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US in talks with Europe, Arabs on Iran oil embargo: reportWashington (AFP) Dec 18, 2011 The United States, its European allies and key Arab states are intensifying talks on how to maintain stability in the global energy markets in case of a formal embargo on Iran's oil exports and its central bank, The Wall Street Journal reported late Sunday. Citing unnamed US and European officials, the newspaper said such an embargo would constitute the most direct economic confrontation yet between Iran and the West. Iran has repeatedly threatened to close the Strait of Hormuz if such an embar ... read more |
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  Americans Bullish That Advanced Energy Can Solve Problems and Strengthen Economy Americans are gloomy about future costs for energy and the vast majorities are taking steps to reduce their personal energy costs, but they see economic benefits to emerging energy-saving technologi ... more | .. |
  Westinghouse and KEPCO Nuclear Fuel Joint Venture 2011-KWN, a company jointly owned by Westinghouse Electric Company and KEPCO Nuclear Fuel, has begun production of control element assemblies (CEAs) for Combustion Engineering- designed nuclear plan ... more | .. |
  More than twenty UK wind farm sites adopt Natural Power's ForeSite wind forecasting service In the last six months more than twenty wind farms in the UK have moved to leading renewable energy consultancy group, Natural Power, to provide their wind farm production forecasting service, ForeS ... 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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  US Solar Energy Industry Sets Record for Installations The U.S. solar energy industry achieved a new record for installations and growth in the third quarter of 2011 thanks to utility-scale project completions, a strong residential market, effective pol ... more | .. |
 Industry And Regulators Should Take System Safety Approach to Offshore Drilling To reduce the risk of another accident as catastrophic as the Deepwater Horizon explosion and oil spill, a new report from the National Academy of Engineering and National Research Council says, com ... more | .. |
  Cotton fabric cleans itself when exposed to ordinary sunlight Imagine jeans, sweats or socks that clean and de-odorize themselves when hung on a clothesline in the sun or draped on a balcony railing. Scientists are reporting development of a new cotton fabric ... more | .. |
 Solar power development in US Southwest could threaten wildlife Government agencies are considering scores of applications to develop utility-scale solar power installations in the desert Southwest of the United States, but too little is known to judge their lik ... more |
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 Renewable Energy to be Fastest Growing Market in Malaysia Global Information (GII) presents "Global Solar Power Market" by Frost and Sullivan. The implementation of feed-in-tariff (FiT) policy will bring the required momentum to accelerate solar PV market ... more | .. |
 Home Solar Program Lights Way for Energy Savings in California and Abroad HelioPower and Power to the People have announced "Help for the Holidays," a joint campaign to help households in California and Nicaragua secure affordable solar energy. Sponsored by Canadian Solar ... more | .. |
 ESA Renewables Announces Construction of Rooftop Solar Array ESA Renewables (ESA) has announced it has begun construction on a 1.3 MW commercial rooftop solar project in the city of New Bern in Craven County, North Carolina. This project is one of the largest ... more | .. |
 New oil leak found in Brazil: officials Brazil's environmental authorities said they have discovered a 10,000 liter leak at an oil platform in the pristine Bay of Ilha Grande, the second such mishap to threaten this country's shorelines in recent weeks. ... more |
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  Slow recovery for flood-hit Thai plants Piles of rubbish, rusting furniture and discarded machinery litter one of Thailand's top high-tech parks, a former symbol of economic prowess laid to waste by weeks of flooding. ... more | .. |
 Pentagon chief sees close partnership with Libya US Defence Secretary Leon Panetta said on Saturday that Tripoli could become an important security partner of Washington as he visited Libya for talks with new regime officials. ... more | .. |
 Shale oil project raises environmental hackles in Israel Among the serene vineyards and pine treesof Israel's wine-growing heartland, a towering drill is boring 600 metres (2,000 feet) underground, dredging up black rocks that smell like petrol. ... more | .. |
 Hungary's central bank: a chink in Orban's armour Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban is so secure domestically that he can ignore the current storm of foreign criticism, but moves to increase control over the central bank could be his Achilles heel. ... more |
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Boeing looks for Starliner fixes despite costs, ISS age
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  GM says no to new Saab deal General Motors Co. on Saturday repeated its opposition to the sale of the Swedish automaker Saab to a group of Chinese investors. ... more | .. |
 China says property prices fall in more cities Home prices in most major Chinese cities fell in November from the previous month, official data showed Sunday, as government efforts to cool the red-hot property market prove effective. ... more | .. |
Eurozone crisis revives old rivalries Before another EU member lines up for a bailout and cries for help, the political organization behind the European Union and its eurozone is betraying signs of stress that recall the historical baggage of rivalries that kept the union's constituents apart for many years. ... more | .. |
Mexico faces contentious shale gas bonanza Mexico faces a contentious natural gas bonanza as it weighs options for developing vast reserves of shale gas amid fears of huge environmental costs. ... more |
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 Quebec launches cap-and-trade program Quebec has adopted a cap-and-trade program aimed at cutting carbon emissions. ... more | .. |
 India seeks more access to Siberia fields India says it is seeking a greater share of Russia's Siberian energy resources during meetings between the two countries' leaders in Moscow. ... more | .. |
 Iran, facing sanctions, hits Caspian gas Iran says it's discovered a big energy resource field, said to hold 50 trillion cubic feet of natural gas, in the disputed Caspian Sea but efforts to exploit it are likely to be undercut by international sanctions that will block needed foreign investment for its energy industry. ... more | .. |
 Japan's Toyota plans record 2012 output: reports Japan's biggest carmaker Toyota Motor plans to boost its global output to a record 8.65 million vehicles in 2012, boosted by demand in emerging markets, reports said Saturday. ... more |
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Western aid cuts cede ground to China in Southeast Asia: study
Russia faces intense barrage of drones, shutting down Moscow airports
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  Peru lifts state of emergency in mining dispute Peru's government Friday lifted a state of emergency declared early this month in a region where a mining project had sparked violent protests, and scheduled talks for next week over the development. ... more | .. |
 Brazil backs alternative regional bank The ongoing eurozone crisis has crystallized Brazilian government opinion that an alternative Bank of the South is a good idea. ... more | .. |
 Mercosur to fast-track Venezuela's entry Latin America's Mercosur trade bloc is planning to fast-track Venezuela's long-delayed accession as a full member as regional leaders push plans to strengthen and expand the organization. ... more | .. |
 "Green Routing" Can Cut Car Emissions Without Significantly Slowing Travel Time The path of least emissions may not always be the fastest way to drive somewhere. But according to new research from the University at Buffalo, it's possible for drivers to cut their tailpipe emissi ... more |
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  Sharpening the lines could lead to even smaller features and faster microchips The microchip revolution has seen a steady shrinking of features on silicon chips, packing in more transistors and wires to boost chips' speed and data capacity. But in recent years, the technologie ... more | .. |
 Optical Fiber Innovation Could Make Future Optical Computers a 'SNAP' Optics and photonics may one day revolutionize computer technology with the promise of light-speed calculations. Storing light as memory, however, requires devices known as microresonators, an emerg ... more | .. |
 Small reactors could figure into US energy future A newly released study from the Energy Policy Institute at the University of Chicago (EPIC) concludes that small modular reactors may hold the key to the future of U.S. nuclear power generation. ... more | .. |
 New method for enhancing thermal conductivity could cool computer chips, lasers and other devices The surprising discovery of a new way to tune and enhance thermal conductivity - a basic property generally considered to be fixed for a given material - gives engineers a new tool for managing ther ... more |
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