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Alstom boss says world should not buy Chinese trains: report Beijing (AFP) Jan 2, 2009 
Alstom Transport, the world's second-largest train-maker, is calling on nations not to buy Chinese-made trains, accusing the country of shutting foreign firms out of domestic bids, a report said Friday. Alstom chief executive Philippe Mellier told the Financial Times that China is also exporting trains with some foreign technology that was supplied on condition that it not be used outside Chine ... read moreUS Oil Use Remains Flat Due To Expanded Biofuels Industry 
Washington DC (SPX) Jan 05, 2009The U.S. Energy Administration (EIA) recently released its Annual Energy Outlook 2009 (AEO), projecting U.S. energy consumption and production through 2030. Due to the use of biofuels, oil use has become flat and will continue to remain flat as biofuels use continues to increase. However, the 'consensus' from several media outlets is, 'EIA report says ethanol production will fall short of ... more
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Worldwide semiconductor sales fall in November
Washington (AFP) Jan 2, 2009Worldwide semiconductor sales fell to 20.8 billion dollars in November, a decline of 9.8 percent compared with the same month last year, the Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) reported Friday. The San Jose, California-based SIA said global sales of semiconductors were 7.2 percent lower in November than the 22.4 billion dollars in October 2008. It said that excluding memory chips, w ... more Oil And Gas Pipelines Hit Center Stage In 2008 
Washington DC (UPI) Jan 02, 2009European countries were forced in 2008 to recognize the risk of a non-diverse supply of oil and gas, as geopolitical strife shut down or otherwise threatened oil and gas pipelines. Further east, tensions such as the India-Pakistan row, exacerbated by the Mumbai terrorist attacks, could derail planned pipeline projects. Oil through the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline resumed in September ... more N-Viro International Biofuel Project Receives Initial Approval 
Toledo OH (SPX) Jan 05, 2009N-Viro International has announced that the Michigan State University Board of Trustees has authorized MSU to proceed with the planning and design of a biofuel processing facility adjacent to the T.B. Simon Power Plant, which is located on the University's 5,200 acre campus. Subject to approval of a definitive agreement between MSU and N-Viro by the MSU Board of Trustees, this facility wil ... more  |
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Warmer light from OLEDs
Gainesville, Fla. (UPI) Jan 2, 2009University of Florida researchers say they're getting closer to creating LED-type room lighting that is as warm as an incandescent bulb. Lead investigator Franky So, an associate professor of materials science and engineering, said his team has achieved a record for efficiency of blue organic light-emitting diodes, called OLEDs. The blue OLEDs achieved a peak efficiency of 50 lumens per ... more French nuclear group Areva seeks US license for uranium plant 
New York (AFP) Jan 2, 2009French nuclear services group Areva announced this week that it has applied for US government approval to build a two billion dollar uranium enrichment plant in the northwestern state of Idaho. The project would be the French state-controlled group's first uranium enrichment plant in the United States. Currently the sole uranium enrichment plant in the US is operated by shareholder-owned ... more Traffic fatalities in China fall to 73,500 in 2008: report 
Beijing (AFP) Jan 4, 2009Nearly 73,500 people were killed in over 265,000 road accidents in China last year, a 10 percent reduction in traffic fatalities over 2007, state press said Sunday. Traffic accidents in 2008 were down by 19 percent from the year earlier due to stepped up road safety measures and better management of commercial vehicles, Xinhua news agency said, citing police statistics. Along with the 73 ... more Japan says 'cannot accept' Chinese gas development 
Tokyo (AFP) Jan 5, 2009Japan said Monday it "cannot accept" China's development of a gas field near a disputed part of the East China Sea after Beijing insisted it was acting within its own waters. Asia's two largest economies struck a deal in June last year to end a lingering spat over Chinese undersea gas fields which, Japan said, may extend into its exclusive economic zone. But Japan has complained about Ch ... more |
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