Japan follows Europe by tapping offshore wind for power
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KORIYAMA, Japan  - Overlooking a mountain lake a few hours drive from Tokyo, dozens of tall wind turbines spin in the breeze creating carbon-free power for the world's fifth-biggest emitter of greenhouse gases.
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The United States is pushing Japan to become a base for a force that can deploy to the Middle East, a move that exceeds the bounds of their current security alliance, a report said.
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Japan and the United States are no longer categorically ruling out a French bid to host a revolutionary nuclear fusion project, an official with the European Union&#39;s executive arm says.
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Since ancient times poets have revered the power of the seas. Now energy companies and coastal cities like New York and San Francisco are aiming to tap ocean waves and tidal currents as abundant sources of electricity.
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TOKYO - Gale-force winds pounded eastern Japan early Sunday, knocking out power to homes, stirring coastal waves that caused a tanker ship to run aground and injuring at least 13 people.
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The UK is to become only one of seven nations to have more than two gigawatts of operational wind power capacity.
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By Claire Soares  The world's first floating wind turbine could be up and running in under two years after the German engineering giant Siemens teamed up with a Norwegian energy group yesterday to try to generate electricity in the middle of the North Sea.
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Talks on where to build the world&#39;s first nuclear fusion reactor ended without a deal on Tuesday but the European Union said Japan and the United States no longer firmly opposed its bid to put the plant in France.
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Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, right, on board a patrol boat off the Hokkaido coast. Picture:Reuters. Japan&#39;s Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi has defied Russian objections to sail
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BRUSSELS, Nov 9  - The European Union said Tuesday it was prepared to forge ahead with a revolutionary nuclear energy project if negotiations with Japan and other backers on where to locate it break down.
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TORONTO (CP) - More towering wind turbines will be sprouting up across Ontario after the government signed deals for five private wind-energy projects as part of a bid to make renewable energy a reality in the province.
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In this north German town a huge crane is helping to build the world's largest wind power plant, a prototype for offshore wind farms from 2006.
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The country's infrastructure makes it an attractive candidate for offshore work, a research company says.
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Work has begun on wind power stations that will provide electricity for next year&#39;s Beijing Olympics and showcase China&#39;s ambitions to become more environment friendly, state press reported Tuesday.
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Japan will push for a year after 1990 to be used as the reference point for greenhouse emission cuts in a post-Kyoto deal as chair of the G8 summit in July, Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda said Saturday.
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Some EU countries want renewable energy targets to be voluntary European Union leaders are resuming talks to try to reach a deal on a binding target for the use of renewable energy, such as wind and solar ...Comment
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GE Energy is bringing its 1.5-megawatt wind turbine technology to Austria, where interest in wind-generated power is growing rapidly.