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7,000 workers laid off in China as toy maker closes: state media Beijing (AFP) Oct 17, 2008 
A Chinese toy maker that sold to US giants Mattel and Disney has gone bust due to the global economic crisis, leaving up to 7,000 people jobless, the company and local officials said Friday. Hong Kong-listed Smart Union closed its factory doors in southern China's export hub of Dongguan this week, leaving its unpaid workers stranded outside the plants and leading to government concerns about ... read moreFinnish reactor start-up may be delayed until 2012: company 
Helsinki (AFP) Oct 17, 2008The world's first next-generation pressurised water reactor being built in Finland could be further delayed and may now only start up in 2012, Finnish energy group Teollisuuden Voima (TVO) said Friday. "Based on the present time schedule information received from the plant supplier, Areva-Siemens, the reactor plant civil construction works will take several months longer than earlier estimat ... more
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New way proposed to make energy from waste
West Lafayette, Ind. (UPI) Oct 16, 2008 U.S. scientists say they have developed a method of producing competitively priced energy from municipal, agricultural, and forest wastes. Researchers from Purdue University and the Rochester Institute of Technology say their flexible carbon-to-liquid fuel process could replace 20 percent of the transportation fuels consumed annually in the United States. Purdue Professor Fu Zhao ... more US sharply tightens air quality standards for lead 
Washington (AFP) Oct 17, 2008The Environmental Protection Agency has announced the tightest air quality standards for lead in 30 years, but warned it will take four years to enforce them as the existing monitoring network for the element is updated. The new limit has been tightened to 0.15 micrograms of lead per cubic meter of air, a level 10 times smaller than the 1.5 microgram standard set in 1978. It is also 0.2 micr ... more BroadStar Brings Revolutionary New Wind Turbine To Europe 
London, UK (SPX) Oct 17, 2008A radical new design in wind turbines - the AeroCam from BroadStar Wind Systems - will make its European debut here at one of the largest renewable energy conferences ever held in the U.K. BroadStar, an engineering and technology firm specializing in wind power generation, is exhibiting a full-size version of its new AeroCam at the BWEA30 event at the ExCeL Centre in London October 21-23. ... more  |
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REC Introduces SCM Series Solar Module
Oslo, Norway (SPX) Oct 17, 2008REC Group has announced the U.S. launch of the SCM Series Module, a high-performance solar module leveraging Scandinavian design and manufacturing excellence to deliver high PV module efficiency, dependability and durability. The SCM Series Module is the latest product from the world�s most vertically integrated solar energy company and benefits from technology leadership and manufacturing ... more Open Energy Launches New SolarSave 48-watt PV Roofing Tile 
San Diego CA (SPX) Oct 17, 2008 Open Energy has announced that a new four foot 48-watt version of its SolarSave PV Tiles is now available. The Four Foot 48-watt SolarSave PV Tiles are designed to blend with standard roofing color schemes and maintain the natural look and aesthetic appeal of the home. Open Energy unveiled the new tiles at the 2008 Solar Power International Conference in San Diego, California. ... more More Flexible Method Floated To Produce Biofuels, Electricity 
West Lafayette IN (SPX) Oct 17, 2008Researchers are proposing a new "flexible" approach to producing alternative fuels, hydrogen and electricity from municipal solid wastes, agricultural wastes, forest residues and sewage sludge that could supply up to 20 percent of transportation fuels in the United States annually. The method offers a potential solution to problems that might be created by increasing production of ethanol ... more Don't count on China to save world economy: economist 
Sao Paulo (AFP) Oct 16, 2008Hopes that China will emerge as the world's economic savior in the global crisis are overblown and ignore that country's dependence on the US market, a US economist in Beijing told the Brazilian newspaper Valor Thursday. "A significant slowdown in US growth will hit emerging markets in general, and China in particular," Michael Pettis, professor of finance at the University of Beijing, said. ... more |
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