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Renewable Capacity Soars Across EUBrussels, Belgium (SPX) Jul 07, 2010 In 2009, and in absolute terms, about 19.9% (608 TWh) of Europe's total electricity consumption (3042 TWh) came from renewable energy sources. Hydro power contributed with the largest share (11.6%), followed by wind (4.2%), biomass (3.5%), and solar (0.4%). With regards to the new capacity constructed that same year (27.5 GW), among the renewable sources, 37.1% was wind power, 21% photovoltaics (PV), 2.1% biomass, 1.4% hydro and 0.4% concentrated solar power, whereas the rest were gas fired power ... read more |
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Stanley, Falkland Islands (UPI) Jul 6, 2010 Delays in results from what appeared to be a promising round of drilling for oil in the Falklands waters rattled investors, with shares of oil companies showing signs of renewed nervousness among the financial interests. Investor confidence in the Falklands' ambitious drilling and exploration program in the South Atlantic waters earlier received a battering from strongly worded pronounc ... more  
Aix-En-Provence, France (AFP) July 2, 2010French nuclear group Areva, which already building two third-generation European Pressurized Reactors (EPR) in China, is negotiating further reactors with Beijing, the company's CEO said Friday. "The EPR has been the biggest contract with China in euros. We are negotiating with the Chinese for further EPRs," chief executive Anna Lauvergeon said on the margins of a conference in Aix-en-Proven ... more  
Beijing (AFP) July 6, 2010China on Tuesday defended the jailing of an American geologist on state secrets charges, rejecting US protests over the sentence and telling Washington not to interfere on the issue. US geologist Xue Feng was sentenced to eight years in jail on Monday on charges related to the sale of a database relating to China's oil industry. US Ambassador Jon Huntsman, who attended the sentencing, ha ... more |
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Scientists Advance Quantum Computing And Energy Conversion TechCollege Park MD (SPX) Jul 07, 2010 Using a unique hybrid nanostructure, University of Maryland researchers have shown a new type of light-matter interaction and also demonstrated the first full quantum control of qubit spin within very tiny colloidal nanostructures (a few nanometers), thus taking a key step forward in efforts to create a quantum computer. Published in the July 1 issue of Nature, their research builds on work by the same Maryland research team published in March in the journal Science. According to the authors ... read more |
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