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SCOTLAND SEEKS TO BECOME A KEY EUROPEAN PLAYER IN GREEN ENERGY
BY ROBERT STOKES
NATIONALISM and the energy industry have made uneasy bedfellows throughout history, yet Scotland is attracting substantial international investment in renewables despite having, since May and for the first time, a majority government committed to winning independence from the UK.…
BIOFUELS FACE TOUGH CHALLENGES TO BE A VIABLE EUGREEN ENERGY ALTERNATIVE
BY KEITH NUTHALL
DOUBTS are growing about the wisdom of encouraging biofuel use in the European Union (EU) as a cornerstone of environmental policy aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
The EU has painted itself into a corner with its renewable energy directive.…
OILS AND FATS SECTORS FACE UP TO DANISH FAT TAX
BY GERARD O’DWYER
DENMARK’S centre right government has brushed off criticism directed at its public health policies and has sanctioned the roll-out of its most controversial piece of tax-legislation, the imposition of a so-called ‘Saturated Fat Tax’ on food products. The new law is scheduled to take effect on October 1.…
EASTERN EUROPE IS GROWING ITS BIOFUEL FEEDSTOCK CAPACITY
BY ZLATKO CONKAS, BLAKE BERRY, MONIKA HANLEY, MARK ROWE and KEITH NUTHALL
EASTERN Europe is often regarded as developing in the slipstream of richer western Europe – and so far the model seems to be fitting with biofuels. That said, significant biodiesel manufacturing capacity is in place in the region, according to the European Biodiesel Board.…
EU SCIENTISTS TO CREATE COMPUTERISED PATIENTS
BY KEITH NUTHALL
A EUROPEAN Union (EU)-funded research project is developing computerised models of patients, with sufficient details to enable doctors to create tailored health treatments, promoting the development of personalised medicines. The Euro EUR1.48 million ITFOM (information technology future of medicine) project is led by Germany’s Max Planck Society, working with 25 research institutes and industry groups from Europe and elsewhere.…
BUSINESS COACHING IS A NICHE PRACTICE IN INDIA FOR NOW; BUT IS EXPECTED TO GROW RAPIDLY
BY RAGHAVENDRA VERMA
WHILE business coaching is still in its nascent stage in India, it is increasingly becoming a practice that is very much sought after by talented professionals: "[Business coaching] is seen by executives as a perk and a leadership development initiative," said Dr Ajay Nangalia, managing director of Bangalore-based leadership firm Global Coach Trust.…
AMAZON PLAYS A LONG GAME IN SPAIN
BY ROBERT STOKES
AMAZON’s arrival in Spain has lit a slow flame under the soles of Spanish booksellers, but the e-tailer faces obstacles to growth that do no afflict it in the UK and America. Amazon.es launched September 15 and will be hot gossip at the LIBER Madrid International Book Fair, the main platform for publishers of works in Spanish, which begins October 5.…
EUROPEAN AIRPORTS BREAK AWAY FROM THE ENERGY GRID THROUGH AN INCREASING MOVE TOWARDS ON-SITE POWER PRODUCTION
BY MARK ROWE and MJ DESCHAMPS
FOR many environmentalists – and indeed many others who wonder just where our energy is going to come from in future decades – the aviation industry can seem to embody everything that is wasteful about our current fossil-fuel dependent world.…
EU EXTENDS CHINA ANTI-DUMPING DUTY FOR CERAMIC GLAZE INPUT BARIUM CARBONATE
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Union (EU) Council of Ministers has extended for five years a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of China-made ceramic glaze input barium carbonate. Barium carbonate is used primarily to make ceramic glazes; in brick and tile manufacture; and in the production of ferrite.…
EU ROUND UP - EUROPEAN COMMISSION WANTS ROLE IN ALL EUROPEAN ENERGY DEALS
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission has launched a major political initiative to prevent European Union (EU) member states being played off against each other in energy negotiations with major suppliers, such as Russia. It has proposed legislation that would insist national EU governments give Brussels information on any current deals and negotiations regarding energy supplies, including, but not only, oil and gas.…