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05.07.2011 10:07Deep-Sea Mud Of Pacific Ocean Abundant In Rare Metals
Yasuhiro Kato, a geosystem engineer at the University of Tokyo, and his colleagues cataloged some hotspots of rare-earth accumulation on the bed of the Pacific, Nature Geoscience reported. The researchers measured the elemental composition of over04.07.2011 11:33RWE Examining Potential Sale of U.K. Division
RWE AG is working with Goldman Sachs Group Inc. as Germany’s second-largest utility considers a sale of its Npower unit in the U.K., according to a person familiar with the matter, Bloomber reported. The examination of the business,01.07.2011 14:53Poland Takes Over EU Council Presidency
Today marks the start of Poland’s chairmanship of the Council of the European Union. Poland is taking over the Presidency from Hungary which has presided over the EU for the past six months. The Polish Presidency gets under way amid many01.07.2011 12:48Companies Enter the Battle for British EV Market
Energy company npower this week revealed that 33% of UK drivers would think about buying an electric vehicle (EV) in the next five years, rising to 41% when the benefits were explained, the Guardian reported. Despite the introduction in01.07.2011 12:39German Parliament Approves Nuclear Shutdown
German lawmakers approved on Thursday plans to shut the country's nuclear plants by 2022, putting Europe's biggest economy on the road to an ambitious build-up of renewable energy, AP reported. The lower house of parliament voted 513-7901.07.2011 11:17Survey Ranks San Francisco Greenest U.S. City
San Francisco is the greenest city in North America, followed by Vancouver and New York, according to the latest survey of green-city rankings, Reuters reported. The survey, commissioned by Siemens Corp and conducted by the Economist Intelligence30.06.2011 12:22Citizens’ Input Wanted on EU Environmental Policy
The EC launched a campaign for improving and standardization the EU environmental policy. With INSPIRE – Infrastructure for Spatial Information in Europe – the European Union is creating a common standard to make environmental information30.06.2011 11:13Basarab Flyover in Bucharest is Open for Traffic
The Basarab flyover in Bucharest was opened on Saturday for pedestrians, while Sunday, at 6.00 h, it was opened for car traffic as well, Romania Business Insider reported. Tests at the Basarab flyover were made for three days. During the29.06.2011 15:14Czech Temelin NPP to Use Only Russian Fuel
The Czech nuclear power plant Temelin will be operating with fuel delivered by the fuel branch of Russian Rosatom – TVEL. The nuclear fuel was delivered on 22 June, from TVEL announced. By mid-July the refilling works on the second29.06.2011 14:27Germany Got 19.2% of Its Power Needs from Renewables
Germany generated 19.2 percent of its power needs from renewable energy including wind and solar in the first quarter of 2011, up from 17.1 percent for the year- earlier period, the BDEW utility association said in a statement. The report29.06.2011 12:24Russia Stops Electricity Exports to Belarus Because of Debt
Russia's Inter RAO (RTS: IRAO) stopped electricity supplies to Belarus starting at midnight of June 29, Interfax reported. Inter RAO restricted supplies to Belarus on June 9 because of the debt in the amount of 1.5 billion Russian rubles29.06.2011 11:27RWE Innogy Sets up Joint Venture for Hydropower Plants in Serbia
RWE Innogy and the Serbian energy utility Elektroprivreda Srbije (EPS) formed a joint venture for the development of hydropower plants in Belgrade. The contracts were signed on Wednesday in the presence of the Serbian Prime Minister and the Energy
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