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On 1 July 2009 the solar-thermal power station Andasol 1, located in the Spanish province of Granada in Andalusia, was officially inaugurated. At the present time, Andasol 1 is the largest solar power station in the world. Researchers at the German Aerospace Centre were heavily involved in the development of key technologies and identified the most suitable location with the help of various tool ... read more 
Madrid (AFP) July 2, 2009The UN World Tourism Organisation revised its 2009 global tourism forecast sharply down Thursday due to a worsening economic outlook and uncertainty over the impact of the swine flu pandemic. In the June edition of its "World Tourism Barometer", the Madrid-based body forecast international tourism would decrease between four and six percent this year. In January it had predicted a decline of ... more
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Taipei, Taiwan (UPI) Jul 2, 2009 Communist China, ever since its founding in 1949, has never given up its sovereign claim on Taiwan, but the island nation's new president has sought to put relations between the two countries on a more even keel since taking office in May 2008. The impact of Taiwanese President Ma Ying-jeou's policy was evident again Tuesday when his nation began accepting investments from the mainland ... more  
Sao Paulo (AFP) July 1, 2009Sao Paulo on Wednesday unveiled plans to introduce Latin America's first hydrogen-powered bus, which from August will plough the city's thronged streets, spewing water vapor instead of carbon dioxide. The first prototype is scheduled to enter service next month, with trials expected to end in 2011. "Brazil is one of five countries in the world that have mastered this technology and that ... more  
Madrid (AFP) July 2, 2009Spain's government said Thursday it would allow the country's oldest nuclear reactor to operate beyond its intended 40-year lifespan, reversing a policy of gradually phasing out nuclear power. Industry Minister Miguel Sebastian said the Garona plant in northern Spain, which had been designed to function only until 2011 and whose operating permit expires on Sunday, would now be allowed to ... more  
Fort Bragg, N.C. (UPI) Jul 2, 2009 A New Jersey company has developed a system to make bridges from recycled materials that are strong enough to support a U.S. Army tank. Axion International Holdings, of Basking Ridge, N.J., said the engineers constructed a pair of bridges made entirely from recycled plastic products at Fort Bragg, N.C., and had M1 Abrams tanks driven across the spans. The M1 Abrams, manufactured ... more |
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London (AFP) July 2, 2009Miner Rio Tinto said on Thursday that investors led by Chinese aluminium giant Chinalco had snapped up all its new London-listed shares, as it looks to raise 15.2 billion dollars (10.8 billion euros). The Anglo-Australian group had announced plans on June 5 to raise 11.8 billion dollars from the sale of fresh London-listed stock and 3.4 billion dollars from new shares listed in Sydney. ... more 
Kingston-Upon-Thames, UK (SPX) Jul 03, 2009QuantaSol has developed what it believes to be the most efficient single junction solar cell ever manufactured. Developed in just two years, QuantaSol's single-junction device has been independently tested by Fraunhofer ISE as achieving 28.3% efficiency at greater than 500 suns. QuantaSol was established in June 2007 as a spin-out of Imperial College London to commercialise the ... more 
Vienna (AFP) July 2, 2009Veteran Japanese diplomat Yukiya Amano won the contest on Thursday to head the International Atomic Energy Agency, giving him a pivotal role in dealing with Iran's nuclear ambitions. Tokyo's current envoy to the UN nuclear watchdog was chosen after six rounds of voting when he scraped together the requisite two-thirds majority with backing of 23 of the 35 board members. Eleven voted against ... more  
Tokyo (AFP) July 2, 2009Tens of thousands more victims of Japan's 1950s Minamata mercury poisoning disaster may soon qualify for financial compensation under a bill that was being prepared in parliament Thursday. The ruling bloc and opposition parties agreed to pass a law next week to reduce the number of symptoms required for a patient to qualify for relief, the first review since 1995. The environment ... more |
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