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	<title><![CDATA[Bug Genes Hold Cellulosic Ethanol Promise]]></title>
	<link>http://industry.bnet.com/energy/news-analysis/bug-genes-hold-cellulosic-ethanol/19375/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[
	The ability of some creepy, pesky insects to digest leaves and wood may hold a key to advancing the production of cellulosic ethanol from biomass. Researchers at the University of Florida have been studying termite guts to figure out what genetic sequencing allows those insects to churn wood into...
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					<li><a class="source" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/DomesticFuel/~3/0dfDomLqKWc/">Domestic Fuel</a> - Termites Could Help Produce Cellulosic Ethanol</li>
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	<dc:creator>GoodFuels</dc:creator>
	<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:21:12 PST</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[SolarReserve: Everything’s Better With a Little Salt]]></title>
	<link>http://industry.bnet.com/energy/news-analysis/solarreserve-salt/19304/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[
	It’s the holy grail of renewable energy: power, even when the sun don’t shine, or the wind don’t blow. Some companies are hoping advances in battery capacity will provide the answer, others are looking to flywheels, or hydrostorage. But SolarReserve, an 18-month old start-up based in Santa...
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					<li><a class="source" href="http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/11/03/solar-power-when-the-sun-goes-down/">New York Times</a> - Solar Power When the Sun Goes Down?</li>
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	<guid>http://industry.bnet.com/energy/news-analysis/solarreserve-salt/19304/</guid>
	<dc:creator>Triple Pundit</dc:creator>
	<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 21:49:12 PST</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[EU urges Kiev to avert fresh gas crisis]]></title>
	<link>http://industry.bnet.com/energy/news-analysis/eu-urges-kiev-avert-fresh/19243/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[
	The European Commission has urged Ukraine to avoid any delays in payment for Russian natural gas that could spark cut-offs in flow to European Union consumers. José Manuel Barroso, the Commission president, telephoned President Viktor Yushchenko on Thursday after Vladimir Putin, the Russian...
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					<li><a class="source" href="http://www.upi.com/Science_News/Resource-Wars/2009/11/02/Russia-warns-of-Ukraine-gas-row-No-3/UPI-88571257205925/">UPI</a> - Russia warns of Ukraine gas row No. 3</li>
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	<guid>http://industry.bnet.com/energy/news-analysis/eu-urges-kiev-avert-fresh/19243/</guid>
	<dc:creator>Financial Times</dc:creator>
	<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 15:48:07 PST</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[Iraq outsmarts Big Oil over contracts]]></title>
	<link>http://industry.bnet.com/energy/news-analysis/iraq-outsmarts-oil-contracts/19226/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[
	BAGHDAD, Nov. 5 (UPI) -- The Iraqi government's hardball tactics with oil majors demanding a bigger slice of the profits from taking over the country's rundown oil fields are paying off. Big Oil has caved in and is now meekly accepting the same 20-year deal the companies rejected at a June...
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					<li><a class="source" href="http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/09_46/b4155000179541.htm">BusinessWeek</a> - Why Oil Majors Are Coming Back to Iraq</li>
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	<guid>http://industry.bnet.com/energy/news-analysis/iraq-outsmarts-oil-contracts/19226/</guid>
	<dc:creator>UPI</dc:creator>
	<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:38:04 PST</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[Why a Strong COP15 Agreement Doesn't Matter... For Cleantech Investment]]></title>
	<link>http://industry.bnet.com/energy/news-analysis/strong-cop15-agreement-doesnt-matter/19209/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[
	photo: David Blaikie via flickr. With all the disappointing news about the UN climate negotiation talk shifting for reaching a legally binding deal in December to one which is merely politically binding, I thought I'd share this rather encouraging piece on analysis from Cleantech Group, which...
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					<li><a class="source" href="http://www.cleantech.com/news/5262/cleantech-copenhagen-15-doesnt-matter">Cleantech Group</a> - Cleantech Group report: COP15 doesn’t matter</li>
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	<guid>http://industry.bnet.com/energy/news-analysis/strong-cop15-agreement-doesnt-matter/19209/</guid>
	<dc:creator>TreeHugger</dc:creator>
	<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 13:21:00 PST</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[With Legally Binding Copenhagen Deal Dead in the Water, Where Do We Go From Here?]]></title>
	<link>http://industry.bnet.com/energy/news-analysis/legally-binding-copenhagen-dead-water/19415/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[
	photo: anoldent via flickr. I hate to say this, because pressure absolutely needs to be kept up on politicians in the next few weeks before COP15, but the green community needs to read the writing on the wall and start moving beyond Copenhagen. Despite a few policy notables, all signs point to no...
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					<li><a class="source" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/treehuggersite/~3/kB7O1b_djDQ/road_to_copenha.php">TreeHugger</a> - Road to Copenhagen: Is a 'politically-binding' agreement worthless or a path to progress?</li>
					<li><a class="source" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/treehuggersite/~3/WAr9MrrmVaE/stern-pachauri-maintain-global-climate-deal-still-possible.php">TreeHugger</a> - Bucking the Trend, Stern & Pachauri Maintain a Global Climate Deal Still Possible in Copenhagen</li>
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	<guid>http://industry.bnet.com/energy/news-analysis/legally-binding-copenhagen-dead-water/19415/</guid>
	<dc:creator>TreeHugger</dc:creator>
	<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 10:17:00 PST</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[Exxon, Shell grab Iraqi oil deal]]></title>
	<link>http://industry.bnet.com/energy/news-analysis/exxon-shell-grab-iraqi-oil/19144/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[
	BAGHDAD, Nov. 5 (UPI) -- Supermajors Exxon Mobil and Royal Dutch Shell on Thursday won the rights to develop the West Qurna-1 oil field in southern Iraq. The team won the deal over rival offers from another consortium led by ConocoPhillips and Russian giant LUKoil. The China National Petroleum...
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					<li><a class="source" href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/business/8344067.stm">BBC</a> - Iraq in third overseas oil deal</li>
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	<dc:creator>UPI</dc:creator>
	<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:18:21 PST</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[KLM Schedules First Biofuel Test Flight With Passengers]]></title>
	<link>http://industry.bnet.com/energy/news-analysis/klm-schedules-biofuel-test-flight/19434/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[
	photo: abdallahh via flickr. Mark your calendars for November 23rd. That's when the first aviation biofuel test flight with passengers aboard is scheduled to take place, and the first test flight in Europe. Dutch airline KLM has announced that "a select group of passengers" will be ride in a...
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					<li><a class="source" href="http://www.biofuelreview.com/content/view/2025/">Biofuel Review</a> - Dutch carrier KLM announces bio-kerosene trial flight</li>
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	<guid>http://industry.bnet.com/energy/news-analysis/klm-schedules-biofuel-test-flight/19434/</guid>
	<dc:creator>TreeHugger</dc:creator>
	<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 07:07:00 PST</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[Toyota Results Are Way Better Than Expected]]></title>
	<link>http://industry.bnet.com/energy/news-analysis/toyota-results-expected/19095/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[
	Toyota (TM), which is going through the worst crisis in existence, due to a combination of the poor economy and manufacturing failures, is already bouncing back.   -----   By YURI KAGEYAMA, AP Business Writer   TOKYO (AP) — Toyota Motor Corp. announced Thursday a surprise profit last quarter...
				<ul>
					<li><a class="source" href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/businessNews/~3/0kPN4tNvALI/idUSTRE5A364F20091105">Reuters</a> - Toyota surprises with quarterly profit</li>
					<li><a class="source" href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/business/8343721.stm">BBC</a> - Carmaker Toyota eyes smaller loss</li>
					<li><a class="source" href="http://www.businessweek.com/globalbiz/content/nov2009/gb2009114_593068.htm">BusinessWeek</a> - Nissan Bounces Back, Boosts Outlook</li>
					<li><a class="source" href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/business/8337757.stm">BBC</a> - Suzuki triples profits forecast</li>
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	<guid>http://industry.bnet.com/energy/news-analysis/toyota-results-expected/19095/</guid>
	<dc:creator>Business Insider</dc:creator>
	<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 03:26:00 PST</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[India purchase adds to bullion price surge]]></title>
	<link>http://industry.bnet.com/energy/news-analysis/india-purchase-adds-bullion-price/19055/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[
	Gold extended its record- breaking run yesterday, pushing towards the $1,100- an-ounce level following Tuesday's news that India's central bank had bought 200 tonnes of bullion from the International Monetary Fund. Gold hit a record $1,095.40 a troy ounce, up 3.4 per cent since the news from...
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					<li><a class="source" href="http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/55bb94aa-c933-11de-b551-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fmarkets">Financial Times</a> - Gold extends record breaking run</li>
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	<guid>http://industry.bnet.com/energy/news-analysis/india-purchase-adds-bullion-price/19055/</guid>
	<dc:creator>Financial Times</dc:creator>
	<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 18:00:00 PST</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[Barcelona Climate Talks: Waiting for America]]></title>
	<link>http://industry.bnet.com/energy/news-analysis/barcelona-climate-talks-waiting-america/19047/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[
	As the last round of “intersessional” climate talks before Copenhagen opened today in Barcelona, all eyes were looking in the same direction they were when we left Bangkok three weeks earlier: at the United States. Without American numbers on mitigation (or emissions reductions) and finance...
				<ul>
					<li><a class="source" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/treehuggersite/~3/SxuzKqjbzA4/waiting-for-america.php">TreeHugger</a> - Road to Copenhagen: Waiting for America</li>
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	<guid>http://industry.bnet.com/energy/news-analysis/barcelona-climate-talks-waiting-america/19047/</guid>
	<dc:creator>Triple Pundit</dc:creator>
	<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:38:27 PST</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[MOU opens up collaboration on biofuels in China]]></title>
	<link>http://industry.bnet.com/energy/news-analysis/mou-opens-collaboration-biofuels-china/19037/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[
	A memorandum of understanding covering collaboration on a range of biofuels technologies and projects in China has been signed by the China National Petroleum Corp. and  UOP LLC, it was announced today (4th November). Under the terms of the agreement, announced at the 20th meeting of the...
				<ul>
					<li><a class="source" href="http://www.cleantech.com/news/5260/uop-china-national-petroleum-team-b">Cleantech Group</a> - China National Petroleum, UOP team on biofuels project</li>
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		]]></description>
	<guid>http://industry.bnet.com/energy/news-analysis/mou-opens-collaboration-biofuels-china/19037/</guid>
	<dc:creator>Biofuel Review</dc:creator>
	<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 16:06:08 PST</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[Total, MIT to work on batteries that store solar]]></title>
	<link>http://industry.bnet.com/energy/news-analysis/mit-work-batteries-store-solar/19016/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[
	French oil company Total said it has signed a research agreement with Massachusetts Institute of Technology to develop new stationary batteries designed to store solar power. The agreement, valued at $4 million over five years, falls under the MIT Energy Initiative, which Total joined as a member...
				<ul>
					<li><a class="source" href="http://www.upi.com/Science_News/Resource-Wars/2009/11/03/Total-works-to-store-solar-energy/UPI-81761257264751/">UPI</a> - Total works to store solar energy</li>
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		]]></description>
	<guid>http://industry.bnet.com/energy/news-analysis/mit-work-batteries-store-solar/19016/</guid>
	<dc:creator>Cleantech Group</dc:creator>
	<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:42:34 PST</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[Revolutionary Cable Suspended Solar: Cost-Effective Solar Structures (Video)]]></title>
	<link>http://industry.bnet.com/energy/news-analysis/revolutionary-cable-suspended-solar-cost/18920/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[
	Image credit: REM eyewear Only the other week I posted about an innovative project to integrate solar power with food production, and while the photo-shopped graphics for that post may have left something to be desired, a new installation may give a better idea of what's possible. In what's...
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					<li><a class="source" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/jetson_green/~3/MqrP9ePWuAM/p4p-tensol-cable-suspended-solar-system.html">Jetson Green</a> - An Affordable Free Span Solar System</li>
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		]]></description>
	<guid>http://industry.bnet.com/energy/news-analysis/revolutionary-cable-suspended-solar-cost/18920/</guid>
	<dc:creator>TreeHugger</dc:creator>
	<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 06:33:21 PST</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[WTI is losing its glitter as a global oil price measure]]></title>
	<link>http://industry.bnet.com/energy/news-analysis/wti-losing-glitter-global-oil/18833/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[
	Less surprising than the change in the benchmark for Saudi oil sales into the US, whereby Saudi Arabia has dropped the West Texas Intermediate contract, was that it took so long to happen. Neither Riyadh nor its US customers have been happy with using WTI crude as their yardstick, even though it...
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					<li><a class="source" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/greensheet/~3/pzPpnI7XFrc/why-saudi-arabia-wants-to-kill-the-nymex-2009-11">Business Insider</a> - Why Saudi Arabia Wants To Kill The NYMEX</li>
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		]]></description>
	<guid>http://industry.bnet.com/energy/news-analysis/wti-losing-glitter-global-oil/18833/</guid>
	<dc:creator>Financial Times</dc:creator>
	<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 18:00:00 PST</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[Landfill waste to power Waste Management hauling fleet]]></title>
	<link>http://industry.bnet.com/energy/news-analysis/landfill-waste-power-waste-management/18792/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[
	Germany’s The Linde Group maintains its core business in industrial gases and engineering. But the company has been putting a new focus on alternative biogas, landfill gas, and hydrogen. And it isn’t starting out small. “Our plans are to focus on these alternative fuels and bring them to...
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					<li><a class="source" href="http://www.upi.com/Science_News/Resource-Wars/2009/11/03/California-garbage-turns-into-vehicle-fuel/UPI-68931257264636/">UPI</a> - California garbage turns into vehicle fuel</li>
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		]]></description>
	<guid>http://industry.bnet.com/energy/news-analysis/landfill-waste-power-waste-management/18792/</guid>
	<dc:creator>Cleantech Group</dc:creator>
	<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 14:04:12 PST</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[From Smart Meters to Smart Thermostats]]></title>
	<link>http://industry.bnet.com/energy/news-analysis/smart-meters-smart-thermostats/18720/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[
	As utilities install more smart meters in homes, more companies are offering services that tap the devices’ ability to give consumers information about their electricity use. But EcoFactor, a startup in the Silicon Valley suburb of Redwood City, aims to take things even further by gathering...
				<ul>
					<li><a class="source" href="http://earth2tech.com/2009/11/03/ecofactor-finally-a-smart-way-to-control-thermostats/">Earth2tech.com</a> - EcoFactor: Finally A Smart Way to Control Thermostats</li>
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	<guid>http://industry.bnet.com/energy/news-analysis/smart-meters-smart-thermostats/18720/</guid>
	<dc:creator>New York Times</dc:creator>
	<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 09:09:41 PST</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[SeaGen tidal power scheme produces more energy than expected]]></title>
	<link>http://industry.bnet.com/energy/news-analysis/seagen-tidal-power-scheme-produces/19084/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[
	Tuesday 03 November 2009 Marine Current Turbines (MCT) has today (November 3) claimed that its tidal stream device SeaGen is in line to produce 7000MWh of renewable energy per year - against original predictions of 5000MWh. The company said that the project in Strangford Lough in Northern...
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					<li><a class="source" href="http://rss.feedsportal.com/c/845/f/10703/s/6edeefd/l/0L0Sbelfasttelegraph0O0Cbusiness0Cbusiness0Enews0Cstrangford0Ewave0Eturbine0Eexceeding0Eexpectations0E145519280Bhtml0Dr0FRSS/story01.htm">Belfast</a> - Strangford wave turbine exceeding expectations</li>
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	<guid>http://industry.bnet.com/energy/news-analysis/seagen-tidal-power-scheme-produces/19084/</guid>
	<dc:creator>New Energy Focus</dc:creator>
	<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 08:55:39 PST</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[Of China, Texas and Green Jobs]]></title>
	<link>http://industry.bnet.com/energy/news-analysis/china-texas-green-jobs/18699/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[
	When a coalition of investors and wind developers from the United States and China announced plans for a large-scale wind project in West Texas last week, many of our readers expressed outrage that a portion of the financing might well come from the $22 billion set aside in the economic stimulus...
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					<li><a class="source" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/treehuggersite/~3/PZmKvE637uQ/chinese-wind-farm-texas-green-jobs-fail.php">TreeHugger</a> - "Chinese" Wind Farm in Texas: Green Jobs FAIL?</li>
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	<guid>http://industry.bnet.com/energy/news-analysis/china-texas-green-jobs/18699/</guid>
	<dc:creator>New York Times</dc:creator>
	<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 07:50:29 PST</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[Sahara could provide up to 15% of Europeâ??s energy]]></title>
	<link>http://industry.bnet.com/energy/news-analysis/sahara-provide-15-energy/18687/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[
	Tuesday 03 November 2009 Around 15% of Europe's energy needs in 2050 could be provided by a huge solar project in the Sahara desert, after a consortium of European companies signed up to the $400 billion (£240 billion) venture yesterday (November 2). The Desertec Industrial Initiative (DII)...
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					<li><a class="source" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/treehuggersite/~3/wUGB8qi5Ydc/desertec-sahara-solar-power-project-produce-first-electricity-2015.php">TreeHugger</a> - Ginormous Sahara Solar Power Project to Produce First Electricity in 2015</li>
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	<guid>http://industry.bnet.com/energy/news-analysis/sahara-provide-15-energy/18687/</guid>
	<dc:creator>New Energy Focus</dc:creator>
	<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 05:59:13 PST</pubDate>
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