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Saudi subsidies incur huge costs, threaten oil exportsJeddah, Saudi Arabia (AFP) Oct 4, 2010 Rising demand and deep subsidies on fuel, electricity and water are burning huge holes in the Saudi budget and threaten to eat into its capacity to export oil, officials and experts warn. Oil for electricity generation is sold to power plants at about five percent of the world market price, with those savings passed on to consumers. And water - both from the ground and from oil-fired desalinisation plants - is sold at 1/100th of the cost. And with petrol for cars and trucks dispensed as low as ... read more |
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Scottsdale AZ (SPX) Oct 05, 2010CENTROSOLAR Americahas introduced the C-Series PV Module and the latest CentroPack, the 'out-of-the-box' PV system for installers. The C-Series is CENTROSOLAR America's latest in its series of German-engineered and manufactured PV modules. CENTROSOLAR modules have been installed on thousands of homes in Europe. With triple-layer back sheets and thermally strengthened, high-impact low ... more  
Manila, Philippines (SPX) Oct 05, 2010Turning garbage into energy calls to mind the 1980s film "Back to the Future," which inspired whimsical images of future cars powered on waste. Since that time, the technology for turning trash waste into electricity and biofuel has become a reality. In just the past decade, research and experimentation has brought cleaner and more efficient conversion systems. Turning "MSW" municipal soli ... more 
Victoria, Canada (SPX) Oct 05, 2010Carmanah Technologies Corporation has received orders totaling over $1.1 million in recent weeks from the United States Coast Guard as part of the Coast Guard's seasonal stock-up. More than 2,500 Carmanah/Sabik M700 series solar LED marine lanterns are scheduled for delivery to Coast Guard stations in 25 US states along the Atlantic and Pacific coasts, and the Mississippi, Gulf of Mexico a ... more |
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Inflation, corruption could impact China's stability: WenWashington (AFP) Oct 3, 2010 Corruption and inflation could have an "adverse impact" on stability in China, Premier Wen Jiabao warned Sunday, also acknowledging that the people's thirst for democracy was "irresistible." In a rare and wide-ranging interview with CNN, Wen touched on what until recently have been taboo subjects in Beijing and sought to brush aside international criticisms, insisting China's communist leaders were adapting. "I do have worry for the management of inflation expectations in China," Wen told CNN's ... read more |
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