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Iran, China firms sign 3 bln dollar LNG deal: report Tehran (AFP) March 14, 2009 
Iran's state-owned gas company and a Chinese consortium Saturday signed a multi-billion dollar deal to produce liquefied natural gas in the Islamic republic's South Pars field, a report said. The deal, worth 3.39 billion dollars, was signed by Iran LNG company with the Chinese consortium for an annual production of 10.5 million tonnes of LNG, the state media reported. It did not re ... read moreNew Renewables To Power 40 Per Cent Of Global Electricity Demand By 2050 
Copenhagen, Denmark (SPX) Mar 14, 2009With adequate financial and political support, renewable energy technologies like wind and photovoltaics could supply 40 percent of the world's electricity by 2050, according to findings from the International Scientific Congress "Climate Change: Global Risks, Challenges and Decisions." However, if such technologies are marginalized, its share is likely to hover below 15 percent. This rese ... more
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China can have confidence in US economy: Obama
Washington (AFP) March 14, 2009US President Barack Obama said Saturday that China could have "absolute confidence" in the US economy, after Premier Wen Jiabao expressed concern about Chinese investments in the United States. "Not just the Chinese government, but every investor can have absolute confidence in the soundness of investments in the United States," Obama said after meeting Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula ... more Need To Improve Supplier Awareness Of Climate Change Threats 
Washington DC (SPX) Mar 14, 2009The first ever global collaboration on climate change between major organisations and their suppliers demonstrates the need for increased supplier awareness of the regulatory, physical and general risks that climate change poses to their business. Of 634 suppliers surveyed globally by the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP), only 58% considered that climate change posed a risk to their operati ... more MIT Battery Material Could Lead To Rapid Recharging Of Many Devices 
Boston MA (SPX) Mar 14, 2009MIT engineers have created a kind of beltway that allows for the rapid transit of electrical energy through a well-known battery material, an advance that could usher in smaller, lighter batteries - for cell phones and other devices - that could recharge in seconds rather than hours. The work could also allow for the quick recharging of batteries in electric cars, although that particular ... more  |
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Clean Energy Investment Not On Track To Avoid Climate Change
Washington DC (SPX) Mar 14, 2009The world economic crisis has hit investment in clean energy and means its growth is no longer on track for the world to avert the worst impact of climate change, according to leading clean energy and carbon market analysts, New Energy Finance. Presenting their Global Futures 2009 insights to the second New Energy Finance Summit on March 4th, NEF analysts say that although lower economic a ... more CSIRO Contributes To Large Gas Discovery In PNG 
Canberra, Australia (SPX) Mar 14, 2009CSIRO scientists have successfully helped oil and gas company InterOil discover significant amounts of natural gas in Papua New Guinea. InterOiI have discovered a significant gas-condensate reservoir in their recently drilled well, Antelope One. A flow test early last week reported 382 million cubic feet of gas with 5,000 barrels of condensate per day, a total of 68,700 barrels of oil equi ... more Maldives leader vows to make country carbon neutral 
London (AFP) March 14, 2009The Maldives will become the world's first carbon neutral country by fully switching to the use of renewable energy within a decade, President Mohamed Nasheed said in an article to be published Sunday. Writing in Britain's Observer weekly newspaper, Nasheed said the country would rely on solar panels and wind turbines instead of oil, adding that "the Maldives will no longer be a net contribu ... more Broadband Wireless Research Gets Green Light 
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Mar 14, 2009Australia's biggest collaboration with China on wireless communications research will focus on making the next generation of wireless networks more environmentally friendly. At the launch of the Australia-China Research Centre for Wireless Communications, the Centre's Director, CSIRO's Dr Jay Guo, said the need to develop 'green' wireless base stations is becoming more pressing as wireless ... more |
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