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Belgium moves toward nuclear phase-outBrussels (UPI) Nov 2, 2011 Belgium's political parties have committed to closing three nuclear power reactors by 2015 under certain conditions. The country's six major parties, which are negotiating to form a new government, reached agreement Sunday that the closure of two older reactors at the Doel plant and another at Tihange would be on the agenda once the new government is formed, the BBC reported. Citing unnamed Belgian officials, the British broadcaster said the shutdowns would be conditional on finding enou ... read more |
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  Energy grid for ASEAN nations? Southeast Asian nations should make it a priority to implement a region-wide energy grid, government officials said. ... more | .. |
  Israel gas terminal plan sharpens Med rift Israel has signed an agreement with an Italian company to build a liquefied natural gas terminal in the Mediterranean off the northern town of Hadera, upping the stakes in a regional dispute over vast undersea gas reserves. ... more | .. |
 Energy firm says 'fracking' triggered British earth tremors A controversial method of extracting gas from the ground known as fracking was the "highly probable" trigger of earth tremors along England's coastline this year, according to findings published Wednesday. ... 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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 Areva says it suspends C.Africa uranium mine project French nuclear giant Areva said on Wednesday it was suspending a mining project in the Central African Republic for "a year or two" because of a drop in uranium prices since the Fukushima disaster. ... more | .. |
 Bangladesh signs deal for first nuclear plant Bangladesh on Wednesday signed an agreement for Russia to build the first nuclear power plant in the energy-starved South Asian nation, an official told AFP. ... more | .. |
  Sony forecasts fourth straight annual loss Japanese electronics giant Sony on Wednesday warned that it expected to slide to its fourth straight annual loss as it reels from the impact of a strong yen, weak sales and severe flooding in Thailand. ... more | .. |
  Pakistan cabinet approves India as 'most favoured' nation The Pakistani cabinet on Wednesday approved a proposal granting India the status of "most favoured nation" in a move towards normalising trade relations between the two nuclear-armed arch rivals. ... more |
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Australia's mammal megafauna face long-term decline from extinctions and invasive species
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 Pakistan mulls importing electricity from India Energy starved Pakistan is in talks to import electricity from its erstwhile nuclear rival India to overcome crippling power outages, a government official said Wednesday. ... more | .. |
 China says it hopes EU will stick to bailout plan China said Wednesday it hopes Europe will stick to a bailout plan reached at last week's debt crisis summit, after Greece called a surprise national referendum on the deal. ... more | .. |
 Chinese, Russian firms seen as most bribery-prone: watchdog Companies from Russia and China are seen as the worst offenders for paying bribes when doing business abroad, a new report said Wednesday, while Swiss and Dutch firms are the most honest. ... more | .. |
 Japan restarts first nuclear plant since disaster Japan on Wednesday restarted its first nuclear reactor since the Fukushima disaster in March, in a boost to its beleaguered atomic power industry faced with a deeply sceptical public. ... more |
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  Nissan 1H net profit falls, lifts annual forecast Japanese automaker Nissan on Wednesday said first-half net profit fell 12 percent as a strong yen dragged on its recovery from the March earthquake-tsunami, but lifted its earnings outlook. ... more | .. |
 S. Korea's Kia Motors to build new plant in China South Korea's second largest automaker Kia Motors said Wednesday it would build a new plant in China to meet growing demand in the world's fastest-growing car market. ... more | .. |
 Chrysler gains traction as US auto sales rise US auto sales continued to grow in October, with Chrysler the big winner after posting a 27 percent gain Tuesday that outpaced single-digit growth at Ford and General Motors and a loss at Toyota. ... more | .. |
  ONYX Announces Revolutionary "Plug-N-Play" All-in-One Solar Panel Imagine walking into your local Home Depot store and buying a solar panel, attaching it to your roof with 4 screws and plugging your extension cord right into it for instant 24-hour power. Thi ... more |
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Interference to astronomy the unintended consequence of faster internet
Russian rocket puts Iran satellite into space: Iran media
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 SolarWorld Solar Panels Ready to Power Center Modeling World Advance in Sustainable Building High-performance solar panels from SolarWorld will provide electricity for the Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Garden's Center for Sustainable Landscapes. The project, rising in Pittsburgh's Schen ... more | .. |
 GE Unit and KGAL invest in 50MW Spanish CSP Plant GE unit GE Energy Financial Services has announced it and German fund KGAL are jointly investing 111.1 million euros in a 50-megawatt parabolic trough concentrated solar power plant using molten sal ... more | .. |
 Solar Power International Breaks New Ground In Texas Energy leaders from around the world descended upon Dallas, Texas for Solar Power International '11, October 17 - 20. For the first time in its eight year history, SPI was staged outside California ... more | .. |
 GE Partners with REC Solar as Solar EV Convergence Gains Traction REC Solar has teamed up with GE Energy Industrial Solutions to distribute the GE WattStation electric vehicle (EV) charger. The partnership signals the movement toward the inevitable collision of tw ... more |
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 Aluminum alloy overcomes obstacles on the path to making hydrogen a practical fuel source Hydrogen offers great promise as a renewable energy source. It's staggeringly plentiful (the most abundant element in the Universe) and environmentally friendly (used in a fuel cell, it gives off on ... more | .. |
  Zinc oxide microwires improve the performance of light-emitting diodes Researchers have used zinc oxide microwires to significantly improve the efficiency at which gallium nitride light-emitting diodes (LED) convert electricity to ultraviolet light. The devices are bel ... more | .. |
 Navy Researchers Fire 1,000th Shot on Laboratory Electromagnetic Railgun Scientists at the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) hit a materials research milestone in the Office of Naval Research's (ONR) Electromagnetic Railgun program when they fired a laboratory-scale system ... more | .. |
 Seeking Relief From The Parking Wars For those who live or work in cities, parking is a major source of stress and frustration. Researchers estimate that for every 110 vehicles circulating on the roads looking for spaces, there are 100 ... more |
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New MachLab rocket test site launches UK into next phase of space engineering
Ukraine's anti-graft body says new bill restores independence
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  Lincoln Increases Trucking Fleet to Expand Regional Biofuels Service Lincoln Energy Solutions, a provider of biofuels solutions and related services, recently expanded their transportation fleet. This addition strengthens Lincoln's capability to increase customer ser ... more | .. |
ESA Renewables Negotiates Contracts for 80MW, Executes LOI for 20MW at Solar Power International ESA Renewables is pleased to announce its unprecedented success at the Solar Power International (SPI) 2011 trade show last week. Meetings during the show resulted in financing, EPC and O and ... more | .. |
 Animal Farm Powers Village by Alfagy The future of community energy is being pioneered near the small English village of Hatherop where a power station using biogas or 'digester gas' was commissioned. Powered by agricultural biomass, i ... more | .. |
 A SHARP New Microscope for the Next Generation of Microchips Moore's Law, hardly a law but undeniably a persistent trend, says that every year and a half, the number of transistors that fit on a chip roughly doubles. It's why electronics - from smart phones t ... more |
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  Spin lasers in the fast lane Electrical engineers in Bochum have succeeded in developing a new concept for ultrafast semiconductor lasers. The researchers make clever use of the intrinsic angular momentum of electrons, called s ... more | .. |
  Asia airline body raps EU plan for carbon tax The director-general of an Asian airline association Thursday criticised plans for a carbon tax on carriers flying to and from Europe, saying it pits the continent against the rest of the world. ... more | .. |
 An important aspect of structural design of super-tall buildings and structures Across-wind loads and effects have become increasingly important factors in the structural design of super-tall buildings and structures with increasing height. Although researchers have inves ... more | .. |
 Swiss Transocean posts $71mn loss in 3rd quarter Swiss offshore drilling group Transocean on Wednesday posted a 71 million dollar (52 million euro) loss in the third quarter. ... more |
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