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China's oil companies, buoyed by the country's foreign exchange reserves that now top $2 trillion for the first time, are on another buying spree in Africa, further challenging the century-long domination of the continent's mineral wealth by Europe's great powers. So intense is Beijing's drive for wider access to energy resources to fuel China's economic growth that its main state-run ... read more 
L'Aquila, Italy (AFP) July 9, 2009The world's biggest economies agreed to fight protectionism and limit global warming Thursday as the major emerging powers confronted the Group of Eight rich nations at their Italian summit. Brazil, China, Egypt, India, Mexico and South Africa joined an expanded G8 on its second day, determined that US President Barack Obama and his wealthy partners pay the lion's share of the bill for ... more
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Shanghai (AFP) July 9, 2009Chinese banks extended a total of 1.53 trillion yuan (224 billion dollars) in new lending in June despite regulators' concerns over the risk of bad loans rising, state media reported Thursday. The figure more than doubled from 664.5 billion yuan in May and 591.8 billion in April, the official Shanghai Securities News said, citing the central bank. The record pace of lending took new ... more  
Victoria, Canada (SPX) Jul 10, 2009Carmanah Technologies has received a follow up order valued at approximately CAD $2.3 million from Lyon, France-based telecom provider TWIST to supply solar power systems for a telecommunications project in North Africa. The project, facilitated by Solergitech, Carmanah's authorized distributor in the region, will power a network of telecommunications towers with the company's stand-alone ... more 
Manila, Philippines (UPI) Jul 9, 2009 The Asian Development Bank Thursday announced a program to help fund new technology to substantially reduce greenhouse gas emissions in China. The ADB will provide $1.25 million in technical assistance to fund the bulk of the $1.55 million project in the northern Chinese city of Tianjin. The balance will come from the Chinese government. The ADB's technical assistance will ... more  
Ashkelon, Israel (SPX) Jul 10, 2009Seambiotic has announced that its US subsidiary, Seambiotic USA, has entered into an agreement with NASA Glenn Research Center to develop an on-going collaborative R and D program for optimization of open-pond microalgae growth processes. "Under a Space Act Agreement, NASA is partnering with Seambiotic USA to model growth processes for microalgae for use as aviation biofuel ... more |
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Irvine CA (SPX) Jul 10, 2009VIASPACE has announced that Chief Executive Dr. Carl Kukkonen made an invited presentation entitled, "Giant King Grass: An Energy Crop for Cellulosic Biofuels and Electric Power Plants" at the Biofuels and Jatropha Markets Asia conference in Jakarta, Indonesia, June 29-July 1, 2009. Attendees and speakers at the fourth annual conference featured business executives and government officials ... more 
Philadelphia PA (SPX) Jul 10, 2009SRS Energy has completed one of the first residential installations of the Sole Power Tile system at a residence in Bermuda Dunes, CA. The Sole Power Tile is the first building-integrated photovoltaic (BIPV) roofing product designed for curved roofing systems. "This installation illustrates how homeowners can go green and make smart, sustainable choices without compromising curb ... more  
Berlin (AFP) July 9, 2009The Swedish operator of the aging German nuclear power station Kruemmel revealed on Thursday more problems at the plant, which has been shut down for emergency repairs since the weekend. All 80,000 fuel rods at the plant near Hamburg will be examined from Friday because "it looks as if one or several of the rods in the reactor is defective," said Ernst Michael Zuefle, head of operator ... more 
Niskayuna NY (SPX) Jul 10, 2009With the goals of increasing energy security, energy efficiency, and promoting cleaner, alternative energy at U.S. military bases, GE has announced it has been awarded $2 million in Federal stimulus funding from the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) for a smart microgrid demonstration project at Twentynine Palms Base, California. The base is the world's largest Marine Corps Base and it ... more |
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