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 Tofte, Norway (UPI) Nov 24, 2009 
A Norwegian power company announced Tuesday Norway's Crown Princess Mette-Marit will head the opening of the world's first osmotic power plant. Statkraft, Europe's largest renewable energy company, said the plant at Tofte, outside Oslo, will generate power by using the energy produced when fresh water and seawater are mixed, the Norway Post reported.
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Washington (UPI) Nov 24, 2009 Reputable financial houses, as they are described online, are telling their clients how to prepare for potential "global collapse" over the next two years. France's Societe Generale, according to the London Daily Telegraph's chief investigative reporter, Ambrose Evans-Pritchard, is such a house that is now "mapping a strategy of defensive investments to avoid wealth destruction." ... more
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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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London (UPI) Nov 23, 2009 Global oil demand has at last turned a corner and is on the rise again after falling for six consecutive quarters, the London-based Center for Global Energy Studies reported Monday. Despite a rising demand, however, "oil prices should remain around their current level over the winter," CGES said in its Monthly Oil Report for November. Crude oil prices rose during the weekend, pu ... more  
London (AFP) Nov 24, 2009A nuclear power plant in southeast England was shut down Tuesday after a small fire in the boiler annexe, the company that runs the complex said. Firefighters had extinguished the fire at the Dungeness B plant at Romney Marsh in Kent after staff raised the alarm shortly before midnight on Monday, a fire official said. "There was no risk to the public and there was no release of ... more  
New Delhi (AFP) Nov 25, 2009Chetan Maini, the engineer who pioneered India's first electric car, had his eureka moment two decades ago when he drove a vehicle fuelled by solar power across the blazing Australian outback. Now Maini, the man behind Reva Electric Car Co., is building in southern India what he says will be the world's biggest factory making battery-powered city commuter cars. "It's the first attempt at ... more |
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Washington (AFP) Nov 24, 2009The United States has firmed up plans to impose up to 15 percent tariffs on imported Chinese steel pipes targeted for wideranging sanctions for alleged unfair subsidies. The Commerce Department said Tuesday it made a "final determination" to impose tariffs of between 10.36 percent and 15.78 percent following a probe on imports from China of "oil country tubular goods." They are steel ... more 
Washington (AFP) Nov 24, 2009US Interior Secretary Ken Salazar blasted big oil trade groups Tuesday, accusing them of barring the way to a balanced US energy system that would create thousands of jobs. The oil and gas leasing program put in place by President Barack Obamas's administration is "robust" and "focuses on development in the right way, in the right places and with a fair return to the American taxpayer," ... more  
New Delhi (UPI) Nov 24, 2009 India announced Monday a plan to increase solar power to 20,000 megawatts by 2022. Farooq Abdullah, India's minister for new and renewable energy, cited the country's increased energy demand, crippling electricity shortages and high rates for electricity in announcing the Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission, named after the nation's first prime minister. The plan will adopt ... more |
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