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Suzlon has been chosen by South Africa's Exxaro Resources and India's largest power utility, Tata Power Co. Ltd. as the preferred supplier for their Cennergi joint venture's 138MW South African wind farm.

Terms that still need to be finalized call for Suzlon to deliver 66 of its S97-2.1MW wind turbines for the project, part of a full engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) agreement. If all goes well, construction of the Cennergi wind farm is expected to begin in early 2013.

Vestas came out a big winner as a result of the second-round contract awards. The world's second-largest wind turbine manufacturer has been selected as the supplier to five South African wind energy projects with a combined capacity of 297MW:

West Coast 1, 94 MW, Developer: GDF Suez/IPR SA Tsitsikamma, 95.33 MW, Developer: Cennergi (Pty) Ltd. Grahamstown, 24.60 MW, Developer: EDF EN France Grassridge, 61.50 MW, Developer: EDF EN France Chaba, 21.53 MW, Developer: EDF EN France

Vestas has now been chosen as the preferred supplier of wind turbines for 36% of the wind power contracts- totaling 435.1MW- awarded by the South African government to date.

price of premium-quality extra virgin olive oil in the wholesale market fell this month to $2,900 a tonne,

suffering from strong competition from cheaper varieties of vegetable oil.

This crop is vital for the main producing countries in terms of maintaining employment in their rural areas

Oxfam estimates that poor African cotton-producing countries missed out on almost $400m (£230m) in revenues between 2001 and 2003. About 10 million Africans depend directly on the crop for a living.

Subsidies paid by the US government make it financially viable for textile manufacturers to buy expensive US cotton rather than cheaper, third-world cotton

World Trade Organisation.

In a few countries, gas demand has therefore to be curtailed," the report says.

Middle Eastern governments will have to either curb demand or import a lot more expensive gas.

low gas prices encourage consumption and discourage production.

stagnation in coal output growth

environment clearances

supply shortfall

educed electricity generation

ndia's 200-gigawatt electricity generation capacity is coal-based,

increased supply of coal

economic growth

The government earlier this year directed Coal India to sign pacts with the utilities that became operational after April 2009,

as was the case in the previous supply pacts.

14 power producers out of a total of about 40 utilities that are likely to sign pacts.

Prince William's wedding to Catherine Middleton last year to the Queen's Diamond Jubilee this weekend

But Britain's famous flag has had a chequered past, and wasn't always so coveted

Waistle says orders are "three to four times'" higher now than during the Royal Wedding

We've sold out of bunting and paper napkins, even the paper plates."

most companies are cutting staff, Waistle plans to recruit a full-time tech specialist to help with the pick

up in traffic on his websites

says sales are up at least 20% on last year, across the chain's three West End stores.

sales as "much busier"

Peering up at 147, 12 foot-high flags adorning London's shopping district, Brenda Tode shows off her new Union Jack top to classmates on a school trip from Berlin.

Big business has long been aware of the economic benefits the nation's symbol of unity can bring. More than a decade ago British Airways and Virgin Atlantic fought over the use of the country's colors on their livery.

The flag isn't licensed, so anyone can print patriotic paraphernalia

subsidies are set to be terminated at the end of this fiscal year, the Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry plans to make the subsidies permanent

among children

termination of subsidies for those immunizations was seen as undesirable in light of the fact that an increasing number of young people have been diagnosed with those conditions

routine vaccination program as soon as it can secure funding for them.

Making all seven immunizations part of the routine vaccination program would cost 200 billion yen per year

"It's strange to treat them differently just for budget reasons when they are all important vaccinations

however the dollar’s strength will continue to act as a resistance to rising prices,

Both countries have clearly acknowledged that wind energy is a reliable and sustainable energy solution for the futur

In Denmark, the government has set a goal of achieving 50 per cent of our electricity consumption from wind energy by 2020, and Korea is leading the way by systematically implementing policies required to spur Green Growth.

We have installed more than 200 onshore wind power turbines in the country since 1998, and almost 70 per cent of installed wind power plants are currently using Vestas wind turbines.

With our many years of experience in turning the wind into energy on land and on sea, Vestas will strive to partner with South Korea to reach their goal of building sustainable cities and ensuring future generations have a reliable source of energy

So far, we have installed 581 offshore turbines, equalling 38 per cent of all such turbines in the world. In 2010 alone, we installed a total of 555 MW at the Robin Rigg, Thanet and Bligh Bank offshore wind farms, increasing our installed capacity to more than 1,400 MW.

Last week, Indian state-run oil firms announced the sharpest jump in petrol prices in nearly a decade to offset growing losses caused by subsidised rates

Once taxes are included, the price increase of Rs6.28 (11 US cents) per litre will result in a Rs7.5-rupee rise for consumers in cities such as Delhi