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Energy Department backs biofuel plantWashington (UPI) Jan 21, 2011 The U.S. Department of Energy said it was offering a conditional loan guarantee of $241 million for a Louisiana biofuels plant. Diamond Green Diesel - a joint venture between Valero Energy Corp. and rendering company Darling International Inc. - would be capable of producing more than 9,300 barrels a day - 137 million gallons a year - of renewable diesel. Valero Energy, the nation's largest independent oil refiner, plans to direct the design, construction and operation of the project ... read more |
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  BHP says coal output fell 30% in Australia floods Devastating floods in Australia's Queensland state have slashed production of steelmaking coal by 30 percent in the resources-rich region, the world's biggest miner BHP Billiton said Thursday. ... more | .. |
  US, China ink $45 bln in export deals The United States and China have announced a raft of trade deals worth $45 billion, as the two powers tried to narrow disputes by tethering their economic fortunes. ... more | .. |
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  Electronic devices seen as airplane threat The growing number of electronic devices being brought onto airplanes by passengers could pose a danger of a plane crash, U.S. aviation experts warn. ... more | .. |
  Silicon Oxide Gets Into The Electronics Action On Computer Chips In the materials science equivalent of a football fan jumping onto the field and scoring a touchdown, scientists are documenting that one fundamental component of computer chips, long regarded as a ... more | .. |
 Celanese Signs LoI For Ethanol Production Facilities In China Celanese has announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, Celanese Far East Limited, has signed letters of intent to construct and operate industrial ethanol production facilities in Nanjing, China, ... more | .. |
 Biofuels Production From Integrated Seawater Agriculture System Masdar Institute of Science and Technology (MI), the Boeing Company, Etihad Airways, and Honeywell's UOP have announced the completion of a Sustainability Assessment of the Integrated Seawater Agric ... more |
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 US creates new agencies for oil oversight Three separate bodies will now oversee offshore oil resources, once handled by an agency whose poor management was exposed after the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, US officials announced Wednesday. ... more | .. |
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 Jobs rise but poverty a constant threat Recovery in Latin America and the Caribbean created new jobs in 2010 but left many of the newly employed worse off because of quality of employment in the post-crisis conditions, analysis of U.N. data indicated. ... more |
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 Renewables could supply 99.5% of power by 2050: Greenpeace Renewable energies could furnish 99.5 percent of European Union electricity needs by 2050 if nuclear loses its priority access to distribution networks, Greenpeace said in a report released Tuesday. ... more | .. |
 China rare earth exports up 14.5% January-November China said Tuesday its rare earth exports rose 14.5 percent in the first 11 months of last year as prices more than doubled, with most of the shipments going to Japan, Europe and the United States. ... more |
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 Five Standout Species For Extensive Green Roofs Used throughout the world to lessen the environmental impact of urbanization, green roofs can offer a wide range of ecological and aesthetic benefits. A new study from researchers at Colorado State ... more | .. |
 China to buy Boeing planes worth $19 bn China plans to buy 200 Boeing aircraft worth an estimated $19 billion, the White House said Wednesday during a state visit by President Hu Jintao to the United States. ... more |
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 US research centre for Chinese carmaker: report China's Changan Automobile Group announced Tuesday it is to open a research and development centre in the US motor city of Detroit, state media reported. ... more | .. |
 Better Than The Human Eye Researchers from Northwestern University and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign are the first to develop a curvilinear camera, much like the human eye, with the significant feature of a ... more | .. |
 Eon CEO calls for European energy strategy Eon Chief Executive Officer Johannes Teyssen, the head of Germany's largest utility, said Wednesday European governments should drop national energy policies for a European one by 2020 or lose out to dynamic competitors such as China. ... more |
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