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Analysis: German cars to turn green?

By early 2009 BMW will dispatch some 500 "Mini E" cars, the electric version of its popular Mini Cooper vehicle, to selected customers in Los Angeles and New York. by Stefan Nicola Berlin (UPI) Nov 24, 2008 The German...

Vattenfall issues two Euro bonds

Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Vattenfall issues two Euro bonds Vattenfall today issued two benchmark bonds in the Euro market totalling EUR 1.5 billion through its funding vehicle Vattenfall Treasury AB. The bonds have maturities...

Key Challenges and Issues facing the World Thermal Power Market (Business Wire)

Tuesday November 25, 5:26 am ET NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report related to the Power generation industry is available in its catalogue. III-21 Mirant Corp III-21 PG&E...

Plug in your Mini

Nov 25 - From January 2009, 50 two-seater, all-electric Mini E cars will be whizzing around the streets of Berlin. Premium brand car maker BMW is working with Swedish power company Vattenfall to test the feasibility of such...

UPDATE 1-Vattenfall plans 2-part euro bond - IFR

LONDON, Nov 25 (Reuters) - Swedish utility Vattenfall is issuing 850 million euros ($1.1 billion) of five-year bonds and 650 million euros of 10-year bonds in a two-part deal, IFR reported on Tuesday. The bond maturing in...

BMW, Vattenfall field test e-mobiles in Berlin

MUNICH, Germany — BMW group and electricity supplier Vattenfall Europe will launch a field trial with electrical vehicles in Berlin. The project will start in spring 2009. Vattenfall will install publicly accessible "energy...

REpower bags wind turbine deal for Germany's first offshore wind farm

A major step has been taken towards the building of the first German offshore wind farm, alpha ventus, after REpower Systems AG and Deutsche Offshore Testfeld und Infrastrukturgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG (DOTI) signed a contract...

Brian Williams, Clean Coal, and Oxymorons [w/video]

In celebration of NBC’s “Green Week”, NBC ran a couple of stories last week on the Nightly News about the politics and technology of “clean coal”. Unfortunately, there was more coverage of the latter than of the former. While...

Nuclear site auctions expected before end of year

BusinessGreen.com Staff, BusinessGreen, Monday 24 November 2008 at 10:01:00 Reports claim process to auction off three new sites for nuclear reactors to get underway within a fortnight The government is reportedly just a...

Call For a Green New Deal in the UK

The head of the UK's Environment Agency said today that his country needs to produce a comprehensive, long-term strategy for investing in renewable energy, environmental technology, energy efficiency, and carbon capture and...