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 Berlin (AFP) Aug 19, 2009 
The German government unveiled plans Wednesday to get one million electric cars zipping around the country by 2020, offering sweeteners to jump-start national giants like BMW and Volkswagen into action. "It is the federal government's aim that by 2020, there will be a million electric cars on Germany's streets," said Berlin's "national electro-mobility plan" which was approved by the cabinet ... read more 
Ankara (AFP) Aug 19, 2009Turkey's energy minister highlighted Wednesday problems in a tender won by a Russian company to build the country's first nuclear power plant amid media reports that Ankara could cancel the project. A consortium led by Atomstroyexport, Russia's state nuclear giant, was the only bidder in the tender last year and the government -- unhappy with the financial terms -- is yet to decide whether ... more
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Berlin (UPI) Aug 19, 2009 Germany on Wednesday unveiled a national strategy to make the country a world leader in sustainable mobility and have 1 million electric cars cruise its Autobahn highways by 2020. "In 2030, this could be over 5 million. By 2050, traffic in towns and cities could be predominantly without fossil fuels," the National Electric Mobility Plan reads. It includes $712 million for ... more 
Tokyo (AFP) Aug 19, 2009Toyota Motor has raised its production target for this year and plans to start buying batteries from Sanyo Electric to meet brisk demand for its hybrid vehicles, reports said Wednesday. The world's largest automaker now aims to produce 5.95 million Toyota-brand vehicles in 2009, up from a previous goal of 5.8 million, the Nikkei business daily and other media reported without naming their ... more  
Singapore (AFP) Aug 18, 2009Asia is outpacing the United States and Europe in the rebound from the global economic slump, thanks to multi-billion dollar stimulus packages and robust demand from China, analysts said. Second-quarter indicators showed the region's recession-hit economies such as Singapore and Hong Kong have returned to the growth path despite sluggish demand from the US and European markets, their main ... more |
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Tokyo (AFP) Aug 20, 2009A small radioactive leak was detected at a Japanese nuclear power plant after a strong earthquake struck the region last week, the operator said Thursday. Chubu Electric Power Co. said it detected "a slightly higher level" of the radioactive element iodine 131 in an exhaust filter, but added that the amount was so small that "it would not harm human health". A magnitude 6.4 quake ... more 
Vienna (AFP) Aug 20, 2009Iran has allowed inspectors from the International Atomic Energy Agency to inspect the nuclear reactor at Arak for the first time in a year, a diplomat told AFP Thursday. "The inspectors were able to visit Arak last week," the diplomat told AFP on condition of anonymity. "It was the first time that they had been authorised to do so for a year." IAEA spokesman Ayhan Evrensel refused to ... more 
New Delhi (AFP) Aug 19, 2009India, whose nuclear pariah status ended last year, could obtain 50 percent of its power from atomic energy by 2050, the country's nuclear chief said in an interview published Wednesday. India, which emerged from decades of nuclear isolation in 2008 when it signed a civilian technology supply agreement with the United States, now gets less than three percent of its energy needs from atomic ... more |
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