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Nigerian rebel warns of 'utter chaos'Port Harcourt, Nigeria (UPI) Dec 10, 2010 A jailed insurgent leader warned that fighting in the Niger Delta, center of the largest oil industry in sub-Saharan Africa, will soon escalate. That could impact heavily on Nigeria's oil production and its exports, the mainstay of its economy. The country, the most populous on the continent, is a key supplier of crude to the United States. Output was slashed by 40 percent to around 2 million barrels per day before a government amnesty halted fighting in late 2009. Fighting erupte ... read more |
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  Cupertino Electric Completes Port Of Los Angeles PV System Cupertino Electric Energy Alternatives Division has announced the completion of a 1 Megawatt (MW) rooftop solar photovoltaic (PV) system at Berths 93A and B of the Port of Los Angeles' World Cruise ... more | .. |
 NRG Energy Expands Into New Mexico With Roadrunner Solar Project NRG Energy will break ground by year end on the Company's first generation site in New Mexico, the Roadrunner Solar Electric Facility, a 20 megawatt (MW) photovoltaic solar project. Power from ... more | .. |
  Viral Genetics Launches VG Energy To Market Biofuel Technology Viral Genetics has launched a subsidiary called "VG Energy, Inc." The new entity is majority-owned by Viral Genetics and its current shareholders, and was formed to market the company's biofuel tech ... more | .. |
 Opcon Improves Energy Efficiency In Bioenergy Plant For Leading Imtech The subsidiary of energy and environmental technology group Opcon, Opcon Bioenergy, has received an order for a waste heat recovery facility in Meerhoven, Holland. The order is for SRE's flue gas co ... more |
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 Analysts Predict PV Installations To Double In 2011 Evolution Solar cheered a new report this week that claims that the number of solar photovoltaic installations in North America is likely to double in 2011. IDC Energy Insights released a new ... more | .. |
 Greenbelt Resources Conducts First Beverage Waste-to-Ethanol Conversion Study Greenbelt Resources has announced that the Diversified Ethanol Corporation (wholly-owned subsidiary) pilot plant for mid-scale ethanol production is in full operation and conducting feedstock conver ... more | .. |
 Review Highlights Knowledge Gaps Surrounding Biofuels And Land Use Change The development of biofuels has increased exponentially over the past decade, and will continue to do so as many countries seek to move away from dependence on fossil fuels. However, increasing use ... more | .. |
 Volvo Group Contributes To Carbon-Neutral Airports In partnership with Schmidt and Swedavia, the Volvo Group is participating in a field test to trial the world's first biogas-fueled snow sweeper. The vehicle is equipped with two nine-liter Volvo en ... more |
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  China in 2010: economic power, but more diplomatic isolation China solidified its financial might in 2010, becoming the world's second-largest economy, but it was often inflexible and isolated on the political stage - an intransigence typified by the Nobel peace prize drama. ... more | .. |
 Oil prices rise on Chinese data, before OPEC meet Oil prices rose on Friday following strong Chinese import data and on the eve of a meeting of OPEC to set the cartel's crude output levels, traders said. ... more | .. |
  Fresh nuclear shipment to Germany attracts protests Around 2,500 people on Saturday took to the streets of Germany, organisers said, to protest against a shipment of radioactive waste from France expected next week. ... more | .. |
 Swedish region powered by organic waste Powered by food waste, manure and cooking oil, a Swedish city has drastically cut its fossil fuel consumption. ... more |
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 Japanese politicians land on China-claimed island: reports Two Japanese politicians briefly set foot on one of the islands at the centre of a bitter territorial dispute between Beijing and Tokyo, local media reported on Saturday. ... more | .. |
  Elusive Spintronics Success Could Lead To Single Chip For Processing And Memory Researchers from Queen Mary, University of London (UK) and the University of Fribourg (Switzerland) have shown that a magnetically polarised current can be manipulated by electric fields. Publ ... more | .. |
 Tiny Laser Light Show Illuminates Quantum Computing A new laser-beam steering system that aims and focuses bursts of light onto single atoms for use in quantum computers has been demonstrated by collaborating researchers from Duke University and the ... more | .. |
 Apros Software Is Renewed To Simulate Clean Power Plants Of The Future The increased requirements on efficient production of clean energy have introduced the necessity to develop new power plant concepts. The basic functionality of the new ideas is tested in small scal ... more |
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 UCSF Team Develops "Logic Gates" To Program Bacteria As Computers A team of UCSF researchers has engineered E. coli with the key molecular circuitry that will enable genetic engineers to program cells to communicate and perform computations. The work builds ... more | .. |
  Carbon Capture And Storage Technologies Could Provide A New Green Industry For The UK The UK has the capacity to develop new green industries for capturing harmful carbon dioxide emissions from industry and storing them deep underground, but more investment is needed to further devel ... more | .. |
 Iraq eyes 'Super Six' to boost oil output Iraq is concentrating its drive to quadruple its oil output on its six "super fields," which analysts say have the potential to produce in excess of 10.5 million barrels a day by 2017. ... more | .. |
  Scientists Forecast New Atom Smashers To Keep Europe Leading In Nuclear Physics Europe needs new particle accelerators and major upgrades to existing facilities over the next ten years to stay at the forefront of nuclear physics, according to the European Science Foundation (ES ... more |
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 Rice Physicists Discover Ultrasensitive Microwave Detector Physicists from Rice University and Princeton University have discovered how to use one of the information technology industry's mainstay materials - gallium arsenide semiconductors - as an ultrasen ... more | .. |
  Chile sets terms for Bolivia sea corridor Chilean security concerns over its Bolivian border areas have weighed in as the two countries near a compromise accord on allowing land-locked Bolivia access to the sea. ... more | .. |
 Russia, Finland sign Nord Stream agreement Russia vowed Friday to keep Finland fully informed about the environmental impact from the controversial Nord Stream natural gas pipeline to Europe it is currently building under the Baltic Sea. ... more | .. |
 China's exports, imports soar to record highs in November China said Friday that exports and imports hit record highs in November, which analysts said would ramp up pressure on Beijing for further interest rate hikes and a stronger currency. ... more |
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