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November 16, 2010
SUPER COMPUTERS
New Research Provides Effective Battle Planning For Supercomputer War
Warwick, UK (SPX) Nov 16, 2010
New research from the University of Warwick, to be presented at the World's largest supercomputing conference next week, pits China's new No. 1 supercomputer against alternative US designs. The work provides crucial new analysis that will benefit the battle plans of both sides, in an escalating war between two competing technologies. Professor Stephen Jarvis, Royal Society Industry Fellow at the University of Warwick's Department of Computer Science, will tell some of the 15,000 delegates in New O ... read more

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BIO FUEL

Statoil Now Blending Inbicon's Cellulosic Ethanol For Danish Drivers
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BIO FUEL

US To Develop More Sugarcane Ethanol
The first major sugarcane ethanol refinery in the continental United States will be built in the Imperial Valley of California, one of the best locations for growing sugarcane in the world. The etha ... more
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CHIP TECH

Building A Racetrack Memory
Annoyed by how long it took his computer to boot up, Klaui began to think about an alternative. Hard disks are cheap and can store enormous quantities of data, but they are slow; every time a comput ... more
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BIO FUEL

Strategic Alliance To Process Jatropha Seeds Into Sustainable Crude Oil
SG Biofuels has announced it has established a strategic partnership with Bunge North America, the North American operating arm of Bunge Limited, to research and develop a model to process Jatropha ... more
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BIO FUEL

BlueFire Renewables Receives Final Permits For Cellulosic Ethanol Facility
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CAR TECH

China's SAIC agrees to buy one percent of GM: report
China's leading automaker SAIC Motor Corp has agreed in principle to buy a minority stake in General Motors at the US auto giant's initial public offering, state media reported Monday. ... more
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ENERGY NEWS

US wants China to reciprocate green energy subsidies
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POLITICAL ECONOMY

Ireland defiant on EU bailout pressure
Irish officials Monday tried to soothe investors' fears that Ireland may seek an International Monetary Fund or EU bailout, despite EU pressure to do just that. ... more
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POLITICAL ECONOMY

Walker's World: Mr. Micawber and the G20
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CIVIL NUCLEAR

Russia seeks to unfreeze nuclear plant project in Bulgaria
Russia tried Saturday to unfreeze a long-stalled project for a new 2,000-megawatt nuclear power plant in northern Bulgaria, reiterating readiness to fund the project directly or through loans. ... more
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CIVIL NUCLEAR

Bulgaria, Russia at loggerheads over nuclear plant cost
Bulgaria and Russia clashed Monday over the final cost of a planned nuclear power plant in northern Bulgaria, the energy ministry said after talks over the weekend. ... more
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CIVIL NUCLEAR

Italy strikes down nuclear plant ban: report
Italy's constitutional court has struck down a bid by three regions to ban new nuclear power plants amid strong public opposition to the return of nuclear energy, ANSA reported on Saturday. ... more
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CIVIL NUCLEAR

Entergy Exploring Sale Of Vermont Yankee Nuclear Plant
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CIVIL NUCLEAR

Uranium Energy Commences Major Drilling Program
Uranium Energy is pleased to announce the start of drilling at the Company's 100%-controlled Salvo Project in Bee County, Texas. The objective of the current drilling program is to verify the histor ... more
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CIVIL NUCLEAR

EDF Reactor Design Unlikely To Succeed
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GE Executive Outlines Opportunity For Transformation Of US Energy Future
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SOLAR DAILY

USFloors Turns Up Solar Power
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BIO FUEL

Sheetz Creating E-85 'Clean Fuel Corridor'
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SOLAR DAILY

New Ultra-Clean Nanowires Have Great Potential
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SOLAR DAILY

Nu Energy Launches The Sleek New Solarcombi System
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SOLAR DAILY

XsunX Reaches 15.1 Percent Conversion Efficiency
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SOLAR DAILY

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TRADE WARS

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ENERGY NEWS

Eon pursues new markets
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