China's fiscal revenue slumps in April: govt
Shanghai (AFP) May 15, 2009
China's fiscal revenue weakened sharply in April, and the outlook for the rest of the year is grim with rising public spending and falling income, the finance ministry said. In April, government fiscal income fell 13.6 percent from a year earlier to 589.7 billion yuan (86.3 billion dollars), accelerating downwards from March's 0.3 percent fall, the ministry said in a statement on its website ... read more
China to focus on energy efficiency post-Kyoto: state media
Beijing (AFP) May 15, 2009
China may pledge to improve its energy efficiency by a wide margin in the post-Kyoto years rather than commit to direct cuts in greenhouse gas emissions, state media said Friday. This will be the energy-guzzling Asian giant's main contribution to world efforts to curb greenhouse gases from 2013 to 2020 under a new pact currently being negotiated to replace the Kyoto Protocol, the China Daily ... more
China electricity use down in April: report
Shanghai (AFP) May 17, 2009
China's electricity consumption fell 3.6 percent year on year in April, a larger drop than in March, the latest sign an economic recovery has yet to take hold, state media reported Sunday. The industrial sector consumes about 70 percent of the power in China, according to the report by the official Xinhua news agency, and the decline is inconsistent with data indicating industrial activity ... more
Brazil's Lula heads to Saudi Arabia, China and Turkey
Brasilia (AFP) May 15, 2009
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva leaves this weekend on a trip to Saudi Arabia, China and Turkey designed to boost bilateral trade, and his country's international profile. The middle leg in China is considered the most important part of the trip, given rapidly expanding exchanges between Brazil and the great Asian nation and Beijing's interest in Brazil's vast natural resources ... more
Armed ship with nuclear fuel arrives in Japan: witness
Omaezaki, Japan (AFP) May 18, 2009
An armed vessel carrying a massive load of recycled nuclear fuel arrived in Japan on Monday from France, an AFP correspondent witnessed. The Pacific Heron, a specially adapted ship with a British police team on board to head off possible hijackers, arrived in the central port of Omaezaki more than two months after it left France in March. The convoy, carrying the MOX fuel - a blend of ... more
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Areva sells stake in Total to fund new projects: report
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Hong Kong economy shrinks 7.8 percent in Q1
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World needs fair and just financial system: China's Wu
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Fishing for trash off Rio
Rio De Janeiro (AFP) May 15, 2009
Sitting in his fishing boat in the bay of Rio de Janeiro, Gabriel has an easy time hauling in his "catch," plucking it from the sea with his own hands, not with a net. But that's because the bounty he is grabbing isn't fish -- it's the floating trash that sullies the waters of one of the world's most beautiful cities. Gabriel, a professional fisherman for two decades, is one of an army ... more
AREVA Aligns With Microsoft For Smarter Grid Solutions
Bethesda MD (SPX) May 18, 2009
Bethesda MD (SPX) May 18, 2009
AREVA's Transmission and Distribution (T and D) division has announced the extension of its three-year long collaboration with Microsoft to include the development of Smarter Grid Management solutions to help the worldwide power industry efficiently and reliably fulfill the future global demand for power. AREVA and Microsoft's joint efforts have already led ... more
Debunking High Tech As Energy Hog
Silicon Valley CA (SPX) May 18, 2009
Semiconductor technologies are so essential to advances in energy efficiency gains that the U.S. economy could expand by more than 70 percent through 2030 and still use 11 percent less electricity than it did in 2008, according to a major news study by the nonprofit and independent American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE). Between now and 2030, electricity bills could be re ... more
Energy Conversion Devices And Enfinity Co-Develop Solar Projects
Waregem, Belgium (SPX) May 18, 2009
Energy Conversion Devices and Enfinity have announced plans to co-develop a portfolio of rooftop solar installations throughout the U.S., as well as in numerous European countries, including Belgium, Germany, France, Italy, Spain and the Czech Republic. ECD and Enfinity have identified approximately 10 MW of projects that they will collaborate on in the short term. ECD, through its wholly ... more
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France offers Pakistan nuclear energy help
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PG And E Signs Record Solar Power Deal With Brightsource
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