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![]() Tokyo (AFP) Dec 2, 2010 Billed as the world's first mass-produced electric car, this month's launch of the Nissan Leaf is expected to send a jolt through an auto industry racing to build greener vehicles. The Leaf - short for Leading Environmentally-friendly Affordable Family car - has enjoyed a crescendo of industry buzz, last month becoming the first electric vehicle to win European Car of the Year. The fulcrum of Nissan's green ambitions, the mid-sized five-seat hatchback is already a sell-out in Japan and the Uni ... read more |
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![]() Visa rules hold back US tourism: Hawaiian Airlines The head of growing Hawaiian Airlines says that easier US visas would spur lucrative tourism from China, pointing to strong growth after the United States relaxed rules for South Korean visitors. ... more | .. |
![]() Lula's flawed leadership laid bare by leaks Outgoing Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, lionized at home and abroad through eight years of leadership, has had his reputation questioned in leaked cables that cited corruption, cronyism and weakness on crime. ... more | .. |
![]() Sarkozy eyes defence, nuclear contracts in India trip President Nicolas Sarkozy heads to India Saturday to try to sell French fighter jets and nuclear technology to the Asian giant while his pop star wife Carla Bruni pursues her AIDS charity work. ... more | .. |
![]() Triplet Superconductivity Proven For First Time The results achieved by this research team headed by Prof. Kurt Westerholt and Prof. Hartmut Zabel (Department of Physics and Astronomy at RUB) could contribute to new, power saving components in th ... more |
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![]() EU over-consumes resources, agency says The growing global demand for natural resources could threaten Europe's economy, a report has warned. ... more | .. |
![]() China secures the lead in renewable energy China is now the leader in the global renewable energy market, a report by Ernst & Young says. ... more | .. |
![]() China Sunergy and Pythagoras Solar Advance Development Of Solar Windows China Sunergy and Pythagoras Solar have announced the signing of an agreement to co-market and advance the development and scale manufacturing of BIPV products from 2010-2015 in China. The agr ... more | .. |
![]() Stellar Solar And Purdy Farms Create Solar-Powered Christmas Tree Lots Stellar Solar is providing its Mobile Solar Station to power two San Diego Purdy Farms Christmas Tree lots. The Mobile Solar Station will power the CFL lights on the perimeter of the lots and the el ... more |
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![]() PSE And G's Linden Solar Farm Turns A Brownfield Green Public Service Electric and Gas Company (PSE and G) is marking construction of its Linden Solar Farm on the doorstep of PSEG's Linden Generating Station. The 3.2-megawatt facility is one of four gro ... more | .. |
![]() St. Mary's County Public Schools Go Solar Standard Solar and its joint venture partner Perpetual Energy Systems (Perpetual) have announced the installation of a large scale solar electric system supporting Maryland's St. Mary's County Publi ... more | .. |
![]() Edwards Expands iXA Vacuum Pump Family Edwards has expanded its iXA family of magnetically-levitated turbomolecular pumps with the introduction of the STP-iXA2206 and STP-iXA3306 pumps. Developed for solar, glass coating, semicondu ... more | .. |
![]() North Carolina Sustainable Energy Company Commits To Being Carbon Neutral Southern Energy Management (SEM) has announced that it is making the commitment to go carbon neutral. As a company specializing in energy efficiency and solar power for residential, commercial and g ... more |
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![]() Can Engineered Bugs Help Generate Biofuels The versatile organism Lactococcus lactis, the workhorse bacterium that helps turn milk into cheese, may also be valuable in the understanding of how microbes turn the organic compound cellulose int ... more | .. |
![]() FuelCell Energy To Build Small Scale Direct FuelCell Power Plant FuelCell Energy will jointly develop a small-scale Direct FuelCell (DFC) power plant with its South Korean partner, POSCO Power. The power plant will target the fast-growing commercial applica ... more | .. |
![]() Motorola mobile division expects first quarter loss US handset maker Motorola said Wednesday it expects to ring up another loss in its mobile phone division next quarter. ... more | .. |
![]() Rolls-Royce troubled by engine blowout Qantas, Australia's largest airline, has launched legal action against British engine maker Rolls-Royce after an in-flight engine explosion on one of the airline's Airbus A380s. ... more |
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![]() Fake gold scam hits Hong Kong goldsmiths: report Hong Kong's myriad jewellers and pawn shops have been hammered by a gold scam after unwittingly buying hundreds of ounces of bogus bullion, a report said Thursday. ... more | .. |
![]() Asia-Pacific's investment banking revenues hit all-time high Asia-Pacific's investment banks have posted record revenues in 2010, skyrocketing about 33 percent over last year, industry data showed Thursday, as the region benefits from soaring investor interest. ... more | .. |
![]() Wal-Mart targets low-income consumers in China: report Wal-Mart, the world's largest retailer, has launched a no-frills store format in China targeting low-income and rural consumers, a report said Thursday. ... more | .. |
![]() Sarkozy To Address ISRO Scientists Indian space agency ISRO is gearing up to host French President Nicolas Sarkozy and his wife Carla Bruni at its headquarters here Saturday and will interact with top scientists. According to I ... more |
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![]() Arrest warrant for WikiLeaks chief as chaos spreads Interpol called Wednesday for the arrest of WikiLeaks' shadowy founder as the site's release of secret US cables laid bare international concerns over the safety of Pakistan's nuclear arsenal. ... more | .. |
![]() Climate talks hit bump as Lula expects no result World climate talks struck a sour note on their third day Wednesday as Japan was accused of weakening the campaign for a post-2012 treaty by retreating from the landmark Kyoto Protocol. ... more | .. |
![]() Amazon deforestation rate at historic low: Brazil Deforestation of the Amazon forest has fallen to its lowest rate on record, dropping 14 percent compared to the previous survey period, Brazil's government said Wednesday. ... more | .. |
![]() China says 2010 pollution goal met, efficiency on track China has met its 2010 target to cut emissions of key pollutants and is on track to meet its energy efficiency goal, state media on Wednesday quoted the country's top climate change official as saying. ... more |
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