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China struggling to tackle rising pollution Beijing (AFP) Sept 24, 2007 
China is finding it increasingly difficult to cope with rising pollution and its impact on the environment despite record investment in clean technology, state media reported Monday.
"China is under increasing pressure to cope with environmental pollution," Xinhua news agency quoted a report by the State Environmental Protection Administration (SEPA) as saying on the nation's environment in ... read more
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Method Safely Deposits Novel Metal Oxide Thin Films On Substrates
Buffalo NY (SPX) Sep 26, 2007University at Buffalo chemists have developed a novel way to grow chemically pure, zinc oxide thin films characterized by dense, bristle-like nanostructures and a new method for depositing them on temperature-sensitive substrates, including polymers, plastics and tapes. The research, published online last month in the Journal of Physical Chemistry, may make possible the deposition of versa ... more Fat Spaniel Launches Insight Manager Portal For Multi-Site Management 
Long Beach CA (SPX) Sep 26, 2007Fat Spaniel Technologies, the leading provider of critical information services for distributed renewable energy systems, today launched "Fat Spaniel Insight Manager," a new multi-site management portal that enables system operators to maximize performance and reduce maintenance costs across their entire portfolio of managed sites. Designed to simultaneously manage multiple commercial-scale rene ... more Green Made In The USA Zero Net Energy Future House Sets Sail For Beijing 
Moline IL (SPX) Sep 26, 2007Alternative Energy Living Foundation and Florida International University announced Monday that the first shipment of American made components for the Future House USA (FHUSA), has set sail for Beijing China. Leaving from Portland, the FHUSA is bound for the Port of Xingang with the final destination being the Future House Community, located in the Olympic Area in Beijing China. FHUSA will showc ... more Akeena Solar Partners With Suntech To Manufacture New Solar Panel 
Los Gatos CA (SPX) Sep 26, 2007Akeena Solar and Suntech Power Holdings have announced that Suntech has signed a letter of intent to manufacture Akeena Solar's Andalay solar panels. Under the terms of the agreement, Suntech will manufacture and deliver 10 to 14 Megawatts of Andalay solar panels to Akeena Solar during 2008. Andalay is the brand name for Akeena Solar's patent-pending high performance solar panel systems. U ... more Canadian Solar Signs Agreement To Build 300KW Suzhou Solar Demonstration Park 
Jiangsu, China (SPX) Sep 26, 2007Canadian Solar has announced that it has signed an agreement with the government of Suzhou New District to build the ''Suzhou Solar Demonstration Park,'' a project that converts a deserted area into a municipality recreation site featuring a 300KW grid-connected solar power system. The park will also serve as a long-term outdoor reliability testing and demonstration ground for CSI modules using ... more |
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New York NY (SPX) Sep 25, 2007Ecuador's President Rafael Correa presented the Yasuni-ITT Initiative at a United Nations meeting of world leader's on global climate change. This pioneering initiative is an unprecedented proposal by an oil exporting country to leave its largest oil reserve unexploited to contribute to the reduction of global greenhouse gases and to initiate Ecuador's transition toward the world's first truly s ... more Chrysler Actively Supports The Biodiesel Industry 
Auburn Hills MI (SPX) Sep 25, 2007Chrysler LLC is teaming with the National Biodiesel Board (NBB) to promote modern, clean diesel vehicles running on clean, renewable biodiesel fuel. Chrysler is offering a special discount program to NBB members in the United States who purchase or lease a new Chrysler, Jeep and Dodge product -- with special emphasis on the company's new diesel passenger vehicles -- Dodge Ram heavy duty pickup a ... more Analysis: New sanctions may bust Iran LNG 
Washington (UPI) Sep 24, 2007 Potential European and U.N. sanctions, and an Iranian energy policy unfavorable to foreign investment, may spell disaster as Tehran struggles to develop its liquefied natural gas potential in the massive South Pars fields. With the major powers considering a third set of U.N. sanctions against Iran over worries it is using a civilian nuclear program to cover up attempts to develop nucle ... more France ready to help any country get civil nuclear power 
New York (AFP) Sept 24, 2007French President Nicolas Sarkozy said on Monday that France was prepared to assist any country that wants to have civilian nuclear power. "France is ready to help any country which wants to possess civilian nuclear energy," Sarkozy told a landmark UN summit on climate change. "It is the best response to those who, in violation of all the treaties, want to arm themselves with nuclear weap ... more |
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Long Beach CA (SPX) Sep 25, 2007The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has selected Envision Solar's Solar Tree design for its first on-site renewable recharge station for electric (EV) and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEV). Located at NREL's South Table Mountain site in Golden, Colorado, the Solar Tree will demonstrate the use of solar energy for recharging EV and PHEVs. ... more Age shall not wither them: Earth's oldest trees 
Schulman Grove, California (AFP) Sept 22, 2007They have neither the soaring majesty nor the celebrity of the giant redwood, but in one respect the bristlecone pine is the undisputed king of trees: longevity. Scattered on a remote mountainside of eastern California, these gnarled, twisted specimens are the oldest living organisms on Earth, the most senior among them some 4,700 years old. If the mere sight of trees that pre-date the a ... more Bridge Strengthening Research 
Washington DC (SPX) Sep 24, 2007These days, a drive across a bridge is not always a pleasure cruise. Mindful of the war on terrorism, it can often be a cautious experience. In one scenario, someone sets off a series of bombs to weaken the cables and the key structural connections of a major city bridge, all during rush hour. Not easy to do, but now thinkable. This summer, the possibility of sabotage was quickly examined-then d ... more Amazon Forest Shows Unexpected Resiliency During Drought 
Tempe AZ (SPX) Sep 24, 2007Drought-stricken regions of the Amazon forest grew particularly vigorously during the 2005 drought, according to new research. The counterintuitive finding contradicts a prominent global climate model that predicts the Amazon forest would begin to "brown down" after just a month of drought and eventually collapse as the drought progressed. "Instead of 'hunkering down' during a drought as you mig ... more
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