Beijing (UPI) Jan 13, 2006 - A big part of China's efforts to put its affairs in order before lunar new year celebrations is focused on energy security issues with other developing nations.
Beijing (AFP) Sep 05 2005 - The European Union is to give China a clean-burning coal power plant to help it do more to curb carbon emissions and fight global warming, under a deal signed Monday at the EU-China summit in Beijing.
Washington (UPI) Jan 11, 2006 - European Union countries are starting to rethink their opposition to nuclear energy amid a dispute between Russia and Ukraine over natural gas supplies, but energy analysts say a switch still lacks a green light.
Bangalore, India (SPX) Jan 11, 2006 - Seeking to position India as a cost-effective destination for satellite-building and commercial launch services, Indian Space Research Organisation has forged partnerships with France-based 'EADS Astrium' and European space consortium Arianespace, reports PTI.
Almaty (UPI) Jun 28 ,2004 - Sitting astride huge reserves of oil and gas, the vast Central Asian nation of Kazakhstan is booming, but it took skilful diplomatic and business strategies to pull it off too.
- Utility regulators from eight Southwestern states Tuesday took another step toward creation of a regional agency that would give them more say in decisions affecting the reliability and cost of electric power in their region.
Paris (ESA) Aug 11, 2003 - How can we more effectively harness the free and endless energy resources of the Sun, wind and water? One answer is orbiting above us. Satellites provide us with a wide variety of data that can help with many aspects of the building and management of renewable energy plants.
Washington DC (UPI) Sep. 27, 2004 - After so much bad news in recent months, last week Russian President Vladimir Putin succeeded in netting $4 billion in investments from South Korea, with the prospect of $12 billion more from China to follow.
Shanghai (AFP) Jan 10, 2006 - China's 2.3-billion-dollar Nigerian oil venture is a major step forward for the energy ravenous country as it seeks to power its fast-growing economy but analysts said Tuesday the race was just heating up.
Paris (ESA) Dec 12, 2002 - European teachers hoping to liven up their lessons could get some ideas by looking at ESA's Eduspace site. As part of Netd@ys Europe 2002 ESA proposes that primary or secondary teachers select Earth observation satellite images as the basis for class projects.
Los Alamos NM (SPX) Jan 9, 2006 - Los Alamos National Laboratory scientists have discovered that a phenomenon called carrier multiplication, in which semiconductor nanocrystals respond to photons by producing multiple electrons, is applicable to a broader array of materials that previously thought.
Paris (AFP) Jan 08, 2006 - Surging oil prices, deepening concern about carbon pollution and sudden worries over Russia's reliability as a gas supplier have been a windfall for Europe's nuclear and renewable energy industries.
Apopka FL (SPX) Jan 06, 2006 - The team of Northrop Grumman and Protonex Technology has been selected by the U.S. Air Force to design and develop a new energy-efficient, lightweight fuel-cell system to power various targeting, communications and other sensor equipment used by airmen on the battlefield.
Beijing (AFP) Jan 05, 2006 - China this week began construction of the first of four major hydropower plants on an strategically-important river, state media said Wednesday, in a controversial project that has raised environmental concerns.
London - Feb. 21, 2001 - Europe*Star and France Telecom have finalized their agreement to establish a new joint venture to provide fixed satellite services across Europe, Africa, and the Middle East. The new company, called Stellat, has already committed to the construction of a new high-powered communications satellite, called Stellat 5, to be launched by mid-2002 into the 5' West longitude orbital slot.
Tuscon AZ (SPX) Jan 5, 2006 - A University of Arizona physicist recently showed that it should be possible to restrict electrons to two dimensions in space by placing conducting materials within strong magnetic fields.
