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Raytheon Awarded Rolling Airframe Missile Contracts Valued At Nearly 146 Million Dollars Tucson AZ3 (SPX) Jul 10, 2007 
Raytheon has been awarded $145.4 million by the U.S. Navy for production and enhancement of its Rolling Airframe Missile program. Nearly $105.5 million will go to the development of Rolling Airframe Missile Block 2, a kinematic and sensor upgrade to the company's Rolling Airframe Missile Block 1. Rolling Airframe Missile is one of the world's most modern ship self-defense weapons, designed to p ... read more
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US Mulls Plunge Into Ocean Aquaculture
Washington (AFP) Jul 10, 2007US government and industry leaders are urging a headlong plunge into ocean fish farming to meet surging global demand, even as environmental activists call for a go-slow approach. A two-day Washington aquaculture summit hosted by the US Commerce Department in June brought together advocates of a broader push into fish farming as lawmakers push to facilitate ocean farms similar to those used in A ... more Studying The Garbage Of The Modern Ocean 
Kingston, Canada (SPX) Jul 10, 2007Graduate student Bryson Robertson sets sail Sunday from La Paz, Mexico on a unique and potentially life-altering journey in pursuit of his PhD. Over the next three years, the Civil Engineering student from Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario will sail around the world to study ocean garbage and the health of coral reefs, documenting among other things the huge amount of debris that washes up ... more As China Overtakes US As Global Polluter Opportunities Abound For Newer, Cleaner Plants 
New York NY (SPX) Jul 10, 2007China will become the world's largest greenhouse gas emitter in one year, exceeding the emissions of the U.S. However, China also presents the most investment opportunities for manufacturing products based on new clean technologies, putting the country on both sides of the environmental challenge. These points and many others were discussed by a blue-chip panel of cleantech leaders during the Lu ... more SCE Proposes Final Leg Of Largest Renewable Transmission Project In California 
Rosemead CA (SPX) Jul 10, 2007Southern California Edison (SCE) today applied to the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) and the U.S. Forest Service for authorization to construct Segments 4-11 of the Tehachapi Renewable Transmission Project, a series of new and upgraded high-voltage electric transmission lines to deliver electricity from proposed new wind farms in the Tehachapi Wind Resource Area to SCE customers a ... more DOE Awards PrimeStar Contract To Scale Up World Record CdTe Cell Technology 
Golden CO (SPX) Jul 10, 2007PrimeStar Solar is pleased to have been selected by the U.S. Department of Energy for $3 million in funding over 18 months within the Solar America Initiative's, Photovoltaic Technology Incubator Program. Secretary of Energy Samuel Bodman announced the awards. PrimeStar and DOE will partner to scale up NREL's world record 16.5% efficient cadmium telluride (CdTe) solar cell technology to co ... more |
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New York NY (SPX) Jul 10, 2007Endesa has announced that Endesa Generation has received a municipal permit to build a 20.1MW photovoltaic solar energy plant on land located in Guadarranque industrial park in San Roque (Cadiz). The first stage of the plant will have 12.3MW of installed power covering 37 hectares. Endesa Generation will start work in July. Once both stages are completed, the plant will have production capacity ... more Increased Use Of Solar Power Could Add 120000 New Jobs By 2030 
Austin, Texas (SPX) Jul 10, 2007Development of the solar energy industry in Texas would have a significant economic impact for consumers, the environment and workers, according to a new white paper released by the IC2 Institute at the University of Texas at Austin. Opportunity on the Horizon: Photovoltaics in Texas finds that the near-term benefits of nurturing the solar energy industry in Texas will stimulate the state's econ ... more GE Energy Wind Turbine Technology Selected For Largest Wind Project Yet In Turkey 
Atlanta GA (SPX) Jul 10, 2007A new, 130-megawatt wind power project in southeastern Turkey will be the world's largest installation of GE Energy's latest 2.5xl wind turbine technology and will more than double the country's installed wind capacity. GE will provide 52 of the 2.5xl machines to Zorlu Enerji Elektrik Uretim A.S. for the wind park in Bahce, about 40 kilometers from Osmaniye province. This will be the largest win ... more Waste Not Stay Hot Says Spanish Government With New Air Con Rules 
Madrid (AFP) Jul 06, 2007The Spanish government led by example Friday on energy waste, ordering pubic buildings to stick to a minimum summer temperature of 24 degrees Celsius (77 degrees Fahrenheit). With much of Spain baking in rising summer temperatures that can surpass 40 degrees, the government is courting unpopularity by making people work under the restrictions. But Spanish First Deputy Prime Minister Maria Teresa ... more |
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Dubai (AFP) Jul 05, 2007Giant islands taking shape off the coast of Dubai are sparking interest not only from celebrities but also from environmental campaigners jittery about the man-made structures so large they can be seen from space. Work is all but complete on the Palm Jumeirah, the first of three palm tree-shaped islands, which developers Nakheel say is more than one and a half times the size of New York's Centra ... more Lula Defends Brazil Biofuels Industry 
Brussels (AFP) Jul 05, 2007Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva defended biofuels Thursday aimd growing concerns about their drawbacks, saying they offer an "opportunity" to lift developing countries out of poverty. The Brazilian leader said that the success his country's booming biofuels industry has enjoyed could be reproduced in some of the poorest parts of the world, helping to alleviate poverty. "I am convin ... more EU Highlights Biofuel Drawbacks 
Brussels (AFP) Jul 05, 2007The European Commission called Thursday for the increased use of biofuels to help fight global warming but warned that production had to be carefully managed to avoid damage to the environment. "This clean, renewable source of energy has the potential to help us respond to the dual climate change/energy security challenges we face," EU External Relations Commissioner Benita Ferrero-Waldner said. ... more Nearly Half Of Electricity From Renewable Resources By 2030 Says Berlin 
Berlin (AFP) Jul 05, 2007Germany plans to boost the percentage of electricity generated by renewable resources to 45 percent by 2030 in a bid to curb global warming, environment minister Sigmar Gabriel said Thursday. Gabriel told reporters that a progress report on a renewable energy law (EEG) passed in 2000 showed that the country had already surpassed the quota of 12.5 percent set for 2010. He said Berlin was now sett ... more
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