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Helium Isotopes Point To New Sources Of Geothermal Energy Berkeley CA (SPX) Nov 30, 2007 
In a survey of the northern Basin and Range province of the western United States, geochemists Mack Kennedy of the Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and Matthijs van Soest of Arizona State University have discovered a new tool for identifying potential geothermal energy resources.
Currently, most developed geothermal energy comes from regions of volcanic activity ... read more
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ORNL Super Water Repellent Could Cause Big Wave In Market
Oak Ridge TN (SPX) Nov 30, 2007A water repellent developed by researchers at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory outperforms nature at its best and could open a floodgate of commercial possibilities. The super-water repellent (superhydrophobic) material, developed by John Simpson, is easy to fabricate and uses inexpensive base materials. The patent-pending process could lead to the creation of a new ... more Japan's Sharp sees bright future for solar power 
Tokyo (AFP) Nov 29, 2007Japan's Sharp Corp. announced Thursday a 200-million-dollar investment in solar cells as manufacturers compete for a slice of the burgeoning market for alternative energy products. Sharp will spend about 22 billion yen on a 10-fold expansion in production of thin-film solar cells, which it said use only about one hundredth of the silicon raw material used in conventional crystalline solar ce ... more China reports progress on cutting pollution, but not enough 
Beijing (AFP) Nov 29, 2007China said Thursday it was making progress in its efforts to improve the nation's energy efficiency and cut pollution emissions, but acknowledged that not enough was being done. "The results of our energy consumption and emission reduction (efforts) are starting to show," Xie Zhenhua, deputy head of the National Development Reform Commission, told a press briefing. "But the situation is ... more 'Cooper Pairs' Can Be Found In Insulators As Well Superconductors 
Providence RI (SPX) Nov 26, 2007Nearly a century ago, Dutch physicist Kamerlingh Onnes discovered that some metals transform into perfect electrical conductors when cooled to temperatures near absolute zero. Once started, their currents of electrons can flow perpetually. How electrons reorganize to produce this behavior remained mysterious until 1957, when theoretical physicists John Bardeen, Leon Cooper and Robert Schrieffer ... more Small UAV Again Achieves Record Flight Time Using Protonex Fuel Cell System Technology 
Southborough MA (SPX) Nov 30, 2007Protonex Technology announced that the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) and development partner AeroVironment have documented a successful, record flight on a small, unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) utilizing a highly advanced fuel cell system from Protonex. AeroVironment's "Puma" UAV system flew continuously for over seven hours and was powered by the latest generation of Protonex' ProCor ... more |
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Sydney (AFP) Nov 28, 2007Australia's new government must move quickly to reduce the country's greenhouse gas emissions after ratifying the Kyoto Protocol or risk breaching the pact, an expert warned Wednesday. Labor leader Kevin Rudd was swept to victory in a landslide on Saturday on a mandate that included signing up to the UN-backed Kyoto process to limit carbon pollution, a policy he flagged as his first priority ... more More than a billion trees planted in 2007: UN 
Nairobi (AFP) Nov 28, 2007More than one billion trees were planted around the world in 2007, with Ethiopia and Mexico leading in the drive to combat climate change through new lush forest projects, a UN report said Wednesday. The Nairobi-based UN Environment Programme (UNEP) said the mass tree planting, inspired by Nobel Peace laureate Wangari Maathai, will help mitigate effects of pollution and environmental deterio ... more Massive Canadian Oilfield Could Be Exploited Using New UK System 
Bath, UK (SPX) Nov 29, 2007A new method developed in Britain over the past 17 years for extracting oil is now at the forefront of plans to exploit a massive heavy oilfield in Canada. Duvernay Petroleum is to use the revolutionary Toe-to-Heel Air Injection (THAI) system developed at the University of Bath at its site at Peace River in Alberta, Canada. Unlike conventional light oil, heavy oil is very viscous, like syr ... more Blue Dye Could Hold The Key To Super Processing Power 
London UK (SPX) Nov 29, 2007A technique for controlling the magnetic properties of a commonly used blue dye could revolutionise computer processing power, according to research published recently in Advanced Materials. Scientists have demonstrated that they can control the properties in a dye known as Metal Phthalocyanine, or MPc, with the use of magnetism. Though this technology is still in its infancy, researchers ... more |
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Cadarache, France (AFP) Nov 28, 2007The head of a project aimed to test whether nuclear fusion, the massive energy source that drives the sun, can be a viable power source on earth signed an 80-million-dollar supply contract with a Japanese firm Wednesday. Kaname Ikeda, the Japanese head of the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) being built here, signed the deal with the head of Japan's Atomic Energy Agenc ... more Turkey's nuclear plant project to kick off in February: minister 
Ankara (AFP) Nov 28, 2007Turkish authorities are expected to invite bids for the construction of the country's first nuclear power plant in February, Energy Minister Hilmi Guler said Wednesday. TETAS, the state-run company to market the plant's power production, "could make the (tender) announcement on February 21," the Anatolia news agency quoted Guler as saying. Turkey's Atomic Energy Institute (TAEK) is worki ... more Google investing hundreds of millions in green energy 
New York (AFP) Nov 27, 2007Google announced Tuesday it will invest hundreds of millions of dollars in ways to make "green" energy less costly than that from pollution-spewing coal. The Google initiative is dubbed "REC," using a play on computer code to symbolize "renewable energy less than coal." "I know it seems a little bit geeky, but it is a good description," Google co-founder Larry Page said of the name while ... more Sweet Fuel Supply 
Dannoharu, Japan (SPX) Nov 29, 2007A new type of fuel cell powered with glucose derived from biomass is described in the latest issue of the Inderscience Publication International Journal of Global Energy Issues. The experimental device works by using sunlight to convert the glucose into hydrogen to power the cell, which produces several hundred millivolts. The use of biological resources, such as food waste and managed high-ener ... more
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