Japan's Hiroshima City marks atomic bombings on

HIROSHIMA, Japan (AP) - the Japanese city of Hiroshima on Saturday the 66th anniversary of the bombing, as the nation marked a different kind of disaster of nuclear technology - a nuclear power plant in a meltdown crisis, fights after he hit by a tsunami.The site of the world's first a-bomb attack observed a moment of silent 8:15 am Saturday (2315 GMT Friday)-the time bomb falling, Aug. 6, 1945, was left by the United States in the final stages of the second WELTKRIEGS.The bomb destroyed most of the city and more than 140,000 people killed. A second atomic bombings on 9 August that year in Nagasaki in tens of thousands more killed and asked to surrender to the Japanese.

Prime Minister Naoto Kan on Saturday laid a wreath of yellow flowers on Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park and repeat reaffirmed Japan's promise, never the horrors of Hiroshima, which are suffering today because of the diseases, which for generations passed continues.Japan has long vowed never to make or possess nuclear weapons, but embraced nuclear power as it to the rebuild and modernize after the war.Crowds umklammert bowed their heads Buddhist prayer beads Saturday in memory of the dead, as pigeons during the solemn assembly published were every year before the skeleton dome of a bomb devastated building being reviewed.The Prime Minister, in his speech touched also Japan's younger nuclear disaster in the northeastern Fukushima Dai-Ichi power plant, where a massive tsunami set off by an earthquake of magnitude 9.0 on 11 March knocked out backup generators, the plant cooling mechanisms powered.

"Kan repeated a promise to embrace renewable energy sources and rely less on nuclear power."Japan also works its energy policy from scratch to revise "Kan" said. "I regret deeply to the security myth of nuclear power to believe."Hiroshima Mayor Kazumi Matsui stopped behind the call for a nation without nuclear power during Retierating be promise, to work towards a world without nuclear weapons.But he confirmed that confidence in the safety of nuclear power damaged people. "Some are trying to give up nuclear power as a whole with the faith that humanity demand stricter regulation of nuclear power and more renewable energy with nuclear energy, are used while others can not," he said.

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Japan marks anniversary of Hiroshima bomb

Today, Prime Minister Naoto Kan announced his campaign against nuclear energy in Japan to Hiroshima the 66 years ago which was a world's first victim of the atomic bomb.

The pen in a country that has until now carefully avoided, their fast link growing, and now nuclear power industry to his trauma as the only country discredited, with atomic bombs, has been invaded, it designates a change.

Kan, being reviewed at an anniversary ceremony for the victims of the bomb on Hiroshima, that the world's worst nuclear crisis during 25 years in Fukushima a post-earthquake March him convinced that Japan its dependence on nuclear power is to end.

The damage from the earthquake and the subsequent tsunami at the nuclear power station Fukushima, the authorities still trying to contain, led to widespread calls for an end to dependency of nuclear reactors in the quake-prone country.

"I will nuclear power"Myth of security"think deeply about study thoroughly the causes of the accident and fundamental measures for safe security, as well as and reduce dependence on nuclear power plants and aim for a society that does not depend on nuclear power plants," Kan said.

Kazumi Matsui, Hiroshima of's Mayor, and the son be of an atomic bomb of survivor, also pressed Tokyo, after the Fukushima crisis traumatize the public.

"The Japanese Government should sincerely accept this reality and quickly check its energy policy", he said.

It was observed for decades, politics had consulted all the Mayor of Hiroshima Japan the development of nuclear energy during the annual ceremony, in which tens of thousands a minute of silence as the peace Bell meant the first time.

Matsui said, it was heartbreaking to see devastation left by 11 March earthquake and tsunami on the northeast coast and how it was similar to, what was left after the bombing of Hiroshima.

A U.S. warplane dropped the atomic bomb "Little Boy" on this Western City Aug. 6, 1945 in the last days of World War II with the nickname. The number of casualties by the end of the year were approximately 140,000 of total estimated 350,000 lived there at the time.

The United States dropped a second atomic bomb on the southern town Nagasaki on Aug 9. Japan surrendered six days later.

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Japan has a self-imposed ban against nuclear weapons, part of its pacifist post-war Constitution.

But also many Atom groups were you not draw parallels between happened in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and threats by the peacetime use of nuclear reactors.

Before the crisis of Fukushima nuclear energy were almost one-third of Japan's energy supply. Hiroshima, an industrial city 1.2 million, had also for decades utility company Chugoku electric Shimane nuclear power plant, 600 km (370 km) West of Tokyo, for some of the electricity invoke.

But since 11 March Quake and tsunami radiation leaks in the Tokyo Electric Power Co. Fukushima plant 240 km (150 miles) northeast of Tokyo trigger, public mood has moved to.

"We still not so deeply about it previously thought." "But I think it (nuclear power plant) is not so different from the atomic bomb", said Michiko Kato, 73-year-old of survivor who lost her sister, the bomb.

"There is nothing made by people, which is ideal..." "I want to use something like this."

About a thousand demonstrators marched after the ceremony, holding banners saying: "No more Fukushima, no more Hiroshima."

Unpopular kan, who said that he when will retire without clarification, seized the shift in public sentiment and calls for a revision of Japan's energy policy. Over 70 percent of the voters again his vision a recent survey showed.

But it remains unclear what will happen to his vision after he comes back. Support rating for Kan is under 20 percent and calls between the legislators and the public for him to grow quickly.

Local communities are carefully down reactors when for regular maintenance and inspections, despite fears deficiency makes, and all 54 could be shut down Japan's nuclear reactors until may 2012.

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Mountain Valley throws switch on photovoltaic system

Two switches flipped GLENWOOD SPRINGS, Colorado - Heather Johnson Friday morning and officially the activates new solar electric system on the roof at Mountain Valley developmental services.

"Cool!" said Johnson, a mountain valley client and Glenwood Springs-based, be carried out after the ceremony.

In fact produces clean electricity electric solar system for about a week, according to Bruce Christensen, Managing Director of the non-profit agency. He has checked the system of inverter on the day to see, how much energy that it produces and how much carbon dioxide it keeps out of the atmosphere.

"Until the end of the year, we will save 100 tons of carbon dioxide,", said Christensen.

"With a system like this you really carbon reduction can take into your own hands", said Isaac Ellis, small Sunsense system project manager solar from Carbondale, the installation program of the system.

Mountain Valley is solar system rated to 10 kilowatts under maximum solar conditions produce electricity. In the first week it had produced electricity, the amount of electricity to be used for the settlement already 362.

In the course of a year the system is expected to generate at least one third of the electrical requirements at Mountain Valley offices, classrooms and greenhouse in South Glenwood, and store the not-for profit $1,300 on their electricity bill.

While a "toast and tour" celebration Friday on the new concentrated solar system, the project involved also a new roof and lighting upgrades for the 90-year-old building.

"We do not think that it makes sense to put that had a 30-year life, panels on a 32-year-old roof" Christensen said.

-A light tomato red metal roof, which replaced the old, little leaking, faded red roof - cost $49,884 the new roof. A $25,000 scholarship of the Aspen Community Foundation for half of the cost of that paid for the upgrade.

Mountain Valley worked also to its overall electrical requirements to reduce, so that the solar system could compensate for its electrical use more. With the help of the Garfield clean energy challenge replaced Valley its older Office and greenhouse lighting with a more efficient ballasts and lamps. The investment cost $8,735 and a Garfield clean energy rebate for $5000, the cost paid.

About half the cost of the solar system was also paid by discounts. System costs $51,250 install and mountain valley received a $10,000-discount of Governor's energy Office, a $15,000-Glenwood Springs electric and a $3,000 discount-discount by the community for resource efficiency.

$23250, Left the mountain valley health financing cost of the solar system.

The new system increases a smaller solar electric system in the on the top of mountain valley greenhouse, currently from Aspen Skiing co. Environment Foundation funded. The Agency has also space in the solar-powered third street Center in Carbondale.

Now searching employees in installing solar energy at the Agency in mud, a former Church, which has a large South coated roof.

"We have to rebuild our reserves, and then we look at the sludge plant," Christensen said.

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Fukushima nuclear power protesters urge end

An estimated 1,700 people gathered region, home to a nuclear power plant crippled Japan's Fukushima in the capital, on Sunday, demanding an end to nuclear energy, local media reported.

"To create all nuclear power plants!" "ab" and "give you radiation-free Fukushima back to us," cried the demonstrators as they in Fukushima city, about 50 kilometers (30 miles) of nuclear plants were marching.

The rally, along with residents was evacuated from areas outside the Fukushima Daiichi plant of Japan Congress against Atomic and hydrogen bombs in the context of its long-standing campaign against nuclear weapons organized.

It was the first time that the leading Atom organization staged a rally in Fukushima anniversaries of World War II atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on August 6 to observe and 9, 1945.

"We have tilted up on the abolition of nuclear weapons while being weak in our campaign against nuclear power plants", said Koichi Kawano, Nagasaki atomic bomb survivor of organization group, leads the rally.

"Let it not more nuclear plant accidents are."

A 9.0 earthquake and subsequent tsunami devastated Fukushima plant on 11 March, what to radioactive leaks.

Hiromasa Yoshida, 45-year-old teacher 20 km outside of the plant evacuated from the town of Namie in an No. go zone, said the rally: "We are the last victims of any nuclear plant accident."

"Now is the time move way from nuclear power generation."

The organisation is to hold similar rallies in Hiroshima and Nagasaki in the run-up to the 66th anniversaries of the bombings.

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Japan Prime Minister criticized safety regulator, says it promotes nuclear energy

Tokyo - Prime Minister of Japan on Sunday criticized the country's nuclear safety agency for allegedly trying to questions to support nuclear energy in public forums of plants.

Prime Minister Naoto Kan said the nuclear and Agency for industrial side of the industry was, rather than as a regular. He said that it stressed a cosy relationship and the deep-rooted problem which must be corrected tsunami and the nuclear crisis following on the 11 March.

"NISA that nuclear safety, to check the interest to the general public, provided support for the promoter represented." "It, if true was more than just a help," Kan said at an energy Symposium.

Kan's comment followed a report from the Government show that NISA allegedly tried to manipulate public opinion on town meeting on the promotion of nuclear energy.

Public support towards nuclear energy has moved since March disaster that crippled the Fukushima Dai-Ichi nuclear power plant.

International atomic and Energy Agency has criticized Japan's murky nuclear regulation system, while NISA separate the Government recognized the need of the trade and industry Ministry, promoting nuclear energy.

In its report Friday to the Department of Commerce in the Chubu Electric Power Co. said, based in Central Japan, NISA asked the company had in fans, bring it in 2007 organized a public forum and let issues offset anti-nuclear views.

The report was part of the Ministry survey of Japanese nuclear power operator on their public forums in the last five years. Another operator, Shikoku electric power co., said that it had received a similar application from NISA.

Chubu said it encourages enterprise staff participate in the meeting, but not give them with questions as it considers it inappropriate.

Trade Minister Banri Kaieda apologized for NISA the question of planting and promised an independent probe.

The problem surfaced in early July, when another utility, Kyushu electric power co., acknowledged June to send mobilization of dozens of people in supporting comments to a public hearing on whether two of its nuclear reactors restart.

Currently Japan 35 54 reactors idle, cause power bottlenecks in the midst of heat wave. The Government has ordered that all reactors security checks after the worst nuclear crisis since Chornobyl.

Kan called for a long-term effort Friday to scale back Japan's nuclear energy directed policy Overtrhe four decades and to renewable energies.

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Green wrongly be produced bio-fuels can harmful

London, July 31 (IANS) petrol and diesel with plant-based biofuels be replaced the making of this in mitigating climate change significantly, but can force or fuels could have hazardous chemicals, says new research.

The study which can predict the level of toxicity of biofuels from computer analysis, says chemist Solvejg Jorgensen at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark.

Jorgensen of the calculations also show that produced by the wrong path of synthesis to compounds such as health hazardous smog, cancer-causing particles, and toxic formaldehyde will decompose biofuels.

Research promises faster and above all, safer developing of alternatives to fossil fuels cheaper, Journal of physical chemistry A reports.

Before an assessment of the impact of a particular method of production on the environment could not be performed until the fuel is actually, made according to Copenhagen.

"There are around an almost unlimited number of different ways, on these fuels." We show that follow least dangerous way and we can do this with a series of calculations that take only days ' Jorgensen, explains.

Chemically, bio-fuels consist of extremely large molecules. As they are affected when you burn and later in the air, they Peel several different connections.

But Jorgensen was astonished to see a big difference in toxicity there depending on how the molecules put together during production. She was also up worn, of the fact that she can calculate quickly and precisely the degradation mechanisms for a bio-fuel molecule.

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Road China's Silk city develop new energy to protect environment

A town on the old Silk Road, strive to develop solar and wind energy, drive the local economy and to protect of the endangered environment characterized by its desert OASIS threatened.

Earlier this month, the national energy expressed his support for Dunhuang in the northwestern province of Gansu Administration (NEA) even in the city in the country to create first nation-level pilot of the new energy development.

Dunhuang, the Mogao Caves and beautiful scenes of the oases, received the renowned world heritage site in more than 1.5 million tourists from the and abroad last year.

According to the city development plan the electric power generated by solar and wind power in Dunhuang, it is expected that by 2015 of 2.2 million tonnes of coal produced be the same. The amount of power will be almost three times as much as the city power until then.

The local Government hopes that the new energy economy drive the local economy that currently consume of water depends on the agricultural sector.

Dunhuang, is five times as large as Shanghai with an area of more than 30,000 square kilometres. But it is surrounded by desert and wasteland, such as the oases only 4.5 percent of the region, covered according to Sun Yulong Party Chief of the city.

The population growth and massive land reclamation over the past decades have the ecology of Dunhuang which damaged oasis with natural wetlands and forests shrink rapidly, Sun said.

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Viewpoint: Community-centric model for geothermal energy provided

Innovation development group held recently a meeting at the Mayor Hannibal Tavares Community Center on Maui, geothermal energy on sustainable community-oriented way to the Hawaiian Islands to discuss development. Big Mahalo to the Maui community for more than 150 people who take time to come talk to us - we were thrilled by the positive response - attended.

How many learn is a native-owned, Hawaii-based strategic planning innovations development group and development company specializing in the development of indigenous land and resource management assets with a focus on renewable energy.

We are currently working with Maori land trusts in New Zealand so that it's their geothermal resources in a way to develop the environmentally, economically and culturally sustainable.

Our proprietary native to-native model for development, which we are already using in New Zealand, provides a fair return all stakeholders – investors, the landowners, including the indigenous peoples, who have the assets.

Key elements of our native to-native model include indigenous participation, protection of indigenous lands and community benefits in terms of employment, scholarships and training. We want to apply our native to-native model for development of geothermal resources on Maui, in partnership with Maui Electric Co. and the wider community.

The informative session we July 20 became the first of many yet to come. We will be hosting community workshops provide training on the various technologies to be contemplated, are commitments, community benefit-sharing, a creation of community confidence and small businesses for the Maui project financing. We have been and will continue to fully transparent in the way his in which we approach this opportunity.

While we were pleased that our recent meeting the Maui news, we think it is covered some important, perhaps unintentionally misleading to correct impressions that article has been left on 22 July.

First of all, our process is open, fair and based on input of the community. It is how we manage our geothermal venture in New Zealand and it is how we are run.

Secondly we were published in February in planning mode for MECO his initial announcement on the company renewable energy projects on Maui. Still the complete request for proposal has not be released. Details are worked out, and we will with the public in the future, the meetings and, where appropriate, the corresponding share information, not proprietary or confidential nature. The figures for the cost quoted for the production of geothermal energy does not exactly represent what was said at the meeting.

A few other clarifications, which point out: Mililani Trask is no officer of IDG, but rather a principal indigenous consultant, a contractor of IDG. Ku'ulei Kealoha Cooper is trustee of the Kealoha estate, not Kealoha Foundation.

Hulu Lindsey is part of IDG. Bob Lindsey, an Office of Hawaiian Affairs trustee, was not in the session as reported, although it is of course true that OHA the session helped sponsor.

We look forward to working with the community of Maui in the geothermal venture, and see flow advantages to all parties. That we believe would be a Pono way to approach of the development of public assets and build a truly diversified, renewable energy portfolio for the Islands. We can no longer make the totally private sector, profit-oriented model of the past. It has proved ruinous.

We believe that our already embraced development approach for our jointly owned geothermal plants is native to-native model, at the international level, fits the hopes and we all have dreams for Hawaii's energy independence. We're on encouraged by the Assembly dynamics of interest, what we have to offer by IDG. We give briefings, legislators, the Department of land and natural resources, the Department of Hawaiian home of lands, OHA and others involved in and were invited by the discussion have stimulated these briefings. Furthermore, the continuing positive requests of the public stress all us in faith, the time now is different thinking and go boldly to use the great gifts that Pele has left for that probably all.

* Patricia is the Chief Executive Officer of innovations development group.

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Japan PM criticises nuclear safety agency

Tokyo (AP) - criticised Prime Minister of Japan on Sunday of the country's nuclear safety agency for allegedly trying to questions, to support nuclear energy in public forums of plants.

Prime Minister Naoto Kan said the nuclear and Agency for industrial side of the industry was, rather than as a regular. He said that it stressed a cosy relationship and the deep-rooted problem which must be corrected tsunami and the nuclear crisis following on the 11 March.

"NISA that nuclear safety, to check the interest to the general public, provided support for the promoter represented." "It, if true was more than just a help," Kan said at an energy Symposium.

Kan's comment followed a report from the Government show that NISA allegedly tried to manipulate public opinion on town meeting on the promotion of nuclear energy.

Public support towards nuclear energy has moved since March disaster that crippled the Fukushima Dai-Ichi nuclear power plant.

International atomic and Energy Agency has criticized Japan's murky nuclear regulation system, while NISA separate the Government recognized the need of the trade and industry Ministry, promoting nuclear energy.

In its report Friday to the Department of Commerce in the Chubu Electric Power Co. said, based in Central Japan, NISA asked the company had in fans, bring it in 2007 organized a public forum and let issues offset anti-nuclear views.

The report was part of the Ministry survey of Japanese nuclear power operator on their public forums in the last five years. Another operator, Shikoku electric power co., said that it had received a similar application from NISA.

Chubu said it encourages enterprise staff participate in the meeting, but not give them with questions as it considers it inappropriate.

Trade Minister Banri Kaieda apologized for NISA the question of planting and promised an independent probe.

The problem surfaced in early July, when another utility, Kyushu electric power co., acknowledged June to send mobilization of dozens of people in supporting comments to a public hearing on whether two of its nuclear reactors restart.

Currently Japan 35 54 reactors idle, cause power bottlenecks in the midst of heat wave. The Government has ordered that all reactors security checks after the worst nuclear crisis since Chernobyl.

Kan called for a long-term effort Friday to scale back Japan's nuclear energy directed policy Overtrhe four decades and to renewable energies.

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Egypt makes delayed payments of Dana gas

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Leaning gas production policy call

31 July 2011 last Rigby BBC News updated at 07: 44 GMT by Caroline up to ? 70bn in the value of reserves in the rocks below South Wales can be of shale gas, research suggests shadow UK energy Minister Huw Irranca-Davies has the British Government develop a policy on shale gas required.

Potential multi-million pound reserves lie under in South Wales but his claimed Fracking called an extraction method causes pollution and could lead to earthquakes.

Ogmore MP says the gas can help deliver energy requirements but must be handled securely.

The Government says that attempts, for it must be drilling ecologically viable.

Mr Irranca-Davies Davies told BBC Wales country focus program, which he continues to pressure on the UK energy Minister, Charles Hendry on the subject.

It comes after research by exploration companies, which a possible ? 70bn of reserves in rocks found deep in South Wales and numerous planning applications submitted for test borings are carried out.

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end quote Huw Irranca-Davies Ogmore MP started Fracking in Blackpool this year but was suspended while it looks in any link with two recorded earthquake."

Mr Irranca-Davies said that the British Government must embed shale gas in its larger energy policy.

"The reason is that if you look at something else if it nuclear, is, whether it's oil industry if they wind and renewable energy or even tide fit them all within a proper coherent policy structure."

"With shale gas, we have the risk is it then bring captured us."

However, it is not against the exploitation of slate gas as a whole.

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"Many people recognize that there may be potential for shale gas." "In particular, if on the decline in the North Sea gas and our increasing dependence on imports of gas-LNG look and elsewhere, from Russia, pipes made of Norway Rohrleitungen--could have the potential."

He added: "If shale gas, such as our accompanying transition to a low carbon future can and offer affordable gas cheap, as it has done in the United States, then great."

"But only if it is done safely when it serves no impact on the environment and the health and safety of persons in the areas will be also." "Why not the Government you this and decide, as do security, if at all?"

"We will continue to keep pushing because I do not want vollig-- shale gas excluded, even though I know there are some people who would want to see it completely prohibited."

"But I do not agree with them because I think that we need to assess their potential and their risks adequately."

The Department of energy and climate change said that companies need to go to win before all Fracking takes place through a variety of reviews including planning permission.

Earlier this month national level guidelines to promote gas shale Vale of Glamorgan Council leader, Gordon Kemp, called for.

The Welsh Government has also said that it is working with UK Minister to set up it would welcome a political framework.

A spokesman said it "British Government work with decentralised administrations a introduce overall concept for shale gas would welcome." "But the case for a moratorium is Westminster."

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Iran produces about 9 million tonnes of petrochemical products in 3 months

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British reach deal package with India

The United Kingdom and India is around 1 billion ? ($ 1.6 billion) in commercial offerings present, days after BP, the oil giant of India won approval to buy $7.2 billion in investments in oil and gas blocks owned by reliance industries.

The British Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne and his Indian counterpart, Pranab Mukherjee, present the agreement Monday in London after the regular discussions that both countries every year to keep. The talks seek also to improve the financial partnerships and ways to support companies that try to build a presence in each country.

"The United Kingdom now make the largest foreign investment in India is" Mr Osborne Sunday said in a statement from his Office published. "British companies to compete with the best in the world, although some skeptical voices, and it is good for growth in the United Kingdom".

Mr Osborne and Prime Minister David Cameron are trying to increase trade in India, China and Brazil and break British dependency on finance as a source of income. The BP deal as much as $20 billion can be achieved, said the Treasury.

Five months after the announcement of the agreement, BP said at a 30 percent stake 21 of 23 blocks of reliance proposed take is, S. Jaipal Reddy, the Indian Oil Minister after a cabinet meeting in New Delhi last week.

Last year, BP signed to a contract from Brazil and sealed a partnership with Cnooc, the largest offshore oil producer in China to South China Sea licences.

When the reliance deal approved was announced in February, analysts. The wave of unrest from North Africa to the Persian Gulf made countries such as India and Russia more attractive to multinational oil companies look. And BP Chief Executive, Robert Dudley, was eager to grow to find new ways for BP, after it was forced, assets to pay for oil spill sell last year's Gulf of Mexico.

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Qatar, supply LNG to Malaysia

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S Korea, India sign nuclear cooperation pact

SEOUL: South Korea and India cooperation agreement a nuclear energy Monday after a year of negotiations, paving the way for Seoul to export nuclear power plants in the rapidly developing nation.

The Pact signed after summit between President Lee Myung-bak and Indian President Pratibha Patil is conversations, a request and reports to the legal basis is South Korea's participation in India's nuclear power plant construction project, Yonhap News Agency.

India now has 20 electricity power stations in operation, six under construction and is planning to create about 40 more by 2032.

Russia, France, and the United States have plant construction projects in India's nuclear power active.

Seoul National Korea electric power Corp (KEPCO) has tried to get power plant construction market cooperation with nuclear power Corporation of India limited in India's nuclear.

South Korea has strengthened efforts were to export nuclear power plants, because Korean company a 18.6 billion US dollar project end of 2009 four nuclear power stations in the United Arab Emirates build rivals after beating us, Japanese and French won.

While the talks Summit asked Lee Patil for India's cooperation for South Korea in the nuclear power plant business to get President Office said in a statement. Lee also hope for the participation of the Republic Korea expressed India's infrastructure construction projects, it said.

The nuclear Pact was one of the most notable results of Monday's summit talks.

Patil arrived in Seoul on Sunday for a four day state visit, sculpture by Indian poet Rabindranath Tagore contains also a visit to a bronze bust, which was built recently in central Seoul by the two countries to the 150th anniversary of the birth of the late poet mark.

She want to visit also a research complex of Samsung Group.

While the talks Summit shared Lee and Patil which considers that the cooperation between the two countries have improved in all areas and expand cooperation in political, security and defence industries, agreed was the Presidential Office statement said.

Reflects changes in the environment trade since trade pact entered into force in January last year the statement said they agreed the free trade agreement (FTA) between the two countries, the comprehensive economic partnership agreement (CEPA), to improve.

The two sides work together agreed, the statement said negotiations on an aviation Pact, complete a maritime shipping agreements and double taxation prevention Treaty at an early stage in such a way that is both Nations benefit.

The heads of State and Government agreed, closely cooperate, on a series of events to mark the year of cultural exchange between the two countries this year and projects to promote the public understanding and perceptions of each other between the two countries perform, it was said. -Bernama

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Power generators put wind in the sails

Put the wind in the sails generators HCM City – wind energy an important role in the Government is expected to plan increase the share of renewable energy from 2.5% in 2008 to 5 percent in 2020.

Work play on 42 wind energy projects in 12 Central, Central Highlands and southern provinces, with the participation of investors from Germany of gehtKanada, Switzerland and Argentina, but on a very slow pace. "The high investments for wind energy means that electricity prices are double from other sources," economic times Viet Nam Pham Manh Thang, head of energy words quoted.

 "That is why wind energy slowly developed."It is from other sources sold 300 per kilowatt hour compared to VND450 700 now by the manufacturer on VND1.Also, there are the central or local level, wind energy no master plan or incentives either, while awareness of its advantages to develop is low. To promote the production of wind energy, the Government has a decision of taking effect issued next month, the import tax on all materials and equipment, which waived required for them. Wind energy projects also benefit from exemption and reduction of land-use fees. projects, with the national grid will also price subsidies with undertaking the paying VND1, 614/kWh.

The Government buyer 1 cent per kWh by Viet Nam environmental protection Fund.The pays support is gradually reduced and eventually stopped, when fall wind energy prices on the same level as that of hydropower and thermal energy. The decision bodes well for the industry, experts believed, but also warned that the investment required carefully should be drawn up for the production of wind energy, to avoid pressure on electricity prices. -VNS

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Why go beaked whales in the stealth mode

25 July 2011 last updated 05: 01 am by Matt Walker, editor, BBC nature Blainville of beaked whales, which are among the world of most enigmatic Cetacea, go quietly in shallow waters.

Researchers have discovered that the whales are refusing to communicate with each other near the surface.

By he quietly, it prevents the whales stealth mode that they detected by predatory killer whales.

The study, one of the first record how beaked whales communicate also recorded sounds made by each mammal in the deepest recorded depth.

Beaked whales are deep diving, toothed.

Little is about them, partially known because they spend so much of their time in the ocean depths.

Some species have been sighted hardly and it awaiting more varieties of the discovery to scientists suspect can Wal.

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keep silence near the surface is an unexpected behavior and striking in contrast with the other toothed "

end quote Dr. Aguilar and gentlemen write in marine mammal science, is very little known about how beaked whales communicate or avoid enemies."

So Natacha Aguilar of the University of La Laguna in Tenerife, Spain and colleagues at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in Massachusetts, us, and University of Aarhus, Denmark, the first study in conducted as beaked whales diving communicate.

With suction cups, the researchers attached electronic bugs on eight Blainville beaked whales, 102 hours total results recording.

Took the noise made by the whales but the water and swim close to the surface of the water, as they came to breathe and also, plunged to the depths of 900 m as they.

The results, published in the journal mammal marine science, showed that the Blainville silence fell beaked whales, as soon as they entered water, the shallower than 170 m.

Above this depth, which does not communicate whales, they were while also silence, as ascending dives: a rise through the water, which last an average of 19 minutes.

This is despite the fact that these whales spend 60% of the swimming shallower waters of life in over 170 metres, and are expected to maintain social bonds, especially as they swim and in diving close knit groups communicate with each other.

When the whales into deeper waters sponge, they sound off.

Orcas swim and hunt closer to the surface

In deep under 450 m, a number of echolocation clicks, interspersed with so-called buzzes, made the whales tonal flutes and short bouts of repeated clicks.

The whales that probably make to navigate the echolocation clicks and chase the prey.

But the pipes and repeated clicks, which researchers dubbed "wax", had never before have been recorded.

The whales they serve could coordinate their movements a dive for the hunting help, on how it at the bottom of dispel.

The researchers believe that in a stealth mode, when swimming in shallow waters of an anti-predator strategy is.

Known as Orcas, shallow divers that affect many whale species in shallower waters are killer whales, better.

Broadcasting its location to Orcas avoid the beaked whales swimming in stealth mode.

Hidden in the oceans an effective prevention can strategy, such as beaked whales not Orcas out swim this way and some other defenses against them.

"For the Blainville beaked whales, that lives in closed groups and coordinate their activities, silence, hold close to the surface, an unexpected behavior and striking in contrast with the other toothed whales," write the researchers in the journal.

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Dog days of summer in Japan are calling for quirky because cool stay

TOKYO - is it a scorcher of a summer in Japan, and Tokyo is bathed in sweat on behalf of the conservation of electricity. Air conditioning is set in most offices at 82 degrees when it is enabled at all. And it is not only the people who suffer.

The set brews produced energy-conservation campaign in Japan has developed an industry of quirky products to the heat-including cooling suits for hot download hit. The WSJ Mariko Sanchanta reports from Tokyo.

"He much appetite this year not because I have not been using the air conditioning," said Miyuki Mori, the ownership of the name of Merlot, one toy poodle pet salon in a suburb of Tokyo had visited. Merlot was getting his annual summer haircut. "This is, why I want to buy this for him, birthday," said she, gesturing, developed a special tank top with water from the dog sprayed cooling. "I buy him usually frilly dresses, not something like this handy."

Alphaicon, a manufacturer of dog clothing, so sales for its "summer cooling tank-top"-priced between ? 3150 (approx. $40) for the model Chihuahua and ? 6,510 golden retriever size and in five colours available - have five-fold jumped since it was introduced this summer. "Not sweat dogs." "You overheat, and we needed something to cool, keep inventing", Kiyoshi Takahashi, the Chief Executive of Alphaicon, says Dachshund has. "It took a few tries," he gave, saying that first made discover with Terry, that it links the dog sopping wet and shivering.

Includes such as Japan set brews, or electricity due to power that offline store is quite Japan, the phenomenon has led quirky products against the heat to a small industry, that are oh-so-Japanese.

The political and corporate elites in Tokyo have already taken a no suit, no-tie "super cool biz" summer uniform with hot Office, but simply shedding clothes to deal with is not enough with the repressive, 100 degrees to cope with summer heat. That cool items to keep Japanese from splashing are asked to reduce consumption of electricity by 20%, to prevent power outages. And manufacturers and retailers ensure that they cash in on the opportunity.

Zug Corporation A package of "cool" leggings.

IIDA industry co. is a small company with about 200 employees based in Aichi in Central Japan west of Tokyo, mainly sound specialized, and rubber materials for the production of purposes. "We were looking to a commercially viable"Cool-off"to make product, and encountered a cooling substance called dimethyl ether," says Hiroya IIDA, management officer at IIDA.

And so "cool foam North Pole story" was born: a spray can, which spits cool, flexible foam. The foam is a solid gel, as soon as it is located on the skin and are discarded, can as soon as the cooling effect wears off.

The foam is main part of vinyl acetate, a connection in chewing gum, used and contains dimethyl ether, a gas and menthol, to offer, as they evaporate the cooling effect. It costs a mere ? 680 per can.

Mr. IIDA says the number of sales as the company now have exceeded the goal of the annual 10 million yen. "We think that set brews awareness promotes sales anyway."

But users say it is crucial for the instructions follow. On 28 may, someone wrote a review on Yahoo Japan shopping: "I am satisfied with the product." "But be sure to keep it because you have out a hard time of cleaning of your hair."

In Sugamo, a neighborhood in the Northern Tokyo known for its relatively high proportion of active ageing of the population, is the view of people "cool-off scarves" bear so often in these days orthopaedic footwear and hikers.

Scarves that come in an array of patterns and colors of Leopard print-to bright pink, consist of a chemically treated material that stays cool for up to three hours after it is dipped in water.

Masashi Dan, a 75-year-old man who has a fortune telling booth at the entrance to Sugamo shopping, says he is satisfied with the product, the approximately 1,000 ? costs. "That's good!" It over and over again to use, "he said."

But not all agree. Mr. Yoshida, a 73 - year old man who owns a bike shop, which rejected it, his first name offer says that the cool ties can be further improved.

"I don't care if I pay more, or if it look weird." This one costs ? 700, but it takes only 2 or 3 hours, "he said." He used a more traditional remedy: he puts it on the head with his hat and a towel in ice water sharp edges.

Mayumi Mayo, a representative of Takashimaya Department store in Tokyo, saying that cut consumers, cool-off summer goods, new in this year and much advertised search awareness of the need, in this summer again on air conditioning led. "We were already getting calls about whether we carry eludes leaves heat and gel mats awaits at the end of March,", she said.

Their most popular products were elements with the aim to keep cool as they sleep people. Takashimaya began also selling one sneak grow-your-own plant kits this year called him a "green curtain". The product was shadow in which close to create from their veranda and sold until mid-June, only a month and a half after it was on the shelf out residents for the apartment.

For women who want to stay cool, but not their character check, train Corp. introduced "cool" version of a corrective leg wear series, Onna no Yokubo (A woman wants to). The leggings and stockings containing chemicals such as xylitol, a common ingredient in mint flavour gum. Train says that demand has been five times as high as expected for the leggings ? 1,050.

The rise of cool inventions could spread overseas. Mr. Takahashi of Alphaicon says he would tank to sell top for dogs in other markets like to summer cooling. "We'd love to bring it to the United States and Europe but we're a small business only 10 people," he says.

Ms Mori, who bought a tank top, her dog, says that Japan will soon lead the world in energy-conservation techniques. "We should have done long ago." My daughter, who is five, now growing with an appreciation of how to save energy. "It is the future."

Write to Mariko Sanchanta at mariko.sanchanta@wsj.com

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Oil falls talks stall under $99 as the U.S. debt

Singapore - oil prices fell under $99 per barrel Monday in Asia amid investor concern that the absence of an agreement among US Lawmakers to lift the country's debt has a standard and could damage the global economy.

Benchmark oil for September delivery below 95 cents to $98,92 been a barrel at noon Singapore in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Crude oil rose 74 cents to $99,87 on Friday to rules.

In London, Brent crude slipped 68 cents to $117.99 a barrel on the ICE Futures Exchange.

Talks ground to a halt advised 2 looms at the weekend as an Aug. deadline for the Congress, the Government to increase debt limit to $14.3 trillion. Without action until this date, the Ministry of finance will be to pay all their bills that cause that a debt default and undermine the world economy could.

Republican and democratic leaders plan, expenses and liabilities of Government proposals to present later Monday.

"We believe that a temporary solution for last-minute deal is reached to avoid worst case results," Bank said BofA Merrill Lynch in a report. "But it will not provide a credible long term fiscal solution or rating agency concerns lift."

Bank of America said, rating agencies probably will until the end of the U.S. credit rating to AA from AAA.

1.7 Cents $3.13 in other NYMEX trading in September contracts, heating oil rose won a gallon during gasoline 2.1 cents to $3.08 per gallon. Natural gas of futures for August delivery advanced 1.1 cents to $4.41 per 1000 cubic feet.

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Republic of Korea, India sign nuclear cooperation pact

25 Julai'a, 2011 13: 00 PMSouth Korea, India signs nuclear power cooperation PactSEOUL, cooperation agreement July 25 (Bernama)-South Korea and India a nuclear energy Monday after a year of negotiations, paving the way for Seoul to export nuclear power plants in the rapidly developing nation.

The Pact signed after summit between President Lee Myung-bak and Indian President Pratibha Patil is conversations, a request and reports to the legal basis is South Korea's participation in India's nuclear power plant construction project, Yonhap News Agency.

India now has 20 electricity power stations in operation, six under construction and is planning to create about 40 more by 2032.

Russia, France, and the United States have plant construction projects in India's nuclear power active.

Seoul National Korea Electric Power Corporation (KEPCO) has tried to get power plant construction market cooperation with nuclear power Corporation of India limited in India's nuclear.

South Korea has strengthened efforts were to export nuclear power plants, because Korean company a 18.6 billion US dollar project end of 2009 four nuclear power stations in the United Arab Emirates build rivals after beating us, Japanese and French won.

While the talks Summit asked Lee Patil for India's cooperation for South Korea in the nuclear power plant business to get President Office said in a statement. Lee also hope for the participation of the Republic Korea expressed India's infrastructure construction projects, it said.

The nuclear Pact was one of the most notable results of Monday's summit talks.

Patil arrived in Seoul on Sunday for a four day state visit, sculpture by Indian poet Rabindranath Tagore contains also a visit to a bronze bust, which was built recently in central Seoul by the two countries to the 150th anniversary of the birth of the late poet mark.

She want to visit also a research complex of Samsung Group. While the talks Summit shared Lee and Patil which considers that the cooperation between the two countries have improved in all areas and expand cooperation in political, security and defence industries, agreed was the Presidential Office statement said.

Reflects changes in the environment trade since trade pact entered into force in January last year the statement said they agreed the free trade agreement (FTA) between the two countries, the comprehensive economic partnership agreement (CEPA), to improve.

The two sides work together agreed, the statement said negotiations on an aviation Pact, complete a maritime shipping agreements and double taxation prevention Treaty at an early stage in such a way that is both Nations benefit.

The heads of State and Government agreed, closely cooperate, on a series of events to mark the year of cultural exchange between the two countries this year and projects to promote the public understanding and perceptions of each other between the two countries perform, it was said.

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Japan to test-drill for seabed 'burning ice'

Desire to extract natural gas from sea bed also known look Tokyo (AFP)-Japan deposits of methane hydrate, as "burning ice", first in the world such as offshore experiment, a news report said Monday.

The test is to a distance of the ocean to the southwest of Tokyo, between Shizuoka and Wakayama, prefectures for several weeks in the fiscal year through March 2013, who told financial daily Nikkei.

The report is to request more than 10 billion yen ($127.5 million) for the project, the Ministry of economy, trade and industry.

The Government will continue to support research and goals for commercial drilling early start in the next decade the newspaper said.

Methane hydrate are found in environments with high pressure and low temperatures, such as the ocean floors, often in the vicinity of continental consensus where cold disposed of the gas in contact with sea water.

The offshore experiment, if successful, would, that the the Nikkei said world's first. Methane was previously extracted were developed from methane hydrate ashore in Canada in 2008 with technology in Japan.

Japan has its energy resources since the mighty March 11 diversify searched earthquake and tsunami caused the world's worst nuclear accident in 25 years in the Fukushima Daiichi plant northeast of Tokyo.

Resource-poor Japan relies heavily on energy imports from the Middle East and was until recently one-third of the electricity needs with nuclear power, but now also as renewable energy plans boost solar and wind power.

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Survivors of the attack leads nuclear efforts in the Iran

The selection of Dr. Abbasi earlier this year was itself a clear message to the West. When scientists became University he expelled from traveling outside Iran by the UN Security Council because of prove that focus on how to build nuclear weapons, rather than power plants was. But in recent weeks he has publicly stated that his country prepare is to triple its production of a type of nuclear fuel, producing far closer material in a hurry it on the ability to bomb-grade moves.

The exaggeration to recent proclamations about filtering out Iran's tangible progress is always difficult, especially at a time when the country is set to show that neither the Stuxnet computer worm, which crippled last year, part of its nuclear infrastructure nor Western sanctions proved to be more than modest setbacks. Dr. Abbasi itself is rarely seen or heard outside of Iran.

But international nuclear inspectors and American officials say that all evidence nuclear the city of Qum references plants at a military base close to the upcoming installation of centrifuges at a subterranean. Iran reveals the existence of the plant in 2009, after learning that the United States and the European powers were about to announce that she deeply complex, in the Iranian base had discovered.

As regards inspectors and European and American officials purity Iran announced efforts to increase the production of uranium is enriched by nearly 20 percent. Iran insists that she needs that fuel for a medical research reactor. But last week William Hague, the British Foreign Secretary, dismissed this claim as a cover story.

"When enough 20 percent enriched uranium on the underground in Qum is accumulated," Mr Hague said guardian in the British newspaper the "convert it only two or three months additional work it would take in grade material."

Note outside analysts, that during Dr. Abbasi in his new job, the top leadership of Iran, focused to show that they have overcome multiple setbacks, dealt from what they suspect to have been covert actions by the United States and Israel and wide economic sanctions.

"There is evidence that they are accelerated,", said Mark Fitzpatrick, expert Iran and the Director of the programme of non-proliferation and disarmament at the International Institute for strategic studies in London. "they have the production of uranium, increased number of centrifuges have spiders, they are doing, a greater number of second generation centrifuges."

Senior Obama management who say officials with access to the intelligence she agree with that assessment, but they sound not alarmed. They argue that Iran's reliance on an older, unreliable centrifuge shows model, that it problems with the leap to more sophisticated and efficient models. "they have said about the line moves for years, before Abbasi was commissioned,", a senior official said.

The White House silence is remarkable, because President Obama much of its Middle East policies in the recent Arab riots built on the Organization of other countries in the region, to stop Iran's nuclear progress. Management comments on the latest Iranian announcements only if asked.

"Iran is not allowed to install or operate all centrifuges in the framework of UN sanctions, imposed on him," said Tommy Vietor, spokesman for the National Security Council the question after Mr. Abbasi recent announcements. "Provocative behavior of this way the need for countries strengthened their international sanctions obligations in relation to the Iran fully implemented."

Diplomats say that Dr. Abbasi approach to the nuclear diplomacy is a stark contrast with his predecessor at the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, Ali Akbar Salehi. Mr. Salehi, graduate of m.i.t. with a degree in nuclear engineering, is a polished diplomat, who is fluent in English and handles the media with ease.

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Sunil Chacko: Full calculation of nuclear power can win renewable energy to more ground enable

Doctor, healthcare and finance specialist. University Professor.

In the past, renewable energy sources, like solar, wind, biofuels and geothermal energy, had compared to the pre-Fukushima rush of nuclear energy have been relegated. In fact went, plan 50% of its power in a nation from nuclear to 2030, come Japan as far as where people have grown accustomed to, that no doors to open, as electric motor inlet automatically, and it powered are similar use or waste of energy, depending on the perspective of the onlooker.

The tragic incident, the Japan, starting with the terrible tsunami and subsequent radiation taken the entire nuclear industry of the world has influenced leaks, has not only the nuclear plans of Japan, but. Germany has already announced that it will give up nuclear power in its entirety. Pressure is on countries like India, which had large nuclear targets, now a closer look in the light of the experience of the Fukushima take. In India, however, is not earthquakes, tsunamis, typhoons, volcanoes, landslides and other disasters, which had to cope with the hard-working Japanese over the centuries the Japan so much his natural disasters, which pale in comparison to the almost continuous cycle. But rather, perhaps more dangerous possibility of human criminals and terrorist actions that could trigger a nuclear cloud release a reactor and subsequent nuclear fallout caused that my late father statisticians likely predictions to the University of California, Berkeley, half a century ago explored. And the possibility of accidents way for nuclear waste, the rail or road transport.

In the meantime, disposal of nuclear waste has become controversial because the cost of commissioning and later decommissioned nuclear power plants. Caribbean States have as an immediate end of shipments of nuclear waste by the Caribbean and stressed that the ocean is as much an integral part of their tourism and based industry, which is indeed the case for the island nation of Japan.

Further, has successfully United States Senate majority leader Senator Harry Reid nuclear waste way from his home state of Nevada big Yucca Mountain, which for decades as a dumping ground held, potential into consideration was drawn.

View the post-Fukushima Japanese shelves not sold meat and fish, contaminated feed with used following messages, such as feed and tainted fluids released into the ocean to the affected nuclear power plants, suffered only one category of losses are small and large companies. The losses were affected as severe for families and communities, beyond the untold suffering of tsunami/radiation.

But nowhere a full costs done was. And a fuzzy debate allows you to continue with polarized intellectual Institute abuse research each other, such as Prof. Jitsuro Terashima, Chairman of Japan, stressed. He gets to reduce dependence on nuclear energy by a revision in Japan's strategic energy plan. In the meantime has Prof. Hiroshi Komiyama, President of Mitsubishi Research Institute, a low-carbon future through enhanced use of renewable energies strongly advocated.

There is no doubt that much more solar energy should use Japan and most other Nations with abundant sunlight through highly efficient photovoltaic and thermal routes. In fact, was Dr. Kazuo Inamori, founder of Kyocera, for example, a pioneer in this respect.

It is time to support renewable energy with Japan's low cost of capital to reduce the risks of nuclear power and alleviate the impending power shortage, such as Japan and indeed the world comprehensively consider an energy future post-Fukushima.

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India approved reliance-BP deal $7.2 billion

NEW DELHI - India Friday approved proposed $7.2 billion sale of assets to BP PLC reliance Industries Ltd., paving the way for the u.k.-oil Giants biggest venture in the South Asian nation.

Ben Stanton all/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images reliance industries Chairman and Managing Director Mukesh Ambani addresses one press conference with BP Chief Executive Bob Dudley and Chairman Carl-Henrik Svanberg (not shown) in the Centre of London on 21 February 2011.

Companies have been waiting for approval by the Federal Government controlled agreed since February as reliance, by billionaire Mukesh Ambani a 30% stake in BP 23 oil and gas blocks for $7.2 billion plus another $1.8 billion selling exploration success combined. The business encompasses the D6 block in the Krishna Godavari basin, India's richest gas find so far, and reliance already $2 billion received from BP.

Oil Minister Jaipal Reddy said that his Ministry is the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, to approve the offer for 21 blocks, since there were some technical problems on two non-producing units. The Ministry can in future grant or refuse consent on the two blocks, he added.

"This is one of the large foreign investments in the history of India," said Mr Reddy. "This transaction means not only investments of $7.2 billion by a foreign company in India, it means also the induction of vast knowledge on the India's hydrocarbon sector".

Under the February agreement, BP and confidence create an equally-owned joint venture for the procurement and distribution of natural gas in India. The venture requires no approval of the Government.

BP Chief Executive, Robert Dudley, said the energy giant is hoping that business in a matter of weeks to complete.

Dependency not immediately comment on the announcement.

Investments in future develop Indian assets bring your total payments on $20 billion, BP previously had said.

The deal continues to increase exploration BP access to new hydrocarbon resources and markets in line with its strategy and access to new exploration, especially as it still resume, drilling in the Gulf of Mexico after the last year's oil spill areas it.

Trust drilling is know-how to increase gas production expected by BP "Deepwater" by to win. The company D6 block expects that boost, but more technical and geological problems led India's gas output from the field of the eastern coast of below 50 million metric standard cubic metres per day of 60 MMSCMD last year.

Depending on the market valuation has a hit due to, including the decline in the production of gas emitted. Its shares closed at 873.60 rupees ($19.67) before the announcement on the Bombay Stock Exchange 1.5%. The benchmark index closed up 1.6%.

-Eric Yep in Mumbai & Alexis Flynn in London contributed to this report.

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Chemist, examine the solar energy and air purification

Ample daylight is undoubtedly city break make happy this summer, but those who on their tans are not the only beneficiary. The Sun's rays are also an important part to go green.

Solar lamp can be used to help to clean air and water and produce valuable chemicals that contribute to energy efficiency. Rutgers-Camden Professor says everything, what by a process called Photocatalyst is possible.

"Photocatalyst is a chemical reaction, which under the influence of solar light, appearance," says Alexander Samokhvalov, Assistant Professor of chemistry at Rutgers-Camden. "I'm examines the fundamental chemistry of reactions such as sunlight is to go."

In particular, the chemist examined how water components with sunlight and a solid Photocatalyst is split into hydrogen and oxygen. Production of hydrogen vehicles is an example of a "green" application, however, the default allocation is water.

Samokhvalov is the recipient of the Cottrell Science Award by Research Corporation for Science advancement. The Foundation supports innovative scientific research and the development of academic scientists.

In addition to the two - year$ 45,000 Cottrell award Samokhvalov received a $5,000-scholarship of the Rutgers University Research Council for his work with Photocatalyst.

Photocatalyst technology will receive attention as immediate means to reduce urban air pollution. Samokhvalov says, examples for come this technology at work are dirt in sunlight and portable air purifiers such as the one that sits in Samokhvalovs Office on the campus of Rutgers-Camden self-cleaning Windows, which break down chemically adsorbed amount.

In both cases is the Photocatalyst titanium dioxide or TiO2, that often absorb in sunscreens due to the possibility of UV light. Samokhvalov says that TiO2 used to remove ultraviolet light or break harmful air pollutants.

Exposure to sunlight the titanium dioxide reacts with pollutants into the air or water and breaks them down into harmless substances. The connection has other applications when used as a photocatalyst, clean as the conversion of greenhouse gas into liquid fuels.

"By change and we can further development of this technology, continue to reduce pollution in our air and water," says the Rutgers-Camden chemistry scholars. "But what is missing in many research on Photocatalyst acute, is, like the electrons in solid Photocatalyst actually in the absorption of light to drive chemical reactions behavior." "This is something that I want to examine."

He continues, "It's somewhere far from the place where the photon was actually recorded that fundamental interest to understand if electron transfer in the immediate vicinity of the atom, which absorbs the energy of a photon, or where the chemical reaction." "Modern scientific instrumentation, can answer this question a little bit of imagination and work in the lab."

Cottrell Science Award includes funding a research scholarship undergraduate summer and helps to finance with the purchase of an apparatus used in research.

Samokhvalov has several students with him for the project work.

"I believe that it is important to the interested undergraduate researchers in exploratory experimental work in the entire academic year is employed," he says.

Samokhvalov says "The Cottrell Science Award is a confirmation of the growing importance of Bachelor's research in the chemical industry in the new areas of clean and sustainable energy."

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Pilot whales in shallows caught

22 July 2011 last updated at 14: 45 GMT have up to 15 pilot whales in trouble in shallow water with a falling flood of Kyle of Durness in the remote North Highland coast pilot whales in shallow water on the Kyle of Durness.

The maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) said that the whales were believed by a pod of more than 60.

A Royal Navy bomb disposal team training in the field has offered his help in any rescue effort.

British divers marine life rescue (BDMLR) and Scottish SPCA inspectors were heading for the scene.

The whales can hunt prey or looking for a place to have been

Highland Council countryside Ranger and nine coast guard volunteers have observed the situation.

The Ranger of the Council said that there remained only a narrow channel of the sea at low tide.

Kyle of Durness opens into Balnakeil Bay.

Charlie Phillips, a whale and Dolphin Conservation Society (WDCS) field officer, said the area was remote and it would take sometime to reach rescuers to the scene.

Mr Phillips told the BBC News Scotland website: "It will be difficult."

"It is a remote and hard to get."

Mr Phillips added: "the whales may have proven to be of Pentland Firth, for prey or trying to find somewhere to rest."

He said that a young woman pilot whale at Scourie in Sutherland, was found a few weeks ago.

In may, two pilot whales were found dead in a hole of Hebridean after experts fear that more than 60 animals from getting beached the was threatened.

The pod had difficulties in Loch Carnan in South Uist.

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Aquion energy has a jump in bulk-grid storage

Aquion uses energy to make a cheap battery that stores wind and solar, the ingredients in salt and water.

A spin-off from Carnegie Mellon, the start-up detected, $ 20 million of a planned $30 million round of financing according to a regulatory filing by Earth2Tech triggered. The company was originally developed by the Department of energy with $5 million from the federal stimulus program funded and added a Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers as an investor.

Aquion energy battery packs are built from modular components and especially for the raster memory.(Credit: Aquion energy)

Aquion energy developed a room temperature sodium ion battery as an alternative to lithium-ion and other batteries for grid storage. It expects to begin their refrigerator size, battery packs for customers, the tests this year or next year, according to the company.

Cost is one of the advantages of sodium ion batteries. Far more than lithium, sodium, one of the ingredients in salt, is abundant. Aquion energy batteries use a water-based electrolyte, which is easier to use and simplifies the manufacturing process, company founder and materials science Carnegie Mellon Professor Jay Whitacre told technology review.

Sodium-sulfur batteries are one of the preferred technologies for the storage of wind and solar power or other grid applications. But sodium-sulfur batteries run at high temperatures, making them less energy than the ambient temperature batteries, secure and efficient according to researchers at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory is working on sodium-ion batteries. Lead acid batteries, result in the release of toxic lead, Whitacre's patent application notes in the meantime.

In a presentation, Aquion said energy the battery 85 percent are more efficient and use non-toxic materials. The anode consists of a "low cost, high-performance" carbon and the cathode is from manganese oxide. As in other battery move chemistry, sodium ions between the anodes of the battery by the water-based electrolyte during loading and unloading.

The company product plans are low voltage cells together are lined up to use for grid storage. A battery pack would be operated to the size of a server rack data between 12 and 48 volt. Can lined up together in a shipping container size box for 500 volts to 1000 Volts batteries.

After testing his equipment with customers it ramp up production in the time frame planning 2013 and 2014. His target price is under $300 per kilowatt hour, which is well below the price of today's lithium-ion batteries.

Feeding has established itself as one of the most difficult technical challenges in energy storage electricity into the power for several hours. Lithium-ion batteries, which bursts on the provision of power, are the "wind energy, but cost remains a barrier firm" used.

The bulk of grid storage space, the several hours of storage for solar and wind, has attracted many researchers and companies. An example is total, cheap liquid metal battery recently by Bill Gates and oil company, long-lasting grid develop memory financed was.

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