ENVIRONMENT-SPAIN: ZAPATERO HOPES SUN MAY SAVE EUROS AND ENERGY
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The use of solar energy that has been declared compulsory for new buildings by the Spanish government as of next year is expected to not only save consumers money, but also cut the burning of fossil fuels and reduce air pollution.
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Politics: 13 December 2004, Monday. Bulgaria's President Georgi Parvanov affirmed his support for the proposal of Spain Prime Minister Zapatero of an alliance of civilizations, a high level assembly working to ...
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&#39;&#39;Serve una riflessione sulle politiche energetiche che deve ridurre la dipendenza dell&#39;Italia dal greggio e dai suoi derivati in modo radicale, attraverso l&#39;ampliamento delle fonti energetiche rinnovabili, da quelle solari alle eoliche, alle biomasse
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Europe embarked on a bold path to fight climate change Friday, agreeing that a fifth of the energy used by the 27-nation bloc by 2020 will come from renewable sources such as the sun and the wind, and ...Comment
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Prime Minister Tony Blair has ended a visit to Spain by joining his counterpart Jose Luis Zapatero in a call for Europe to meet the challenges posed by developing economies.
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Europe embarked on a bold path to fight climate change Friday, agreeing that a fifth of the energy used by the 27-nation bloc by 2020 will come from renewable sources like the sun and the wind, and challenging the rest of the world to follow.
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Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero said Saturday he would create up to two million new jobs if he is re-elected in a general election in March.
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Europe embarked on a bold path to fight climate change Friday, agreeing that a fifth of the energy used by the 27-nation bloc by 2020 will come from renewable sources like the sun and the wind, and challenging ...Comment
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The European Union is looking to join other parts of the world in efforts to slash energy consumption by pushing for an increased use of energy-saving light bulbs. European leaders agreed Friday to ask the EU's executive arm to work out a plan over the next two years on how to promote the use of energy-saving light bulbs, following the example of Australia, Chile and other countries phasing out incandescent lamps.
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French President Jacques Chirac and Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, meeting for summit talks in this northern Spanish city on Tuesday, telephoned a message of support to embattled UN ...
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La previsione e' del Gruppo sul cambiamento climatico
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Extends Eco Responsibility Initiative Sun Microsystems has announced a comprehensive suite of programs and solutions to help customers design more energy-efficient, eco-responsible datacenters while saving money.â¦
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The battle for Spanish electricity provider Endesa is evidence that &quot;economic patriotism&quot; remains the order of the day in the European energy sector despite attempts by the European Commission to open up the industry to competition.
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A phone made of recycled materials and a transmission tower that uses 50 percent less energy were two of the green technologies on show at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona this week.The environment was top of the agenda in the opening keynote session, where Rob Conway, CEO of the GSM Association, characterized mobile communications as an energy-saving alternative to flying or driving. But he acknowledged the downsides, saying, &quot;We must, as an industry, do something about reducing energy consumption, and support renewable energy and recycling.&quot;The GSM Association is using its development fund to support a number of technologies with benefits for the environment, he said, including green energy sources for off-grid base stations. These include a generator powered by waste vegetable oil, developed by Ericsson, and in Namibia the creation of a wind-powered base station, he said.&quot;The environmental results have been very encouraging. We are sharing these initiatives,&quot; he said.Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo, president and CEO of Nokia, preferred to start with the bad news.&quot;Our current model of development is not sustainable. In many ways we are living beyond our means. As much as technology fascinates us and inspires us to do more things, something has to change,&quot; he said.He wants the industry to make more efficient use of materials and to recycle its waste, to optimize transportation and logistics, and to design for energy efficient operation.From his pocket he then produced &quot;Remade,&quot; a concept phone manufactured mostly from recycled materials and designed to consume less energy in production and operation than existing phones. The case is made from recycled aluminium drinks cans, the rubber keyboard from old car tires, and plastic parts from recycled drink bottles.&quot;It&#39;s only a concept. I cannot make a phone call with it yet,&quot; he said, dashing the audience&#39;s hopes of picking one up from the Nokia stand later.Wang Jianzhou, chairman and CEO of China Mobile, also had recycling and energy conservation on his mind.The company is promoting simpler packaging for the phones it resells, with the goal of saving around 57,000 cubic meters of logs annually, he said.It is also looking for ways to reduce the electricity consumption of the 300,000 base stations in the company&#39;s network, he said.He may well have walked by Ericsson&#39;s answer to that problem on his way into the show. On the central avenue leading through the showground, the company had erected a scale model of a transmission tower that uses up to 50 percent less energy than standard towers.Traditional transmission towers place the power amplifiers and other electronics in a cabin on the ground, with antennas at the top of a steel structure. However, around half the signal power is lost in the cables between amplifier and antenna, and more power still is used by air-conditioning units to stop the equipment in the cabin from overheating.Ericsson&#39;s idea is to put all the electronics near the top of a concrete tube 40 meters high, with air vents near the top and bottom. This puts the amplifiers near the antennas, so less energy is lost in cables. The tower acts like a chimney, the rising current of air cooling the electronics with no need for fans or air conditioning.The tower is designed for hot countries and, with a few modifications, can operate without an external electricity supply. In sunny zones the tower can be clad in solar panels, with batteries allowing the base station to run through the night kept cool in a well 4 meters below ground.So far, Ericsson has built only one such tower, near its headquarters in Kista, Sweden. The company is looking for local manufacturing partners in countries that might use the design, representatives said.
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Spain's king brought President Bush a message of goodwill Wednesday from Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, whose vocal opposition to the Iraq war has chilled U.S.-Spanish relations.
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Spanish PM Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero thanks UK PM Tony Blair for help with the Basque peace process.
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ESTEPONA, Spain  - From lager louts breaking their noses in fights to pensioners tripping down stairs, thousands of foreigners pouring to the coast in search of sun run up a hefty public hospital bill for Spain.