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States ranked on energy efficiency

AP — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 16:46:27 +0000

An advocacy group ranks California, Connecticut and Oregon at the top of a list of states improving energy efficiency to respond to high prices, energy security and global...

Your Brain could work on Alternative Energy

Danny — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 19:41:07 +0000

When the human body kicks into high gear, the brain can run on recycled, alternative energy to make the whole system more efficient, scientists have discovered.

Eco Gadgets: cut your electricity bills with solar, wind power generator

Sameer Kumar — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 07:12:51 +0000

Eco Factor: A residential power generator that combines solar and wind energy to give you a clean and green energy source. Solar and wind energy are increasingly gaining ground as the most popular sources of alternative energy. While solar...

Flow intends to flood your dens with alternative energies

Deepa — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 15:08:17 +0000

Insight: If only someone can sponsor regular and unlimited power supply for my den! I know I am sounding irrational and wacky but the ever-rising electricity bills are killing. Life has certainly become simpler with our dependence on gadgets...

Cambodia eyes nuclear plant for electricity

AP — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 10:13:23 +0000

Impoverished Cambodia hopes to build a nuclear power plant to meet its future energy needs and help offset its dependence on imported oil, Prime Minister Hun Sen announced Friday during the first meeting of his new...

France's EdF buying British Energy for $23.2B

AP — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 16:23:42 +0000

French power provider EdF agreed Wednesday to buy British Energy Group PLC for about $23.2 billion in cash, betting big on the prospects for Britain’s nuclear industry at a time of growing global concern about greenhouse gas...

France's EdF buying British Energy for $23B

AP — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 13:07:46 +0000

French power provider EdF said Wednesday it has agreed to acquire British Energy Group PLC for about $23.2 billion in cash in a deal that would create a powerhouse in nuclear...

France's Edf announces British Energy buyout plan

AP — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 10:46:56 +0000

French power giant EdF said Wednesday it has agreed to acquire British Energy Group PLC in a cash offer valued at 12.5 billion pounds ($23.18 billion), creating a cross-Channel powerhouse in nuclear...

French company EDF makes offer for Constellation

AP — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 20:11:02 +0000

A French nuclear power company is upping the ante for Constellation Energy Group Inc., offering to pay $35 per share for the Baltimore-based wholesale power supplier in hopes of unseating a deal Constellation made last week to be sold to MidAmerican Energy Holdings Co., a unit of Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc.

French company EDF raises bid for Constellation

AP — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 17:37:01 +0000

A French nuclear power company is upping the ante for wholesale power supplier Constellation Energy Group Inc., offering to pay $8.50 per share more for the company, which has agreed to be sold to a unit of Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway...