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Energy Harvesting Technologies Offer Low Costs And Low Maintenance Palo Alto CA (SPX) Jan 08, 2008 
The need to minimize maintenance and replacement costs of battery-powered applications drives energy harvesting technologies that bind renewable and ambient sources of energy. Analysis from Frost and Sullivan, Advances in Energy Harvesting Technologies, finds that energy harvesting technologies such as piezoelectric, thermoelectric and others will have potential applications in wireless sensor n ... read more
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SKorea says will ban single hull tankers from 2010
Seoul (AFP) Jan 7, 2008South Korea will close its waterways to single-hulled tankers from 2010, five years earlier than originally planned, following the country's worst oil spill, officials said Monday. South Korea originally planned to phase out visits by the spill-prone vessels by 2015 but the spill last month prompted it to bring forward the ban, the Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries said. "We hav ... more Iran And Pakistan To Sign Peace Pipeline Deal 
Washington (UPI) Jan 7, 2008block> hl2>Iran, Pakistan to sign "peace pipeline" Jan. 25/hl2> Iran's ambassador to Pakistan said Jan. 25 is the date the two sides will sign the so-called peace pipeline, a multibillion-dollar project to send Iranian natural gas to Pakistan. Mashallah Shakeri said Sunday the "gas pipeline project is one of the most important economic projects in the region," Pakistan's Daily Times ... more Octillion Continues To Optimize Photovoltaic Properties Of NanoPower Window 
Auburn Hills MI (SPX) Jan 07, 2008Octillion is pleased to provide an update on its ongoing research and development activities for the Company�s first-of-its-kind transparent glass window potentially capable of generating electricity. Octillion�s NanoPower Window technology uses silicon nanoparticles that have the potential to convert conventional home, office and industrial glass windows into those capable of converting solar e ... more Alternative Fuel Demand Boosts Prices Of Forest Products 
Charlotte NC (SPX) Jan 08, 2008Power companies in the South and Pacific Northwest will drive prices for wood fuels higher as new facilities are built to produce an energy alternative to fossil fuels, experts in the forest products industry said Friday. But the supply of wood chips � a byproduct of lumber production used at pulp mills and power facilities � is dropping as residential construction drastically slows in the weak ... more Ecology And Environment's Greenride Grows Bigger And More High-Tech 
Lancaster NY (SPX) Jan 08, 2008Ecology and Environment (E and E) recently received several key contracts to develop customized versions of the company's commute management system, GreenRide. GreenRide provides users the ability to find carpool matches and alternatives for public transportation based on specific commuter preferences and track the environmental energy and economic savings that result. With oil hitting $10 ... more |
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Sydney (AFP) Jan 6, 2008Australia experienced one of its hottest years on record in 2007, and climate experts have warned that the higher temperatures are likely a taste of things to come as weather patterns change. The country has already kicked off 2008 with a spate of extreme weather -- several cities, including Perth and Melbourne, have suffered summer heatwaves, while bushfires have raged on the east and west ... more China Solar Energy Industry Research And Forecast For 2008-2010 
Dublin, Ireland (SPX) Jan 07, 2008Research and Markets has announced the addition of China Solar Energy Industry Research and Forecast, 2008-2010 to their offering. Solar is one of the fastest growing energy technologies in the global economy and in the cleantech universe. As is envisioned by the U.S. space program, future solar energy power plants will be placed on an orbit of about 6,000 km above the earth, from which electric ... more Analysis: Uzbek and Tajik energy 
Washington (UPI) Jan 4, 2008In the Soviet Union, many commodities were subsidized for Soviet consumers, including energy, which was provided either free or at costs far below world prices. The practice still continues in most post-Soviet states, with Russian consumers receiving natural gas and electricity at rates far below world prices, while in Turkmenistan, citizens receive free natural gas and electricity and it cost ... more Analysis: Nigeria's Delta vows crackdown 
Miami (UPI) Jan 4, 2008Hoping to curtail the rising violence in the oil-rich Niger Delta, one governor has threatened to arrest the family members of militants accused of attacking oil and gas operations. Gov. Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers State said authorities would arrest the parents of suspected militants in an effort to force them to lay down their arms. The threat came a day after a band of militants storme ... more |
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Austin, Texas (UPI) Jan 3, 2008Two winds farms planned on the Gulf Coast of Texas would sit on a major migratory bird route, threatening "mass mortality," a report says. The report was prepared for the Coastal Habitat Alliance, a coalition of landowners and environmental organizations, by EDM International, a Colorado consulting firm, The San Antonio Express-News reported. EDM's report was based on a review of enviro ... more Commodity price surge powered by supply-demand tension 
Paris (AFP) Jan 6, 2008The fever sending raw material prices ever higher seems sure to spread to agricultural commodities, where markets are already feeling the effects of increased export taxes on cereals in China and Russia, strong global demand, a grim harvest in Australia and stepped-up speculation. China has just announced the imposition, effective January 1, of export duty on cereals, rice and soya of betwee ... more Babcock And Brown And BP Announce Full Commercial Operation Of One Of The Largest Wind Farms In The US 
Grover CO (SPX) Jan 07, 2008Babcock and Brown and BP Alternative Energy announced full commercial operation of the Cedar Creek wind farm in Weld County, Colorado. The 300.5 megawatt (MW) wind-power facility has been delivered on time, on budget and without a single lost time incident during its construction. General contractor Mortenson Construction has received industry recognition for construction performance of one of t ... more Akeena Solar Licenses New Solar Panel Technology To Suntech 
Los Gatos CA (SPX) Jan 07, 2008Akeena Solar announced that its state-of-the-art solar panel technology, Andalay, will be distributed in Europe, Japan and Australia under a license agreement with Suntech Power Holdings. The terms of the Licensing Agreement authorize Suntech to distribute Andalay in Europe, Japan and Australia commencing in January 2008. This Licensing Agreement is in addition to Suntech's previous agreement to ... more
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