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El Nino to boost 2010 U.S. crops: report

CHICAGO (Reuters) – U.S. farmers grew record-large corn and soy crops in 2009 but production in 2010 could be even bigger, aided by an El Nino weather pattern that is typically a boon to the Midwest but less so for growers in Australia and southeast As…

[ More ] January 29th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Environment |

Department of Energy Announces Closing of Loan Agreement to Bring Production of Nissan LEAF, Battery to North America

WASHINGTON, Jan. 28 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Today, Secretary of Energy Steven Chu announced that the Department of Energy has closed a $1.4 billion loan agreement with Nissan North America, Inc. The loan will support the modification of Nissan’s Smyr…

[ More ] January 28th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Environment |
 

China BAK Reports First Quarter Fiscal Year 2010 Financial Results

SHENZHEN, China, Jan. 28 /PRNewswire-Asia-FirstCall/ — China BAK Battery,
Inc. (“China BAK”, the “Company”, or “we”) (Nasdaq: CBAK), one of the largest
lithium-ion battery cell manufacturers in the world, as measured by production
output, today an…

[ More ] January 28th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Environment |

GM Invests $246 Million in Electric Motors and Hybrid Components Creating Jobs in Baltimore

BALTIMORE, Jan. 26 /PRNewswire/ –
Baltimore Transmission to be the first high volume U.S. electric motors manufacturing siteStart of regular production scheduled for 2013 for next generation two-mode rear wheel drive motorInvestment will create approx…

[ More ] January 27th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Environment |
 

Magnum Announces New Powder Production Equipment for its Hudson, CO Facility

HUDSON, Colo., Jan. 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Magnum D’Or Resources, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: MDOR) (the “Company”), a high tech rubber solutions company, announced today that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Magnum Engineering, Inc. (MEI), has ordered…

[ More ] January 26th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Environment |

Trina Solar to Set up State Key PV Research Laboratory

CHANGZHOU, China, Jan. 26 /PRNewswire-Asia-FirstCall/ — Trina Solar
Limited (NYSE: TSL) (“Trina Solar” or the “Company”), a leading integrated
manufacturer of solar photovoltaic (PV) products from the production of ingots,
wafers and cells to the …

[ More ] January 26th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Environment |
 

Reportlinker Adds Worldwide Solar Cell Manufacturing Facilities and Production Capacity, 2009-2015

NEW YORK, Jan. 25 /PRNewswire/ — Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue:
Worldwide Solar Cell Manufacturing Facilities and Production Capacity, 2009-2015
http://www.reportlinker.com/p0172762/Worldw…

[ More ] January 25th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Environment |

Ahead of Washington Auto Show, New Study Finds That High Cost of Batteries Will Limit Widespread Adoption of Electric Cars Over the Next Decade

WASHINGTON, Jan. 25 /PRNewswire/ — As policy makers, automotive industry officials, and media converge on the 2010 Washington Auto Show this week, they will be presented with an array of sleek electric cars — both concepts and production models. But …

[ More ] January 25th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Environment |

Biofuels data: US corn production and use for fuel ethanol

Following George Bush’s push for biofuels from crops in 2007, ethanol is now big business – in 2009, 25% of US grain crops was used to create ethanol for cars• Get the dataOne-quarter of all the maize and other grain crops grown in the US now goes to produce fuel for cars and not to [...]

[ More ] January 22nd, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Environment |

Trina Solar Commences Module Supply to Australia’s Largest Distributor, RFI

CHANGZHOU, China, Jan. 21 /PRNewswire-Asia-FirstCall/ — Trina Solar
Limited (TSL) (“Trina Solar” or the “Company”), a leading integrated
manufacturer of solar photovoltaic (PV) products from the production of ingots,
wafers and cells to the assemb…

[ More ] January 21st, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Environment |