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Kazakhstan may host nuclear fuel bank: president Astana (AFP) April 6, 2009 
Kazakhstan is prepared to host a nuclear fuel bank from which countries could purchase fissile material for peaceful energy use, Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev said Monday. "If a nuclear fuel bank for nuclear energy was created, then Kazakhstan would consider hosting it," Nazarbayev said. Nazarbayev floated the idea -- aimed at providing nuclear power to developing states -- at ... read moreWaste Not, Want Not 
Sapporo, Japan (SPX) Apr 07, 2009Tapping industrial waste heat could reduce fossil fuel demands in the short term and improve efficiency of countless manufacturing processes, according to scientists in Japan writing in the International Journal of Exergy. Lihua Zhang and Tomohiro Akiyama of Hokkaido University, Sapporo, explain that heat waste from industrial processes, such as combustion and electricity generation is som ... more
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Unique Approach For Splitting Water Into Hydrogen And Oxygen
Rehovot, Israel (SPX) Apr 07, 2009The design of efficient systems for splitting water into hydrogen and oxygen, driven by sunlight is among the most important challenges facing science today, underpinning the long term potential of hydrogen as a clean, sustainable fuel. But man-made systems that exist today are very inefficient and often require additional use of sacrificial chemical agents. In this context, it is importan ... more Sun shares down after IBM takeover falls apart 
New York (AFP) April 6, 2009Shares of Sun Microsystems Inc. plunged more than 20 percent on Wall Street on Monday following reports that computer giant IBM had withdrawn its seven-billion-dollar takeover bid. Sun shares closed at 6.56 dollars in New York, a loss of 22.73 percent on the day. IBM lost 0.65 percent to close at 101.56 dollars. Sun's slide on Wall Street followed reports in The Wall Street Journal and ... more Russia-China pipeline ready in 'a few weeks': Putin 
Moscow (AFP) April 6, 2009Russia will finish an oil pipeline connecting Siberian oil fields to energy-hungry China in several weeks, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said on Monday. "As I have just been told by the management of Transneft, within just a few weeks the phase of reaching the Chinese border will be completed, and we will move on further to the Pacific Ocean," he said a speech to Russian lawmakers. Puti ... more  |
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Germany's Linde unveils new Chinese joint venture
Frankfurt (AFP) April 6, 2009German industrial gases group Linde said Monday it would create a joint venture with the Chinese group Sinopec to provide gas to a chemical complex in the central city of Chongqing. The new company should be set up by June and would be held in equal parts by both partners, a statement said. Initial investment would total around 50 million euros (68 million dollars). Linde has already sig ... more Carbon Capture Has A Sparkling Future 
London, UK (SPX) Apr 07, 2009New research shows that for millions of years carbon dioxide has been stored safely and naturally in underground water in gas fields saturated with the greenhouse gas. The findings bring carbon capture and storage a step closer. Politicians are committed to cutting levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide to slow climate change. Carbon capture and storage is one approach to cut levels of the ... more Beijing extends post-Olympics car rules: report 
Beijing (AFP) April 6, 2009Beijing has extended its post-Olympics traffic control measures for one year after a successful initial effort at easing road congestion and curbing pollution, state media reported Monday. The rules, first introduced in September last year following more stringent rules during the 2008 Olympic Games, will take 930,000 of the city's 3.6 million vehicles off the roads every weekday, the China ... more Analysis: Oil and Gas Pipeline Watch 
Washington DC (UPI) Apr 06, 2009Georgia signed a memorandum of understanding in Tbilisi with the London company responsible for the planned White Stream pipeline under the Black Sea to Europe. White Stream would bring gas from the Caspian region along a complex route under the Black Sea, through Georgia, Romania and others and on to markets in Europe. The initial capac ... more |
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