China could be $1 trillion green tech market

China potentially could be a $500 billion to $1 trillion a year market for environmentally sustainable "green technologies," a group of businesses and experts said in a report Thursday that urges governments to ease the way for such initiatives.

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Poor Nations Demand Green Technology

Uganda gets plenty of sun, making it a great spot for solar energy. There's only one problem: In one of the world's most impoverished nations, few people can afford an imported solar panel.

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Waste Management, one of the country's largest landfill operators, today is opening what it says it the world's largest facility to convert landfill gas to liquefied natural gas (LNG).

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Concentrating photovoltaic technologies, which magnify sunlight and direct it onto solar cells, hold potential to increase the efficiency of a solar-power system.

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Toyota is developing a solar charging station for electric cars and plug-in hybrids, making a green technology even greener. It has also designed a battery charger for mounting inside an electric vehicle or plug-in hybrid to recharge the storage batteries.

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The U.S. House of Representatives has passed H.R.3585, the Solar Technology Roadmap, by a vote of 310-106. Introduced by Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz., Sept. 17 and approved by the House Science & Technology Committee Oct.

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COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Billionaire George Soros said on Saturday that he would invest $1 billion in clean energy technology as part of an effort to combat climate change.

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Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama will unveil a plan to support developing countries in technology and funding to fight climate change at a U.N. meeting this week, Japan's environment minister said on Sunday.

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Remember back in 2001 when BP went "Beyond Petroleum"? It was a brilliant marketing campaign, but it had less to do with changing the company's business model than positioning Lord John Browne as the Teflon oil executive.

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SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) — Google is disappointed with the lack of breakthrough investment ideas in the green technology sector but the company is working to develop its own new mirror technology that could reduce the cost of building solar thermal plants by a quarter or more.

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Not only is it green but BMW's new concept hybrid offering smacks of cool.

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They may be a simple way to keep you warm on an autumn evening in the back garden or offer the shortest travel time to a well-earned holiday, but patio heaters and short-haul flights are among the least ethical goods and services of the past 20 years, according to a survey of lea …

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WUXI, China — President Obama wants to make the United States "the world's leading exporter of renewable energy," but in his seven months in office, it is China that has stepped on the gas in an effort to become the dominant player in green energy — especially in solar  …

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So how did GM get to the 230 mpg figure, and why did they jump the gun without the right credentials?

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The idea that green buildings can make financial as well as environmental sense is central to California's plans to fight global warming.

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ANAKTUVUK PASS (Alaska)— From the Piper Navajo (aircraft), Anaktuvuk Pass is a smattering of pink and blue roofs bisected by the John River and engulfed by the rugged peaks of the Brooks Range.

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By using tiny electronic tracking devices mounted on a variety of both trash and recycled items scientists will be able to see exactly where these things end up. The tags transmit directly to cellphone towers beaming location information back to the lab.

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NEW YORK (AP) -- When owners of the Empire State Building decided to blanket its towering facade this year with thousands of insulating windows, they were only partly interested in saving energy. They also needed tenants.

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It's silent, it's pollution free, it's nippy, and it'll get you round town for £2,500 a year, fuel and maintenance included. So, is it the car of the future? Maybe.

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Twenty blue chip German companies are pooling their resources with the aim of harnessing solar power in the deserts of north Africa and transporting the clean electricity to Europe.

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Scientists are working on mushroom based insulation products and it sounds really good. Why have all these polymer based insulations when these are probably really good and good for the environment.

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Mobile phone company Sony Ericsson will unveil two "green" handsets tomorrow with a carbon footprint 15% lower than current models.

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Azure Dynamics Corp., a leading developer of innovative hybrid green technologies was recently chosen as a winner at the 24th Annual Canadian Advanced Technology Alliance (CATA) Innovation and Leadership Awards.

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A startup based in Vancouver, Canada, called ExRo Technologies, has developed a new kind of generator that is particularly suited to harvesting energy from wind. It could lower the cost of wind turbines while raising their power output by 50 percent.

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Capturing the carbon dioxide that wafts up the smokestack after burning coal (or any other fossil fuel) has been identified by everyone from President Obama to the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change as a critical technology to help keep the lights on while c …

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Last year's energy crisis highlighted an unforseen by-product of the looming fuel shortages of the 21st century. Petroleum-based products such as plastics that society takes for granted but now requires to function will run out with the oil.

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Eizo Nanao has announced the inclusion of a "EcoView Sense" feature into their just announced FlexScan monitors; the 20-inch EV2023W and the 23-inch EV2303W. The EcoView feature, allows the monitors--using motion detectors--to detect if a person is sitting in front of it.

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