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Plant power: The ultimate way to 'go green'?Copenhagen, Denmark (SPX) Feb 07, 2012 Researchers are turning to plants and solar power in the search for new sources of renewable and sustainable energy that can support the transition from rapidly depleting fossil fuels to a bio-based society. An article published by Cell Press in Trends in Plant Science discusses innovative strategies for harnessing and re-routing the chemical reactions associated with photosynthesis to efficiently produce highly valuable products. Photosynthesis is a biological process that uses energy from the su ... read more |
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 America's Economic Future and Clean Energy Potential President Obama's emphasis in last night's State of the Union address on the expansion of clean energy and economic growth is attainable with the help of the one source that literally drives the U.S ... more | .. |
  Can economy withstand what oil prices have in store Stop wrangling over global warming and instead reduce fossil-fuel use for the sake of the global economy. That's the message from two scientists, one from the University of Washington and one ... more | .. |
 Italy to hold gas talks as cold snap toll hits 26 Italy was set to hold emergency talks on Tuesday aimed at maximising gas supplies to vulnerable households as the cold snap tightened its grip on the country and the death toll rose to 26. ... 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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  BMW Adds Solar To Alternative Energy Portfolio BMW Manufacturing has completed the installation and commissioning of solar panels that are providing solar energy to fully power the 24,000 square foot Zentrum Museum, the plant's heritage museum a ... more | .. |
  French nuclear body approves Atmea reactor safety options France's ASN nuclear safety body said on Tuesday it had approved the safety options for the Atmea1 reactor project being carried out by France's Areva and Japan's Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI). ... more | .. |
  China and US have 'trust deficit': senior official A top Chinese official has warned of a "trust deficit" between Beijing and Washington and expressed hopes that a key visit to the United States next week by China's leader-in-waiting will strengthen ties. ... more | .. |
 Solarphasec introduces a revolutionary new solar power generation technology Solarphasec has developed a new break through technology that dramatically increases the overall energy output of the photovoltaic material in its new Sentinel series solar devices. Solarphase ... more |
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Lightning strikes kill 33 people in eastern India
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  Electricity Access Still Insufficient in Developing Countries Despite massive gains in global access to electricity over the last two decades, governments and development organizations must continue to invest in electrification to achieve critical health, envi ... more | .. |
 RLS Logistics Takes NJ Headquarters Solar RLS Logistics and HelioSage Energy have announced the successful commissioning of a 257 kilowatt solar array at the RLS headquarters in Newfield. The roof-mounted array will deliver energy cost savi ... more | .. |
 DuPont and Suntech Sign Strategic Agreement DuPont and Suntech Power Holdings have signed a strategic agreement to help increase the supply of photovoltaic materials and technologies for the growing global market for solar energy. The a ... more | .. |
 TEP Selects AREVA Solar as Technology Partner for Innovative CSP Booster Project Tucson Electric Power (TEP) is partnering with AREVA Solar on an innovative concentrated solar power (CSP) addition to TEP's H. Wilson Sundt Generating Station in Tucson. TEP's Sundt Solar Boo ... more |
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 BrightSource Energy's Power Tower Technology Selected by Sasol BrightSource Energy has announced that Sasol has selected BrightSource's power tower solar thermal technology following a worldwide review of solar technologies. Under the agreement, BrightSource an ... more | .. |
 Chinese village exports cheap labour abroad Xie Guolu proudly shows off the two-storey home he is having built in the small Chinese village of Lujiazhuang, paid for by money his son earns thousands of kilometres away in Algeria. ... more | .. |
  U.S. offshore wind moves forward The Obama administration is moving forward with the process for wind energy lease sales off the coast of four mid-Atlantic states, the U.S. Department of Interior said. ... more | .. |
 Putin urges Gazprom to meet cold demand Gazprom should do all it can to meet the natural gas demands of its European customers during a bitter cold wave, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin says. ... more |
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Chinese researchers craft high fidelity Mars soil simulant to support future missions
Ancient river systems reveal Mars was wetter than we thought
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  Walker's World: Germans and Greeks at bay The mouse has roared. The third and smallest member of the Greek government coalition has rejected the latest terms for a $180 billion European bailout of its crumbling economy and its leader has been handing out drachmas, the coins of the old national currency before the euro. ... more | .. |
 Release 'soon' for 29 Chinese: Sudan rebels The 29 Chinese workers captured by rebels more than a week ago in southern Sudan should be released soon, a spokesman for the insurgents said on Monday. ... more | .. |
  iPhone leaps to third place in mobile market An outbreak of iPhone fever made Apple the third hottest mobile phone maker worldwide at the end of 2011, according to the International Data Corporation (IDC). ... more | .. |
 Europe crisis could halve China's growth: IMF An escalation of Europe's debt crisis could slash China's economic growth in half this year, the International Monetary Fund said Monday, urging Beijing to prepare stimulus measures in response. ... more |
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 Solvay hails world's largest fuel cell of type in Flanders Chemicals giant Solvay hailed Monday the successful entry into service in Flanders of what it said was the largest fuel cell of its type in the world. ... more | .. |
  Italian professor launches challenge to Google An Italian computer science professor whose research helped inspire Google launched a new search engine and social media network on Monday that he hopes will challenge the US technology giant. ... more | .. |
 US wind firm presses theft charge against China rival US wind energy company AMSC said Monday it had filed three civil lawsuits in Chinese courts against rival Sinovel Wind Group Co., which it accused of stealing industrial secrets. ... more | .. |
  China bans airlines from paying EU carbon charges China said Monday it has banned its airlines from complying with an EU scheme to impose charges on carbon emissions opposed by more than two dozen countries including India, Russia and the United States. ... more |
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China, India should work towards 'win-win' cooperation: Chinese FM
US delays Patriot arms deliveries to Switzerland in switch to Ukraine
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 Brazil police strike leader vows resistance Police strikers occupying the state legislature in the Brazilian city of Salvador vowed Monday to resist if troops try to flush them out amid a tense standoff between the security forces. ... more | .. |
Troops surround occupied legislature in Brazil Federal troops surrounded a local legislature in the Brazilian city of Salvador early Monday after it had been taken over by armed police officers whose strike action has sent homicides spiraling. ... more | .. |
Italy's ENI warns of possible gas supply cuts Shortfalls in gas imports from Russia could force Italian energy giant ENI to start cutting off supplies to corporate customers from Thursday, ENI said, as a minister described the situation as "critical". ... more | .. |
Iraq-Turkey oil exports resume after blast Iraq has resumed oil exports via an undamaged pipeline to Turkey after they were cut by an explosion in the country's northern neighbour, officials said on Monday. ... more |
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  Suzuki sales slip, downgrades annual forecast Japan's Suzuki Motor said Monday its net profit fell 4.7 percent for the nine months to December and downgraded its annual sales forecast due to the impact of a strong yen and a slump in India. ... more | .. |
EU says China may become its biggest market in 2012 The EU ambassador to China said Monday the Asian powerhouse could become Europe's biggest export market this year, overtaking the United States, as Beijing boosts domestic demand. ... more | .. |
Taiwan to build flight system on disputed islands Taiwan's defence ministry said Monday it is preparing to set up an air navigation system on the disputed Spratly islands, in a move that could spark fresh tensions in the South China Sea. ... more | .. |
 New zeolite material may solve diesel shortage World fuel consumption is shifting more and more to diesel at the expense of gasoline. A recently published article in Nature Chemistry by a research team at Stockholm University and the Polytechnic ... more |
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