Wind Turbines Produce Green Energy - And Airflow Mysteries
Baltimore MD (SPX) Dec 13, 2007
Using smoke, laser light, model airplane propellers and a campus wind tunnel, a team led by Johns Hopkins University researchers is trying to solve the airflow mysteries that surround wind turbines, an increasingly popular source of "green" energy. The National Science Foundation recently awarded the team a three-year, $321,000 grant to support the project.
The rise in oil prices and a gro ... read more
Truck-Safe Bamboo Bridge Opens In China
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 13, 2007
In China bamboo is used for furniture, artwork, building scaffolding, panels for concrete casting and now, truck bridges. Yan Xiao, a professor at the University of Southern California Viterbi School of Engineering is the designer of a new span in the village of Leiyang, Hunan Province, which formally opens for traffic December 12.
Made from pre-fabricated structural elements, the bridge w ... more
Judge rejects automaker suit over California emissions limits
San Francisco (AFP) Dec 12, 2007
A California court on Wednesday dismissed a lawsuit filed by car-makers demanding state authorities be barred from setting tough new standards aimed at slashing greenhouse gas emissions.
In a written ruling, US District Court judge Anthony Ishii said California should be allowed to introduce its new limits from 2009, rejecting the arguments of automakers who had claimed the standards were un ... more
Fuel Cells Help Make Noisy, Hot Generators A Thing Of The Past
Richland WA (SPX) Dec 13, 2007
Two core technologies developed at the Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory - a fuel desulfurization system and a fuel reforming system - were instrumental in the demonstration of an electric power system operating on JP-8, a fuel commonly used in military operations.
Portable fuel cell power units are quieter, more efficient and have lower emissions than standard d ... more
EMCORE To supply 60MW Of Terrestrial Solar Power Systems In Ontario
Albuquerque NM (SPX) Dec 13, 2007
EMCORE has announced that it has signed a memorandum of understanding for the supply of 60MW of solar power systems that are scheduled for deployment in Ontario, Canada over the next three years. EMCORE will supply and install turnkey solar power systems in the Sault Ste Marie area utilizing EMCORE's concentrating photovoltaic (CPV) systems developed at its Albuquerque, NM facility. EMCORE also ... more
New Partnership Means Dramatic Energy Savings For Ethanol Plants
Cedar Rapids IO (SPX) Dec 13, 2007
It's full steam ahead for four industry-leading companies who have partnered to market, design, install and arrange financing for an innovative, biomass-fueled, steam production technology that significantly reduces the cost to produce ethanol.
Interstate Power and Light Company (IPL), a subsidiary of Alliant Energy Corporation, Harris Companies, a mechanical contracting firm; and AE and E ... more
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ENERGY TECH
Making Gas Out Of Crude Oil
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Wind Power Explored Off California's Coast
SPACEMART
SPACEHAB Realigns Corporation
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Researchers Build New Model Of Bio-Exploration In Central Asia
Champaign IL (SPX) Dec 12, 2007
Two land-grant universities have developed a new approach to global bio-exploration, one that returns most of the fruits of discovery to the countries that provide the raw materials on which the research depends. The Global Institute for Bio-Exploration, a joint initiative of the University of Illinois and Rutgers University, has become a model of sustainable, non-exploitive research in the deve ... more
Scientists Seek To Assess The Microbial Risks In The Water We Drink
Washington DC (SPX) Dec 12, 2007
It is a familiar scenario experienced around the world: an outbreak of gastrointestinal illness suddenly emerges in a community, and no one knows where it came from or how to stop it. At the start of the outbreak, only a few people are affected, most often the very old and the very young. As the outbreak worsens, more and more people fall ill, and people who were weak or unwell may develop life- ... more
New Study Increases Concerns About Climate Model Reliability
Rochester NY (SPX) Dec 12, 2007
A new study comparing the composite output of 22 leading global climate models with actual climate data finds that the models do an unsatisfactory job of mimicking climate change in key portions of the atmosphere. This research, published on-line Wednesday in the Royal Meteorological Society's International Journal of Climatology, raises new concerns about the reliability of models used to forec ... more
160-million-dollar plan to save forests launched at Bali talks
Nusa Dua, Indonesia (AFP) Dec 11, 2007
Wealthy countries and a US green group donated 160 million dollars Tuesday for a new climate-change project aimed at encouraging poor developing nations to conserve their tropical forests.
The World Bank-led plan was launched in Bali amid negotiations over a new framework on climate change once Kyoto Protocol commitments to curb gas emissions end in 2012.
Emerging nations are demanding g ... more
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DISASTER MANAGEMENT
Malaysian flood death toll rises, thousands more evacuated
WOOD PILE
Niger's vanishing forests: last hope to keep desert at bay
FARM NEWS
Building Disease-Beating Wheat
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Ames Laboratory Researchers Solve Fuel-Cell Membrane Structure Conundrum
Ames IO (SPX) Dec 12, 2007
Fuel-cell cars are reaching commercial viability in today's increasingly eco-conscious society, but despite their promise, even scientists have struggled to explain just how the fuel-cell's central component - the proton exchange membrane - really works. However, a team of researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's Ames Laboratory has offered a new model that provides the best explanation to ... more
Big Oil's Negative Drumbeat Falling On Deaf Ears
Omaha NE (SPX) Dec 11, 2007
Despite reports of a well-publicized and well-funded anti-ethanol misinformation campaign, an overwhelming majority of consumers still believe the U.S. is too dependent on foreign sources of oil. A national survey, commissioned by the Ethanol Promotion and Information Council (EPIC), finds that nearly a third of respondents indicated that their attitude toward ethanol has become more favorable o ... more
Xcel Energy Announces Renewable Energy Project Selections
Minneapolis MN (SPX) Dec 11, 2007
Twenty-two proposed renewable energy projects featuring wind, hydroelectric, solar, biomass and biofuel technologies have been selected to receive nearly $23 million from the Xcel Energy Renewable Development Fund. An advisory board with representation from Xcel Energy, environmental groups, Xcel Energy customers and the Prairie Island Indian Community recommended to the Minnesota Public Utiliti ... more
Applied Materials Named Green Energy Innovator Of The Year
New York NY (SPX) Dec 11, 2007
Applied Materials announced it was named Green Energy Innovator of the Year for its pioneering work on the Applied SunFab Thin Film Line, at a gala presenting the prestigious 9th Annual Platts Global Energy Awards. "Applied Materials is focused on lowering the cost of solar photovoltaic generated energy through the application of nanomanufacturing technologies," said Mark Pinto, Senior Vice Pres ... more
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ENERGY TECH
Solar Energy To Power Pumping Station For Geothermal Plant
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Norway floats idea of 'carbon auction' to fight global warming
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Recurrent Energy Closes 200 Million Dollar Staged Solar Project Fund With Morgan Stanley
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