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	<title><![CDATA[Rise in house sales helps fuel optimism over economy]]></title>
	<link>http://industry.bnet.com/energy/news-analysis/rise-house-sales-helps-fuel/21605/</link>
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	US stocks bounced back from last week's lows after dollar weakness boosted energy companies and encouraging housing data reassured investors about the pace of economic recovery. Housebuilders' shares edged up after data showed that sales of previously owned homes in the country had risen 10.1 per...
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					<li><a class="source" href="http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/1fb07ac4-d838-11de-8b04-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fmarkets">Financial Times</a> - Wall Street rallies on housing data</li>
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	<dc:creator>Financial Times</dc:creator>
	<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 18:00:00 PST</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[Heritage backs out of talks with Turkey's Genel]]></title>
	<link>http://industry.bnet.com/energy/news-analysis/heritage-backs-talks-turkeys-genel/21507/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[
	Heritage Oil has called off its proposed $6bn deal to merge with Turkey’s Genel Enerji in the wake of its agreement to sell its Ugandan oil fields to Eni, the Italian energy group. The UK group on Sunday sealed a deal with Eni worth $1.35bn ($790m) in cash for the Ugandan assets and in doing so...
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					<li><a class="source" href="http://www.upi.com/Science_News/Resource-Wars/2009/11/23/Heritage-dumps-Eni-cash-into-Iraq/UPI-61931258992294/">UPI</a> - Heritage dumps Eni cash into Iraq</li>
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	<dc:creator>Financial Times</dc:creator>
	<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 01:03:46 PST</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[Heritage Sells Fields to Eni]]></title>
	<link>http://industry.bnet.com/energy/news-analysis/heritage-sells-fields-eni/21456/</link>
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	By Tom Bergin LONDON (Reuters UK) - Explorer Heritage Oil said it had agreed to sell its Ugandan interests to Italy's Eni for up to $1.5 billion (905 million pounds) as the Italian oil major builds its presence in Africa through acquisitions. Heritage, whose other main assets are undeveloped...
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					<li><a class="source" href="http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/e733fd22-d7d0-11de-b578-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fcompanies%2Fenergy">Financial Times</a> - Heritage Oil scoops Tullow with Eni move</li>
					<li><a class="source" href="http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/c8e3c08a-d6ec-11de-8647-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fcompanies%2Fenergy">Financial Times</a> - Heritage to sell Ugandan fields to Eni</li>
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	<dc:creator>Reuters UK</dc:creator>
	<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:15:27 PST</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[Putin eases European gas supply fears in Yalta talks]]></title>
	<link>http://industry.bnet.com/energy/news-analysis/putin-eases-european-gas-supply/21499/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[
	Fears that European gas supplies could be disrupted this winter have eased after Russia's prime minister agreed to waive financial sanctions against recession-battered Ukraine. Vladimir Putin's mood late on Thursday after a summit in Yalta with Yulia Tymoshenko, his Ukrainian counterpart,...
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					<li><a class="source" href="http://www.upi.com/Science_News/Resource-Wars/2009/11/23/Europe-gets-gas-relief/UPI-55431258991962/">UPI</a> - Europe gets gas relief</li>
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	<guid>http://industry.bnet.com/energy/news-analysis/putin-eases-european-gas-supply/21499/</guid>
	<dc:creator>Financial Times</dc:creator>
	<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:00:00 PST</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[A quest for CO2 and O2 optimal management with biofuel from algae]]></title>
	<link>http://industry.bnet.com/energy/news-analysis/quest-co2-o2-optimal-management/21313/</link>
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	Germany’s The Linde Group and Bonita Springs, Fla.-based Algenol Biofuels are putting their heads together on a carbon dioxide and oxygen management project aimed at producing biofuels from algae. The companies said they will be looking at optimum management of carbon dioxide and oxygen with...
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					<li><a class="source" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/DomesticFuel/~3/CfNfQWTaxh4/">Domestic Fuel</a> - Algenol, Linde Partner On CO2 Management Technology</li>
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	<guid>http://industry.bnet.com/energy/news-analysis/quest-co2-o2-optimal-management/21313/</guid>
	<dc:creator>Cleantech Group</dc:creator>
	<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:16:34 PST</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[The green race to the top]]></title>
	<link>http://industry.bnet.com/energy/news-analysis/green-race/21325/</link>
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	If climate regulation will burden businesses or increase costs,  then why are so many companies strengthening their voluntary response to the climate crisis in the midst of an economic downturn? The reason is, there’s a race to the top when it comes to sustainability, particularly among...
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					<li><a class="source" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Greenbuzz/~3/FVdTVbbeCPQ/climate-counts-and-green-race-top">GreenBiz.com</a> - Climate Counts and the Green Race to the Top</li>
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	<guid>http://industry.bnet.com/energy/news-analysis/green-race/21325/</guid>
	<dc:creator>Marc Gunther</dc:creator>
	<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 13:15:32 PST</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[Aptera on the Skids: Electric 2e on Hold Amid Layoffs, Dash for Cash]]></title>
	<link>http://industry.bnet.com/energy/news-analysis/aptera-skids-electric-2e-hold/21125/</link>
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	“Aptera’s production and delivery will be tied directly to funding,” said Aptera Motors CEO Paul Wilbur in a release from the ultra high-efficiency vehicle startup late yesterday. That very mild assessment belies the reality that Aptera is peering across the Valley of Death, where many...
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					<li><a class="source" href="http://earth2tech.com/2009/11/16/aptera-founders-ousted-in-showdown-with-auto-vets-report/">Earth2tech.com</a> - Aptera Founders Ousted in Showdown With Auto Vets: Report</li>
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	<guid>http://industry.bnet.com/energy/news-analysis/aptera-skids-electric-2e-hold/21125/</guid>
	<dc:creator>Earth2tech.com</dc:creator>
	<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 09:26:25 PST</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[Gas fears to dominate Yalta talks]]></title>
	<link>http://industry.bnet.com/energy/news-analysis/gas-fears-dominate-yalta-talks/21287/</link>
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	The fate of eastern Europe was once decided in the Crimean resort town of Yalta. When Vladimir Putin, Russia's prime minister, and his Ukrainian counterpart, Yulia Tymoshenko, meet there today the region will be watching closely. Relations between Russia and its former vassal are at a post-cold...
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					<li><a class="source" href="http://www.upi.com/Science_News/Resource-Wars/2009/11/20/No-threat-of-gas-crisis-Putin-says/UPI-39921258728981/">UPI</a> - No threat of gas crisis, Putin says</li>
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	<dc:creator>Financial Times</dc:creator>
	<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:00:00 PST</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[TNK-BP set to extend Russian partner's tenure as interim chief]]></title>
	<link>http://industry.bnet.com/energy/news-analysis/tnk-pset-extend-russian-partners/21286/</link>
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	TNK-BP, the oil joint venture between BPand a group of Russian tycoons, is likely to be led by Mikhail Fridman, one of the Russian partners, until 2011, it emerged last night. Maxim Barsky, a Russian oil executive in his thirties, has been approved by both sides as the new permanent chief...
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					<li><a class="source" href="http://www.upi.com/Science_News/Resource-Wars/2009/11/20/TNK-BP-picks-new-CEO/UPI-64491258730202/">UPI</a> - TNK-BP picks new CEO</li>
					<li><a class="source" href="http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/natural_resources/article6922602.ece#cid=OTC-RSS&attr=2876277">Times Online</a> - Russian wish granted on TNK-BP boss</li>
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	<guid>http://industry.bnet.com/energy/news-analysis/tnk-pset-extend-russian-partners/21286/</guid>
	<dc:creator>Financial Times</dc:creator>
	<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:00:00 PST</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[Cellulosic Biorefinery Begins Construction]]></title>
	<link>http://industry.bnet.com/energy/news-analysis/cellulosic-biorefinery-begins-construction/20995/</link>
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					<li><a class="source" href="http://cleantech.com/news/5317/zeachem-shake-down-and-start-cons">Cleantech Group</a> - ZeaChem to ‘shake down’ as it starts construction on first biorefinery</li>
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	<guid>http://industry.bnet.com/energy/news-analysis/cellulosic-biorefinery-begins-construction/20995/</guid>
	<dc:creator>Domestic Fuel</dc:creator>
	<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 15:00:35 PST</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[California Bans Most Televisions]]></title>
	<link>http://industry.bnet.com/energy/news-analysis/california-bans-televisions/21314/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[
	As expected, California regulators voted today to ban televisions it deems as too power-hungry. The ban will mean that Californians won't be able to legally buy the same quality televisions that are available in the rest of the country. Only around 25 percent of televisions currently sold meet...
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					<li><a class="source" href="http://www.upi.com/Science_News/Resource-Wars/2009/11/20/California-sets-energy-rules-for-TVs/UPI-63531258737941/">UPI</a> - California sets energy rules for TVs</li>
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	<guid>http://industry.bnet.com/energy/news-analysis/california-bans-televisions/21314/</guid>
	<dc:creator>Business Insider</dc:creator>
	<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 11:48:53 PST</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[RFA takes VP Gore to task over new book]]></title>
	<link>http://industry.bnet.com/energy/news-analysis/rfa-takes-pgore-task/20946/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[
	Bob Dinneen, President of the Renewable Fuels Association, took Vice President Al Gore to task this week over what it sees as the inaccuracies about biofuels in his new book, 'Our Choice'.  In the book Vice President Gore expresses his "disappointment” over the progress of ethanol in the past...
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					<li><a class="source" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/DomesticFuel/~3/geS5-Q_JmYk/">Domestic Fuel</a> - RFA Sends Former VP Ethanol Facts</li>
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	<guid>http://industry.bnet.com/energy/news-analysis/rfa-takes-pgore-task/20946/</guid>
	<dc:creator>Biofuel Review</dc:creator>
	<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 10:22:18 PST</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[BG Group eyes FLNG vessel in Brazil]]></title>
	<link>http://industry.bnet.com/energy/news-analysis/bg-group-eyes-flng-vessel/21102/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[
	BRASILIA, Brazil, Nov. 18 (UPI) -- BG Group signed a joint venture agreement with Brazil's Petrobras to vet proposals to develop a floating liquefied natural gas vessel in the Santos Basin. BG Group announced it signed a joint venture agreement with Petrobras to focus on developing an FLNG vessel...
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					<li><a class="source" href="http://www.theengineer.co.uk/Articles/Article.aspx?liArticleID=314201">The Engineer</a> - BG signs Brazilian FLNG deal</li>
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	<guid>http://industry.bnet.com/energy/news-analysis/bg-group-eyes-flng-vessel/21102/</guid>
	<dc:creator>UPI</dc:creator>
	<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 09:05:04 PST</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[After rocky year, Vattenfall names new CEO]]></title>
	<link>http://industry.bnet.com/energy/news-analysis/rocky-vattenfall-names-ceo/20762/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[
	STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Nov. 17 (UPI) -- Swedish state-owned energy giant Vattenfall will replace its longtime CEO Lars Josefsson after he and his company endured a difficult year. The former head of Dutch energy company Nuon, Oeystein Loeseth, 51, will succeed Josefsson, 59, "prior to the summer of...
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					<li><a class="source" href="http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/59e64eba-d231-11de-a0f0-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fcompanies%2Fenergy">Financial Times</a> - Vattenfall prepares to name new chief</li>
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	<guid>http://industry.bnet.com/energy/news-analysis/rocky-vattenfall-names-ceo/20762/</guid>
	<dc:creator>UPI</dc:creator>
	<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 12:20:03 PST</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[Minnesota to get $40 million wind farm]]></title>
	<link>http://industry.bnet.com/energy/news-analysis/minnesota-40-million-wind-farm/20701/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[
	WOODSTOCK, Minn., Nov. 17 (UPI) -- Community wind power company Juhl Wind Inc. and its Suzlon Wind Energy Co. partners announced the start of construction on a $40 million wind farm in Minnesota. Minnesota's Juhl Wind said it launched the construction of the Grant County wind farm project near...
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					<li><a class="source" href="http://www.theengineer.co.uk/Articles/Article.aspx?liArticleID=314179">The Engineer</a> - Wind turbines for Grant County</li>
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	<guid>http://industry.bnet.com/energy/news-analysis/minnesota-40-million-wind-farm/20701/</guid>
	<dc:creator>UPI</dc:creator>
	<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 08:17:10 PST</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[Picarro’s Gas Analyzer to Help Monitor GHG Emissions]]></title>
	<link>http://industry.bnet.com/energy/news-analysis/gas-analyzer-monitor-ghg-emissions/21255/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[
	If diplomats headed to  Copenhagen this December  are able to negotiate a new global climate treaty, how will the world know these countries are reducing their greenhouse gas emissions as much as they claim? Michael Woelk, the chief executive of  Sunnyvale, Calif.-based Picarro , believes he has...
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					<li><a class="source" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TriplePundit/~3/PiLnQRR_L-k/">Triple Pundit</a> - Self Reporting Doesn’t Cut it: Why We Need a National GHG Measurement System</li>
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	<guid>http://industry.bnet.com/energy/news-analysis/gas-analyzer-monitor-ghg-emissions/21255/</guid>
	<dc:creator>Earth2tech.com</dc:creator>
	<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 05:00:22 PST</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[LSE fines Regal £600,000 after investigation]]></title>
	<link>http://industry.bnet.com/energy/news-analysis/lse-fines-regal-600000-investigation/20646/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[
	Oil exploration company Regal Petroleum has been fined £600,000 and issued with a formal censure by the London Stock Exchange for breaches in the rules surrounding market-moving announcements by Aim companies. The sanctions were imposed by the Aim Disciplinary Committee for breaches in its code...
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					<li><a class="source" href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/business/8364160.stm">BBC</a> - Regal Petroleum in £600,000 fine</li>
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	<guid>http://industry.bnet.com/energy/news-analysis/lse-fines-regal-600000-investigation/20646/</guid>
	<dc:creator>Financial Times</dc:creator>
	<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 02:58:42 PST</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[Porifera Seeks to Upturn Carbon Capture & Desalination]]></title>
	<link>http://industry.bnet.com/energy/news-analysis/porifera-seeks-upturn-carbon-capture/20628/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[
	Carbon capture and water desalination couldn’t seem further apart. One seeks to grab large amounts of greenhouse gas emissions and sequester them away from the planet’s atmosphere, and the other is a process for separating salt from seawater. Where’s the connection? It lies in the labs of...
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					<li><a class="source" href="http://cleantech.com/news/5306/porifera-snags-license-carbon-nanot">Cleantech Group</a> - Porifera snags carbon nanotube license for desal</li>
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	<guid>http://industry.bnet.com/energy/news-analysis/porifera-seeks-upturn-carbon-capture/20628/</guid>
	<dc:creator>Earth2tech.com</dc:creator>
	<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 23:59:21 PST</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[Will the Health Care Bill Hurt Renewable Energy?]]></title>
	<link>http://industry.bnet.com/energy/news-analysis/health-care-bill-hurt-renewable/20644/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[
	Posted by: John Carey on November 16 Health care and solar power seem to be worlds apart. Yet the massive health care bill could cast a pall on renewable energy. How? The link is an obscure tax provision in the House version of the health care bill, explains tax attorney Jerome Breed, a partner...
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					<li><a class="source" href="http://www.businessweek.com/blogs/money_politics/archives/2009/11/how_the_health.html">BusinessWeek</a> - How the Health Care Bill Could Hurt Renewable Power</li>
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	<guid>http://industry.bnet.com/energy/news-analysis/health-care-bill-hurt-renewable/20644/</guid>
	<dc:creator>BusinessWeek</dc:creator>
	<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 12:55:02 PST</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[Tesla Motors using Dana's battery cooling tech in the Roadster]]></title>
	<link>http://industry.bnet.com/energy/news-analysis/tesla-motors-danas-battery-cooling/20544/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[
	Maumee, Ohio-based Dana Holding (NYSE:DAN) disclosed for the first time today that its battery cooling technology is going into Tesla Motors' 2010 all-electric Roadster Sport, a high-performance, zero-emissions sports car. The 2010 Roadsters, including the Sport, started production in July and...
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					<li><a class="source" href="http://www.cleantech.com/news/5293/tesla-motors-taps-dana-heat-exchang">Cleantech Group</a> - Tesla Motors using Dana's battery cooling tech in the Roadster</li>
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	<guid>http://industry.bnet.com/energy/news-analysis/tesla-motors-danas-battery-cooling/20544/</guid>
	<dc:creator>Cleantech Group</dc:creator>
	<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 17:14:57 PST</pubDate>
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