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• Global solar dominance in sight as science trumps fossil fuels - Telegraph

  "Solar power has won the global argument. Photovoltaic energy is already so cheap that it competes with oil, diesel and liquefied natural gas in much of Asia without subsidies. Roughly 29pc of electricity capacity added in America last year came from solar, rising to 100pc even in Massachusetts and Vermont. "More solar has been installed in the US in the past 18 months than in 30 years," says the US Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA). California's subsidy pot is drying up but new solar has hardly missed a beat."

  tags: solar alternativeenergy renewableenergy unitedstates energysecurity climatechange

• GE and Saudi Aramco Launch Global Innovation Challenge to Find Renewable Energy Solutions for Seawater Desalination - WSJ.com

  "GE ecomagination and Aramco Entrepreneurship today launched an open global technology challenge to accelerate the development of solutions focused on improving the energy efficiency of seawater desalination. The US$200,000 challenge will be awarded to four winners with a prize of US$50,000 each, and further investments towards commercialization of the best ideas among all submissions will be considered. "

  tags: desalination technology innovation aramco ge saudiarabia gcc

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• EU clampdown on ‘flash boy’ traders turns technical - FT.com

  "The battle to rein in high-frequency traders in Europe is about to shift to the arcane world of rule writing, as the EU seeks to give teeth to the world’s toughest clampdown on the sector. "

  tags: hft trading investment technology lewis

• Disruptive entrepreneurs: An interview with Eric Ries | McKinsey & Company

  "To be pro-entrepreneurship as a matter of public policy means to make government a tool for helping entrepreneurs get started. That’s what we want. Entrepreneur start-ups are experiments. So just like in a science lab, the more experiments you run, the more likely you are to create something great. "

  tags: innovation strategy entrepreneurship mckinsey government policy business

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• Israel blocks shipment to Gaza after Palestinians sign treaties - FT.com

  "Wataniya, the Palestinian mobile phone company, said on Tuesday that Israel had blocked a shipment of its equipment into the Gaza Strip, in apparent retaliation for the Palestinian decision last week to accede to 14 international treaties. "

  tags: colonialism imperialism gaza israel middleeast palestine

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• Qatar quits consortium bidding for Occidental assets in Middle East | The National

  "Qatar has dropped out of a consortium of bidders for Occidental Petroleum’s Middle East assets in the wake of a diplomatic spat with its neighbours. "

  tags: occidental oxy gas energy oil oilandgas oman qatar abudhabi

• $316 billion price tag to meet Middle East energy demand | The National

  "The Middle East must invest US$316 billion on utilities over the next five years to keep up with its growing need for power, says a report by a regional development bank. "

  tags: energy gcc middleeast energysecurity development economy

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• To Strike at Kochs, Democrats Revive Tactic That Hurt Romney - NYTimes.com

  "WASHINGTON — After months of wincing in the face of negative ads funded by the industrialists David and Charles Koch, Democrats believe they have finally found a way to fight back: attacking the brothers’ sprawling business conglomerate as callous and indifferent to the lives of ordinary people while pursuing profit and power. "

  tags: koch washington democrats politics teabaggers unitedstates

• Old Math Casts Doubt on Accuracy of Oil Reserve Estimates - Bloomberg

  "In 1945, Arps, then a 33-year-old petroleum engineer for British-American Oil Producing Co., published a formula to predict how much crude a well will produce and when it will run dry. The Arps method has become one of the most widely used measures in the industry. Companies rely on it to predict the profitability of drilling, secure loans and report reserves to regulators. When Representative Ed Royce, a California Republican, said at a March 26 hearing in Washington that the U.S. should start exporting its oil to undermine Russian influence, his forecast of “increasing U.S. energy production” can be traced back to Arps. "

  tags: reserves oil energy unitedstates gas energysecurity energysector energypolicy

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• British Prime Minister orders investigation of Muslim Brotherhood - CNN.com

  "British Prime Minister David Cameron has ordered an investigation of the Muslim Brotherhood over concerns about its alleged links to violent extremism, his Downing Street office said Tuesday."

  tags: uk muslimbrotherhood islam europe middeleast protest revolution

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• SocGen accused over Libya deals - FT.com

  "The Libyan Investment Authority has accused Société Générale of helping to funnel bribes worth tens of millions of dollars to close associates of Saif al-Islam, the son of former Libyan leader Muammer Gaddafi. "

  tags: libya middleeast corruption gaddafi northafrica

• Erdogan claims victory in national polls - FT.com

  "Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkey’s prime minister, declared victory in national polls on Sunday night, suggesting an imminent crackdown on foes he blames for a corruption probe and a series of leaks, and hinting that he might be ready to stand for the country’s presidency. "

  tags: turkey erdogan politics akp middleeast democracy

• Oil boom strains North Dakota infrastructure - FT.com

  "The US energy revolution is putting unprecedented strain on roads, railways and housing in North Dakota, its governor says, as a surge in production has put the state at the heart of the country’s oil and gas boom. "

  tags: unitedstates energy energyrevolution energyefficiency shale oil gas

• US drive on LNG exports hit by delays - FT.com

  "New plants for exporting liquefied natural gas from the US have been held up by regulatory delays as government agencies have failed to assess issues such as environmental impact as quickly as the projects’ backers had hoped. "

  tags: oil gas energy lng unitedstates energysecurity exports obama

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