Japan to label goods' carbon footprints: official
Tokyo (AFP) Aug 19, 2008
Japan is planning to label consumer goods to show their carbon footprints in a bid to raise public awareness about global warming, an official said Tuesday. Under the plan, a select range of products from beverages to detergent will carry markings on the carbon footprint -- or how much gas responsible for global warming has been emitted through production and delivery. Similar labels have ... read more
China sees brisk growth in auto imports, exports slow: state media
Shanghai (AFP) Aug 19, 2008
China's auto imports grew rapidly in the first half of 2008, underlining its increasing importance as a market for carmakers, but export growth slowed, state media said Tuesday. China imported 212,000 vehicles in the first half of this year, up 53.2 percent from a year earlier, the Xinhua news agency reported, citing data from the China's customs administration. The growth rate was 18.3 ... more
Helsinki trash cans to thank bin users for not littering
Helsinki (AFP) Aug 19, 2008
In an attempt to curb littering, Finland's capital will distribute rubbish bins that say "thank you" in celebrity voices when they are fed trash, city project managers said Tuesday. "We are always thinking about different ways to stop littering. And this idea is great and fun," Helsinki project manager Elina Nummi told AFP. Four ordinary-looking talking rubbish bins will be placed around ... more
Iran picks firms to hunt for new nuclear plant sites
Tehran (AFP) Aug 19, 2008
Iran's Atomic Energy Organisation on Tuesday tasked six local companies to hunt for potential sites for new nuclear power plants, the official news agency IRNA reported. "These six domestic companies have been given 13 months to find appropriate locations to build new atomic power plants," the director of the agency's nuclear energy production department, Ahmad Fayaz Bakhsh, was quoted as ... more
Energy Storage For Hybrid Vehicles
Munich, Germany (SPX) Aug 20, 2008
Hybrid technology combines the advantages of combustion engines and electric motors. Scientists are developing high-performance energy storage units, a prerequisite for effective hybrid motors. The vehicle is powered by petroleum on the freeway and by electricity in town, thus using considerably less energy. A hybrid propulsion system switches over to generator operation when the brakes go ... more
Customers Evaluate VIASPACE Lithium Batteries For Light Electric Vehicles
Pasadena CA (SPX) Aug 20, 2008
VIASPACE has announced that its Light Electric Vehicle (LEV) battery pack is now available for sale. The first battery pack has been delivered for evaluation to an electric bike (eBike) manufacturer. The pack is based on special cells produced by VIASPACE partner, Yoku of Hong Kong. Until now, most eBike batteries have been made from lead-acid cells similar to those used to start automobile ... more
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SOLAR DAILY
BTU International Receives Big Order For Thin Film Solar Equipment
CIVIL NUCLEAR
Spain to deal 'firmly' with nuclear plant over radioactive leak
CIVIL NUCLEAR
Analysis: S. Korea looks to nuclear energy
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Aerosol Jet Printing For High Efficiency Solar Cells
Albuquerque NM (SPX) Aug 20, 2008
Optomec has announced that they will showcase their patented Aerosol Jet Print technology for higher efficiency solar cells, at the 23rd European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition in Valencia, Spain on September 1st-4th. Optomec will be available to discuss the Aerosol Jet platform. In addition, Manz Automation, Optomec's strategic wafer automation partner for the PV ... more
Malaysia looking at nuclear energy use: minister
Kuala Lumpur (AFP) Aug 19, 2008
Malaysia's cabinet will deliberate next month on whether to adopt nuclear energy to combat high global oil prices, a minister said Tuesday. Last month, state utility Tenaga said it could construct the country's first 1,000 MW nuclear power plant at a cost of 3.1 billion dollars after being asked by the government to look at the option. "After it is tabled to the cabinet, an announcement ... more
Japan signals approval of India-US nuclear deal
Tokyo (AFP) Aug 19, 2008
Japan on Tuesday signalled it would approve a nuclear energy deal between India and the United States, raising the chances that the controversial pact will come into force. The 45-nation Nuclear Suppliers Group, which controls the global flow of civilian atomic exports, is expected to meet Thursday in Vienna on the nuclear deal. Objections by any nation would scuttle the pact. Japan, the ... more
Pan Asia Solar Invests In Polysilicon Producer
Padova, Italy (SPX) Aug 20, 2008
Silfab and Pan Asia Solar recently announced an agreement that makes PAS a strategic partner in Silfab, along with Silfab's CEO and Founder, Franco Traverso. Traverso, a pioneer in the photovoltaic sector with more than 25 years' experience, and PAS plan to contribute a total of 54 million euros to the establishment of Silfab by September 2008, through a joint venture company, GridCo Srl. ... more
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ENERGY NEWS
China to raise wholesale power tariffs by five percent
ENERGY NEWS
Telkonet Enables Metro Hotel's Green Energy Drive
SOLAR DAILY
LDK Solar Contracts Applied Materials For Precision Wafering Systems
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New Initiative To Engage Youth In Alternative Energy Projects
Chevy Chase MD (SPX) Aug 20, 2008
National 4-H Council and the 3M Foundation has announced their strategic partnership to launch The Power of the Wind, a cutting-edge educational resource that teaches youth how to use engineering principles to design and to build alternative energy projects, utilizing wind as the primary resource. This new national curriculum - funded by a $500,000 grant from 3M Foundation - adds to 4-Hs ... more
2MW Solar Array Dedicated At Denver International Airport
Denver CO (SPX) Aug 20, 2008
A two megawatt (MW) solar energy system has been dedicated at Denver International Airport (DIA). The solar photovoltaic system, spanning seven and a half acres at the airport's entrance, will generate over three million kilowatt hours (kWh) of clean electricity annually, demonstrating Denver's commitment to environmental sustainability by reducing carbon emissions into the atmosphere by ... more
Russia moves SS-21 missiles into Georgia: US defense official
Washington (AFP) Aug 18, 2008
Russia has moved short-range SS-21 missile launchers into South Ossetia since fighting there halted, and has yet to give any sign of a significant pullback of its troops from Georgia, US officials said Monday. Instead, there were indications that Russia was adding ground troops and equipment to its force in South Ossetia and Abkhazia, strengthening its hold over the breakaway Georgian region ... more
US: Venezuela's Russia fleet invite is 'curious'
Crawford, Texas (AFP) Aug 18, 2008
The White House said Monday that Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's invitation to host a Russian fleet was "curious" and accused him of neglecting his people's problems. "The Russians and the Venezuelans can engage in whatever cooperation that they would like. But it's curious, I'm not sure what Venezuela needs or gains by a visit by the Russian fleet," said spokesman Gordon Johndroe. ... more
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WATER WORLD
World Water Week kicks off in Stockholm
FROTH AND BUBBLE
Dirty Smoke from Ships Found To Degrade Air Quality In Coastal Cities
WOOD PILE
Corruption killing Bangladesh forests: watchdog
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