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European carmakers seek 40 bln in loans for green vehicles Paris (AFP) Oct 6, 2008 
European carmakers are seeking 40 billion euros (54 billion dollars) in aid to develop green technologies, the European Automobile Manufacturers' Association (ACEA) said Monday. The loan request mirrors the one the US car industry made to Congress which last week voted a 25-billion-dollar (17.8-billion-euro) package to help Ford, General Motors and Chrysler adapt to new emissions regulations ... read moreNo depression, major recession, from US finance crisis: Bill Gates 
Washington (AFP) Oct 5, 2008The richest man in America, Bill Gates, said in a television interview broadcast Sunday that the US financial crisis does not spell the end of capitalism and will not lead to a depression. "It's a very interesting crisis," Microsoft founder told CNN, discussing the US Congress's 700-billion dollar bailout bill for Wall Street which was passed Friday to stem economic jitters spreading around ... more
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SKorea offers summit with China, Japan on financial turmoil
Seoul (AFP) Oct 6, 2008South Korean President Lee Myung-Bak Monday proposed holding a summit with his Chinese and Japanese counterparts to discuss ways to calm the global financial turmoil, his ruling party said. Lee will make the formal offer when he attends the Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) in Beijing on October 24-25, said Cha Myung-Jin, spokesman for the ruling Grand National Party. "East Asia now has the ... more Walker's World: Europe fails to act 
Washington (UPI) Oct 6, 2008 Leaders of the four big European economies -- Germany, Britain, France and Italy -- met in Paris Saturday and failed to come up with any kind of common European solution to the financial crisis that is battering their banks. Instead, they pinned their hopes on a vague plan for a wider international summit next month to include the Group of Eight countries plus China, India, Brazil ... more Wind farms don't pose danger to some birds 
Newcastle, England (UPI) Oct 6, 2008 British researchers say they've determined wind farms pose less of a danger to farmland birds than was previously feared. The study led by Mark Whittingham of Newcastle University involved bird surveys on arable farmland around two wind farms in the East Anglian area. They recorded nearly 3,000 birds from 23 different species and found wind turbines had no affect on the distribution of ... more  |
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SunPower And Agilent Technologies Dedicate 1MW Solar System
San Jose CA (SPX) Oct 07, 2008Agilent Technologies and SunPower will dedicate a 1-megawatt solar tracking system at Agilent's Santa Rosa, Calif., campus. The system features a three-acre parking lot canopy structure with nearly 3,500 SunPower solar panels that track the sun throughout the day, providing shade and solar electric power for Agilent's facility. The design of SunPower's tracking solar system will generate ... more Hungary inaugurates first stage of nuclear waste disposal facility 
Budapest (AFP) Oct 6, 2008The completed first stage of a nuclear waste disposal site -- the first in Hungary -- was inaugurated Monday in Bataapati, some 180 kilometres (110 miles) southwest of Budapest. "The Bataapati National Radioactive Waste Disposal Facility provides the most extensive security permitted by current scientific and technological knowledge," Jozsef Palinkas, the chairman of the Hungarian Academy ... more Helio Micro Utility And Verde Energy Accelerate Solar Power Adoption 
Berkeley CA (SPX) Oct 07, 2008Helio Micro Utility and Verde Energy has introduced a new strategic partnership to provide immediate financing for commercial projects in the United States through the Verde Pro network of solar power installation partners. The agreement paves the way for Verde Energy to introduce the Helio mU Green Energy Plan for commercial and residential systems to its network of solar photovoltaic ... more First Solar Breaks Ground On Expansion Of It's Facilities In Ohio 
Tempe AZ (SPX) Oct 07, 2008First Solar has announced that the Company has held the official groundbreaking ceremony for the expansion of its Perrysburg, Ohio facility. Upon completion, the expansion will increase the annual capacity at the Perrysburg facility to approximately 192 megawatts, based on run rates for the second quarter of 2008. The new investment will add at least 134 new jobs to the Company's current ... more |
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