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Oil sector threatened by attacks
Cairo (UPI) Jul 10, 2009 - In February 1991 Saddam Hussein put Kuwait's oil fields to the torch as his invading army was driven out of the emirate by U.S.-led forces.
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Reversible Generation Of A High Capacity Hydrogen Storage Material
Aiken SC (SPX) Jul 10, 2009 - Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's Savannah River National Laboratory have created a reversible route to generate aluminum hydride, a high capacity hydrogen storage material. This achievement is not only expected to accelerate the development of a whole class of storage materials, but also has far reaching applications in areas spanning energy technology and synthetic chemistry.
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Tri-State And Duke Energy Team Up On New Wind Project
Westminster CO (SPX) Jul 10, 2009 - In keeping with its efforts to diversify its resource portfolio to meet the power requirements of its 44 member distribution cooperatives, Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association has signed a 20-year agreement with a subsidiary of Duke Energy Corp. to purchase the output of a new 51-megawatt wind farm to be built in east-central Colorado.
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VIASPACE Discusses Giant King Grass At Biofuels Conference
Irvine CA (SPX) Jul 10, 2009 - VIASPACE has announced that Chief Executive Dr. Carl Kukkonen made an invited presentation entitled, Giant King Grass: An Energy Crop for Cellulosic Biofuels and Electric Power Plants at the Biofuels and Jatropha Markets Asia conference in Jakarta, Indonesia, June 29-July 1, 2009.
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ADB funds to cut China’s greenhouse gases
Manila, Philippines (UPI) Jul 9, 2009 - The Asian Development Bank Thursday announced a program to help fund new technology to substantially reduce greenhouse gas emissions in China.
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China steps up buying spree in Africa
Lagos, Nigeria (UPI) Jul 9, 2009 - China's oil companies, buoyed by the country's foreign exchange reserves that now top $2 trillion for the first time, are on another buying spree in Africa, further challenging the century-long domination of the continent's mineral wealth by Europe's great powers.
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First WindCube Rooftop Wind Turbine Enters Service
Port Clinton OH (SPX) Jul 09, 2009 - Green Energy Technologies has unveiled the first commercially installed WindCube, now in service on the roof of the new Crown Battery Renewable Energy Center in Port Clinton's Lake Erie Business Park.
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Printable Batteries
Bonn, Germany (SPX) Jul 09, 2009 - In the past, it was necessary to race to the bank for every money transfer and every bank statement. Today, bank transactions can be easily carried out at home. Now where is that piece of paper again with the TAN numbers? In the future you can spare yourself the search for the number. Simply touch your EC card and a small integrated display shows the TAN number to be used.
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China’s oil firms accelerate acquisitions
Beijing (UPI) Jul 8, 2009 - China's leading oil companies have boosted overseas acquisitions during the first half of 2009 because of increased domestic demand and falling prices, a Shanghai Securities News report stated Tuesday.
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Wind power reaching southern Germany
Hamburg, Germany (UPI) Jul 8, 2009 - Germany is one of the world's largest wind power markets, but there is room for significant further onshore growth in the country's southern states.
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ADB backs China wind farm project
Manila (AFP) July 7, 2009 - The Asian Development Bank is helping to finance a pioneering private-sector wind farm in China's Inner Mongolia that will help the fast-growing nation fight climate change, officials said Tuesday.
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EU nations slap duties on US biodiesel: diplomat
Brussels (AFP) July 7, 2009 - European Union nations decided Tuesday to impose anti-dumping duties on US biodiesel imports, which are suspected to be heavily subsidised, an EU diplomat said Tuesday.
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GE Energy’s Gas Engines Generating Electricity In California
Half Moon Bay CA (SPX) Jul 07, 2009 - One of California's most powerful landfill gas-to-energy projects to open in the last five years has started supplying renewable electricity to the San Francisco Bay region as the state continues implementing new anti-greenhouse gas initiatives.
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Tupi oil production suspended
Sao Paulo (UPI) Jul 7, 2009 - Production at the offshore Tupi field was suspended by Brazil's semi-public oil company this week because of equipment issues.
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World’s first as fuel cell aircraft takes off in Germany
Hamburg, Germany (AFP) July 7, 2009 - The world's first piloted aircraft capable of taking to the air using only power from fuel cells took off in Germany Tuesday, producing zero carbon dioxide emissions, its makers said.
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Brown, Sarkozy seek G8 action on climate, oil prices
Evian-Les-Bains, France (AFP) July 6, 2009 - France and Britain agreed Monday to press G8 partners to demand progress on climate change and to support a plan for stabilising the erratic oil market.