ENERGY-DAILY.Com brings you daily news on energy technology - it's manufacture, it's distribution and it's application 19-MAR-10 en-us Wuxi, China (SPX) Mar 18, 2010 - Suntech Power Holdings will supply solar panels for what will be the biggest solar power plant in Taiwan. Owned and operated by the Taiwan Power Company, and developed by Fortune Electric Co., Ltd., the new 4.7MW solar plant in Young'an, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, will nearly double the island's current installed solar capacity of about 5MW.]]> Boston MA (SPX) Mar 19, 2010 - Since its development in China thousands of years ago, silk from silkworms, spiders and other insects has been used for high-end, luxury fabrics as well as for parachutes and medical sutures.]]> Washington DC (SPX) Mar 19, 2010 - Graphene-carbon formed into sheets a single atom thick-now appears to be a promising base material for capturing hydrogen, according to recent research at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the University of Pennsylvania. The findings suggest stacks of graphene layers could potentially store hydrogen safely for use in fuel cells and other applications.]]> Ann Arbor MI (SPX) Mar 19, 2010 - In findings that took the experimenters three years to believe, University of Michigan engineers and their collaborators have demonstrated that light itself can twist ribbons of nanoparticles.]]> Sydney (AFP) March 19, 2010 - Australia Friday voiced confidence its vital trade ties with China would not be harmed by next week's sensitive trial of an Australian mining executive charged with bribery and industrial espionage.]]> Washington DC (SPX) Mar 18, 2010 - In a major expansion of its global market presence, Ireland-based Surface Power has announced a strategic partnership agreement to expand into the multi-billion dollar solar heating and solar air-conditioning market with Solar Energy Initiatives, headquartered in Florida.]]> Durham NC (SPX) Mar 19, 2010 - Duke University researchers have devised a method to dry and preserve proteins in a glassified form that seems to retain the molecules' properties as workhorses of biology.]]> Moses Lake WA (SPX) Mar 18, 2010 - Property owner Victor C. Jansen and the environmental association RECisEXCEPTIONAL filed a citizen suit in the United States district court in Spokane, Washington. The lawsuit seeks to halt construction and start-up of the $688 million "Silicon IV" chemical plant for failure to comply with safety and environmental requirements under the federal Clean Air Act.]]> Tokyo (AFP) March 16, 2010 - Japanese electronics giant Sanyo said Tuesday it had opened two "solar parking lots" in Tokyo where 100 electric hybrid bicycles can be recharged from sunlight-powered panels.]]> Chicago (AFP) March 18, 2010 - Can the promise of a free cupcake or some cold hard cash work better than dire predictions of dying polar bears and rising sea levels at getting people to cut their carbon footprint?]]> Sanaa, Yemen (UPI) Mar 18, 2009 - Yemen's Interior Ministry says it has strengthened security at the country's main oil installations and tanker terminals amid warnings of al-Qaida attacks against energy industry targets.]]> Mexico City (UPI) Mar 18, 2009 - Mexico faces major challenges in its poverty reduction programs despite government optimism that new investment will create the desired numbers of jobs.]]> Buenos Aires (UPI) Mar 18, 2009 - Micro-algae as a source of cheap renewable energy are at the center of new research being conducted at Argentina's National Technological University.]]>