US army awards contract to develop truck-mounted laser weapon
Washington (AFP) Aug 17, 2007
Northrop Grumman was awarded a contract Friday to develop a mobile truck-mounted laser capable of destroying rockets, artillery shells and mortars, the US Army said. Northrop Grumman will be in competition with Boeing which was awarded a seven million dollar contract to develop a similar higher energy laser that can be mounted on a heavy truck. ... read more
Authorities fight looting, disease in quake-hit Peru
Pisco, Peru (AFP) Aug 19, 2007
Health authorities in Peru on Sunday battled the spread of infectious diseases in the wake of a devastating earthquake as President Alan Garcia threatened a curfew to stop looting. "I have ordered to use the harshest measures and if needed to impose a curfew," Garcia told reporters in Pisco, the town hit hardest by Wednesday's quake, where he has been monitoring rescue efforts since Friday. ... more
Dark Matter Mystery Deepens In Cosmic Train Wreck
Cambridge MA (SPX) Aug 17, 2007
Astronomers have discovered a chaotic scene unlike any witnessed before in a cosmic "train wreck" between giant galaxy clusters. NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and optical telescopes revealed a dark matter core that was mostly devoid of galaxies, which may pose problems for current theories of dark matter behavior.
"These results challenge our understanding of the way clusters merge," ... more
Indonesia's 'mud volcano' victims to file complaint
Jakarta (AFP) Aug 15, 2007
The victims of a devastating "mud volcano" in Indonesia are to demand that the country's top court declare unjust a presidential decree on the terms of their compensation, they said Wednesday. Some 600 hectares (1,500 acres) of land in East Java has been inundated with sludge that began spewing when Lapindo Brantas, a company linked to Indonesia's welfare minister, was drilling for gas witho ... more
Irrigation May Not Cool The Globe In The Future
Livermore CA (SPX) Aug 16, 2007
Expansion of irrigation has masked greenhouse warming in California's Central Valley, but irrigation may not make much of a difference in the future, according to a new study in the Aug. 13 edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Irrigation's influence on climate is often overlooked when studying the human effect on regional climate change. Yet, irrigation has expanded r ... more
SAsia flood death toll tops 2,600
New Delhi (AFP) Aug 16, 2007
The death toll from the worst floods in decades across South Asia rose above 2,600 Thursday, as officials were still trying to find dozens missing and feared drowned in India. Heavy monsoon rains and snow melt since late July have caused the flooding in Nepal, India and Bangladesh, with losses estimated at nearly one billion dollars and major outbreaks of water-borne disease. ... more
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WATER WORLD
The new public enemy number one: bottled water
WATER WORLD
Egyptian villages fight water war
SOLAR DAILY
Japan's Showa Shell to build solar battery plant
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Plextronics' Organic Solar Cell Technology Breaks World Record
Pittsburgh PA (SPX) Aug 17, 2007
Plextronics announced that its organic photovoltaic technology achieved a world record in the conversion of solar light to power efficiency. The company's result of 5.4 percent establishes a new world record for single layer organic solar cells as certified by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), in Golden, Colorado.
Troy Hammond, vice president of products for Plextronics, sai ... more
SolarCraft Completes Solar PV System At Ballentine Vineyards
Novato CA (SPX) Aug 17, 2007
Novato-based SolarCraft has announced that they completed design and installation of a 87 kW solar electric system for Ballentine Vineyards in St. Helena, CA. The project integrates both the winery building/tasting room and barrel storage on the property - now powered by the sun.
The new system enables Ballentine Vineyards to generate enough clean electricity each day to power 60 average h ... more
Meritage Homes Zero Energy New Home Community Combines Solar Power And Energy Efficiency
Vacaville CA (SPX) Aug 17, 2007
Meritage Homes has opened a new home community in Vacaville, Calif. that features solar electric power systems from SunPower Corporation as a standard feature. The homes are also built to exceed State and Federal energy efficiency standards by 35 percent or more. Meritage expects that the solar power systems, combined with the energy efficient features, will save homeowners up to 70 percent on t ... more
Solar Technology Partnership Aids Local Non-Profit Project Open Hand
Foster City CA (SPX) Aug 17, 2007
Project Open Hand and Foster City-based solar installer SolarCity have announced their partnership to launch an innovative matching program. The unique project highlights the potential of solar power technology to help control operating costs for non-profits and kicks-off at the Plate to Plate 5K Run/Walk Sunday, August 12, 2007.
Project Open Hand is the second of many more solar projects ... more
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CIVIL NUCLEAR
US to scrap nuclear deal if India tests weapons
SOLAR DAILY
Spire And Gloria Solar Establish PV Systems Business
CIVIL NUCLEAR
Australia defends uranium sale to India
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New NanoMarkets Report Predicts 7 Billion Dollar Thin-Film Photovoltaics Market By 2015
Glen Allen VA (SPX) Aug 17, 2007
The world thin-film photovoltaics (TFPV) market is forecast to reach $7.2 billion by 2015, compared to just over $1.0 billion today, according to a new report from NanoMarkets LC, an industry analyst firm based here. Additional details about the report are available on the firm's website The market is being driven by th ... more
Water for biofuels or for food: it's one or the other
Stockholm (AFP) Aug 16, 2007
Biofuels, hailed by many as the green solution to offset a coming oil shortage and reduce greenhouse gas emissions, are not a cure-all solution, experts at a water conference in Stockholm warned this week. Biofuels, which are made from crops, require huge amounts of water, a resource that is already in short supply in many parts of the world. Bioenergy could thus end up diverting water resou ... more
Outside View: CANDU can't do
Moscow (UPI) Aug 16, 2007
Politicians in Kiev are busy looking for an alternative to Russia as a builder of nuclear power plants.
At any rate, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Arseny Yatsenyuk hastened to announce after a meeting last week with his Canadian counterpart, Peter Gordon MacKay, that Ukraine was resuming talks with Canadian companies on the construction of CANDU -- Canada Deuterium Uranium -- nuclear reac ... more
Nuclear Power In Space - Part 2
Moscow, Russia (RIA Novosti) Aug 16, 2007
Nuclear power could greatly contribute to spacecraft capabilities. The Soviet Union first developed nuclear powered generators for spacecraft in the 1960s. Since 1970 it has launched more than 30 military radar satellites equipped with the Buk unit, which can generate up to 3 kW of electricity.
In 1987-1988, the Topol unit (Topaz), with a generating capacity of 6 kW, was successfully fligh ... more
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SUPERPOWERS
China And The Dollar Crisis
SUPERPOWERS
Shanghai Cooperation Organization: Territory Of Partnership
SUPERPOWERS
India Has Changed The World
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