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Petronas Floating Liquefied Natural Gas - 2 (PFLNG - 2) Project involves the installation of a new FLNG facility at the deepwater Rotan Gas field located in Block H within the South China Sea, offshore Sabah.

Egypt's economy was mainly depended on the tourism and exports of cotton, oil and gas. However, in recent times due to decline in oil prices, refurbished consumer electronics industry has emerged as a saviour to the economy. Read on, what is Egypt's advantage on the import of bulk refurbished electronics, and how these electronics can provide new channels to organisations looking to improve their IT asset management strategy, investments and the bottomline.

Recycling helps in bringing down the greenhouse gas emissions caused by the manufacturing of new products. A green computing is an eco-friendly and environmentally responsible way of using the computers. The whole idea of recycling, refurbishing, and repair is based on the pillar of green computing that teaches us to reuse our electronic devices. Let's find out how recycling our used electronic devices would be more satisfying for our business.

Independent oil and gas company Woodside has signed an agreement with Perth-based Blue Ocean Monitoring (BOM) to invest in technology innovation firm Blue Ocean Seismic Services (BOSS).

The European Commission has launched a consultation exercise on policy options for a further reduction of plastic waste. Green Paper will be an integral part of the wider review of the waste legislation that will be completed in 2014.

The Peterhead power station, located in Aberdeenshire on the north-east coast of Scotland, will be the world's first gas-fired power station to host a full-chain carbon capture and storage (CCS) project on a commercial scale.

The eco-friendly bus designed for Namsan travel measures 11.05 meters in length. It can travel at up to 100 kilometers an hour and traverse a distance of 83 kilometers with a full charge. The vehicle can be fully recharged in 30 minutes.

Mildura Solar Power Station is a concentrating photovoltaic (CPV) project being built in Carwrap, south of Mildura in the state of Victoria, Australia. The project will use high performance solar cells used to power satellites. The plant was proposed to have an installed capacity of 100MW initially to reduce the annual greenhouse gas emissions by 396,000t.

Alstom recently announced it was installing a new flue gas corrosion protection system at the Weiher coal power plant in Germany to protect its boiler evaporator walls against corrosion by reduced oxygen potential. With plants expected to run for decades

China intends to develop a solar power station in space as part of its efforts to cut down greenhouse gases and tackle energy shortage, and E.ON plans to take two of its gas-fired power plants in Germany offline due to unprofitability.

Following the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster, Japan has struggled as many of its nuclear power plants remain off the grid, forcing the country to turn to expensive foreign gas imports. A new report however by Wood Mackenzie highlights the potential wind power has for transforming the Japanese energy mix. Could a great leap see Japan become a wind powerhouse?

Siemens has set a new global record for the execution of fast-track power projects by connecting 4.8GW of generation capacity to the Egyptian grid. Julian Turner asks Peter Ullrich, project director of the three combined- cycle power plants at Siemens Power & Gas Division, how it was achieved.