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New Lung Association Study Shows 142 Billion Dollar Benefit Of Converting To Zero-Emission Vehicles By 2030 Sacramento CA (SPX) Mar 25, 2008 
According to a study sponsored by the American Lung Association of California, $142 billion in human health and global warming reduction benefits would result from converting the entire California motor vehicle fleet from gasoline vehicles to zero-emission vehicle (ZEV) technologies in the 2010-2030 timeframe, or $96 billion more than relying on the lowest emitting gasoline technologies. ... read more |
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Nearly One Dollar in Every Four Goes To Buy Energy
Alexandria VA (SPX) Mar 25, 2008It is not just the poorest households who are struggling to pay their energy bills or who are affected by government energy policies, says Americans for Balanced Energy Choices (ABEC). A new study reveals individuals and families making less than $50,000 per year will pay 22 percent of their after-tax income for energy, double the burden of just a decade ago. That means 60 million househol ... more Octillion Announces Streamlining Of Key Process In Development Of Nanopower Window Technology 
Auburn Hills MI (SPX) Mar 25, 2008Octillion has announced efforts to streamline the deposition of silicon nanoparticles on to glass, an important process in development of the Company's NanoPower Window technology, a novel transparent window capable of generating electricity. For the first time, while following previously established protocols for producing lab-scale prototypes, a traditionally time-consuming and cumbersom ... more SES And YIMA Establish Project Office At Planned Coal Gasification To Chemicals Plant Site 
Houston TX (SPX) Mar 25, 2008Synthesis Energy Systems and YIMA Coal Industry Group have announced the establishment of the joint project office responsible for developing their planned integrated coal gasification to transportation fuels and chemical intermediates plant (the "Plant") in Henan Province, China. SES and YIMA have jointly funded the project office and have assigned a team of experienced managers to oversee the ... more Johnson Controls Discovers Future Green Leaders By Igniting Creative Energy 
Milwaukee WI (SPX) Mar 25, 2008Johnson Controls announces the three national winners of the 2008 Igniting Creative Energy Challenge (ICE) -- an educational competition that encourages students to develop ingenious ways to live a more sustainable life and protect the environment. Out of thousands of entries, Tessa Hartley of Missouri, Matthew Belz of Ohio and Wesley Fulkerson of California are named this year's national winner ... more Expanded POET Biorefining - Chancellor Begins Production 
Sioux Falls SD (SPX) Mar 25, 2008POET Biorefining - Chancellor started producing ethanol last week at its expanded capacity of 100 million gallons per year (MGPY). It took the plant fewer than 24 hours to achieve its new nameplate capacity. The $100 million construction project started 12 months ago and doubled the plant's production capacity. With the expansion completed, the annual production capacity of POET's 22 ethanol pla ... more |
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New York NY (SPX) Mar 25, 2008The solar industry has been on a remarkable run in recent years, attracting the attention of investors, corporations, and policymakers. This activity has inflated a bubble that's primed to burst. While growth will continue to be robust - solar industry revenues will grow at a brisk 27% annual rate to reach $70.9 billion in 2012, up from $21.2 billion in 2007 - the solar industry will look very d ... more Mojave Desert Contributes More Than A Billion Dollars Annually To California 
Sacramento CA (SPX) Mar 25, 2008The Mojave Desert provides more than 1 billion dollars annually in economic benefits to the counties of Inyo, Kern, Riverside and San Bernardino, and the Lancaster-Palmdale area of Los Angeles County, according to Defenders of Wildlifes new economic analysis Economic Oasis: Revealing the Value of the Mojave Desert. The Mojave Desert is worth the most to California both economically and eco ... more Ascent Solar Awarded Second Phase Of High Efficiency Solar Cell Program 
Littleton CO (SPX) Mar 25, 2008Ascent Solar Technologies has announced that it has been selected by the U.S. Air Force to continue development of a flexible thin-film tandem solar cell with a goal of achieving photovoltaic conversion efficiencies of 20%. A tandem solar cell is a combination of two cells stacked atop one another, with the top and bottom cells gathering energy from separate parts of the solar spectrum. Ta ... more Adept Technology Supplies Robotics To German Solar Cell Production Equipment Manufacturer 
Livermore CA (SPX) Mar 25, 2008Adept Technology has announced that its automation software, robotics and system products have been selected by SLS Solar Line Saxony as standard products for their automation equipment for solar cell production. SLS was established as a joint venture between Roth and Rau AG Germany and USK Karl Utz Sondermaschinen Germany to accelerate the production ... more |
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Geneva (AFP) March 20, 2008Every day, worldwide, people are falling sick and dying for no better reason than the lack of a good clean toilet, two UN aid agencies said Thursday, underlining a development issue too often overlooked. About two in every five people have no access to a proper toilet, said the World Health Organisation and the UN Childrens Fund (UNICEF), warning that the lack of sanitation is putting 2.6 bi ... more Curbing soot could blunt global warming: study 
Paris (AFP) March 23, 2008Sharply reducing the amount of black carbon - commonly known as soot - in the atmosphere could help slow global warming and buy precious time in the long-term fight against climate change, according to a study released Sunday. Curbing soot emissions could also be a life saver, said the study, published Sunday in the British journal Nature. Each year, more than 400,000 deaths among wome ... more Biofuel boom threatens food supplies: Nestle 
Zurich (AFP) March 23, 2008Growing use of such crops wheat and corn to make biofuels is putting world food supplies in peril, the head of Nestle, the world's biggest food and beverage company, warned Sunday. "If as predicted we look to use biofuels to satisfy 20 percent of the growing demand for oil products, there will be nothing left to eat," chairman and chief executive Peter Brabeck-Letmathe said. "To grant en ... more India woos Africa for resources, influence 
New Delhi (AFP) March 23, 2008India is wooing oil and mineral-rich Africa, seeking to match the clout enjoyed by China, as it seeks to fuel its energy-hungry economy and boost its global profile, analysts say. India's overtures to the continent include a business meeting in New Delhi last week where Indian businessmen mingled with delegates from 33 African nations to discuss potential deals worth 10 billion dollars. ... more
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