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World major economies see new nuclear dawn Aomori, Japan (AFP) June 9, 2008 
Top economic powers have declared that the world is entering a new era of nuclear energy amid rising concerns over high oil prices and global warming, but Germany stood firmly as an exception. The Group of Eight industrial nations got together with China, India and South Korea at the weekend in Aomori, a hub of Japan's nuclear energy industry on the northern tip of the country's main island ... read more
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Outside View: Congress and the gas agenda
Hastings On Hudson, N.Y. (UPI) Jun 9, 2008 This is a list of basic actions by Congress that would begin to address the devastating impact on U.S. consumers of the unpredictable surges in oil prices. They also would have a positive impact globally in that America accounted for one-quarter of the world's oil demand in 2007. Gasoline rationing and small car loan subsidies are measures intended to bring oil consumption for private ... more Areva aiming to dominate British nuclear design: CEO 
London (AFP) June 9, 2008French nuclear giant Areva is aiming to dominate the design and construction of future reactors in Britain, its chief executive told the Financial Times in an interview published Monday. According to Anne Lauvergeon, as well as having pledges from leading energy companies EDF and Eon, Areva was "in discussions with other players about being in exclusivity with them" to build new nuclear ... more Slovenia nuclear plant back on after alert 
Ljubljana (AFP) June 9, 2008A Slovenian nuclear power plant went back on line Monday, its managers said, after having been shut down last week in an incident that set off a Europe-wide alert. The managers of the Krsko plant, 120 kilometres (75 miles) east of the capital Ljubljana, said in a statement that it was running again after a faulty valve in its main cooling system was replaced following last Wednesday's leak. ... more Rebels warn Niger and China over oil deal 
Lagos (AFP) June 9, 2008Tuareg and Tubu rebels in Niger denounced an oil deal signed between Niger and China, warning there could be reprisals if the agreement is followed through, in a message posted on their website Monday. The FARS Revolutionary Armed Forces of the Sahara -- a tribal Tubu rebel group allied with the Tuareg rebellion -- said it would hold "the government of Niger and Chinese society responsable ... more British Energy says 'takeover bids' too low 
London (AFP) June 9, 2008Nuclear power operator British Energy said Monday that a series of takeover proposals it had received from unnamed parties undervalues the company. British Energy announced on May 16 that it had received several offers from parties interested in the company as Britain prepares major new atomic energy investment. French state-owned energy giant EDF is seen by analysts as the favourite to ... more |
ENERGY NEWS
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Obins AFB GA (AFNS) Jun 10, 2008Few car owners would ever think of pouring water down the gas tank; however, as Air Force officials here continue initiatives to redefine the Air Force's energy culture, more Airmen might picture water as an energy source. Some Robins Air Force Base Airmen may be among the first to see the use of hydrogen-power in their daily lives, after the recent addition of a Quantum HyHauler Plus and ... more SunPower Completes Two Solar Power Plants In Spain 
San Jose CA (SPX) Jun 10, 2008SunPower Corp, a manufacturer of high-efficiency solar cells, solar panels and solar systems, has announced the completion of two solar-electric power plants in Spain, totaling 8.7 megawatts. The two plants, located in Llerena and Lebrija, were developed by Solarpack, a Spanish company specializing in renewable energy development, investment, consulting and services. Solarpack hosted cerem ... more Researchers Developing New Technologies To Store And Recycle Nuclear Waste 
Auburn, AL (SPX) Jun 10, 2008Auburn University professors are researching new ways to store and recycle nuclear waste as the federal government seeks to boost nuclear power production. The U.S. Department of Energy is funding AU's Center for Actinide Science to find chemical compounds that would combine with radioactive elements, allowing them to be safely stored without risk of radiation leakage. The nuclear material ... more Khosla Looking To Solar Thermal As Future Of Electric Power 
San Diego CA (SPX) Jun 10, 2008Vinod Khosla, Founder of Khosla Ventures, hailed solar thermal technologies as the future of alternative utility scale energy during a keynote talk at the SNS Future in Review (FiRe) 2008 technology conference, held May 20-23. Khosla cited the availability of solar, its low startup costs, scalability, and high productivity as factors behind the industry's imminent success, while simultaneo ... more |
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Amherst, MA (SPX) Jun 09, 2008Researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst have received a $1 million grant from the U. S. Department of Defense (DoD) to boost the safety and performance of fuel used in thousands of satellites, space vehicles, rockets and missiles. The UMass team will study the spray and combustion of gelled hypergolic propellants, formed from a fuel and an oxidizer that ignite spontaneously ... more MESSENGER Trajectory Mastermind Honored For Computation 
Washington DC (SPX) Jun 09, 2008Jim McAdams, the MESSENGER mission design lead engineer, was named the 2008 Engineer of the Year by the Baltimore Section, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA). Each spring, this chapter of AIAA honors those in the aerospace community who have made significant contributions during the previous year. McAdams of the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory ... more Analysis: Medvedev's trip to the West 
Berlin (UPI) Jun 5, 2008 Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, in his first official visit to the West, on Thursday in Berlin vowed to bring Russia closer to Europe, but warned that NATO's relations with Russia would be "ruined" if the alliance expanded further east. Does Medvedev read spy novels? His predecessor, Vladimir Putin, certainly didn't have to -- he was trained as a KGB agent. While one ... more Analysis: Senate kills climate change bill 
The Dalles, Ore. (UPI) Jun 6, 2008 Senate Democrats pulled climate change legislation from the floor Friday after failing to garner enough support to push the bill toward a final vote. Debate began on the Climate Security Act Monday, but bipartisan squabbling pushed the two sides into a deadlock that lasted four days, with each side blaming the other for inaction. Democratic leadership called for a cloture vote Friday ... more
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