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The clash of ideologies between biofuels and food continues to be a major issue in Europe, with the French proposing new measures to try to ensure that the Union’s push for biofuel use doesn’t cause major food price increases.
Full story...Canadian mining company Uranium One looks in a strong position to benefit from Kazakhstan’s aim to emerge as a major uranium power over the next 20 years with leverage to all facets of the industry. State-owned Kazatomprom
Full story...Commodity markets were buffeted by the soaring oil price as it reached for US$150. There was also a flood of fund money into commodity markets, as fund managers sought out ways of hedging against inflation. In addition, extensive
Full story...A dual listing in London for less than £85,000? Yes, less than £85,000 and that includes lawyers’ and accountants’ fees as well as the charges made by a broker and by PLUS Markets Group. PLUS is a Recognised Investment Exchange,
Full story...As world trade in alternative energy rises, shipping companies are questioning if there is sufficient capacity to meet demand. An extra 400 vessels will need to be built to meet demand over the next 20 years, according to
Full story...Without raising the arguments about the existence and causes of global warming, perhaps we can all agree that it would be sensible to find ‘power alternatives’ which do not involve burning increasingly scarce fossil fuels and
Full story...“The world is structurally short energy. The evidence is everywhere.” So says the latest research from Southern Cross Equities, Australia’s largest independent stockbroker and emerging investment advisory firm. The principal
Full story...A row is brewing in the US over the extent to which biofuels have contributed to rising grain prices. The Inspector General at the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) has been asked to investigate conflicting numbers presented by
Full story...Last December, shortly after being sworn in, Kevin Rudd, Australia’s new Prime Minister signed the Kyoto Protocol. This must have been music to the ears of Australian renewable energy companies which had up to that point
Full story...American presidential hopeful John McCain is urging the construction of 45 new nuclear power stations in his home country, to combat rising oil costs and to help the US become more self sufficient. But one wonders how happy he is
Full story...Just one piece of good news came for the grain and vegetable oil complex last week – it seems that Argentina’s farmers are about to end the strike which for three months has been blocking both domestic and international trade in
Full story...The International Atomic Energy Agency has just released its Uranium 2007: Resources, Production and Demand report. The industry calls it the “Red Book”, and the one statement that stood out was that known uranium resources would
Full story...A US-Europe trade war seems to be about to break out. The cause? Biodiesel. Europe’s biodiesel producers have demanded that the European Commission levy heavy duties on their US rivals for dumping. The US is threatening to lodge
Full story...The Indian Coal Minister, Mr. Santosh Bagrodia has announced that the federal government has made it mandatory that there should be 100 per cent washing of all Indian Coal. Inaugurating a conference on Clean Coal for Green Power
Full story...The attempts by Australia-based Geodynamics to harness heat under the ground and convert it into clean electricity have not so far met with complete success. The company, which was founded in 2000, works with Hot Dry Rock
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Successful Operation of World’s First Commercial Full Scale HTS Induction Heater
Finavera Renewables Provides Mid-year Update on 2008 Activities
Finavera Renewables enters into discussions for the financing of 300 megawatts of wind projects in British Columbia, Canada
