Motor Corp., was inspecting production lines a day after its factory in northern Iwate prefecture was damaged by the quake, which killed six people and triggered massive landslides. ... more EU to shut down industrial bluefin tuna fishing early 
Brussels (AFP) June 13, 2008The European Commission said Friday it would close the industrial tuna fishing season early, provoking a wave of protest from Europe's leading fishing nations. With quotas nearly full, the EU executive said that bluefin tuna fishing in the Mediterranean and eastern Atlantic needed to be halted early to protect the increasingly popular species. The move targets fishing by purse seiners ... more Cyclone dead wash ashore on distant Myanmar beach: official 
Yangon (AFP) June 14, 2008About 300 bloated and decaying corpses, apparently victims of Cyclone Nargis, washed up on a beach in eastern Myanmar more than one month after the storm, a local official said Saturday. The bodies had been found in the last week on the beach near Mawlamyine town, across the Gulf of Martaban, more than 100 miles (160 kilometres) east of the devastated Irrawaddy Delta, the official told AFP. ... more
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