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Mexico supplies electricity to wintry TexasMexico City (AFP) Feb 2, 2011 Mexico's state electricity company on Wednesday started supplying electricity to the US state of Texas, where demand shot up amid unusually cold temperatures and caused power outages. Mexico's Federal Electricity Commission "was determined to support Texas with electrical energy faced with the problems the state is suffering due to climatological conditions," a statement said. An energy transfer of 280 megawatts began at midday (1800 GMT) via the north Mexican border cities of Nuevo Laredo, Reyn ... read more |
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  Study wants EU to recycle rare earths A study commissioned by the European Greens urges the European Union to adopt a body-wide rare earths recycling scheme to protect the environment and reduce dependency on unpredictable supplier China. ... more | .. |
  Sweden kicks off large-scale nuclear accident exercise Swedish authorities on Wednesday kicked off the country's largest-ever crisis management exercise on what to do in the event of an accident at one of its nuclear plants. ... more | .. |
 Indian outsourcing sees strong rebound India's flagship outsourcing sector said Wednesday it expected to post 19 percent export growth in the current financial year, as it rebounds from the global economic crisis. ... more | .. |
 United Solar Announces World Record Thin-Film Silicon Cell Efficiency United Solar has announced that the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has confirmed an initial 12% conversion efficiency of a large-area solar cell using UNI-SOLAR's proprietary Nano-Cryst ... more |
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 Enecsys Solar PV Micro-Inverter Gain UL Certification Enecsys Limited, a solar PV micro-inverter company, has announced UL certification for its products. The patented design of the Enecsys Micro-inverter uses a rugged topology that eliminates electrol ... more | .. |
  US Energy Enters Into Acquisition, Exploration And Development Agreement U.S. Energy has announced it has entered into an acquisition, exploration and development agreement with a private party in an oil and gas prospect located in Southeast Colorado. Under the ter ... more | .. |
 Endeavor Power Recycles 250,000 Pounds Of Electronic Waste Per Month Endeavor Power has announced it has achieved its initial operating goals. The company has reached multiple milestones, including establishing a fully functional metals division offering total recycl ... more | .. |
 Animals at nuclear sites trapped, tested Scientists testing for radiation at a South Carolina site where materials were refined for U.S. nuclear weapons say they're looking at the area's animals. ... more |
  
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 Argentine commodities suffer over strike Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner ordered leaders of dock workers' unions to end strikes that threaten to cripple the Latin American country's exports of grain and other commodities. ... more | .. |
 Iraqi Kurdistan to resume oil exports 'soon' Iraqi Kurdistan is preparing to resume oil exports "soon" after a long standoff with central government authorities in Baghdad, the autonomous region's prime minister said Wednesday. ... more | .. |
 China biggest luxury goods market by 2020: report China will be the world's biggest luxury goods market by 2020, a report said Wednesday, as its economy booms and an emerging middle class spends a growing chunk of their cash on high-end items. ... more | .. |
Argentina, Brazil pledge joint projects Brazil's nuclear and security industries are set to benefit from new agreements signed after a summit between Presidents Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner and Brazil's recently inaugurated President Dilma Rousseff. ... more |
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 BP logs first annual loss since 1992 on oil spill disaster Crisis-hit BP reported its first annual loss in almost two decades on Tuesday, as a result of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill disaster, and outlined fresh plans to shift focus away from the United States. ... more | .. |
  Samsung offers full refund for Intel chip Samsung Electronics, the world's largest maker of memory chips, said Tuesday it would fully refund customers who had bought its personal computers built with a flawed chipset from Intel Corp. ... more | .. |
 Undersea electricity cable envisioned Scottish authorities say they are examining the feasibility of stringing an undersea electrical power cable linking Scotland and Norway. ... more | .. |
  Malaysian peatswamps obliterated for palm oil: study Peatswamp forests home to such species as the Borneo pygmy elephant are being obliterated in Malaysian Borneo to make way for palm oil plantations, according to a study released Tuesday. ... more |
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  Taiwan economic growth at 23-year high in 2010 Taiwan's economy grew a blistering 10.47 percent in 2010, its fastest rate in 23 years, according to a government estimate, with analysts saying trade with former rival China was a key driver of the surge. ... more | .. |
 Scania Receives Large Order For Biofuel Buses In Sweden Scania has received an order for 158 buses from public transport company Keolis Sverige. By ordering buses that run on biofuels, the company strengthens its position in sustainable urban transport. ... more | .. |
Australian jailed in China as spy: Canberra An Australian educational recruiter is serving a life jail sentence in China after being convicted more than three years ago of spying for Taiwan, a report said Friday. ... more | .. |
 Rentech Fuels First Cross-Country Drive On 100 Percent Synthetic Diesel Rentech has announced that its synthetic RenDiesel fuel is powering an Audi A3 TDI in a cross-country drive from California to Washington D.C. for the first time. The cross-country trek follow ... more |
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 New Transistors: An Alternative To Silicon And Better Than Graphene Smaller and more energy-efficient electronic chips could be made using molybdenite. In an article appearing online January 30 in the journal Nature Nanotechnology, EPFL's Laboratory of Nanoscale Ele ... more | .. |
 Duke Energy And SunEdison Announce Completion Of Solar Farm Duke Energy and Sun Edison have announced the activation of the final phases of a 17.2 megawatt (MW) solar farm in Davidson County, N.C. Constructed in five phases and covering over 200 acres ... more | .. |
 A Dash Of Disorder Yields Very Efficient Photocatalyst A little disorder goes a long way, especially when it comes to harnessing the sun's energy. Scientists from the U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) jumbl ... more | .. |
Inflation fears as Asian manufacturing stays strong Manufacturing in China and India remained strong in January, while rising input prices have stoked fears that inflation in developing economies has not been tamed, a survey by HSBC showed Tuesday. ... more |
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 Pepco Energy To Implement PV Project For US DoE Pepco Energy Services has reached agreement to design and construct a $2.3 million photovoltaic (PV) project for the Department of Energy at the Germantown, Maryland, campus. The project will be imp ... more | .. |
 GSLO Expects Booming iPhone Sales To Drive Demand For Volt GoSolarUSA President and CEO Tyson Rohde said Tuesday that the company expects booming sales of Apple's iconic iPhone to generate huge demand for accessories, including the Volt Solar Charger. ... more | .. |
 Future Viability of Solar PV Tech Dependant On Production Cost Improvements During 2010, new solar photovoltaic (PV) demand worldwide approached 10,000 MW, and is expected to grow by double digit percentages annually for the foreseeable future, if production costs can be dr ... more | .. |
  Toward Controlling Fungus That Caused Irish Potato Famine Scientists are reporting a key advance toward development of a way to combat the terrible plant diseases that caused the Irish potato famine and still inflict billions of dollars of damage to crops ... more |
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  Man, Volcanoes And The Sun Have Influenced Europe's Climate Over Recent Centuries An International research team has discovered that seasonal temperatures in Europe, above all in winter, have been affected over the past 500 years by natural factors such as volcanic eruptions and ... more | .. |
  Australia flags taxpayer levy for floods Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard Friday raised the prospect of a one-off tax to pay for rebuilding after epic floods, as rising waters prompted more evacuations in the southeast. ... more | .. |
 Philippines rice 2010 farm output hit by weather Rice output in the Philippines, the world's largest importer of the grain, fell last year as the country's farms were hit by a drought and typhoons, the agriculture ministry said Friday. ... more | .. |
  China earmarks $303 bn for safe water: report China plans to invest $303 billion in water infrastructure projects over the next five years that would give millions of rural residents access to safe drinking water, state media reported. ... more |
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