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Lockheed Martin And Starwood Energy Team To Pursue Base Load Utility Scale Solar Power Generation Los Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 12, 2007 
Lockheed Martin and Starwood Energy Group Global have announced plans to team up in the pursuit of utility-scale solar generation projects in North America that will provide for part of the day base load style power at peak periods of demand and price.
Under the agreement, Lockheed Martin will be primarily responsible for engineering, procurement, manufacturing and systems integration. Sta ... read more
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Japanese nuclear reactor shut after incident
Tokyo (AFP) Nov 10, 2007A Japanese company said Saturday it shut down a nuclear reactor after detecting a problem, but there was no radioactive leakage. Tohoku Electric Power Co., based in the northern part of the largest Japanese island of Honshu, said it urgently halted reactor number three at its Onagawa plant in Miyagi prefecture, north of Tokyo, at 3:19 (0619 GMT). An inspection had detected a rise in the ... more Iraqi Crew Works To Expand Electrical Generation 
Baghdad, Iraq (SPX) Nov 12, 2007The Qudas electric generation facility in northern Baghdad is getting two new gas turbines that will add 200 megawatts of power to the national grid. A crew of more than 150 Iraqis is involved with the $160 million project, and this month the team is placing 1,000 cubic meters of concrete to create the pedestals where the new turbines will be located. The contractor expects to have the new turbi ... more Analysis: Russia, Ukraine in gas spat 
Washington (UPI) Nov 9, 2007 By now it has a familiar ring to it -- Moscow and Kiev are once again at loggerheads over imported natural gas prices. The issue has made political allies out of Ukrainian Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych and President Viktor Yushchenko, normally at odds with each other. The crisis comes only a month after Kiev agreed to settle an outstanding natural gas bill with Gazprom for $1.3 billi ... more Marquiss Wind Power Appoints Former Senior Intel And Flextronics Executive As CEO 
Folsom CA (SPX) Nov 11, 2007Marquiss Wind Power, an innovator in wind turbine technology, has announced the appointment of former senior Intel and Flextronics executive Paul Misso as its new president and chief executive officer. He will oversee Marquiss' operations, including product development, sales, marketing, financing and supply chain management. "This is an exciting time in the development of clean ener ... more PPL Partners With Vermont Landfill To Develop Renewable Energy Generating Facility 
Allentown PA (SPX) Nov 11, 2007PPL Renewable Energy, a subsidiary of PPL Corporation, will develop and install a 4.8- megawatt methane-to-electricity power generation system at the Moretown Landfill in Moretown, Vt., the company announced Thursday November 8th. Moretown Landfill, a subsidiary of Highstar Waste Holding Corp., will provide 2.4 million cubic feet of methane gas every day to power Caterpillar generators at ... more |
ENERGY TECH
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Argonne IL (SPX) Nov 12, 2007Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory have used a uniquely-constructed perforated diamond cell to investigate oxide glass structures at high pressures in unprecedented detail. Argonne physicist Chris Benmore and postdoctoral appointee Qiang Mei, along with colleagues at the University of Arizona, used microscopic laser-perforated diamond anvil cells to genera ... more Analysis: Pakistan unrest hurts pipelines 
Washington (UPI) Nov 9, 2007 On Nov. 3 Pakistani President Gen. Pervez Musharraf declared emergency rule in Pakistan. In his "Proclamation of Emergency," Musharraf began with the country's rising troubles from rising militancy and terrorism, beginning by telling the nation, "There is visible ascendancy in the activities of extremists and incidents of terrorist attacks, including suicide bombings, IED explosions, ro ... more Plutonic And GE Close Half Billion Dollar Financing Deal For 196MW Run-of-River Hydroelectric Project 
Vancouver BC (SPX) Nov 11, 2007Plutonic Power Corporation and a Canadian affiliate of GE Energy Financial Services, a unit of GE, has announced that a $470 million senior secured credit facility for the Toba Montrose General Partnership has been closed with a syndicate of financial institutions. This complements the $190 million in equity and other financial instruments that closed last week and completes funding for constru ... more Geothermal Energy Licence Granted 
Sydney, Australia(SPX) Nov 11, 2007Allegiance Mining NL is pleased to announce that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Geothermal Energy Tasmania Holdings Limited, has been granted its first Special Exploration Licence for Category 6 Minerals in Tasmania. Covering 2,205 sq kilometres in Western Tasmania, SEL 42/2007 is the first of three applications to be granted. Licence conditions include a minimum exp ... more |
SOLAR DAILY
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Madrid, Spain (SPX) Nov 11, 2007SunPower Continues to Expand its Footprint into the European Market. SunPower, a Silicon Valley-based manufacturer of high-efficiency solar cells, solar panels and solar systems, has announced that its Spanish subsidiary will engineer, procure equipment for and construct three solar electric power plants totaling approximately 21-megawatts in the Castilla La Mancha region of Spain. Corpor ... more California Colleges Add 2 MW Of Solar With MMA Renewable Ventures 
San Francisco, CA (SPX) Nov 11, 2007MMA Renewable Ventures Finances New Solar Energy Systems at CSU Fresno, East Los Angeles Community College. MMA Renewable Ventures has announced that it is financing the installation of new solar energy systems at two California college campuses, California State University, Fresno (Fresno State) and Los Angeles Community College District's East Los Angeles College (ELAC). MMA Renewable Venture ... more Port Of Oakland And Sunedison Flip The Switch On New Zero Emission Solar Power System 
Oakland CA (SPX) Nov 11, 2007Producing Approximately 1 Million Kilowatt Hours Annually, Ground Mounted Photovoltaic System is Significant Step in Meeting Port Board's Environmental Directives. The Port of Oakland and SunEdison have marked the activation of a new 756 kW ground mounted solar power system. The zero emission clean solar power system is a major step in meeting the Oakland Board of Port Commissioners' environmen ... more Rosetta Closing In On Earth Again For Second Gravity Boost 
Paris, France (ESA) Nov 09, 2007ESA's comet chaser, Rosetta, is on its way to its second close encounter with Earth on 13 November. The spacecraft's operators are leaving no stones unturned to make sure Earth's gravity gives it the exact boost it needs en route to its destination. This month's Earth swing-by is Rosetta's third major step on its 10-year journey to 67/P Churyumov-Gerasimenko. The trajectory correction mano ... more
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