Might as well start posting these again. I see that the portfolio is up nicely since the blackout.
MOVE to promote solar energy
The Star, Malaysia
KUALA LUMPUR: A small group of houseowners will get the rare opportunity
to have photovoltaic (PV) systems installed in their homes at reduced
cost under an ...
<http://www.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2004/1/7/nation/7053278&sec=nation>
MOGGIE: Solar energy potential high
The Edge Daily, Malaysia
The country's solar energy industry via building integrated photovoltaic
(BIPV) technology applications in Malaysia is potentially worth RM16 billion,
says ...
<http://www.theedgedaily.com/article.cfm?id=27609>
POLITICIANS retreat to take Germany forward
Financial Times (subscription), UK
... the University of Barcelona, will provide food for thought on topics
ranging from "education as a factor of societal cohesion" to the virtues
of "photovoltaic ...
<http://news.ft.com/servlet/ContentServer?pagename=FT.com/StoryFT/FullStory&c=StoryFT&cid=1073280810223>
TEXT-S&P affirms Ras Laffan Liquified Natural Gas Co
Forbes
NEW YORK, Jan 6 - Standard & Poor's Ratings Services said today that it
affirmed its 'BBB+' ratings on Ras Laffan Liquefied Natural Gas Co. ...
<http://www.forbes.com/home_europe/newswire/2004/01/06/rtr1200062.html>
CONSUMER Prices Of Natural Gas To Go Up
Financial Express, India
NEW DELHI, JAN 6: The Union Cabinet is meeting on Wednesday to approve
the hike in consumer prices of natural gas by Rs 350 per thousand cubic
metres (MCM). ...
<http://www.financialexpress.com/fe_full_story.php?content_id=49949>
NATURAL gas bubble breaking in West
Salt Lake Tribune, UT
Rich in the fossil fuel, the state nevertheless lacked the production and
pipeline capacity needed to get much of its natural gas to markets in
the Midwest and ...
<http://www.sltrib.com/2004/Jan/01062004/business/business.asp>
FRIGID forecast lifts natural gas prices
Dallas Morning News (subscription), TX
Natural gas futures surged 10 percent Monday, and heating oil had its biggest
rally in two months amid forecasts for below-normal temperatures from
Chicago to ...
<http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dallas/business/stories/010604dnbusenergy.5d01f.html>
COPING with Natural Gas Price Volatility - The Supply/Demand ...
Business Wire (press release)
6, 2004--Industry Leaders will discuss the overall supply/demand outlook
and then examine strategies for operating in the volatile natural gas
market at ...
<http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20040106005497&newsLang=en>
NATURAL gas spurs crude oil increase
The Advertiser, LA
Analysts and traders attributed the surge in prices to soaring natural
gas futures prices, which in turn boosted heating oil futures and pushed
the rest of the ...
<http://www.theadvertiser.com/business/html/2010DEDD-382C-449C-8420-3F2AD48D109C.shtml>
JAPAN, US and EU governments to agree on fuel cell standards
AWKnowledge (subscription), UK
The Japanese government is set to establish global standards on fuel cell-powered
vehicles this spring in cooperation with the US and European Union member
...
<http://www.awknowledge.com/APA/content.asp?contentid=24832>
HYBRID Honda Accord coming this fall; fuel cell unit scheduled ...
Canada.com, Canada
... The company also said it will introduce a Honda-developed fuel cell
unit with increased performance and fuel efficiency in 2005 that will
be capable of ...
<http://www.canada.com/technology/story.html?id=54020A0C-DC88-44EF-917D-FC69FA04B3F0>
MERCEDES-BENZ F-Cell Makes Fuel Cell Power a Reality
TMCnet
Mercedes-Benz is displaying the latest DaimlerChrysler fuel cell vehicle
at the LA Auto Show, January 4-11 in the Los Angeles Convention Center.
...
<http://www.tmcnet.com/usubmit/2004/Jan/1022493.htm>
MERCEDES-BENZ Fuel Cell Vehicle at Auto Show
SolarAccess.com News, NH
Los Angeles, California - January 6, 2004 [SolarAccess.com] Mercedes-Benz
is displaying the latest DaimlerChrysler fuel cell vehicle at the LA Auto
Show ...
<http://www.solaraccess.com/news/story?storyid=5829>
ANALYSTS Targeting Fuel Cell, UPS Stocks
Fuel Cell Today, UK
Analysts and investors are targeting advanced-technology fuel-cell and
uninterruptible power supply (UPS) manufacturers as potential winners
in the speculative ...
<http://www.fuelcelltoday.com/FuelCellToday/IndustryInformation/IndustryInformationExternal/NewsDisplayArticle/0,1602,3803,00.html>
ONTARIO mine tests fuel cell locomotive
CBC News, Canada
... Fuel cell engines are silent, producing electricity, heat, oxygen and
pure water. In Oct. 2002, the group successfully tested a ...
<http://www.cbc.ca/stories/2004/01/05/fuelcell_mine040105>
FEDERAL ruling could cost NiMo customers
Syracuse Post Standard, NY
... The recent rulings against Niagara Mohawk are the latest in a series
of rulings in which the FERC has tried to clarify what power plants can
and cannot be ...
<http://www.syracuse.com/business/poststandard/index.ssf?/base/business-4/1073381727242311.xml>
MAGPIE blamed for blackout
Tuncarry Great Lakes Advocate, Australia
A MAGPIE is being blamed for a blackout which left some Tuncurry residents
without power for 3 3/4 hours yesterday. Country Energy ...
<http://tuncurry.yourguide.com.au/detail.asp?class=news&subclass=local&category=general%20news&story_id=277537&y=2004&m=1>
DOCUMENTS detail Ontario blackout chaos
CBC Ottawa, Canada
TORONTO - The major blackout that hit Ontario in August left the federal
government scrambling to deal with everything from an unprepared military
to unstaffed ...
<http://ottawa.cbc.ca/regional/servlet/View?filename=ot_blackout20040106>
BLACKOUT edged Ontario towards chaos: documents
CTV, Canada
Newly released documents reveal that last summer's blackout had Canada's
most populous province, and its largest city, closer to the brink of disaster
than ...
<http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1073355496533_6/?hub=Canada>
BOOZE is not an excuse
Toronto Star, Canada
... The biggest temptation here is to disappear in shame and let Blackout
Babe wonder what happened. Resist it. You owe her something. ...
<http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=1073301943413&call_pageid=991479973472&col=991929131147>
PROGRESS Energy Carolinas Offers Energy Conservation Tips for ...
Yahoo News (press release)
... saving/index.asp . Energy conservation - Keep the thermostat on your
heating system at the lowest comfortable setting. If you are ...
<http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/040106/cltu040_1.html>
COLORADO Daily
Colorado Daily, CO
... Moe Tabrizi, CU energy conservation officer, said those in his department
have also been hard at work, concocting methods to ease the recent increase
of ...
<http://www.coloradodaily.com/articles/2004/01/06/news/news03.txt>
CRITICS at Montpelier hearing hit state energy plan
Barre Montpelier Times Argus, VT
... Critics complained that the plan gives short shrift to energy conservation
and renewables and says even less about Vermont's biggest form of energy
use ...
<http://timesargus.nybor.com/Local/Story/76934.html>
RATE hike gives city utilities first positive budget in 5 years
Poplar Bluff Daily American Republic, MO
... possible. "We need to look at an energy conservation program to reduce
the cost of providing these services," Matthews said. "If ...
<http://www.darnews.com/articles/2004/01/06/news/news1.txt>
THE Long War of John Kerry
New Yorker
... In October of 2001, Kerry proposed a concerted energy-conservation
campaign, including higher fuel-efficiency standards in automobiles and
a "Manhattan ...
<http://www.newyorker.com/archive/content/?040112fr_archive>
POWER plant referendum on hold
Taipei Times, Taiwan
... Party (KMT) and People First Party (PFP) legislative caucuses yesterday
decided not to initiate a referendum on the fate of the Fourth Nuclear
Power Plant ...
<http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2004/01/06/2003086531>
SNC-LAVALIN Group to build Irish power plant
Montreal Gazette, Canada
has signed a deal to design and construct a natural-gas power plant in
Ireland to boost the country's electricity grid and power an alumina facility.
...
<http://www.canada.com/montreal/specials/business/story.html?id=9C7E79FD-2404-40DE-B541-049FE48F2E27>
PUBLIC meetings set for proposed power plant
Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier, IA
NEW HAMPTON --- Two public meetings have been set for Northeast Iowans
to voice their concerns or support for a proposed multimillion dollar
power plant in the ...
<http://www.wcfcourier.com/articles/2004/01/06/news/metro/340ec8f7623b99e486256e13004e6ae5.txt>
REVISED permit filed for power plant
Henderson Gleaner, KY
Developers are moving ahead with a power plant proposed for Henderson County
despite Vanderburgh and Warrick counties' air quality woes. ...
<http://www.myinky.com/ecp/gleaner_news/article/0,1626,ECP_4476_2554437,00.html>
ALCOA scraps plan for Brazilian smelter, power plant
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, PA
By Bloomberg News Service. Alcoa Inc. dropped plans to spend $1.3 billion
building a smelter and power plants in Brazil because the ...
<http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/tribune-review/business/s_173164.html>
ENERGY-EFFICIENCY institute proposed
Muncie Star Press, IN
... So CAC is again backing state legislation to create a Sustainable Energy
Institute to replace utility-administered energy efficiency and conservation
programs. ...
<http://www.thestarpress.com/articles/5/012264-2235-004.html>
CRITICS at Montpelier hearing hit state energy plan
Barre Montpelier Times Argus, VT
MONTPELIER - Environmentalists and renewable energy advocates called Monday
for the Douglas administration to start over on its 20-year electric plan
and to ...
<http://timesargus.nybor.com/Local/Story/76934.html>
SUN and wind could power town
Reading Chronicle, UK
The borough council hopes that all heating and electricity needs in the
newly-developed town centre will be provided by renewable energy such
as solar and wind ...
<http://icberkshire.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0400bracknell/content_objectid=13786087_method=full_siteid=50102_headline=-Sun-and-wind-could-power-town-name_page.html> |
