GE To Supply Additional 600 Megawatts Of Wind Turbines To Invenergy
Atlanta GA (SPX) May 04, 2007
GE Energy will provide an additional 600 megawatts of wind turbines to Invenergy Wind for 2008 projects in the United States and Canada. Invenergy previously announced the purchase of 600 megawatts of GE Energy wind turbines for 2007 projects. The latest order brings the total to 1,200 megawatts of GE 1.5-megawatt machines for projects over the next two years -- enough power for more than 300,00 ... read more
Scientists Seek Ways To Bury Greenhouse Gases
Bangkok (AFP) May 03, 2007
Scientists believe that finding a way to bury the world's greenhouse gas problem -- quite literally -- could be an important step to curbing climate change, but the technology is still in its infancy. The technology would capture carbon dioxide released by power plants or other factories, transport it and bury it underground -- either in old oil fields or coal mines, or even at the bottom of the ... more
Old King Coal Hard To Dethrone
Paris (AFP) May 03, 2007
Dirty and dangerous, coal is a notorious source of climate damage yet is destined to remain a key energy source for decades to come. Coal's 19th-century image of puffing steam trains and billowing factory chimneys belies the fact it is firmly cemented in the 21st century, accounting for nearly half of the planet's energy mix.
It is especially popular in China, which is expected to outstrip ... more
Viaspace Expands Focus On Energy Products Including New Opportunities In Clean Energy Sector
Pasadena CA (SPX) May 04, 2007
Viaspace has announced plans to expand its energy-based products into a major business focus. The company has established Viaspace Energy as a business unit to accelerate the growth of its existing direct methanol fuel cell cartridge business and fuel cell humidity sensor product line and to pursue new opportunities identified within the $55.4 billion clean energy sector.
Based on positive ... more
Planning And Guidelines Are Lacking As Use Of Wind Energy In US Grows
Washington DC (SPX) May 04, 2007
Although the use of wind energy to generate electricity is increasing rapidly in the United States, government guidance to help communities and developers evaluate and plan proposed wind-energy projects is lacking, says a new congressionally mandated report from the National Research Council. To inform the development of guidelines, the report offers an analysis of the environmental benefits and ... more
Crucial Climate Change Agreement Reached After Fierce Debate
Bangkok (AFP) May 04, 2007
Climate change experts agreed Friday on measures the world can take to combat global warming, following intense debate and marathon negotiations at a crucial UN conference here, a French delegate said. Scientists and other leading authorities from 120 nations finally achieved a consensus after an exhausting session that lasted from Thursday morning until 4:30 am on Friday (2130 GMT Thursday), Fr ... more
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ADB To Lend India 79.3 Mln Dlrs For Wind Energy Project
Manila (AFP) May 02, 2007
The Asia Development Bank (ADB) said Wednesday it had approved a 79.3 million dollar loan to India's largest private power company to set up and operate wind energy facilities. The loan will support Tata Power Co. Ltd in setting up and running wind power facilities in the state of Maharashtra which will produce 100 megawatts of electricity, the ADB said in a statement from its Manila-based headq ... more
Offshore Oilfield Development Could Enjoy Tax Breaks
Murmansk, Russia (RIA Novosti) May 03, 2007
Companies developing offshore oil deposits could enjoy tax breaks, Russia's president said Wednesday. "Such a decision needs assessments," Vladimir Putin said, speaking at a session of the State Council and the Maritime Board, a government agency overseeing seaports and the commercial fleet, in the ice-free Barents Sea port of Murmansk in northern Russia.
The tax breaks proposal came from ... more
Putin Vows To Develop Arctic Transport For Energy And National Interest
Moscow, Russia (RIA Novosti) May 03, 2007
Russian President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday Russia should develop transport in the Arctic to support future energy projects and Russia's. Speaking onboard a nuclear icebreaker to be used by energy producers, the president said this should be done in an environmentally friendly way, citing "the vulnerable natural environment" there.
"Considering the projected increase in hydrocarbon tra ... more
China, India, Brazil Hold Up Climate Change Talks
Bangkok (AFP) May 02, 2007
A demand by China, India and Brazil that rich nations accept they are mainly responsible for global warming has held up progress at a key UN climate change conference here, delegates said Wednesday. The three nations' insistence since the talks started on Monday that the developed world recognise their dominant role in climate change has stolen precious time meant for debate on how best to tackl ... more
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X-Ray Holograms Expose Secret Magnetism
Chicago IL (SPX) May 03, 2007
Collaborative research between scientists in the UK and USA has led to a major breakthrough in the understanding of antiferromagnets, published in this week's Nature. Scientists at the London Centre for Nanotechnology, the University of Chicago and the Center for Nanoscale Materials at Argonne National Laboratory have used x-rays to see the internal workings of antiferromagnets for the very firs ... more
Putin's Inconsistencies
Moscow (UPI) May 01, 2007
Russian President Vladimir Putin's latest state of the nation address contained little new information, as it was largely a catalogue of what Russia needed domestically.
Still, Western officials and the media immediately latched on to Putin's statements that Russia was re-emerging as a major power, his warning that foreign powers should not meddle in the country's internal affairs, and the ... more
Climate Change Threatens Indonesian Rice Farmers
Chicago (AFP) May 01, 2007
Indonesian rice farmers in Java and Bali must invest in hardier crops and better water storage methods if they hope to maintain harvests in the face of manmade climate change and weather systems such as El Nino, according to a new study. The warm El Nino weather system has already been shown to wreak havoc with the region's rice production by delaying monsoon rains, disrupting the planting of th ... more
Exercise Tests Responses To Hurricane, Nuke And Terrorists
Washington (AFP) April 30, 2007
A hurricane roars ashore in Rhode Island. A nuclear device goes off in the Midwest. And terrorists begin wreaking havoc in Alaska. What do you do? The Pentagon and other US and Canadian agencies plan to answer that question in a major exercise called Ardent Sentry-Northern Edge 07 that began Monday and will play out over the next 18 days, involving thousands of US troops and state and local offi ... more
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