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US, Bahrain sign deal on nuclear energy cooperation: US Washington (AFP) March 24, 2008 
The United States and Bahrain signed a deal Monday on peaceful nuclear energy cooperation, holding it up as a model for the Middle East that contrasts with Iran's disputed atomic program. The memorandum of understanding on nuclear energy cooperation was signed by US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and her Bahraini counterpart Sheikh Khalid bin Ahmed al-Khalifa during a ceremony at ... read more |
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Turkey invites bids to build first nuclear power plant
Ankara (AFP) March 24, 2008Turkey's energy minister on Monday invited bids for the construction of country's first nuclear power plant, which is to be built on the Mediterranean coast despite strong opposition from environmentalists. "I have officially launched the tender process today. This is the start of a very important and positive process for our country's future,", the Anatolia news agency quoted Energy Minister ... more Startech Environmental Announces Plans For Its Carbonless Power System 
Wilton CT (SPX) Mar 26, 2008Startech Environmental has announced its plans to produce and market its Carbonless Power System for "Green Electricity" in stationary facilities. Startech Hydrogen, derived from processing waste in the Startech Plasma Converter, will be used as a pristine fuel to power the hydrogen-engine-generators from the Hydrogen Engine Center. The Company is scheduled to receive its first hydrogen ... more Findings Could Improve Fuel Cell Efficiency 
Durham NC (SPX) Mar 26, 2008A new type of membrane based on tiny iron particles appears to address one of the major limitations exhibited by current power-generating fuel cell technology. While there are many types of fuel cells, in general they generate electricity as the result of chemical reactions between an external fuel -- most commonly hydrogen -- and an agent that reacts with it. The membrane that separates ... more Demand For Electricity In Tanzania Fuelled By Industrial Growth 
Cape Town, South Africa (SPX) Mar 26, 2008Rising demand from both local and export power markets is necessitating urgent additions to Tanzania's installed electricity capacity. The country is looking to the rehabilitation of the power industry and the exploration of both gas and coal for power generation to reduce the supply-demand gap. ... more China eyes nuclear energy after snow: report 
Beijing (AFP) March 24, 2008China has become more ambitious about adopting nuclear energy after heavy snowstorms early this year showed the dangers of reliance on coal, state media said Monday. The government now wants nuclear energy to account for at least five percent of total power supply by 2020, the China Daily reported, citing Zhang Guobao, head of the new national energy bureau. "All sides have reached the ... more |
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Moscow (AFP) March 25, 2008Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak will seek to secure Russian nuclear technology during his current visit to Russia while Moscow is trying to revive lucrative arms sales to Cairo, newspapers said Tuesday. Mubarak, who began the visit on Monday, voiced "full satisfaction with the level of international political consultations between Cairo and Moscow," in an interview with the state-owned new ... more India rejects US timeline for nuclear deal 
Washington (AFP) March 25, 2008India said Tuesday it could not commit to any US timeline for finalization of a landmark nuclear deal caught in a deadlock among its ruling coalition partners. Foreign Minister Pranap Mukherjee said New Delhi needed "more time" to forge an agreement on the deal despite a tight 2008 US legislative calendar ahead of the November presidential polls. US President George W. Bush and Indian ... more Record Makes Thin-Film Solar Cell Competitive With Silicon Efficiency 
Golden CO (SPX) Mar 26, 2008Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory have moved closer to creating a thin-film solar cell that can compete with the efficiency of the more common silicon-based solar cell. The copper indium gallium diselenide thin-film solar cell recently reached 19.9 percent efficiency, setting a new world record for this type of cell. Multicrystalline ... more Renewable Energy Provider Reaches One-Megawatt Milestone 
Bristol RI (SPX) Mar 26, 2008SolarWrights has announced that the completion of the 10.25 kW installation at the Kincaid residence in Stonington, CT brings their total installed residential solar electricity in the Northeast to over one-megawatt. President and founder, Robert Chew, views this as a milestone for both SolarWrights and the solar industry. "Reaching the one-megawatt mark is a tremendous accomplishment for ... more |
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Washington DC (SPX) Mar 26, 2008A public-private effort to develop technologies for more fuel-efficient automobiles and to investigate the feasibility of hydrogen-based vehicles has made significant progress in most research areas, says a new report from the National Research Council. While several barriers hinder the program from achieving its full objectives, the potential benefits -- reducing dependence on imported oil and ... more Argonne And DoT Open Transportation Research And Computing Center 
Argonne IL (SPX) Mar 26, 2008The U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory, in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Transportation's Research and Innovative Technology Administration, has announced the opening of the Transportation Research and Analysis Computing Center in suburban Chicago. The new, state-of-the-art modeling, simulation and high-performance computing center will ... more AEP SWEPCO Receives Louisiana Commission Approval To Build 600-MW Coal-Fueled Plant 
Shreveport LA (SPX) Mar 26, 2008The Louisiana Public Service Commission has approved a request by Southwestern Electric Power Company, a unit of American Electric Power, to construct a 600-megawatt coal-fueled power plant in Hempstead County in southwest Arkansas. The five-member Commission unanimously approved the request for certification on March 19. "We are very pleased that the Louisiana Commission ... more Sanitation Investments In Poor Countries Yield Huge Benefits In Productivity And Health 
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Mar 25, 2008Experts estimate that $9 in productivity, health and other benefits are returned for every dollar invested installing toilets for people in countries that today are off-track in meeting the UN Millennium Development Goal (MDG) for sanitation. Some argue that meeting the sanitation MDG is also a prerequisite to the goals of reducing global poverty. Achieving the sanitation goal - to s ... more
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