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Large geothermal plant planned in Germany
Hanover, Germany (UPI) Sep 1, 2009 - Germany is building a geothermal power plant in Lower Saxony, where conditions were previously considered less than ideal.
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Waste Management And Terrabon Invest In Waste-To-Fuel Conversion Technology
Houston TX (SPX) Sep 01, 2009 - Waste Management and Terrabon have announced an agreement by Waste Management to invest in Terrabon's unique waste-to-fuel conversion technology. Waste Management is the leading provider of comprehensive waste management and environmental services in North America.
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Attack on Saudi prince raises Yemen stakes
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (UPI) Aug 31, 2009 - A failed al-Qaida suicide attack on the Saudi Arabian prince who heads the kingdom's counter-terrorism war is the most audacious operation by the jihadists regrouping in neighboring Yemen and could trigger Saudi intervention in that chaos-ridden state.
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Brazil oil reforms aim to help the poor
Rio De Janeiro (UPI) Aug 31, 2009 - Brazil has embarked on extensive structural reforms in its oil and gas industry with the aim of increasing state control and reducing income disparity between various regions.
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Cairn India begins production at Mangala
New Delhi (UPI) Aug 31, 2009 - Cairn India Ltd. began production Saturday at Mangala in the Rajasthan region's Barmer field, one of the biggest onshore oil discoveries in India in more than 20 years.
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EU starts turning out old-fashioned light bulbs
Brussels (AFP) Aug 31, 2009 - Tuesday marks the beginning of the end for traditional, energy-guzzling light bulbs throughout Europe, with the 100-watt and frosted bulbs the first to go.
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Oil falls under 70 dlrs after China stock plunge
New York (AFP) Aug 31, 2009 - Oil prices fell under the 70 dollar a barrel level on Monday after a stock market plunge in China sent jitters across world markets about prospects for global economic recovery.
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PetroChina to invest 1.7 billion dollars in Canada
Ottawa (AFP) Aug 31, 2009 - PetroChina has agreed to purchase a 60-percent stake in two oil sands projects in Western Canada for 1.9 billion dollars (1.7 billion US), the seller announced Monday.
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RFA Wins Favorable IRS Decision
Washington DC (SPX) Aug 31, 2009 - Following over a year of intense work by the Renewable Fuels Association with the Internal Revenue Service, the agency on August 24 issued a Notice of Proposed Revenue Ruling clarifying that it will not seek to impose a change in the cost recovery periods used by most ethanol producers.
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LNG boom to make Australia ‘Middle East of gas’: analysts
Melbourne (AFP) Aug 30, 2009 - Australia is poised to become the Middle East of gas as Asia's rapidly growing economies queue up to buy its vast reserves in liquid form, according to analysts.
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Australia denies ‘downplaying’ oil spill
Sydney (AFP) Aug 29, 2009 - Australia denied claims Saturday it had downplayed the scale of a massive oil spill at a drilling rig off its northwest coast, and said the slick was dispersing naturally.
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Cost of Brazil-Venezuela refinery triples
Rio De Janeiro (UPI) Aug 28, 2009 - Brazilian state-controlled energy firm Petrobras admitted that the cost of its joint venture refinery with Venezuela's PDVSA has nearly tripled, but denied overpayment for the project.
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EU bans Edison’s light bulbs
Brussels (UPI) Aug 28, 2009 - In Europe, the traditional light bulb perfected by American scientist Thomas Edison 130 years ago will soon be a remnant of the past.
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Lockerbie and Libyan oil
Tripoli, Libya (UPI) Aug 28, 2009 - Scotland's controversial Aug. 20 release of a cancer-stricken Libyan intelligence agent convicted of bombing Pan Am Flight 103 in December 1988 has triggered allegations that Britain was seeking to secure oil and gas contracts in energy-rich Libya.
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Australia says new LNG plant ‘greenhouse intensive’
Sydney (AFP) Aug 27, 2009 - Australia has admitted a huge new energy project to supply Asian markets could raise national greenhouse gas emissions by up to one percent if ambitious efforts to capture them fail.
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Big Blue dreams of a big green battery
San Francisco (AFP) Aug 27, 2009 - Spike Narayan watched a Tesla electric sports car rocket from zero to 60 mph (100 kph) in less than four seconds and knew batteries would be the next big thing.