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China approves BYD-Daimler electric car dealBeijing (AFP) March 1, 2011 Chinese auto group BYD and German luxury car maker Daimler have received regulatory approval for their joint venture to develop an electric car in China, the companies said Tuesday. The research and development venture Shenzhen BYD Daimler New Technology Co Ltd was given a business licence nine months after the automakers signed an agreement on the partnership. "Our joint venture is making excellent progress," said a statement by Wang Chuanfu, chairman of BYD, which stands for "Build Your Dreams ... read more |
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  Oman riots increase fears for Saudi Arabia The growing unrest in the Persian Gulf state of Oman, an oasis of stability for decades, and violent pro-democracy protests in Bahrain have heightened concerns the upheaval sweeping the Middle East may hit Saudi Arabia and Kuwait as well. ... more | .. |
  German states challenge nuclear extension Five German states led by opposition parties have gone to court to fight Chancellor Angela Merkel's decision to extend the lifetime of the country's nuclear power plants. ... more | .. |
  Beverly Hills Goes Solar The solar dedication and ribbon-cutting event for the new solar installations serving the city of Beverly Hills was on held March 1 at Room 280A of the City Hall at 455 Rexford Drive, Beverly Hills. ... more | .. |
 Hong Kong to restrict foreign homebuyers from 2013 US judge OKs partial settlement in e-book case Nordic-Baltic states seek more cooperation Outside View: Jobs outlook grim Empire-style computers? Frenchman takes PCs to lap of luxury Google-Microsoft field smartphones to take on iPhone 5 EU businesses urge China's new leaders to speed reforms |
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 CTDC Signs 20MW PV Module European Sales Contract China Technology Development Group has announced that the company's wholly-owned subsidiary has signed a Sales Contract for the Year 2011 (the "Contract") of 20MW solar modules with well-known Itali ... more | .. |
 Solar Frontier Signs Balticsolar In Northern Germany Solar Frontier has announced that it has extended its partner portfolio by signing a long-term distribution agreement with Balticsolar GmbH. Based in Luebeck, Germany, the photovoltaic specialist wi ... more | .. |
 SOLON To Construct 15 MW Solar Plant For PG And E SOLON has been awarded a contract for the design and construction of a 15 mega-watt (MW) solar power plant in California for Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG and E), which supplies natural gas a ... more | .. |
 Carmanah Releases New Solar LED Outdoor Streetlight Carmanah Technologies has announced the launch of the EG300-series solar LED outdoor streetlight; a new generation of solar-LED lighting systems designed to meet the specific roadway performance fea ... more |
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Deadly Indian Himalayan flood likely caused by glacier collapse, experts say
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  Scientists Identify New Implications For Perennial Bioenergy Crops A team of researchers from Arizona State University, Stanford University and Carnegie Institution for Science has found that converting large swaths of land to bioenergy crops could have a wide rang ... more | .. |
 Brewery Waste Becomes Scientific Fodder For Producing Liquid Biofuels Gaining new insight into how efficiently the microbes in large bioreactors produce methane from brewery waste, Cornell scientists hope to use their new knowledge to shape these microbial communities ... more | .. |
  Development Team Achieves One Terabit per Second Data Rate On Single Integrated Photonic Chip With worldwide Internet data traffic increasing by 50 percent each year, telecommunications companies that handle this digital torrent must be able to economically expand the capacities of their net ... more | .. |
 Increasing Processor Efficiency By 'Shutting Off The Lights' There was a time when a laptop could weigh 10 pounds and still sell; a time when a cell phone was larger than a pocket; and a time when an iPod only played music. Today's consumers expect mobi ... more |
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 Lightbridge Provides Nuclear Fuel Development Update Lightbridge has provided an update on the Company's nuclear fuel development and commercialization efforts at the Jefferies 11th Global Clean Technology Conference. The presentation, led by Se ... more | .. |
 Dominion Welcomes Renewed License For Kewaunee Power Station Dominion welcomed the news that the Nuclear Regulatory Commission has renewed the operating license of Kewaunee Power Station, extending the station's operation an additional 20 years until 2033. ... more | .. |
 Ukraine Cooperates With USA In The Energy Sector Governments of Ukraine and the United States discussed further cooperation in the nuclear energy sector and signed a memorandum of cooperation in the field of shale gas exploration in Ukraine, as re ... more | .. |
 Dominion Virginia Power Unchanged On Potential Nuclear Expansion Dominion Virginia Power has said that it is not changing its position on a potential new nuclear unit at North Anna Power Station despite a decision by the Old Dominion Electric Cooperative to withd ... more |
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China advances crewed lunar mission with lander landing and takeoff trial
Hera spacecraft tests asteroid tracking with distant Otero and Kellyday observations
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 Will A New Nuclear Reactor Power The USA Back To Energy Independence Tonight's "Dan Rather Reports" presents a surprising look at nuclear power and how new developments in the field have created cleaner, more efficient reactors that could create a virtual "nuclear re ... more | .. |
 Overfertilizing Corn Undermines Ethanol Rice University scientists and their colleagues have found that when growing corn crops for ethanol, more means less. A new paper in the latest online edition of the American Chemical Society's jour ... more | .. |
 New Kind Of Optical Fiber Developed A team of scientists led by John Badding, a professor of chemistry at Penn State University, has developed the very first optical fiber made with a core of zinc selenide - a light-yellow compound th ... more | .. |
 Direct electronic readout of 'Artificial atoms' Bochum physicists are constructing 0-dimensional systems Through his participation, the research team from Bochum, Duisburg-Essen, and Hamburg now has succeeded in an energy-state occupancy readout ... more |
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  China's holdings of US debt larger than reported China's holdings of US bonds reached $1.16 trillion at the end of December, almost $270 billion more than previously estimated, new data showed Monday. ... more | .. |
  US cites Baidu, PirateBay, others in copyright piracy The US Monday named leading Chinese search engine Baidu and Swedish torrent download site Pirate Bay in a list of the world's top online and physical markets for pirated and counterfeit goods. ... more | .. |
EU: Gadhafi has lost control over oil, gas Moammar Gadhafi's regime has lost control over most of Libya's oil and natural gas fields, European Energy Commissioner Guenther Oettinger said Monday in Brussels. ... more | .. |
Court challenge for German nuclear extension Germany's opposition filed a suit in the country's highest court on Monday trying to reverse an unpopular postponement of when Europe's top economy abandons nuclear power. ... more |
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 GM's Shanghai venture to recall 233,000 cars One of General Motors' key auto joint ventures in China will recall nearly 233,000 cars to fix fuel line problems that could stall engines or spark fires, the country's product safety agency said Monday. ... more | .. |
China evacuates nearly 29,000 nationals from Libya China said Monday it had evacuated nearly 29,000 of its nationals from strife-torn Libya, where a popular uprising has left at least hundreds dead and triggered a mass exodus of foreigners. ... more | .. |
HSBC profits more than double to $13.16 bln Asia-focused banking giant HSBC said Monday that its net profit more than doubled to $13.16 billion (9.56 billion euros) last year as bad debts plunged to the lowest level since 2006. ... more | .. |
China oil producer CNPC halts Libya production China National Petroleum Corp (CNPC), the nation's largest oil and gas producer, said Monday it has halted production in crisis-hit Libya and evacuated all its employees from the country. ... more |
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Libya exodus 'emergency' as Asian workers land in Malta The UN refugee agency said a "humanitarian emergency" was underway as thousands fled Libya over the weekend in a mass exodus of foreigners from the strife-torn country by air, land and sea. ... more | .. |
China's middle class stampede for luxury handbags It could be a queue for a pop concert, a top nightclub or even the opening night at the theatre. But the hundreds of people lined up in a Hong Kong street are actually waiting to bag a bit of luxury. ... more | .. |
 DEGERenergie Reports Strong Growth in 2010 DEGERenergie, a privately held world market leader of solar tracking systems with more than 35,000 installations in over 40 countries, has reported strong growth for 2010. With a 180 percent increas ... more | .. |
China keen to show it cares about workers in Libya China's all-out efforts to evacuate more than 30,000 workers from violence-hit Libya have highlighted the government's need to show it can protect hundreds of thousands of migrants overseas, experts say. ... more |
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