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This week's Earth, Exploitation and Survival campaign Article of the Week by Mr. Andrew Swan describes the environmental, political and economic tangles that have originated as a result of finding crude oil reserves in the Niger Delta.

Amsterdam-based Thomas Rau is the only architect and one of the few practitioners on a ranking of the Top 100 Dutch key players in sustainablity. Thomas Rau was nominated for his CO2-neutral, self-sustaining, environmentally-friendly architecture.

Boon Edam developed an energy generating revolving door for the Driebergen-Zeist railway station in The Netherlands, which not only saves energy but also generates energy with every person passing through the door.

The Scaent Group’s Lithuanian subsidiary Scaent Baltic sold a 33% stake in the main Lithuanian independent energy trading company Energijos Realizacijos Centras (ERC) to the Finnish company RAO Nordic.

The future’s bright for thin-film cells but not everyone will benefit

The Scaent Group’s Board of Directors have appointed Mr. Magnus Astrom as the new Managing Director of Scaent AB, the founding company of the Scaent Group and one of the Group’s core operations.

The Scaent Group has changed its supplier of electricity on the Kola Peninsula and has signed a long-term contract with Inter RAO UES for the export of electricity generated by TGC-1, the third largest energy generating company in Russia.

The Board of Directors of SKM Market Predictor, the Scaent Group’s recently acquired Norwegian subsidiary, held a meeting during the last week to discuss and review the SKM development strategy and future prospects within new target markets.

The Spanish PV market is growing so fast, by at least 100% in 2007, that the official goal in the Renewable Energy Plan for 2005-2010 (PER) of 400 MW will be reached by the end of this year.

LONDON, UK (September 4, 2007) - DataGenic Ltd announced today an extended program of R & D investment, following the investment by Dr Jacques Chahine.

DataGenic Ltd, announced today an equity investment by Dr Jacques Chahine, PhD in Mathematical Statistics, Chairman of Digital Funds –a Luxemburg-based Sicav -and founder of JCF Group (Jacques Chahine Finance) now part of FactSet Research Systems.

French-based energy supplier EDF has awarded a new supplier sourcing contract to the partnership of Supplier Scan and global supply management company Achilles.

Following the enormous growth in real estate, the booming Spanish PV market now offers interesting potential for investors to put in their money.

What is going on in Silicon Valley these days, with so many new start-ups and companies entering into photovoltaic solar cell and module production?