Utilities chase distant winds The News & Observer Fri, 31 Jul 2009 02:41 AM PDT The answer to North Carolina's green energy challenge is blowing in the wind-swept mesas of Texas. With the first deadlines fast approaching for North Carolina's renewable energy targets, power companies in this state are snapping up green certificates from out-of-state wind farms. The certificates don't buy electricity, but pay for credits needed to meet state targets. | Euro-zone prices fall for second month INO News Fri, 31 Jul 2009 02:41 AM PDT (AP:BRUSSELS) The EU statistics agency says euro-zone consumer prices fell 0.6 percent in July from a year ago. Lower demand for energy and other goods has caused prices to plunge in the region, according to figures released Friday. | China closing down small coal-fired plants vnunet.com Fri, 31 Jul 2009 02:35 AM PDT Yvonne Chan in Hong Kong, BusinessGreen , Friday 31 July 2009 at 10:28:00 Announcement follows Greenpeace report criticising nation's coal dependency China this week moved to challenge the widely held perception that its energy policy is focused on opening new coal-fired power stations, announcign that it has shut many of its smaller and inefficient coal-burning plants nearly two years ahead of ... | Reid declares Yucca victory Las Vegas Review-Journal Fri, 31 Jul 2009 02:31 AM PDT Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said he dealt a fatal blow to the funding-starved Yucca Mountain Project on Thursday, announcing that President Barack Obama and Energy Secretary Steven Chu have agreed to eliminate all money for pursuing a license for the nuclear waste disposal project in 2011. | Cuba shuts factories, cuts energy to save economy China Daily Fri, 31 Jul 2009 02:30 AM PDT HAVANA: It's hard to find a spare tire in Cuba these days, or a cup of yoghurt. Air conditioners are shut off in the dead heat. Factories close at peak hours, and workers go without their government-subsidized lunches. | Australian Market Ends Higher Led By Bank, Energy And Metal Stocks INO News Fri, 31 Jul 2009 02:26 AM PDT (RTTNews) - The Australian market ended higher on Friday lifting the indices to a 9-month high as increasing optimism about the turnaround in the global economy continues to attract traders to the bourses. Banks, energy and metal stocks led the gains on the last day of the month. | Total Profit Drops 54% on Crude Prices, Lower Output (Update1) Bloomberg Fri, 31 Jul 2009 02:26 AM PDT July 31 (Bloomberg) -- Total SA , Europeâs third-largest oil producer, reported a 54 percent drop in profit and said output fell after the global recession eroded energy demand, offsetting gains from new projects. | | |
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