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Wave Power Tipped As Holy Grail For Australia Sydney (AFP) May 17, 2007 
New technology harnessing wave energy could be the "holy grail" for providing electricity and drinking water to Australia's major cities, Industry Minister Ian MacFarlane said Thursday. The technology, developed with the help of more than 770 million dollars (636 million US) in seed funding from the government, works through fields of submerged buoys tethered to seabed pumps.
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From Ink To Optics, Study Of Particle Mixtures Yields Fundamental Insights
Princeton NJ (SPX) May 18, 2007Since the invention of ink over 3,000 years ago, people have exploited the unique properties of colloids, in which particles of one substance are suspended in another. Now, Princeton University chemical engineers have answered a fundamental question about these mixtures in work that may have wide-ranging practical applications, including the manufacturing of medicines and optical fibers. R ... more New Veeco Dektak 150 Surface Profiler Aids State-of-the-Art Solar Cell Manufacturer 
Woodbury NY (SPX) May 18, 2007Veeco Instruments has announced the sale and shipment of its new Dektak 150 Surface Profiler to PrimeStar Solar, an emerging manufacturer of cadmium telluride (CdTe) photovoltaic (PV) modules for the solar energy market. The Dektak 150 delivers increased resolution for measuring thin films to 10 nanometers and below to meet the evolving requirements of today's photovoltaic cell applications. ... more New York Times To Defend Indonesian Mining Lawsuit 
Jakarta (AFP) May 17, 2007The New York Times said Thursday it would "vigorously" defend legal action against the newspaper lodged this week in an Indonesian court by an executive of the US mining giant Newmont. The newspaper defended its reporting on Newmont's mining operations after running a series of stories claiming the company dumped tonnes of toxic waste into an Indonesian bay from its now defunct gold mine. ... more Biorefineries To Transform Traditional Forestry Sector 
Boston MA (SPX) May 18, 2007Biorefineries will change the face of traditional forestry industries, an Australian scientist will tell delegates to a major international biotechnology conference - Bio 2007. Dr Simon Potter, a researcher from Ensis - the forestry research joint venture between Australia's CSIRO and New Zealand's Crown Research Institute, Scion - says forestry industries will be transformed by utilising bioref ... more Energy Efficient Desalination Takes A Step Forward 
Canberra, Australia (SPX) May 18, 2007The delivery of energy efficient desalination received a boost with the establishment of a major new research collaboration between CSIRO and nine of Australia's leading universities. The research aims to dramatically increase efficiency, and reduce the financial and environmental costs of producing desalinated water. The research will help advance water desalination as an alternative water supp ... more |
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Dallas TX (SPX) May 17, 2007TXU Wholesale has announced that it has increased its portfolio of wind power contracts with a 209-megawatt (MW) agreement with Airtricity, a world-leading renewable energy company based in Dublin, Ireland. Under terms of the five-year contract, Airtricity will provide the wind power generated by its Roscoe Wind Farm, currently under construction about 45 miles southwest of Abilene in West Texas ... more GE, Hitachi Sign Formation Agreement For Global Nuclear Energy Business Alliance 
Wilmington NC (SPX) May 17, 2007GE and Hitachi have signed a formation agreement to proceed with previously announced plans to create a global alliance of their nuclear businesses. Based on this agreement, GE and Hitachi will form cross-shareholding companies in U.S., Canada and Japan, subject to government approvals. The alliance, when formally completed, will combine GE and Hitachi's nuclear businesses to create one of ... more Bill Clinton Unveils Energy-Saving Plan For 15 Cities 
New York (AFP) May 16, 2007Former US president Bill Clinton on Wednesday announced a five-billion-dollar program to make buildings in 15 of the world's largest cities more energy efficient and help combat global warming. The so-called energy efficiency building retrofit program involves Clinton's private foundation, four of the world's largest energy service companies and five of the biggest banks. "Climate change i ... more Hi-Tech Wealth Launches Solar-Powered Mobile Phone 
Hong Kong, China (SPX) May 17, 2007Hi-Tech Wealth announces the launch of the world's first commercialized solar-powered mobile phone, the "S116." When exposed to direct sunlight for 60 minutes, the S116 battery allows for 40 minutes of talk time. Even when exposed to "weak light" such as sunlight on an overcast day, indoor lighting or candle light, the S116 generates enough electricity to charge the battery. Additionally, ... more |
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Moscow, Russia (RIA Novosti) May 17, 2007Russian President Vladimir Putin visited Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan for two reasons. First, he wanted to set up a partnership of the three countries to build a gas pipeline north of the Caspian Sea. And second, he needed to prevent an anti-Russian alliance of European countries in the energy sector. In my opinion, he achieved both these goals. Kazakhstan, a major player and a major influe ... more US, China To Build Clean Coal Plant In Northwest China 
Beijing (AFP) May 16, 2007China's leading coal miner Shenhua Group and US-based Dow Chemical Company have signed an agreement for a clean coal plant in China, state media said Wednesday. The project will use "clean coal" technologies that convert coal to methanol to produce ethylene and propylene, the building blocks of various plastics and chemical products, the China Daily reported. "This project aligns with Dow' ... more Johns Hopkins Team Finds Ring Of Dark Matter 
Baltimore, MD (SPX) May 16, 2007Using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, a team of astronomers has discovered a ghostly ring of dark matter that formed long ago during a titanic collision between two massive galaxy clusters. The ring's discovery is among the strongest evidence yet that dark matter exists. Astronomers have long suspected the existence of the invisible substance as the source of additional gravity that holds t ... more Using Soil To Lock Up Carbon Could Help Offset Global Warming 
Ithica NY (SPX) May 16, 2007Writing in the May 10 issue of the journal Nature, a Cornell biogeochemist describes an economical and efficient way to help offset global warming: Pull carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere by charring, or partially burning, trees, grasses or crop residues without the use of oxygen. This process, he writes, would double the carbon concentration in the residue, which could be returned to the soil ... more
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