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Japan moves ahead with pluthermal reactorsTokyo (UPI) Mar 3, 2009 Bolstered by a plan for low-interest loans for new nuclear reactors announced last month, Japan is forging ahead with nuclear power expansion as part of its objective to reduce emissions. According to the World Nuclear Association, nuclear energy accounts for nearly 30 percent of Japan's total electricity production, with a planned increase to 41 percent by 2017. Last fall Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama announced the country's goal of slashing greenhouse gas emissions by 25 perce ... read more |
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Fredericia, Denmark (SPX) Mar 04, 2010Fredericia, Denmark (SPX) Mar 04, 2010 Mitsui Engineering and Shipbuilding (MES) and Inbicon have announced the signing of a license agreement for the Inbicon Biomass Refinery technology. The agreement grants Mitsui the right to build a number of biomass refineries in Southeast Asia using Inbicon's technology. Mitsui intends to apply the technology in the palm oil industry, where wastes f ... more  
Geneva (AFP) March 2, 2010Chinese auto maker BYD (Build Your Dreams) and German giant Daimler have signed a preliminary agreement to mass produce an electric car together, executives said at the Geneva motor show on Tuesday. Under the memorandum of understanding, the world's oldest automaker and one of the youngest aim to market the vehicle under a new jointly owned brand, merging their technological knowhow for Chin ... more  
Washington DC (SPX) Mar 04, 2010Ninety-five years ago a committee of 12 volunteers with a budget of $5,000 embarked on a mission to change the face of U.S. aviation, and in doing so established a legacy of innovative aeronautical research that continues at NASA today. Established by Congress on March 3, 1915, the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, or the NACA, convened its first meeting a few weeks later with m ... more |
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Embattled IPCC seeks outside reviewGeneva, Switzerland (UPI) Mar 3, 2009 A Nobel Prize-winning panel of international climate scientists is looking for an outside review of its reports to avoid errors that could further damage the group's reputation. After a series of embarrassing errors has been uncovered in its 2007 climate report, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change announced that it seeks an independent review for its future studies. "We recognize the criticism that has been leveled at us and the need to respond," IPCC Chairman Rajendra Pachaur ... read more |
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