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China Puts Second Oceanic Survey Satellite Into Operation With More To Come
Beijing (XNA) Oct 04, 2007
China's State Oceanic Administration has formally taken over the control of the "Haiyang-1B" (Ocean 1B) as of Sunday after the second self-designed oceanic survey satellite in China proved functioning well on its projected orbit for more than five months. Sources with the Commission of Science, Technology and Industry For National Defense said that the satellite could capture real-time inf ... read more
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    Canadian Solar And Luoyang Polysilicon Complete First BIPV Solar Glass Roof System
    Jiangsu, China (SPX) Oct 08, 2007
    Canadian Solar has completed the first BIPV solar glass roof system, with glass-on-glass solar modules, in Henan Province in collaboration with China's Luoyang Polysilicon Company. CSI was the sole supplier of the solar glass technology, the specialty BIPV modules, and acted as the integrator of the complete solar power system. The BIPV solar glass system, covering approximately 293 square ... more

    LDK Solar Signs Wafers Supply Agreement With Solartech Energy Corp
    Xinyu City, China (SPX) Oct 08, 2007
    LDK Solar Co., Ltd., a leading manufacturer of multicrystalline solar wafers has signed a five-year contract to supply multicrystalline solar wafers to Taiwan-based Solartech Energy Corp. Under the terms of the agreement, pricing is fixed for the first three years. During this period, LDK Solar will deliver multicrystalline solar wafers to Solartech valued at approximately US$224 million with in ... more

    Suntech Targets 100MW Of Sales To The US In 2008 Due To Robust Demand
    Long Beach CA (SPX) Oct 05, 2007
    Suntech Power Holdings welcomed over 200 customers, partners and industry colleagues to a celebration of Moon Festival Night on Tuesday, September 25 at the Solar Power 2007 Conference and Expo in Long Beach, California which is North America's largest solar energy event. The Moon Festival, also known as the Mid-Autumn Festival, is a popular Chinese celebration of abundance and togetherness, fir ... more

    China's Lunar Satellite Launch Open To Tourists
    Beijing, China (SPX) Oct 04, 2007
    Tourists are being invited to pay 800 yuan (105 U.S. dollars) to witness the launch of China's first lunar satellite in Xichang, southwest Sichuan province. A travel agency in Xichang, where one of China's major satellite launch sites is located, has designed special travel packages for tourists wishing to view the historic launch. "Tourists will have to pay 800 yuan to witness the launch from t ... more

    Lockheed Martin Paveway II Dual Mode Laser Guided Bomb Fully Qualified For US Navy
    Archbald PA (SPX) Oct 04, 2007
    Lockheed Martin successfully completed the paveway II Dual Mode Laser Guided Bomb (DMLGB) First Article Test program and is now the only qualified source for delivery of DMLGB kits to the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps. The Navy Qualification Test Program, conducted from December 2006 through March 2007 at the Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division, China Lake Test Range, Calif., consisted of 25 ... more

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    Canadian Solar Signs Agreement To Build 300KW Suzhou Solar Demonstration Park
    Jiangsu, China (SPX) Sep 26, 2007
    Canadian Solar has announced that it has signed an agreement with the government of Suzhou New District to build the ''Suzhou Solar Demonstration Park,'' a project that converts a deserted area into a municipality recreation site featuring a 300KW grid-connected solar power system. The park will also serve as a long-term outdoor reliability testing and demonstration ground for CSI modules using ... more

    China To Build New Space Launch Center In Southernmost Province
    Beijing (XNA) Sep 24, 2007
    China plans to construct a new space launch center in Wenchang, China's southernmost Hainan Province, according to official sources. The new launch center aims to serve the next-generation rocket carriers that do emit poisonous and pollutive gas and new-type spacecraft. The new launch site will be mainly used for launching synchronous satellites, heavy satellites, large space stations, and deep ... more

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    Taiyuan, China (XNA) Sep 19, 2007
    China launched the third earth resources satellite co-developed with Brazil on Wednesday morning and the two nations will jointly develop two more satellites. The satellite, named 02B, was launched on a Chinese Long March-4B carrier rocket which blasted off at 11:26 a.m. (Beijing Time) from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in north China's Shanxi Province. The satellite separated from the roc ... more

    The Promised Moon
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    On September 17, international reports confirmed the seriousness of Beijing's intention to put its own spacecraft in a lunar orbit before the end of this year. While for the leading space players - Russia and the United States - planned expeditions are quite natural if not always justified, China's lunar ambition, and indeed the country's entire space effort, fills one with wonder at such an ... more

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    Australia And China Partner For A Low-Emission Energy Future
    Newcastle, Australia (SPX) Sep 06, 2007
    Australia and China today signed a partnership agreement that will pave the way for the installation of low-emission coal energy technology in Beijing next year. Signed by CSIRO Chief Executive, Dr Geoff Garrett, and Mr Li Xiaopeng, the President of China's state-owned energy enterprise, the China Huaneng Group, the agreement will see a post combustion capture pilot plant installed at the ... more

    The 5 Ws Of Corn Production
    Madison WI (SPX) Sep 05, 2007
    As of late, many uncertainties have been sprouting up in corn production. Researchers and producers have been wondering if precision agricultural technologies can improve crop yield and quality or reduce their variability. Farmers have been asking a number of questions from, which hybrid should I plant for best yield and quality, to does applying nitrogen fertilizer at a uniform rate produce a ... more

    Chinese Astronauts Test Traditional Chinese Medicines In Space
    Beijing (XNA) Aug 29, 2007
    China's astronauts have been testing new varieties of traditional Chinese medicine that could help treat osteoporosis, insomnia and improve immunity. Doctors with the China Astronaut Research and Training Center say the new remedies will be prepared for sale after further tests during the country's third manned space program in 2008. The medicines have been packaged in pill and capsule ... more

    China's CNPC To Fund Cross-Country Gas Pipeline From Central Asia
    Beijing (RIA Novosti) Aug 28, 2007
    The China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) will finance the construction of a pipeline across the country, to supply Central Asian gas to China's south and east, the company said Monday. The state-owned giant, China's largest oil and gas producer, said the Second West-East Pipeline Project had been approved by the Chinese government, and that CNPC would be the sole investor ... more

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