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[SOUTH AMERICA] Brasil participa en proyecto internacional para investigar
2008-06-05 21:53:00
El Observatorio Nacional (ON) de Brasil es uno de los participantes de la iniciativa astronómica internacional Dark Energy Survey, destinada a recoger informaciones sobre la energía oscura,como es llamada la fuerza desconocida que supuestamente domina el Universo y que es responsable por la aceleración de su expansión. En el proyecto participan centros de astronomía de EEUU, Inglaterra, España y Brasil, dijo el astrofísico Luiz Nicolaci da Costa, investigador del ON, en declaraciones publicadas hoy por la agencia de noticias de la Fundación de Amparo a la Pesquisa en el Estado de Sao Paulo."Tras años de investigación concluimos que casi el 95 por ciento del Universo es compuesto por cosas que no conocemos, llámese energía oscura o materia oscura, y de las que nadie consiguió probar su existencia.Simplemente no sabemos lo que es. Es eso lo que estamos estudiando", explicóDa Costa.El astrónomo dijo que los científicos de todo el mundo coincidieron, tras la observación d...
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[NUCLEAR RENAISSANCE] FORATOM, afirma que la solución energética para Españ
2008-05-31 03:58:00
El director general de la Asociación de Industrias Nuclear es Europeas (FORATOM), Santiago San Antonio, señaló hoy que para que España solucione su problema energético, la clave se encuentra en la construcción de nuevas centrales, ya que ahora tiene que importar grandes cantidades de energía de otros países.Así, San Antonio indicó que España se encuentra 'retrasada energéticamente', mientras que en Europa se están apoyando en ello, y apostó por alcanzar una producción de energía nuclear equivalente a la media europea, que actualmente supone un 30 por ciento del mix energético.Por otro lado, señaló que en España se ha dado un giro 'satisfactorio' en las políticas energéticas, tras la decisión del presidente del Gobierno, José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, de actuar de acuerdo a las normativas europeas, y además señaló que el desfase energético español influirá negativamente en el déficit económico, para lo que 'habrá que definir el futuro energético en un plan a largo plazo (20 ó 30 a...
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[TECHNOLOGY] Futuros dispositivos de Apple podrían utilizar energía solar
2008-05-27 06:09:00
Empleados de Apple han solicitado una patente para integrar celdas solares dentro de los dispositivos portátiles colocándolos bajo las capas de la pantalla sensible al tacto, de acuerdo con la solicitud. La energía solar le ayudaría a hacer dispositivos verdaderamente portátiles, liberándose de la necesidad de cables para conectarlos a la fuente de energía.Cuando se genera electricidad con paneles solares, cuanto más grande sea el panel mejor, pero la patente advierte ?de paneles solares en dispositivos portátiles?, luego de permitir espacio para los botones, pantalla y una manera de alojar el dispositivo, solo un a pequeña área se deja en la mayoría de los dispositivos para las celdas solares.Una de las maneras sugirió que la patente es para colocar una capa sensible al tacto, una pantalla y un panel solar uno encima del otro. Esto haría del iPhone y el iPod Touch de Apple buenos candidatos para dichas fuentes de energía, ya que la pantalla ocupa casi toda la carátula de estos apa...
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CLIMATE CHANGE: China and India called keys in climate change battle
2008-05-08 18:23:00
If the world is going to truly combat greenhouse gas emissions, China and India have to be part of the fight, the chief economist for the Paris-based International Energy Agency said Tuesday. Fatih Birol told oil and gas executives at the Offshore Technology Conference in Houston that the economies of China and India are growing at such a pace that they'll keep needing more energy, much of it from coal. Even if Europe cuts emissions by 20 percent in the next dozen years as pledged, it won't be enough to overcome emissions anticipated to increase in the developing giants, he said.But don't blame China, the bigger of the two, he said.China's growth is "simply imitating" what developed countries have already done. Americans love their cars, and increasingly the Chinese do as well, driving most of the increase in that country's demand.The nation is expected to overtake the U.S. in terms of car ownership in seven to eight years. And by 2030, 14 percent of Chinese will have cars, as...
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BRASIL: The brazilian government rejects biofuels criticism
2008-05-07 20:58:00
The Brazilian president has rejected criticism that his country's production of biofuels has forced a surge in global food prices and harms the environment. Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva accused critics of being driven by economic and political interests, and failing to highlight soaring oil prices and increased demand as a factor in pushing up food production costs."Don't tell me, for the love of God, that food is expensive because of biodiesel," he told reporters."Food is expensive because the world wasn't prepared to see millions of Chinese, Indians, Africans, Brazilians and Latin Americans eat. We want to discuss this not with passion but rationality and not from the European point of view."Lula made his comments following a week of protests in Brazil and Europe against the fuels made from food crops and their supposed environmental and social consequences.This week, the EU's environmental chief, Stavros Dimas, said that biofuels, which Brazil hopes to export to the EU, must now...
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ENERGY CRISIS: Food shortages and incredible arguments
2008-05-07 20:52:00
I find this talk of genetically modified food being necessary to feed the world's population incredible ('As the world begins to starve it's time to take GM seriously', Comment, last week). Yes, it would get us out of a scrape in the short term, but we have to realise that we cannot carry on expanding the population and consuming resources without consequences. If the population continues to grow, we will reach a situation where even GM cannot feed everyone, never mind competing for space, water, a clean environment and the chance for other species to exist. Overpopulation is the biggest single cause of our environmental woes and we cannot make significant improvements without addressing this.Ryan Taylor, London SW9Crop yields need to increase by 1.6 per cent per year (compounded) to avoid mass starvation. From the mid-Sixties to the mid-Nineties, soybean, canola, maize, wheat and rice did just that, but in the last 10 to 15 years, wheat and rice have fallen badly below this thr...
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UNITED KINGDOM: Ethical bank offers wind of change for green consumers
2008-05-07 20:45:00
You are keen to play your part in tackling climate change and have a bit of money to invest. You are distrustful of some of the big financial institutions but would like to earn a decent return on your cash if possible.If that sounds like you, then you may be interested to hear that Tuesday sees the launch of a public share issue aimed at raising £8.5m to invest in wind farms and other renewable energy projects across the country. Ethical bank Triodos is offering people the chance to become shareholders in Triodos Renewables, a public limited company which came into being 13 years ago as the Wind Fund. This is its fourth share issue - the last was in 2005.Triodos Renewables invests mainly in small and medium-sized wind farms, hydroelectric schemes and emerging renewable energy technology companies in the UK. It owns and operates two wind farms, Caton Moor in Lancashire and Haverigg II in Cumbria, and two single turbines, Gulliver in Lowestoft, Suffolk, (recently out of action for a ...
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UNITED KINGDOM: El Reino Unido instala la mayor turbina de energía generada
2008-05-05 08:56:00
A finales de marzo, en Londres, los grupos ecologistas asistían con preocupación al acuerdo en materia de energía al que habían llegado Nicolas Sarkozy y el primer ministro británico, Gordon Brown: ambos países, según acordaron los mandatarios, colaborarán estrechamente en el lanzamiento de una nueva generación de centrales nucleares.Pocos días después de que Nicolas Sarkozy y Gordon Brown culminasen su ?entente nuclear?, sin embargo, un carguero, el Rambiz, zarpaba de los astilleros de Belfast (Irlanda del Norte) con una carga esperanzadora para quienes desean que la respuesta al cambio climático no sea la energía nuclear: el SeaGen, una inmensa turbina destinada a aprovechar la fuerza de las mareas para producir energía limpia.Ese mismo día, el 30 de marzo, el Rambiz llegaba a su destino: las aguas cerca de la costa de Strangford Lough, un 'lago' ?entiéndase fiordo- que se extiende en la orilla más oriental de Irlanda del Norte. Desde entonces, los ingenieros han trabajado a fon...
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JAPAN: Tony Blair Urges `Revolutionary' Carbon Emission Cuts
2008-03-15 22:21:00
Former U.K. Prime Minister Tony Blair urged the U.S., Japan and European nations to make ``revolutionary'' cuts to greenhouse gases responsible for global warming.``Since poorer nations will see their emissions rise as they industrialize, and since the world population may well grow from 6 to 9 billion, emissions in the richer nations will have to fall close to zero,'' Blair said at energy and environmental talks in Chiba City near Tokyo.Ministers of the Group of Eight industrialized nations and representatives from 12 other countries discussed how to finance technological efforts to tackle climate change, and the basis for a successor to the Kyoto Protocol that expires in 2012.U.S. emissions of greenhouse gases total 20 tons a year per person, twice as much as in Europe and Japan, Blair said. The world's average emission level may need to fall to as low as 2 tons per person to halve global output of the harmful gases by 2050, he said.``If the average person in the U.S. is to e...
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UNITED STATES: Assessing The Feasability Of A Dedicated Ethanol Pipeline
2008-03-12 15:18:00
Magellan Midstream Partners and Buckeye Partners have announced they have begun a joint assessment to determine the feasibility of constructing a dedicated ethanol pipeline. The proposed ethanol pipeline system would safely and efficiently deliver renewable fuel ethanol from the Midwest to distribution terminals in the northeastern United States .The proposed pipeline could have the capacity to supply more than 10 million gallons of ethanol per day, enough to meet the needs of millions of northeastern motorists who purchase 10% ethanol blended gasoline or higher ethanol blends such as E85.The pipeline would gather ethanol from production facilities in Iowa, Illinois, Minnesota and South Dakota to serve terminals in major markets such as Pittsburgh, Philadelphia and the New York harbor. The project, which preliminarily has been estimated to cost in excess of $3 billion, would span approximately 1,700 miles and would take several years to complete."The most promising liquid fuel altern...
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UNITED STATES: Coal Gasification and CO2
2008-03-12 15:14:00
There is a growing consensus that increased demand for electricity will cement coal's place in the energy portfolio for years to come. In fact, more than half of the electricity produced in the United States comes from coal. With demand for electricity expected to double by 2050 and renewable resources still years away from offsetting increased demand, it is clear -- coal is here to stay.But can 'dirty' coal be used cleanly?" The answer may be a resounding yes if gasification becomes common place, researchers said today at the 2008 Annual Meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Boston."Coal gasification offers one of the most versatile and clean ways to convert coal into electricity, hydrogen and other valuable energy products," said George Muntean, staff scientist at the Deparent of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, during his presentation at the AAAS symposium entitled "Coal Gasification, Myths, Challenges and Opportunities."P...

UNITED STATES: Solar Cell Directly Splits Water For Hydrogen
2008-03-12 14:59:00
Plants, trees and algae do it. Even some bacteria and moss do it, but scientists have had a difficult time developing methods to turn sunlight into useful fuel. Now, Penn State researchers have a proof-of-concept device that can split water and produce recoverable hydrogen."This is a proof-of-concept system that is very inefficient. But ultimately, catalytic systems with 10 to 15 percent solar conversion efficiency might be achievable," says Thomas E. Mallouk, the DuPont Professor of Materials Chemistry and Physics. "If this could be realized, water photolysis would provide a clean source of hydrogen fuel from water and sunlight."Although solar cells can now produce electricity from visible light at efficiencies of greater than 10 percent, solar hydrogen cells - like those developed by Craig Grimes, professor of electrical engineering at Penn State - have been limited by the poor spectral response of the semiconductors used.In principle, molecular light absorbers can use more of the...
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UNITED STATES: The Future Of Biofuels
2008-03-12 14:54:00
High oil prices, energy security considerations and fears about global warming have helped revive interest in renewable energy sources like biofuels, which burn cleanly and can be produced from plants.But there are a few catches, particularly regarding biofuels like corn-based ethanol: the more corn is used in ethanol production, the less is available for food-a reality that partly accounts for the recent run-up in world food prices. Moreover, most of the 6 billion gallons of ethanol produced annually in the United States comes from corn, but there's not enough corn available to make it a viable long-term source.MIT Professor Gregory Stephanopoulos lead a discussion of the various ways scientists and energy policymakers are seeking to overcome these limitations and make biofuels from renewable biomass feedstocks a significant part of the U.S. energy supply during a symposium.The symposium, "Biomass to Biofuels Conversion: Technical and Policy Perspectives," explored two aspects of ...
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BIOFUEL: Thailand worries over food shortages amid palm oil debate
2008-02-26 00:37:00
Thailand has started requiring that all its diesel fuel include a component made from palm oil, a move that could reduce costly energy imports but is driving up prices for the commodity, experts say. From February 1, the kingdom began requiring that diesel vehicles run on a blend that includes two percent biodiesel, and is considering raising that to five percent within five years. The switch has sent prices for palm oil soaring, leading to shortages of the commodity that is widely used for domestic cooking and in the food industry.Palm oil is among the products for which prices are controlled by the government, but as prices have risen globally, traders stopped selling to stores or began ignoring the fixed price.That sounded alarm bells for producers and consumers, who urged the government to ban exports of palm oil and to adjust its price controls. Instead, the Commerce Ministry allowed a one-time import of 30,000 tonnes of palm oil to boost supplies until March, when production ...
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JAPAN: Rich nations need 80 pct emission cuts
2008-02-26 00:13:00
Japan, the European Union and the United States would each need to cut greenhouse gasses by more than 80 percent for the world to meet a goal of halving emissions by 2050, Japanese scientists said Thursday.A summit last year of the Group of Eight rich nations agreed to "seriously consider" halving global emissions by 2050 in hopes of halting global warming.To achieve such a goal, Japan -- which is already far behind in meeting its current commitments -- would need to cut emissions by 85 percent by 2050 from 1990 levels, said Norichika Kanie, assistant professor at the Tokyo Institute of Technology.His joint research with Yasuaki Hijioka, researcher at the National Institute of Environmental Studies, found that the United States would need to cut emissions by 88 percent and the European Union by 83 percent.He made the calculations on the premise that all countries will emit at the same level on a per capita basis by 2050.The United States has rejected the Kyoto Protocol, the landmark...
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THE AMERICAS: Global Clean Energy Holdings Tests Crude Jatropha Oil With Al
2008-02-25 22:58:00
Global Clean Energy Holdings has delivered its first test shipment of Crude Jatropha Oil to Allegro Biodiesel Corporation's biodiesel production facility in Pollock Louisiana for processing into biodiesel fuel. Global Clean Energy Holdings is developing Jatropha plantations in Latin America.The two companies have entered into a testing and processing agreement to convert Jatropha Oil into biodiesel fuel that meets all relevant ASTM and EU specifications."This is a very strategic agreement with Allegro. They are a very well respected processor and distributor of Specification Grade biodiesel and have considerable experience in utilizing a wide range of different feedstocks in their production process. They are logistically well located in Louisiana and can accept large shipments of Jatropha oil from us through various Gulf of Mexico ports," said Richard Palmer, Global Clean Energy's President and Chief Executive Officer.The processing agreement provides for Global Clean Energy to s...
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BIOFUEL: Virgin inaugura los vuelos con biodiésel
2008-02-25 06:15:00
Nueces recogidas de la Amazonia ayudaron a alimentar el domingo el primer vuelo comercial del mundo cuyo carburante procedía en parte de energías renovables. Un jumbo de Virgin Atlantic voló entre Londres y Amsterdam con uno de sus depósitos lleno de una mezcla biodiésel, que contenía entre otros aceite de babasu y de coco."Hoy celebramos un avance vital para toda la industria de la aviación", dijo el fundador de Virgin Richard Branson a los periodistas en el hangar de Heathrow antes de la salida del vuelo.No obstante, el multimillonario británico dijo que era poco probable que las nueces o las palmeras de babasudesempeñaran un papel clave mientras las aerolíneas se cambian a las fuentes renovables para recortar la emisión degases de efecto invernadero de la industria."No queríamos usar biodiésel como aceite de maíz que compite con fuentes de alimentación básica", dijoBranson, añadiendo que creía la fuente de energía más probable de la industria eran algas producidas en lugarescomo ...
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TECHNOLOGY: Sunovia Announces National Aeronautics and Space Administration
2008-02-25 03:38:00
Sunovia Energy Technologies and EPIR Technologies are pleased to announce the execution of an agreement with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) for the development of advanced high-efficiency, ultra-lightweight solar cells with thicknesses reduced by a factor of more than ten as compared to those currently in use.These cells will be used to power spacecraft and, in some cases, for propulsion in all NASA science missions, including the Comet Surface Sample Return (CSSR), Comet Nucleus Sample Return (CNSR), and Mars Sample Return (MASR) missions. The contract leverages EPIR's vast experience in the development of advanced light detection devices and extensive expertise in what is commonly referred to as II-VI materials.Light-detection devices and solar cells are very similar, both being designed to efficiently convert light into an electric current and differing primarily in the intensity of light available. In detectors, the current generated is used as a signa...
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NEW TECHNOLOGY: Ricardo Inc., Develops Next-Generation Wind Energy
2008-02-25 02:45:00
Massachusetts-based wind energy company General Compression and its compressor technology partner Mechanology are using Ricardo 's automotive engineering and development expertise to develop technology which aims to make wind power as reliable as conventional power.With energy security and global warming at the very top of the political agenda in all parts of the world, renewable energy resources are increasingly seen as an important contributor to the future of regional and national grid power supplies. Of the potentially large-scale renewable energy resources wind is perhaps the most universally available, as virtually every part of the earth's surface experiences the natural force of the wind.However, as the wind is subject to the vagaries of the weather and as such is inherently unpredictable, wind energy has traditionally been seen as an intermittent source of electrical power. General Compression's proprietary Dispatchable Wind system carries the descriptive tagline 'wind e...
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UNITED STATES: New Geothermal Power Supply On Steam For Millions In Northwe
2008-02-25 02:17:00
Vulcan Power Company has announced the G3 Power Plan, a preliminary plan for green grid transmission upgrades to deliver a "green gigawatt" (1,000 megawatts) of clean geothermal power to Los Angeles and Las Vegas from massive natural steam zones located in northwest Nevada.Scientists at the Great Basin Center for Geothermal Energy at University Nevada Reno estimate that 2,500 megawatts (MW) of geothermal natural steam exists in northern Nevada, according to the recent press release of director Dr. Lisa Shevenell. This clean steam fuel could generate power for 2.5 million people, corroborating the US Senate majority leader Harry Reid (D-NV) observation that Nevada is the "Saudi Arabia of Geothermal".There has already been about 240 MW of geothermal online in Nevada for 15 years, which is evenly split between Nevada and California utility buyers Sierra Pacific Resources and Southern California Edison Company, the nation's largest renewable power purchaser.But new green grid upgrades ...
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MEXICO: will soon allow only energy-smart homes
2008-02-25 01:49:00
Mexico will soon allow only energy-smart homes to be built in the country, and plans to have 30,000 such units up and running by 2011, Environment Secretary Juan Rafael Elvira said Friday."In two or three years all traditional home construction will come to an end, and all new homes will be built with new materials and energy-sustainable standards," Elvira told a foreign press conference.He said the government project will begin with a federally-funded pilot program to build 30,000 energy-smart homes in the next three years that will help establish the criteria for energy efficiency construction.The initiative is part of a global project to build by 2012 one million energy-smart homes that will save the planet one million tons of carbon dioxide emissions, he added.He said the new housing will be equipped with energy-smart devices such as solar water heating, low-energy fluorescent lights, high-efficiency appliances and low-flow plumbing fixtures.The 30,000-home pilot program will be...
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UNITED STATES: After US pulls plug, future unclear for 'clean coal'
2008-02-25 01:39:00
The US government's decision to end funding for a "zero emissions" coal-fired power plant project has cast doubt over the future of "clean coal" to meet growing global energy needs.The US Department of Energy in late January decided to pull the plug on funding for the Future Gen project launched in 2003 to demonstrate how coal can be burned cleanly, with carbon emissions stored underground in a process known as sequestration.Government officials say they remain committed to the idea of clean coal, but a public spat with a public-private alliance raises doubts about any viable project.FutureGen, a partnership with utilities and coal companies in the US, China, Europe and Australia , announced Thursday it would continue to pursue the project despite the loss of an estimated 1.1 billion dollars in US government funding, or some three-fourths of the project.The project, which last year selected a site at Mattoon, Illinois, "is in the best position to move ahead with the urgency that the ...
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SOUTH KOREA: The i-Blue Fuel Cell Concept Makes North American Debut
2008-02-25 01:22:00
Hyundai's new hydrogen-powered, zero-emission concept, the i-Blue Fuel Cell Electric Vehicle (FCEV), debuted in North America at the 100th edition of the Chicago Auto Show. Developed at Hyundai's Design and Technical Center in Chiba, Japan, the i-Blue concept illustrates the design direction for a future FCEV production model. The all-new i-Blue platform features Hyundai's third-generation fuel cell technology, currently being developed at Hyundai's Eco-Technology Research Institute in Mabuk, Korea .The i-Blue demonstrates a significant step towards commercialization of Hyundai fuel cell vehicles. Unlike its predecessors which were built on production SUV platforms, the i-Blue features a new, purpose-built 2+2 crossover architecture.The i-Blue is powered by a 100 kW electric engine and fuel cell stack. Fueled with compressed hydrogen (700 bar) stored in a 115-liter tank, i-Blue is capable of running more than 370 miles per refueling and achieves a maximum speed of more than 100 m...
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NORTH AMERICA: Activists want polar bear on endangered list before Alaska o
2008-02-25 01:07:00
Animal activists on Monday pressed the US government to add the polar bear to the list of endangered animal species before the sell-off of oil and gas drilling rights in Alaska begins in the coming days."An endangered listing can affect the sell-off of the oil drilling rights," Brandon Frazier, a spokesman for global animal welfare group International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) said."The authorities would have to get approval through the Fish and Wildlife Service to conduct drilling if there is an endangered species that inhabits the area."The US government is due on Wednesday to offer several million acres of polar bear habitat in the Chukchi Sea in Alaska for sale for oil and gas exploration leases.The lease-sale would make the polar bears' habitat "vulnerable to big business interests and jeopardize the government's ability to protect it," IFAW said in a statement.US lawmakers have proposed listing the polar bear as "threatened", but IFAW said that did not go far enough."A ...
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STOCKS: Yingli Green Energy Disappoints Optimistic Investors
2008-02-16 17:24:00
Solar stock Yingli Green Energy is experiencing more than 3 times its usual put option volume today, as investors have flocked to load up on bearishly oriented options on the company. Most notably ? with February options set to expire in a matter of hours ? Yingli's February 27.50 put has seen 2,661 contracts cross the tape on open interest of 3,642, while the February 25 put has traded volume of 1,270 contracts on open interest of 2,331.The preference for put options in today's trading is likely a direct result of YGE's recently reported fourth-quarter earnings. The company earned the equivalent of $19 million, or 15 cents per American Depositary Receipt (ADR), during the recently concluded quarter. Revenue increased to $199.2 million. The numbers fell short of many analysts' expectations, and the stock was down about 11% at last check.The selling mood has extended throughout the entire solar sector today. Even First Solar (FSLR), fresh off its own well-received earnings report...
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GERMANY: Berlin is the Capital of Solar Technology in European Union
2008-02-15 19:51:00
Berlin's Adlershof district is striving to become the place to be when it comes to solar technology. In Europe's largest science park, the experiment to merge science and industry is now taking off.Located on the eastern outskirts of Berlin, Adlershof is a quick 20-minute train ride from the city center. In GDR times Adlershof was Berlin's celebrated socialist science mecca. So when Germany 's reunification threatened its further existence, the area embarked on an experiment: the creation of a science park, merging solar technology research with solar industry, in one winning equation.Since 1993, Berlin has invested billions of euros in the area -- billions the heavily indebted city doesn't have. But Adlershof's public relations manager, Peter Strunk said it was money well-invested in a bold vision, born of necessity."This science park project was created to prevent us from social catastrophe after reunification," Strunk said. "There were so many research facilities located her...
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UNITED KINGDOM: British plans for wind turbines contested by defence minist
2008-02-14 17:23:00
Britain's defence ministry has raised objections over proposals to ramp up the proportion of the country's energy produced by wind farms, because of concerns over the impact of the turbines on military radar, The Times reported on Monday.A spokesman for Britain's business ministry conceded there had been "issues" regarding potential sites for wind farms, and military radar systems.The Ministry of Defence (MoD), however, insisted that all applications for new wind farms would be assessed on a "site-by-site" basis."The MoD is committed to government targets for renewable energy and whenever possible we seek to work with wind farm developers to find a mutually acceptable solution," an MoD spokesman said.According to The Times, the defence ministry has objected to at least four proposed sites for wind farms on Britain's east coast because they make it impossible to spot aircraft.The newspaper noted that, in written evidence to a planning inquiry in October, Squadron Leader Chris Bre...
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SPAIN: José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero se compromete a un mayor esfuerzo econó
2008-02-14 00:19:00
El presidente del Gobierno, José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero , se ha comprometido a aumentar en la próxima legislatura el esfuerzo en investigación en energías renovables y en biomedicina con recursos públicos y con seguridad normativa.Zapatero, que ha visitado acompañado del presidente andaluz, Manuel Chaves, la plataforma solar de Abengoa en Sanlúcar la Mayor (Sevilla), ha recordado que tenía una "deuda" con el grupo industrial sevillano para visitar esta planta y la ha puesto como ejemplo de "capacidad innovadora, de visión de futuro" y "de capacidad de país para estar en el liderazgo" de este sector. Asimismo, ha garantizado que el Gobierno está decidido a que "ningún interés, y puedo asegurar que hay muchos y poderosos, ponga freno, límite o genere equívocos y mensajes distorsionantes sobre la fortaleza, rentabilidad y capacidad de las energías renovables" para contar con economías más sólidas, innovadoras y respetuosas.Ha asegurado que los "países ganadores a medio plazo serán los ...
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EMIRATES: Una ciudad sostenible en Abu Dhabi. MASDAR
2008-02-11 08:56:00
La empresa Abu Dhabi Future Energy, se encargará de planificar y desarrollar una urbanización MASDAR, como plan piloto en el emirato de Abu Dhabi que estaría pensada para que genere cero emisión de carbono. Contará con unas elevadas tasas de autoabastecimientos energético además de su presente eficaz gestión del consumo, alcanzando ahorros de 60 por 100 en el suministro hidrológico en comparación de urbanizaciones actuales colindantes, además esta ciudad utilizará energía solar y sus residentes no se desplazarán en automóviles, sino en cabinas que se moverán sobre cintas magnéticas.En este momento se encuentran en la etapa para sindicar el financiamiento de esta obra sostenible, ya que se tiene estimado tendrá un costos cercano a los 22 millones de dólares, por otra parte están pensando en hacer co participes a empresas de países mas desarrollados en los que puedan capitalizar los instrumentos arropados en el protocolo de Kyoto, pensadas para la sinergia entre distintos actores par...
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EUROASIA: Turkey embraces wind power
2008-02-10 17:33:00
In an era of record high oil prices, many countries increasingly are turning to alternative fuels, including biofuel, solar energy and wind power. This pattern is typically pronounced in Turkey , forced to import more than 90 percent of its energy needs, with energy suppliers that are not only expensive, but erratic.In 2006, Turkey spent $29 billion on energy imports, primarily from Saudi Arabia, Iran, Iraq, Syria and Russia. High prices and fickle suppliers have stimulated Turkey's growing interest in wind power.Turkish interest in alternative fuels has been spurred by recent events. Turkish natural gas imports come primarily from Russia via the South Stream pipeline and Iran. On Dec. 31, Turkmenistan halted its deliveries of natural gas deliveries to Iran, citing the need for urgent pipeline repairs. The cutoff subsequently forced Iran to reduce its gas exports to Turkey by 75 percent, from 20 million cubic meters to 5 million cu. m., as inclement weather increased domestic demand...
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