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As Gustav fades, oil companies work to restore operations New York (AFP) Sept 2, 2008 
Largely spared by Hurricane Gustav, oil companies on Tuesday tallied the damage to their Gulf of Mexico installations, from offshore rigs and drilling to coastal refineries. Even under the most optimistic scenarios, operations were not expected to return to normal before several days, but the markets focused on relief that a crisis had been skirted, pushing crude oil below 105 dollars a ... read more
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Russia warns Australia against scrapping uranium deal: report
Sydney (AFP) Sept 2, 2008Any decision by Australia to scrap a deal to sell uranium to Russia to protest its action in Georgia would be "politically biased" and economically harmful, Moscow's envoy to Canberra has reportedly warned. Fairfax newspapers on Tuesday quoted Ambassador Alexander Blokhin, as issuing the caution a day after Australia's foreign minister said Canberra was reconsidering whether to ratify a 2007 ... more Hurricane threat to Gulf energy hub rattles US economy 
Washington (AFP) Sept 1, 2008With the US oil-refining industry heavily concentrated along the northern Gulf of Mexico coastline, a strategic sector of the economy is perennially vulnerable to the threat of hurricanes. Hurricane Gustav, which swept ashore at around midday southwest of New Orleans, will result in up to 10 billion dollars (8.22 billion euros) in insured losses and a long-term five percent cut to oil and ... more Hunt Energy Drill Rig En Route To Tasmania In Search For Oil, Gas And Helium 
Leawood KS (SPX) Sep 03, 2008Empire Energy has announced that, having just completed the drilling of an oil and gas well at Sealake, Victoria, the Hunt Energy Rig Number 3 has arrived at the Melbourne docks and is being washed down prior to quarantine inspection. Assuming quarantine approval, it is expected that all 32 semi-trailer loads of equipment (including the rig) should be shipped to Tasmania next week. Extra ... more Dow Corning Significantly Increases Solar Panel Production Rates 
Midland MI (SPX) Sep 03, 2008Dow Corning has demonstrated a manufacturing process featuring new developmental silicone materials that significantly increases the production rate of solar panels, effectively lowering the cost per watt of solar power. "This technology represents a real step-change in the industry, and will help make solar power a viable and sustainable energy option globally," said Gaetan Borgers, global ... more Leopard Project Moves Pipes Aside 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Sep 03, 2008Southern Primorye Territory is to host a guarded nature reserve for 30 Amur leopards (P. pardus orientalis), the world's rarest big cats. To this end, the route of the Eastern Siberia - Pacific Ocean (ESPO) oil pipeline will be altered, costing its builders another $3 billion. But there is one more facility jeopardizing the leopard project - a gas pipeline, which is planned to be laid across the ... more |
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Beijing (AFP) Sept 2, 2008The United States does not maintain controls on clean energy exports, a senior American trade envoy said Tuesday, while addressing Chinese concerns over billions of dollars in potential trade. "No clean energy exports are affected by export controls," US Commerce Assistant Secretary David Bohigian told reporters in Beijing at the start of a clean energy and environment trade mission to Asia. ... more NanoGram Signs OTB As Partner For SilFoil Solar Module Pilot Plant 
Milpitas CA (SPX) Sep 03, 2008NanoGram has announced that it has selected OTB as one of its contributing partners in building out the company's solar pilot plant currently under construction in Milpitas, CA. NanoGram will use the facility to scale-up their award-winning SilFoil technology for solar modules that will deliver the product performance and reliability of wafer-based crystalline silicon modules at prices ... more Georgia Power Seeks Approval To Expand Its Green Energy Program 
Atlanta GA (SPX) Sep 03, 2008Georgia Power has asked the Georgia Public Service Commission (PSC) for approval to expand its Green Energy program to include additional options for customers. Born out of direct feedback from customers and environmental groups, the expansion of Georgia Power's Green Energy program redesigns the current program to make it more cost-effective while also providing additional discounted ... more Dutch government to wield eco-friendly purchasing power 
The Hague (AFP) Sept 2, 2008The Dutch government said Tuesday it would aim to purchase only environmentally-friendly goods by 2010. "This applies to all products that the central government needs, from cars and catering to buildings," home affairs spokesman Vincent van Steen said. "The same criteria will apply for purchases from domestic and international suppliers." Criteria was being developed and would be ... more |
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Druskininkai, Lithuania (AFP) Sept 2, 2008Belarus plans to build a new nuclear power plant by 2015 that could possibly export energy to neighbour Lithuanuia, Belarus Prime Minister Sergei Sidorsky said Tuesday in Lithuania. "We are going to build the first block by 2015. We spoke with Lithuanian energy specialists about the possibility of supplying part of the electricity produced in this power plant to Lithuania," said Sidorsky ... more Advent Solar Introduces Ventura Technology 
Valencia, Spain (SPX) Sep 03, 2008Advent Solar has announced the solar industry's first cell-to-module solar architecture - Advent Solar Ventura Technology. Ventura Solar Technology provides a platform-level design by combining Emitter-Wrap Through (EWT) back-contact cells with semiconductor device manufacturing methods to create a highly scalable platform for module manufacturing. With Ventura Technology, Advent ... more Russian general promises to 'destroy' any enemy: report 
Moscow (AFP) Sept 1, 2008The Russian army is capable of destroying any enemy, even one supported by the United States or Europe, a Russian general was quoted by ITAR-TASS as saying on Monday. "The operation aimed at enforcing peace in Georgia showed to the world that regardless of the aggressor and whether he receives support from Europe or from beyond the Atlantic, we have everything needed to destroy him and he ... more Vulnerable children ride out Hurricane Gustav in hospital 
New Orleans, Louisiana (AFP) Sept 1, 2008Too vulnerable to evacuate, dozens of children hunkered down in a New Orleans hospital as Hurricane Gustav blasted the city around them with powerful winds. While the rest of the city emptied under a mandatory evacuation order before Gustav made landfall in Louisiana Monday, about 70 kids remained at Children's Hospital, where 18 of them were in serious condition while nine were recovering ... more
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