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Coal India faces government pressureNew Delhi (UPI) Apr 4, 2012 The Indian government issued a rare presidential directive ordering Coal India Ltd. to sign fuel supply agreements with power plants. The presidential order follows an order issued to Coal India in February through the prime minister's office, also to sign supply agreements with power producers, but the company missed a March 31 deadline as its board of directors rejected clauses requiring the company to assure supplies or face penalties. Coal India, which is 90 percent owned by the gove ... read more |
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  First 50MW of Large Solar Power Plant Enabled By Cross-Border Collaboration SolFocus has joined with Mexican land and real estate developer Grupo Musa and U.S.-based energy developer Synergy Technologies, LLC to announce the launch of a landmark solar power plant in Baja Ca ... more | .. |
  ASEAN to 'intensify efforts' on China sea disputes Southeast Asian leaders on Wednesday pledged to step up efforts to resolve overlapping maritime disputes with China, at the end of a two-day summit which also focused on Myanmar and North Korea. ... more | .. |
 US DHS Tests Rapid Recovery Transformers The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S and T) has announced the successful completion of a drill to move, deploy and energize a trio of fast-recovery ... 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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  Fast-Start Turbines Installed at Haynes Generating Station Marking a major milestone in the transformation of its power supply and rebuilding of its coastal power plants, the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) has received delivery and begun ... more | .. |
  Giant piezoelectricity from ZnO materials, comparable with perovskite, was achieved In recent years, with the growing concerns over environmental protection and human health, environment-friendly materials have received increasing attention, and for decades researchers have been fi ... more | .. |
 Rooftop Solar Energy Program Wins Critical Approval From LA City Council The Los Angeles City Council cleared the way for the launch of an innovative rooftop solar-energy program, approving a measure to allow the Department of Water and Power (DWP) to move forward with t ... more | .. |
  Argentina escalates quarrel with Spain Argentina escalated its quarrel with Spain over the fate of largest oil producer YPF, controlled by Spain, and threatened action against another Spanish company accused of failing its telecommunications customers. ... more |
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Underappreciated threat of nanoplastic pollution revealed in Atlantic Ocean study
Deadly China-Nepal flood caused by glacial lake: experts
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 Arizona Land Department and APS Partner on First-Ever Solar Facility to Be Built on State Land Arizona's State Land Department and Arizona Public Service are working in coordination to build the first-ever solar project on Arizona State Trust lands. Nearly 400 acres in Yuma County will soon b ... more | .. |
 REFUsol PV String Inverters Listed on New York Standard Interconnection Requirements (SIR) List REFUsol has announced that the REFUsol 012K, 016K, 020K and 024K inverters are in compliance with the New York Standard Interconnection Requirements (SIR) and qualify for the New York State Energy R ... more | .. |
 China Sunergy Begins Manufacturing Solar Modules in France China Sunergy is pleased to announce that the Company has begun assembling solar modules in France through OEM cooperation with KDG Energy, a French manufacturer of high quality PV modules. Th ... more | .. |
 Arabian Sea caught in China-India standoff The competition for energy between China and India, the world's two largest expanding economies, is likely to encompass the Arabian Sea and Indian Ocean, a vital artery for oil and gas to Asia from the Persian Gulf. ... more |
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  Google gives glimpse of Internet glasses Google on Wednesday gave the world a glimpse of its vision for letting people look at life through Internet-tinted glasses. ... more | .. |
 Scientists develop ultra-thin solar cells Austrian and Japanese researchers on Wednesday unveiled solar cells thinner than a thread of spider silk that are flexible enough to be wrapped around a single human hair. ... more | .. |
  Yahoo! axes workers in latest turn-around bid Struggling US Internet pioneer Yahoo! said Wednesday it would slash some 2,000 jobs in a purge aimed at transforming into a "smaller, nimbler, more profitable" company. ... more | .. |
 China boosts foreign investment quota China has nearly tripled the amount of money foreign institutions can invest in stocks, bonds and bank deposits to $80 billion as it seeks to boost its capital markets. ... more |
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Skimming the Sun, probe sheds light on space weather threats
Are Unlocked Phones Any Good? Unlocked vs. Locked Phone Benefits
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 Bulgarian parliament committee to review shale gas ban Bulgaria's parliament set up a special committee Wednesday to review shale gas exploration and production in an apparent bid by the government to relax a ban on the industry imposed in January. ... more | .. |
  China's Wen urges end to banks' lending 'monopoly' China's Premier Wen Jiabao has called for the break-up of a banking "monopoly" on lending that has squeezed private businesses as the global economy slows, state media reported. ... more | .. |
 ASEAN paralysed over China sea dispute, say analysts The Association of Southeast Asian Nations is paralysed by differences over how to deal with regional superpower China's claims to strategic islands in the South China Sea, analysts said. ... more | .. |
 Brazil seeks $10.9 bn from Chevron for second spill A Brazilian prosecutor is demanding that Chevron and the oil drilling contractor Transocean pay $10.9 billion for a second offshore spill last month, the US oil giant said Wednesday. ... more |
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 Advanced power-grid research finds low-cost, low-carbon future in West The least expensive way for the Western U.S. to reduce greenhouse gas emissions enough to help prevent the worst consequences of global warming is to replace coal with renewable and other sources of ... more | .. |
  Is bioenergy expansion harmful to wildlife? Despite the predicted environmental benefits of biofuels, converting land to grow bioenergy crops may harm native wildlife. Researchers at the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research in Leipzig ... more | .. |
  Robosquirrels versus rattlesnakes Robot squirrels from the University of California, Davis, are going into rattlesnake country near San Jose, continuing a research project on the interaction between squirrels and rattlesnakes. ... more | .. |
 Algae biofuels: the wave of the future Researchers at Virginia Bioinformatics Institute have assembled the draft genome of a marine algae sequence to aid scientists across the US in a project that aims to discover the best algae species ... more |
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Ukraine 'shouldn't target' Moscow: Trump
Trump gives Russia 50 days to make Ukraine deal
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 Quantum information motion control is now improved Physicists have recently devised a new method for handling the effect of the interplay between vibrations and electrons on electronic transport. Their paper is about to be published in EPJ B. ... more | .. |
  Nanoscale magnetic media diagnostics by rippling spin waves Memory devices based on magnetism are one of the core technologies of the computing industry, and engineers are working to develop new forms of magnetic memory that are faster, smaller, and more ene ... more | .. |
  Fuel-efficient autos drive sales higher US auto sales revved up in March amid an improving economy and as high gasoline prices boosted buying of fuel-efficient vehicles, US and foreign automakers said Tuesday. ... more | .. |
 App makes saving energy social at Facebook An application released on Tuesday plugs into the power of Facebook to make saving energy an online community affair. ... more |
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 Airstrike hits Sudan's Darfur: AU-UN An airstrike took place near a populated area of Sudan's North Darfur state, without causing casualties, the African Union-United Nations peacekeeping mission UAMID said on Tuesday. ... more | .. |
 Outside View: $8 a gallon gas! Campaigning for office, U.S. President Barack Obama promised to do something about high gasoline prices but now he is denying he can do much about what Americans pay to drive. He is too modest! ... more | .. |
 Latin American oil draws new investors New oil discoveries and prospects for further exploration are drawing investors to Latin America despite heightened tensions triggered by Argentina disputing British sovereignty over the Falkland Islands and its energy-rich deep water. ... more | .. |
 World Bank chief backs BRICS bank idea Outgoing World Bank president Robert Zoellick on Tuesday gave his backing to a new development bank proposed by the leaders of the BRICS emerging countries. ... more |
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