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Carbon Capture

Alternative Fuels: Coal-to-liquids' prospects dim, but boosters won't say die -- Friday, May 17, 2013 -- www.eenews.net

... have faced skeptical lawmakers who worry about spending money on a potentially losing proposition. And the Obama administration has sought to cut funding for CTL technology to focus on carbon capture efforts, coal gasification and making power plants more efficient. Current federal spending levels for coal and coal biomass to liquids are under $5 million a year. Obama's latest budget request ...

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Climate Change

Barack Obama must act like a true leader | Observer editorial | Comment is free | The Observer

... all blight the economic landscape. Abroad, numerous short-term crises, such as North Korea and the war in Syria, cry out for attention while several major long-term trends, such as climate change and the rise of China, demand American leadership. Now is the time for the Obama of the campaign trail finally to step up to the plate. He must shed his instinct for caution, get rid of the notion ...

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Solar

EXCLUSIVE - EU cites Chinese telecoms Huawei and ZTE for trade violations | Reuters

... giving it almost a quarter of the market. Meanwhile, De Gucht would not comment on whether he will go ahead with imposing punitive import duties on 21 billion euros worth of imported Chinese solar panels. The European Commission agreed to his proposal for a 47 percent tariff, which he can formally declare on June 6 if it is published in the EU's Official Journal. AT THE MOVIES While ...

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Nuclear

German energy shift faces headwinds - Yahoo! News Malaysia

... the complex new system is being built, conventional power sources are being used to plug gaps in output -- sometimes Schneiders and his colleagues even have to rev up a shuttered nuclear reactor again for short stretches. The problem for power companies is that running a gas plant occasionally only to make up shortfalls is not economically viable, and several of them have closed. There ...

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Hydroelectric

Bidding nears for $9-14 bln Congo hydropower plant | Reuters

... to buy over half * Congo needs more electricity to power mining operations By John Irish PARIS, May 18 (Reuters) - Chinese, South Korean and Spanish firms are vying to develop a hydropower project likely to cost between $9 billion and $14 billion on the Congo River, Congolese officials said on Saturday. The planned Inga 3 scheme, which aims to overcome power shortages that have ...

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Coal

Markets Weekahead - Sensex risks consolidation; SBI earnings | Reuters

... Reuters Market Eye - The BSE Sensex runs the risk of some consolidation after indexes ended at their highest close since November 2010 on Friday. Earnings will be key, with Coal India Ltd ( COAL.NS ), State Bank of India Ltd ( SBI.NS ) and Jet Airways Ltd ( JET.NS ) set to report next week. Investors will also be eyeing whether strong foreign buying continues. Overseas investors were net ...

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Oil

'US drone' kills four in strike on al-Qaida target in Yemen | World news | guardian.co.uk

... planned to attack international airliners and was once described by Washington as the movement's most dangerous branch. Impoverished and turbulent, Yemen is located next door to the world's top oil exporter, Saudi Arabia, and major crude shipment routes. The United States has stepped up attacks on al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP). Yemeni officials said at least six suspected militants ...

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Gas

UPDATE 3-US ends freeze on new natural gas exports, approves Texas terminal | Reuters

... on gas exports By Ayesha Rascoe WASHINGTON, May 17 (Reuters) - The Obama administration opened the door to a new era of U.S. energy exports on Friday, approving the first liquefied natural gas project since the start of a heated debate over how best to benefit from the shale energy boom. The Energy Department's approval of unrestricted natural gas exports from Freeport LNG's Quintana ...

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Wind

AFP: Morocco to harness the wind in energy hunt

... this will come from solar energy: at the beginning of May, the first of five solar power plants near Ouarzazate was officially launched, and the site is set to be operational from 2015. Wind power will supply the remaining 2,000 MW, and Morocco's wind-blown southern coast, where many of the new farms will be built, already resembles a huge building site. At Tarfaya, which will be home to the ...

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Geothermal

Newswallah: Bharat Edition - NYTimes.com

... India's first government building with a five-star green rating, The Hindu reported. The building uses a number of environmentally friendly features such as natural light, solar energy and geothermal cooling, according to the report. Gujarat : Scientists in India recently discovered that the virus that caused the recent death of a lion in the Gir forest is the same one that killed a third of ...

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Biofuels

European Commission confirms oil pricing raids | Reuters

... BRUSSELS May 14 (Reuters) - The European Commission said on Tuesday officials carried out raids in two member states on several companies active in pricing oil, refined products and biofuels. It said the Commission had concerns the companies may have colluded in reporting distorted prices to a price reporting agency to manipulate published prices and that the firms may have prevented others ...

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Green Energy

Special Report - The Rise and Fall of China's Sun King | Reuters

... solar sector, it's a seed gone bad. Direct government support, of the sort Wuxi gave to Suntech, has been replicated across China. Chinese solar companies, such as LDK Solar and Yingli Green Energy, relied on subsidized financing over the last decade as they, too, built out capacity. As the industry reels, the same local governments that helped build up the biggest companies are bailing them ...

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Renewable Energy

Special Report - The Rise and Fall of China's Sun King | Reuters

... destruction across much of the solar energy industry globally. Suntech's demise is also intimately linked to the Chinese government's explicit determination to make solar and other renewable energy technologies a "strategic" industry. Speaking to a solar energy conference on May 14 in Shanghai, Shi expressed contrition for Suntech's decline: "Twelve years ago I returned to the country in ...

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Alternative Energy

Army MATOC - First awards under $7 billion renewable energy contract - MarketWatch

... technologies, solar, wind and biomass, are anticipated for staggered release through the end of calendar year 2013. The total amount for all awards under the Renewable and Alternative Energy Power Production for DoD Installations MATOC will not exceed $7 billion. The MATOC will be used to procure reliable, locally generated, renewable and alternative energy through power purchase ...

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Carbon Credits

Carbon tax may force new poll: coalition - Yahoo!7

... The coalition has reaffirmed it could call a double-dissolution election if it wins government but is blocked from repealing the carbon tax. Opposition MPs on Saturday repeated their view that September's election would be a referendum on the carbon tax, and that a joint sitting would be a fallback option if they're prevented from scrapping the policy. Opposition frontbencher Christopher Pyne ...

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