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Japan PM says stricken nuclear plant to be scrappedSendai, Japan (AFP) March 31, 2011 Japan said Thursday its crisis-hit nuclear plant must be scrapped, but currently had no plans to evacuate more people, despite calls for a larger exclusion zone around the crippled facility. Grappling with the aftermath of a massive earthquake and tsunami, its biggest post-war disaster, Japan's government hosted French President Nicolas Sarkozy, who called for clear international standards on nuclear safety. Japan's Prime Minister Naoto Kan said, in talks with the Japanese Communist Party leader ... read more |
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  $850 million void in Chernobyl sarcophagus project: official The project to build a new sarcophagus over the damaged Chernobyl nuclear reactor lacks some 600 million euros of the 1.5 billion needed, a Ukrainian official said Thursday. ... more | .. |
  ExxonMobil to drill off Vietnam: official media US oil giant ExxonMobil will begin exploratory drilling off central Vietnam in late April, official media reported Thursday, potentially angering China, which has objected to similar plans in the past. ... more | .. |
 France mulls halting nuclear plant: officials French authorities are considering delaying the building of a new-generation EPR reactor, the pride of France's nuclear power industry, after Japan's quake-induced fallout alert, they said Thursday. ... 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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  Camelina-Based Biofuel Breaks Sound Barrier Sustainable Oils, a producer of renewable, low carbon and domestically made fuels, announced jet fuel derived from its camelina powered the successful test flight of a U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptor air ... more | .. |
  The Future Of Concentrating Solar Power Technologies Solar thermal power generation depends on both a high solar intensity and a large amount of direct incident radiation not scattered by clouds. The best sites are generally in arid, desert regions wi ... more | .. |
  Japan's nuclear crisis threatens global supply chain A widening nuclear crisis that has already forced some shipping firms to avoid Japan's key ports and sea lanes, could upset the global supply chain and hamper the nation's recovery, analysts say. ... more | .. |
 Helix Water District Unveils New Clean Energy Source The Helix Water District has announced the activation of a 290 kilowatt (KW) solar photovoltaic (PV) system. The zero-emission system, located at The Nat L. Eggert Operations Center (OC), was deploy ... more |
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SMOS mission reveals 15-year global forest carbon storage trends
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 Energy Policy Must Help US Companies Commercialize Innovative Biofuel Technologies To promote energy security and reduce over-reliance on imported oil, U.S. policymakers must remain committed to expanding the market for U.S. produced biofuels and biobased products and commercializ ... more | .. |
 Oil pact key to peace as Sudan splits Hundreds of people have been killed in recent weeks along the still-to-be-defined border between Sudan and the breakaway state of South Sudan, mostly in oil-producing areas. ... more | .. |
 Independent nuclear watchdog for India? In the wake of Japan's nuclear crisis, Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has proposed an independent nuclear regulator for his country. ... more | .. |
  Fukushima a threat to Pacific people? Radioactivity unleashed by the Japanese Fukushima reactor into the Pacific Ocean endangers the livelihoods of millions of people, a German aid group warned. ... more |
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 Algal Biomass Organization Applauds President Obama's Support Of Biofuels Mary Rosenthal, Executive Director of the Algal Biomass Organization, the trade association for the U.S. algae industry, has released the following statement on President Obama's recent speech on en ... more | .. |
  France, US call for flexible exchange rates at G20 French President Nicolas Sarkozy and US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner on Thursday called for more flexible exchange rate regimes as G20 nations met on global monetary reform in China. ... more | .. |
 Blocking Carbon Dioxide Fixation In Bacteria Increases Biofuel Production Reducing the ability of certain bacteria to fix carbon dioxide can greatly increase their production of hydrogen gas that can be used as a biofuel. Researchers from the University of Washingto ... more | .. |
 Spire's Spi-Sun Solar Simulator To Go To The European Joint Research Center At ISPRA Spire has announced that it will provide the Spi-Sun Simulator 4600SLP to the European Commission's Joint Research Centre in Ispra, Italy (JRC ISPRA). Spi-Sun Simulators are now used in more than th ... more |
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Space Force taps five firms to develop secure global tactical satcom solutions
SES Secures 5 Year Army Contract for Global Tactical Satellite Communications
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 More Efficient Ways To Harvest Sunlight To Make New Biofuels And Biomaterials Scientists in the United States and the United Kingdom have been awarded funding totaling more than $10.3 million to improve the process of biological photosynthesis. The U.S. National Science Found ... more | .. |
 Carmanah EG340 Solar Lights Illuminate Latin America Roadway Network Carmanah Technologies is pleased to announce a sale worth over $625,000 USD for Carmanah EG340 solar lights to illuminate a road network at a large industrial facility in Latin America. This s ... more | .. |
 Mecklenburg County Tapping Into Solar Power Mecklenburg County is embarking on an extensive solar water heating project spread across several county-owned buildings in Charlotte. The ambitious plan will place 141 solar thermal collectors on t ... more | .. |
 RWE to challenge German nuclear shutdown order German energy group RWE said Thursday it would file a legal challenge to Berlin's decision to shut down one of its nuclear reactors for three months, a move its rival EON has renounced. ... more |
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 France's Areva to expand Japan nuclear help French nuclear group Areva said Thursday it plans to step up its technical assistance to the operator of a Japanese atomic plant crippled by the massive quake and tsunami earlier this month. ... more | .. |
Austria's mothballed nuclear plant pulls in the public Thousands of miles away from the catastrophe in Fukushima, Japan, a mothballed nuclear power station in Austria is attracting a steady stream of visitors. ... more | .. |
Letter bomb blast at Swiss nuclear industry group: police A letter bomb exploded at the offices of the Swiss nuclear energy association Thursday, injuring two people, police said. ... more |
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Dogs of war: China touts killer robot 'wolves'
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 In Spain, scientists look for fuel of the future in algae In a forest of tubes eight metres high in eastern Spain scientists hope they have found the fuel of tomorrow: bio-oil produced with algae mixed with carbon dioxide from a factory. ... more | .. |
  US airlines cut Tokyo service US carriers American and Delta said they were suspending flights to Japan in the aftermath of the devastating earthquake, halting recently launched services to Tokyo's Haneda airport. ... more | .. |
 Pressure on Japan to widen nuclear evacuation zone Japan said Thursday there were no immediate plans to widen the exclusion zone around its stricken nuclear plant, hours after the UN atomic watchdog agency voiced its concern over the issue. ... more | .. |
  US energy future hazy on Japan, environment fears The United States faces tough questions as it tries to plot its energy future in the wake of the Japan nuclear disaster and long-running environmental and security concerns, analysts say. ... more |
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 Oil prices rally on Mid East tensions World oil prices rose sharply Thursday as trader sentiment was jarred by simmering geopolitical tensions in the Middle East and North Africa, particularly in Libya and Syria. ... more | .. |
 GOAL ZERO Offers Most Efficient Compact Solar Charging System For Handheld Devices GOAL ZERO has announced the availability of the Guide 10 Adventure Kit, the most efficient compact solar charging system for handheld devices. An ultra-lightweight solar charging system create ... more | .. |
 Ferro Opens Solar Test Lab In Taiwan Ferro Corporation has announced the opening of a photovoltaic research and development laboratory in Neihu Technology Park, Taipei City, Taiwan. This expansion enables Ferro to provide timely techni ... more | .. |
 Construction Begins LanzaTech Ethanol Demo Plant LanzaTech, Baosteel Group, and the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) have launched the construction of a plant that will use LanzaTech's gas fermentation technology for the production of fuel ethano ... more |
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