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 Sydney (AFP) Oct 28, 2009 
A Japanese sun-powered car won the World Solar Challenge on Wednesday after averaging speeds of more than 100 kilometres (62 miles) per hour in a four-day race through Australia's desert Outback. Organisers said the Tokai Challenger crossed the finish line in Adelaide, South Australia, at 3:39 pm local time, after 29 hours and 49 minutes' racing following Sunday's departure from the northern ... read more 
Canberra, Australia (UPI) Oct 28, 2009 Clean coal would add 78 percent to the price of electricity, according to a report released Wednesday from the Global Carbon Capture and Storage Institute. The institute, established by the Australian government, includes the United States, the United Kingdom and Japan among its members. Without policies and legislation to assign a value to carbon dioxide, the report says, the ... more
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Prisoners used to shovel snow-bound US capital
Heavy rain, snow disrupts transport in Spain Washington slaps fee on plastic shopping bags Vietnam says parched Red River at record low Philippine volcano darkens New Year for 50,000 villagers Shocked residents survey Australia wildfire wreckage Honduras declares state of emergency amid drought Residents flee terrifying Australian wildfires Sarkozy scrambles to salvage carbon tax Thrill-seeking tourists flock to Philippine volcano 
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Beijing (AFP) Oct 28, 2009China's Sinopec signed a preliminary pact with Kuwait to build a nine-billion-dollar refinery in southern China, the firm said Wednesday, after it was forced to move the plant due to environmental concerns. Asia's biggest refiner and Kuwait Petroleum International signed a memorandum of understanding with the Guangdong government on Monday, Sinopec said in a statement on its website. ... more  
Beijing (AFP) Oct 28, 2009China has given final approval for the construction of a nuclear power plant with two powerful French-built reactors in southern Guangdong province, French power operator EDF announced Wednesday. China's State Council, or cabinet, said last week that construction of the Taishan plant, which will have third-generation European Pressurised Reactors (EPR) from French nuclear group Areva, could ... more 
Sofia (AFP) Oct 28, 2009German utility firm RWE is pulling out of Bulgaria's nuclear plant project in Belene, in which it was to hold 49 percent, the government in Sofia announced on Wednesday. The economic crisis, a lack of funding and no definitive agreement with Russian company Atomstroyexport, which was to build the plant, were among the reasons for RWE's withdrawal, said Galina Tosheva, director of the ... more |
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Seoul (AFP) Oct 28, 2009The South Korean subsidiary of General Motors on Wednesday welcomed a court ruling which bans a Russian carmaker's local unit from copying one of its models. A Seoul court Tuesday accepted a petition by GM Daewoo which sought to prevent its products from being copied by TagAZ Korea. The court banned TagAZ Korea from using or passing on trade secrets and from producing or selling engines ... more 
Anaheim CA (SPX) Oct 29, 2009At the Solar Power International 2009 conference SunPower has launched the next generation of its SunPower T20 Tracker (T20 Tracker). It is the most powerful solar tracker on the market today, incorporating SunPower's high-efficiency 128-cell, 400-watt solar panels for maximum energy output. SunPower's newest T20 Tracker is a single axis, ground mounted tracker that follows the sun to ... more 
San Jose CA (SPX) Oct 29, 2009SunPower has announced that it has produced a world-record, full-sized solar panel with a 20.4 percent total area efficiency. The prototype was successfully developed using funds provided by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) under its Solar America Initiative (SAI), which was awarded to SunPower approximately two years ago. The new 96-cell, 333-watt solar panel is comprised of SunPower's ... more |
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