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The fate of tens of thousands of workers hung in the balance on Wednesday as Berlin prepared a crunch meeting to select its preferred bidder for struggling General Motors subsidiary Opel. Chancellor Angela Merkel will begin talks at 1900 GMT with top politicians from Berlin and Washington, as well as representatives from the three bidding firms that have placed official bids, Magna, RHJ Inte ... read more 
Washington (AFP) May 27, 2009Global carbon dioxide emissions are set to rise 39 percent by 2030 as energy consumption surges in the developing world, notably in Asian giants China and India, the United States warned on Wednesday. The US Energy Information Administration (EIA) said global energy demand would leap 44 percent between 2006 and 2030, fueled by a 73-percent rise in demand from non-developed countries. ... more
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Santa Clara CA (SPX) May 28, 2009National Semiconductor has announced results of rigorous internal reliability testing for its SolarMagic power optimizers. The results of the tests demonstrate SolarMagic has an industry-leading mean time between failures (MTBF) of 455 years which, when coupled with its 20-year warranty, make National's SolarMagic power optimizer one of the most reliable electronic photovoltaic (PV) system compo ... more 
Washington DC (SPX) May 28, 2009Alstom Hydro has signed a licensing cooperation agreement with Clean Current Power Systems Incorporated, a private Canadian company specialised in the design and testing of tidal energy technology. According to the main environmental regulatory bodies, this emerging energy source will soon play a significant role in renewable energy power generation. If all eligible tidal stream site ... more 
Arlington VA (SPX) May 28, 2009The Air-Conditioning, Heating, and Refrigeration Institute (AHRI) announced its opposition to H.R. 2454, the American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009 (ACES Act) in its current form. If the bill is passed into law, it would, among many other onerous provisions, eviscerate the federal preemption provisions of the National Appliance Energy Conservation Act (NAECA) and the Energy Policy act of ... more 
Palo Alto CA (SPX) May 28, 2009QD Soleil has announced the signing of an exclusive license agreement with Starfire Electronic Development and Marketing Corporation for patents covering the work of nanotechnology pioneer Dr. Avery Goldstein. The technologies under license have the potential to dramatically improve the economics of solar energy by increasing process efficiencies and reducing the amount of raw materials ... more |
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Beijing (AFP) May 27, 2009China's Chinalco is planning to revise a 19.5-billion-dollar bid for part of Rio Tinto after the Anglo-Australian mining giant's share price soared, state media reported. Xiong Weiping, president of the Chinese state-owned firm, told Caijing magazine: "The market has definitely undergone changes. We will study the current situation with Rio Tinto accordingly." The deal, which would be ... more 
Beijing (AFP) May 27, 2009China Wednesday unveiled new measures to help exporters, which have been hard hit by falling overseas demand due to the global economic crisis, state media reported. At a meeting presided over by Premier Wen Jiabao, for 2009 the government decided to increase export credit insurance to 84 billion dollars and export credit to 10 billion dollars, according to CCTV television. "The fall in ... more 
Hong Kong (AFP) May 27, 2009Exporters in China's manufacturing heartland have seen increased orders in recent weeks, a survey has found, in a tentative sign of recovery for the beleaguered sector. Nearly half of respondents to a survey of Hong Kong-owned enterprises in the Pearl River Delta by the Federation of Hong Kong Industries (FHKI) said they had seen a gradual increase in orders by the start of May. "The FHK ... more  
San Ramon CA (SPX) May 28, 2009When Chevron shareholders congregate at corporate headquarters this week, there will be plenty to talk about - but a key issue of concern to shareholders has been excluded from the agenda, according to the environmentally responsible investment firm Green Century Capital Management. The Alberta tar sands, a controversial and unconventional oil reserve where Chevron participates in two ... more |
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