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Italian oil tanker attacked by five pirates
The Italian oil tanker, Savina Caylin was captured by pirates in the Indian Ocean on Tuesday with a crew of five Italians and 17 Indians on board.
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Spanish researchers developed high efficient photovoltaic cells
The Micro and Nanotechnology Research Group of the Spanish Universitata Politecnica de Catalunya has realized high efficient photovoltaic cells with conversion efficiency of 20.5 percent. The new type of solar panels of 4.8 m² would produce daily an average of about 4 kWh enough to cover the energy demand of a family.
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Daily Energy Overview, Tuesday, February 08, 2011
U.S. crude oil futures traded lower on Monday, having hit its lowest level in more than one week, thus unaffecting the supplies through the Suez Canal as the unrest in Egypt continued. Prices for March crude eased 1.55 dollars at 87.48 dollars a barrel.
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EDF Energy to boost tariffs for energy bills from March
EDF Energy, one UK’s major energy suppliers, intends to boost the electricity tariffs by 7.5% and gas tariffs by 6.5% from March 2nd, 2011.
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“Solar wind bridge” in Italy
A “solar wind bridge” project was recently presented at the Solar Highway competition in Italy designed by three Italian architects.
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