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Iraq pressures Exxon over deal with KurdsBaghdad (UPI) Dec 7, 2011 Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki is stepping up the pressure on Exxon Mobil to back off a breakaway oil exploration deal with the Kurds' semi-autonomous enclave and the betting is the world's largest oil company will fold. Exxon's October surprise agreement with the Kurdish Regional Government to explore six fields within Kurdish territory, the first by an oil major, triggered a crisis in Iraq. It challenged the authority of Maliki's shaky Shiite-dominated coalition at a critical tim ... read more |
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  EU to cut aid to 19 emerging countries from China to Brazil The European Commission decided on Wednesday to cut aid from 2014 to 19 emerging economies including China, India and Brazil, the EU's development commissioner Andris Piebalgs said. ... more | .. |
  Japan nuclear reactor to be shut down A nuclear reactor will be shut down in western Japan Wednesday because of cooling water valve troubles, its operator said. ... more | .. |
  Netherlands to get phosphorus recycler A Canadian firm that recycles phosphorus from wastewater is aiming to open a second European plant in the Netherlands, a company official said this week. ... 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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  Mortenson Construction Completes Elk Wind Project Mortenson Construction, one of the leading renewable contractors in North America, has completed construction of the Elk Wind Project located in Greeley, Iowa. Owned by RPM Access, an independ ... more | .. |
  New World Record for Organic Solar Cells Heliatek has once again set a new world record for organic solar cells after Fraunhofer ISE CalLab (Freiburg, Germany) certified a cell efficiency of 9.8% for a 1.1 cm" tandem cell manufactured with ... more | .. |
 Cooper B-Line Makes Solar Installations Fast and Efficient Understanding that grounding PV modules is a major pain point for customers, Cooper B-Line, a global provider of innovative, labor-saving support systems and enclosure solutions, now offers a simple ... more | .. |
  Carbon dioxide emissions rebound quickly after global financial crisis The sharp decrease in global carbon dioxide emissions attributed to the worldwide financial crisis in 2009 quickly rebounded in 2010, according to research supported by the Carbon Dioxide Informatio ... more |
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Deep sea mining firm TMC gets veiled warning from global body
Pope has first call with Palestinian chief Abbas
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 Argentine blockade upsets Spain, U.K. Argentina has upset old adversary Britain as well as Spain over its boarding of fishing fleets and blockade of shipping links with the British-ruled Falkland Islands in the South Atlantic. ... more | .. |
 SCE and G and Boeing Flip the Switch on Large Rooftop Solar Project South Carolina Electric and Gas and Boeing have officially marked the completion of one of the largest single rooftop solar installations in the United States and the largest in the Southeast, by pr ... more | .. |
 After Fukushima, the nuclear industry wonders what's next Until March 11, the nuclear energy industry had been enjoying resurgent acceptability as carbon-cutting countries sought to create energy without burning fossil fuels. ... more | .. |
 City of Dinuba Goes Solar The City of Dinuba, Chevron Energy Solutions and Tioga Energy have announced the completion of a 1.15 megawatt solar electric system that will reduce energy costs for operations at the city's larges ... more |
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 Japan plant operator mulls new nuclear water dump Japan's embattled Tokyo Electric Power Co. said Thursday it was considering dumping more nuclear-contaminated water from the Fukushima power plant into the sea. ... more | .. |
 India uranium sales 'unique': Australia Australia's Defence Minister Stephen Smith said India represented a "unique" case for uranium sales Thursday and denied that lifting its export ban to New Delhi opened the door to countries like Pakistan. ... more | .. |
 Obama rejects bid to tie pipeline to tax row President Barack Obama Wednesday warned he would reject any bid by Republicans to make his plans for a payroll tax cut conditional on his prompt backing for a contentious US-Canada oil pipeline. ... more | .. |
 Global Carbon Project annual emissions summary The Global Carbon Project (GCP) published its annual analysis in the journal Nature Climate Change, reporting that the impact of the GFC on emissions has been short-lived owing to strong emissions g ... more |
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Lunar soil shows promise for in-situ oxygen and fuel production
SpaceX scrubs launch of 2 SES mPOWER satellites
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 Exceptional Aesthetics of Customized Solar Modules from Odersun Are Recognized By awarding the coveted iF material design award 2012 to Odersun solar modules, the iF design award jury confirmed that photovoltaics can indeed look good. The iF label is recognized the world over ... more | .. |
 Enecsys and SMTC Partner to Build Next-Gen Solar Energy Conversion Technology SMTC and Enecsys have announced a partnership to produce Enecsys micro inverters for the Canadian market at SMTC's Markham facility located in York Region, Ontario. This enables Enecsys micro invert ... more | .. |
 Firms Collaborate on Northern Ontario Municipal Solar Project Eclipsall, an Ontario maker of PV solar panels has announced that the company's PV modules have been selected for use in a project of 30 new microFIT systems in Kapuskasing, Ontario. DBMS Energy Sol ... more | .. |
 Bulgaria pulls out of Russia-Greece oil pipeline Bulgaria said on Wednesday it was pulling out of a long-stalled pipeline project meant to bring Russian oil to Greece through its territory, but Athens and Moscow said they remained committed. ... more |
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  Volkswagen approval for factory in west China: report Volkswagen has reportedly received approval to construct a new plant in western China's Xinjiang region, but the German auto giant said it has not yet decided to go ahead with the project. ... more | .. |
 Japanese in big Australian LNG buy Japanese firms have taken their biggest step into Australia's growing Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) sector, with five major power companies signing a sales deal worth Aus$70 billion (US$71.8 billion). ... more | .. |
  Swiss scientists prove durability of quantum network Scientists and engineers have proven the worth of quantum cryptography in telecommunication networks by demonstrating its long-term effectiveness in a real-time network. Their international network, ... more | .. |
 Livermore and Russian scientists propose new names for elements 114 and 116 The International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) has recommended new proposed names for elements 114 and 116, the latest heavy elements to be added to the periodic table. Scientis ... more |
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Surrey launches new Space Institute to drive mission-ready innovation and skills for UK space sector
York to Acquire ATLAS Space Operations to Boost Ground Connectivity and Mission Delivery
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 SSRE to install solar in Massachusetts Seminole Financial Services has announced the funding of a $18 million construction loan to Southern Sky Renewable Energy, LLC (Southern Sky) to install a 5.75MW photovoltaic ground mounted solar pa ... more | .. |
 SolarStrong moves forward without government backing SolarCity and Bank of America Merrill Lynch has announced that they have agreed to terms on financing for SolarStrong, SolarCity's ambitious five-year plan to build more than $1 billion in solar pow ... more | .. |
 Proton beam experiments open new areas of research By focusing proton beams using high-intensity lasers, a team of scientists have discovered a new way to heat material and create new states of matter in the laboratory. Researchers from Lawren ... more | .. |
 New '3-D' transistors promising future chips, lighter laptops Researchers from Purdue and Harvard universities have created a new type of transistor made from a material that could replace silicon and have a 3-D structure instead of conventional flat computer ... more |
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 Pitt Researchers Invent a Switch That Could Improve Electronics Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh have invented a new type of electronic switch that performs electronic logic functions within a single molecule. The incorporation of such single-molecule ... more | .. |
 Canadian Solar supplies 9MW power plant in Spain Canadian Solar has announced that the company has supplied solar modules for a 9 MW solar power plant by OPDE Group in Spain. The solar system is scheduled for commissioning in the fourth quarter of ... more | .. |
 Stanford scientists subject rocks to hellish conditions to combat global warming A team of Earth scientists at Stanford University is subjecting chunks of rock to hellish conditions in the laboratory - all in the name of curbing climate change. By exposing a handful of roc ... more | .. |
 Cheap beads offer alternative solar-heating storage A cheap material that can store heat energy collected from the sun during the day that can be released slowly over night has been developed by researchers in the India. The material based on p ... more |
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