Engineers are developing giant solar-powered flying wings that are remote-controlled and designed to remain aloft at high altitudes for weeks, months, or even years -- nonstop.
It is developing giant off-shore wind turbines, biomass power plants (including projects in Florida and Washington with Duke Energy), and, with its Ausra acquisition, solar thermal power plants.
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The rest comes from spots like Azerbaijan, Angola, Algeria and Iran, where it weathered a bribery scandal in 2004 and is developing the giant South Pars gas field.
The fate of that deal is now on hold, and Russia has since excluded Shell from the international consortium developing the giant Shtokman gas field in the Barents Sea.
In Hong Kong, the fast food giant is developing a service known as "McWedding" to encourage people to marry in their stores.
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It is also developing an anaerobic digester that acts like a giant cow stomach, creating biogas from solid food and plant waste.
Other studios are expected to announce similar deals, while Time Warner - which announced its merger with internet giant AOL last week - is developing its own service.
The upgrade comes after web giant Google announced Monday it is developing a free software package for cell phones that would give it a new platform on which to sell ads and services (See "Google Wants Your Phone, Too" and "Google's Call").
After first dismissing Mr Negroponte's laptop as a toy, the chipmaking giant suddenly rushed out a spoiler design of its own for developing countries, fearing it was about to be left out of an emerging market.
Giant, for example, is one of several firms that are developing electric bicycles.
Anne Lauvergeon, chief executive of the French nuclear giant Areva, hinted last week during a meeting in Forbes offices that Areva is developing a hybrid solar power plant concept that combines a solar thermal system with solar photovoltaic (PV) panels.
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The upgrade comes after web giant Google (nasdaq: GOOG - news - people ) announced Monday it is developing a free software package for cell phones that would give it a new platform on which to sell ads and services (See "Google Wants Your Phone, Too" and "Google's Call").
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