February 16, 2009

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ENERGY TECH Paris digs deep to harness Earth's green energy Paris (AFP) Feb 13, 2009 A major new project is under way in Paris to provide ecologically clean heating for an entire district by extracting piping hot water from nearly two kilometres under the earth. In a revival of the French capital's geothermal potential, drilling has just begun in the north of the city on a desolate building site sandwiched between the traffic-clogged inner ring road and the Saint-Denis canal ... read more CIVIL NUCLEAR Russia, Turkey close to mega energy deals: official Moscow (AFP) Feb 13, 2009 Russia and Turkey are close to agreeing energy deals worth billions of dollars under which Moscow will build a nuclear power station and supply electricity for Ankara, a Russian official said on Friday. During a visit by Turkish President Abdullah Gul, Russian Energy Minister Sergei Shmatko said the two sides were nearing agreement on Russia winning the nuclear energy contract worth up to ... more Previous Issues Feb 13 Feb 12 Feb 11 Feb 10 Feb 09 BIO FUEL Sirona Fuels Acquires Blue Sky Biofuels And Invests In Jatropha San Francisco CA (SPX) Feb 16, 2009 Sirona Fuels has officially entered the biodiesel marketplace and announced its plans for expansion at the National Biodiesel Conference and Expo in San Francisco. Through its purchase of Blue Sky Biofuels, Sirona has acquired a refinery that produces high-quality biodiesel from both virgin and non-virgin feedstocks. The Oakland, CA-based refinery is permitted for 15 million gallons a year ... more TRADE WARS Rio Tinto shares fall as China deal questioned Sydney (AFP) Feb 13, 2009 Shares in mining giant Rio Tinto fell Friday as analysts and politicians questioned its plan to accept a 19.5 billion US dollar cash injection from China's state-owned aluminium firm Chinalco. Amid uncertainty over how Australian regulatory changes will affect China's largest ever investment in a foreign firm, Rio fell as much as 4.7 percent before closing one dollar (65 US cents) off, or ... more SOLAR DAILY On The Future Of Solar 2009 El Dorado Hills CA (SPX) Feb 16, 2009 Premier Power Renewable Energy will be discussing the future of Solar in 2009 with Fox Business Network. Premier Power is one of the only profitable solar integrators as well as among the largest and fastest growing solar installers in the nation. Premier Power designs and integrates Photovoltaic or "Solar Energy Systems" for large and small commercial businesses as well as industrial ... more   solarcell: ICP Solar And OutBack Power Systems Team Up For Remote Energy Apps biofuel: Examine The Gas-to-Liquids Processes For Chemicals And Energy Production ethanol: E-Fuel And Sierra Nevada Brewing Join Forces POLITICAL ECONOMY China eyes resources security with Rio deal Beijing (AFP) Feb 15, 2009 China's record investment in a foreign firm has underlined the nation's drive to get more control over the natural resources that have helped fuel its rapid rise, analysts say. State-owned aluminium firm Chinalco said last week it was putting 19.5 billion dollars into troubled Anglo-Australian mining giant Rio Tinto -- the most money China has ever invested in an overseas company. ... more FROTH AND BUBBLE UN urges world to tackle mercury health threat Nairobi (AFP) Feb 15, 2009 The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) on Sunday urged environment ministers meeting this week in Nairobi to adopt a strategy to curb the use of the highly toxic metal mercury. "The world's environment ministers meeting in Nairobi, Kenya this week can take a landmark decision to lift a global health threat from the lives of hundreds of millions of people," UNEP Executive Director ... more CIVIL NUCLEAR Most Swedes want nuclear power Stockholm (AFP) Feb 13, 2009 Most Swedish people favour nuclear power as an energy source, a poll published Friday showed a week after the government decided it would not shut the country's 10 nuclear reactor plants. About 62 percent of 1,016 people polled between February 5 and 11 by the Dagens Nyheter daily approved nuclear power, while 28 percent opposed it and 10 percent were undecided. On Febrary 5, Sweden's go ... more CIVIL NUCLEAR Indian radioactive metal found in Germany Berlin (AFP) Feb 14, 2009 German authorities have discovered more than 150 tonnes of radioactive metal imported from India, the environment ministry said Saturday, adding the material posed no environmental or health threat. Information about the material came from various German states, a ministry spokeswoman said, partly confirming a report to be published in Monday's edition of Der Spiegel. "The situation is ... more  �  � ethanol: Global Energy Announces Waste-to-Energy Production Trial trade: G7 nations vow to avoid protectionism pollution: Eco concerns slowly turning Asia textiles green EERC to Receive Award to Produce Renewable Fuels from Crambe and Other Oilseed Crops Clear Skies Solar Announces Solar Farm Project In Badger China confident nation will overcome economic difficulty: Wen China, Tanzania leaders sign multi-million-dollar deals Booming Photovoltaic Industry To Stumble Before Resuming High Growth Biofuels may speed up, not slow global warming: study Billboards in Pensacola to Use Breakthrough Eco-Friendly Technology Analysis: Report pans Iraq oil deals Analysis: Nigerian oil protests intensify India's Space Programme Poised For Big Leap Russia wants 'fully fledged' ties with NATO: Medvedev On maiden mission, Clinton bows to Asia's new power NATO chief seeks to reassure France over rejoining command CSIRO Helps Mars With Sustainable Food Production France to maintain ban on Monsanto GMO maize: PM French food agency says GM maize safe Chinese TV employee among 12 held over fire: police Bare-chested Aussie fire hero hailed in parliament US energy chief floats idea of a carbon tax: NYT Study: 21B ethanol gallons doable by 2030 SoCal Edison And BrightSource Energy Sign World's Largest Solar Deal Agreement Rohrabacher Re-Introduces Emergency Solar Power Bill Process turns raw biomass into biofuel Swiss aircraft firm to cut jobs in Ireland Previous Issues Feb 13 Feb 12 Feb 11 Feb 10 Feb 09 The contents herein, unless otherwise known to be public domain, are Copyright 1995-2008 - SpaceDaily. 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