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US And China In Race To The Top Of Global Wind Industry Washington DC (SPX) Feb 03, 2009 
Global wind energy capacity grew by 28.8% last year, even higher than the average over the past decade, to reach total global installations of more than 120,800 MW (120.8 GW) at the end of 2008. Over 27,000 MW (27 GW) of new wind power generation capacity came online in 2008, 36% more than in 2007. "These figures speak for themselves: there is huge and growing global demand for emissions ... read moreWind Now Leads EU Power Sector 
Brussels, Belgium (SPX) Feb 03, 2009In 2008, more wind power was installed in the EU than any other electricity generating technology. Statistics released by the European Wind Energy Association (EWEA) show that 43% of all new electricity generating capacity built in the European Union last year was wind energy, exceeding all other technologies including gas, coal and nuclear power. A total of 19,651 MW of new power ... more
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Walker's World: China's debts mount up
Washington (UPI) Feb 2, 2009 Partly because so much of China's bad economic news emerged while Premier Wen Jiabao was at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, the gloom about China's collapsing exports and rising unemployment and unrest has become intense. Nonetheless, China's war chest of American Treasury bonds and securities and its hard currency holdings still total $2 trillion, which may be the large ... more US spending drops as China urges unity against 'disaster' 
London (AFP) Feb 2, 2009China urged joint action on Monday to avoid a global economic disaster even as fresh divisions emerged in Europe and new US data pointed to a deepening recession in the world's largest economy. "When bubbles burst, the world is exposed to disaster," Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said during talks with British Prime Minister Gordon Brown in London. "No single country can remain immune and ... more Protests as Philippine Congress deliberates nuclear bill 
Manila (AFP) Feb 2, 2009About a hundred environmentalists led a protest outside the Philippine Congress Monday to denounce a bill to revive a mothballed nuclear power plant at a cost of one billion dollars. The protesters, led by Greenpeace, erected a symbolic tombstone at the gates of the House of Representatives that they said was meant to remind lawmakers that the Bataan Nuclear Power Plant (BNPP) has long been ... more  |
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India signs nuclear inspections deal
Vienna (AFP) Feb 2, 2009India signed an inspections agreement with the UN atomic watchdog on Monday as part of a deal lifting a 34-year-old embargo on nuclear trade with New Delhi, the International Atomic Energy Agency said. "An agreement between the government of India and the IAEA for the 'Application of Safeguards to Civilian Nuclear Facilities' was signed today in Vienna by IAEA Director General Mohamed ... more Eyeing reactor deal, France hails Indian nuclear accord 
Paris (AFP) Feb 2, 2009France, which hopes for deals to export tens of billions of dollars worth of nuclear technology to India, on Monday hailed the Asian giant's inspections agreement with the UN atomic watchdog. India finalised its return from the nuclear cold by signing a safety accord with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), part of moves to put an end to a 34-year-old embargo on nuclear trade with ... more Chinese PM sees 'light at end of tunnel' of global crisis 
London (AFP) Feb 2, 2009Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao vowed Monday to join urgent and coordinated action to avert a global economic disaster, insisting that there is "light at the end of the tunnel." After talks with British Prime Minister Gordon Brown on the last leg of a five-nation European trip, he said China's recovery will be crucial to reversing the global downturn. "This financial crisis is a global one. ... more Britain aiming to double exports to China: Brown 
London (AFP) Feb 2, 2009Britain wants to double its exports to China within 18 months, taking advantage of Beijing's efforts to boost its own economy, Prime Minister Gordon Brown said Monday. Speaking after talks with Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, Brown said exports to China last year added up to nearly five billion pounds (5.5 billion euros, 7.0 billion dollars) and he wanted this figure to reach 10 billion pounds ... more |
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