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 Sydney (UPI) Sep 28, 2009 
Australia's solar industry is clouded in confusion, amid vague and ever-changing government policies and insufficient funds for large-scale solar projects, industry leaders say. In May, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd unveiled the $1.5 billion Solar Flagships program, for four solar thermal and solar photovoltaic installations totaling 1,000 megawatts in a single location, expected to be the ... read more 
New Delhi (UPI) Sep 30, 2009 India aims to boost its nuclear energy capacity by 12,000 percent by 2050. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, in making the announcement Tuesday at a New Delhi conference on peaceful uses of nuclear power, predicted that India could produce 470 gigawatts of nuclear power. That would make India the largest nuclear energy producer in the world, surpassing the United States, which now ... more
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San Francisco (AFP) Sept 30, 2009Google on Wednesday released free software that lets website operators automatically translate online pages into any of 51 languages. A "translator gadget" powered by Google Translate offers to transform pages for visitors if the language settings in their browsers are different from the language of a particular website, according to Google product manager Jeff Chin. "Automatic ... more 
Berlin (UPI) Sep 28, 2009 Nuclear energy is set to be revived in Germany as Chancellor Angela Merkel can form her coalition of choice after this Sunday's elections. Merkel's center-right Christian Democratic Union and the pro-business Free Democratic Party were in coalition negotiations Monday; a government will be formed within the next four weeks, the chancellor said. With the CDU and the FDP both ... more  
Shanghai (AFP) Sept 30, 2009China's manufacturing activity continued to expand at a steady rate in September, as domestic and overseas demand continued to improve, an independent survey published Wednesday indicated. The HSBC China Manufacturing PMI, or purchasing managers index, fell slightly to 55.0 in September, from 55.1 in August. A reading above 50 nevertheless means the sector is expanding, while a reading ... more |
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Paris (UPI) Sep 29, 2009 The favorite candidate of French President Nicolas Sarkozy will be named new head of EDF to steer the utility through nuclear expansion and a cost-cutting program. Henri Proglio, currently head of water, energy and transport giant Veolia, will become the new head of EDF, French Prime Minister Francois Fillon said in a statementParis said Sarkozy "backs and recommends" the ... more  
Washington (AFP) Sept 30, 2009US experts and lawmakers called Wednesday for tough laws to curb distracted driving, blamed for thousands of deaths and half a million injuries in the United States last year. "Nearly 6,000 people died last year in crashes involving a distracted driver and more than half a million were injured," Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood told a meeting of experts and families of people killed by ... more  
Caracas (AFP) Sept 29, 2009France and Venezuela have said they would seek closer cooperation in the energy sector, and discussed potential technology transfers. Finance Minister Ali Rodriguez and other members of President Hugo Chavez's government met Monday with Jean Marie Paugam, a senior official with the French Economy ministry, a Venezuelan foreign ministry statement said. Representatives of the two countries ... more |
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