July 11, 2007

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CIVIL NUCLEAR Lula Resumes Nuclear Program To Make Brazil World Power Sao Paulo (AFP) Jul 11, 2007 President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Tuesday relaunched the country's nuclear program, promising to complete a nuclear submarine and a third atomic power plant both mothballed 20 years ago. "Brazil could rank among those few nations in the world with a command of uranium enrichment technology, and I think we will be more highly valued as a nation -- as the power we wish to be," Lula said at th ... read more Previous Issues Jul 10 Jul 09 Jul 06 Jul 05 Jul 04 ENERGY TECH New Catalyst May Revolutionize Biodiesel Production Ames IA (SPX) Jul 11, 2007 Line up 250 billion of Victor Lin's nanospheres and you've traveled a meter. But those particles - and just the right chemistry filling the channels that run through them - could make a big difference in biodiesel production. They could make production cheaper, faster and less toxic. They could produce a cleaner fuel and a cleaner glycerol co-product. And they could be used in existing biodiesel ... more CIVIL NUCLEAR Energy Company Under Fire For Covering Up Nuclear Plant Problem Berlin (AFP) Jul 08, 2007 German authorities on Sunday slammed Swedish energy giant Vattenfall Europe for waiting several days to declare problems at a nuclear power plant in northern Germany. The Brunsbuettel plant in the state of Schleswig-Holstein had to be temporarily shut down on June 28 because its capacity was overloaded. Though this was reported, the company failed to inform government authorities that prob ... more SOLAR DAILY Kings River Announces Zero Emission Solar Power Plan Fresno CA (SPX) Jul 09, 2007 Kings River Conservation District (KRCD) and San Francisco, CA based Cleantech America, have announced that they have entered into a multi-year agreement for Cleantech America to provide up to 80 megawatts of utility scale, emission-free, peak solar power to the recently formed San Joaquin Valley Power Authority (SJVPA). Under the plan, KRCD and Cleantech would develop renewable solar ener ... more CIVIL NUCLEAR Wyle And ARES Sign Teaming Agreement To Pursue Nuclear Energy Industry Business El Segundo CA (SPX) Jul 11, 2007 Wyle Laboratories and ARES Corporation have signed a teaming agreement to jointly pursue commercial nuclear equipment qualification optimization programs for new nuclear power plant construction and U.S. Department of Energy facilities with the goal of significantly reducing costs to its customers. Cost savings will be achieved through use of historical data contained within proprietary da ... more CIVIL NUCLEAR Inexpensive Adaptive Optics Achieved By Sandia's Optical Clamp Albuquerque NM (SPX) Jul 11, 2007 The ingenious system called adaptive optics, known for its computer control of subdivided, individually angled mirrors, is an efficient but expensive way to correct distortions in laser beams. The mirrors automatically adjust until an undistorted beam is obtained in a way formerly thought unachievable by a single large mirror. Now a Sandia National Laboratories' tool that efficiently but i ... more   CIVIL NUCLEAR Rice Exudes Confidence Of Wrapping Up The Nuke Deal By Year End ENERGY TECH Kazakhstan To Buy Westinghouse Stake From Toshiba AEROSPACE Raytheon Awarded Rolling Airframe Missile Contracts Valued At Nearly 146 Million Dollars   FARM NEWS US Mulls Plunge Into Ocean Aquaculture Washington (AFP) Jul 10, 2007 US 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 FROTH AND BUBBLE Studying The Garbage Of The Modern Ocean Kingston, Canada (SPX) Jul 10, 2007 Graduate 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 ENERGY TECH As China Overtakes US As Global Polluter Opportunities Abound For Newer, Cleaner Plants New York NY (SPX) Jul 10, 2007 China 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 ENERGY TECH SCE Proposes Final Leg Of Largest Renewable Transmission Project In California Rosemead CA (SPX) Jul 10, 2007 Southern 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   SOLAR DAILY DOE Awards PrimeStar Contract To Scale Up World Record CdTe Cell Technology SOLAR DAILY Solar And Semiconductor Executives See Bright Future In Germany ENERGY TECH Advanced Energy Unveils Its Newest RF Power-Delivery System   ENERGY TECH Acciona Acquires 1300 MW Of Wind Assets Across Midwest States Chicago IL (SPX) Jul 10, 2007 Acciona, the world's largest wind power developer, announced it has acquired exclusive rights to develop 1300 megawatts (MW) worth of wind assets in the states of Illinois, Iowa and Wisconsin. The development will take place through an acquisition of projects from EcoEnergy, LLC, an alternative energy solutions developer and a unit of The Morse Group. The acquisition represents Acciona's c ... more SOLAR DAILY Endesa To Build Biggest Solar Energy Plant Yet In Spain New York NY (SPX) Jul 10, 2007 Endesa 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 SOLAR DAILY Increased Use Of Solar Power Could Add 120000 New Jobs By 2030 Austin, Texas (SPX) Jul 10, 2007 Development 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 ENERGY TECH GE Energy Wind Turbine Technology Selected For Largest Wind Project Yet In Turkey Atlanta GA (SPX) Jul 10, 2007 A 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   ENERGY TECH Waste Not Stay Hot Says Spanish Government With New Air Con Rules CAR TECH Chinese Mayor Urges Residents To Stop Buying Cars TECH SPACE How To Manage Floating Fluids In Space   Previous Issues Jul 10 Jul 09 Jul 06 Jul 05 Jul 04 The contents herein, unless otherwise known to be public domain, are Copyright 1995-2007 - SpaceDaily. AFP and UPI Wire Stories are copyright Agence France-Presse and United Press International. ESA Portal Reports are copyright European Space Agency. All NASA sourced material is public domain. Additional copyrights may apply in whole or part to other bona fide parties. Advertising does not imply endorsement, agreement or approval of any opinions, statements or information provided by SpaceDaily on any web page published or hosted by SpaceDaily. Privacy statement