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Solar Cells Cost Could Fall Below One Dollar Per Watt By 2020 Dublin, Ireland (SPX) Jun 16, 2008 
Conditions within the power industry have changed significantly in recent years. The rising cost of natural gas has made this an expensive source of power, while concern about global warming and the introduction of limits on CO2 emissions will have a profound effect on the use of coal for power generation, at least in the developed world. In consequence nuclear power has its best chance of ... read more
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First army-controlled dump opens in Naples region
Rome (AFP) June 14, 2008The Italian army on Saturday opened a dump to dozens of trucks bringing in rubbish from the Naples area under a government plan to resolve the poor southern region's chronic waste disposal crisis. The site at Savignano Irpino, some 100 kilometres (60 miles) northeast of Naples, is one of 10 set to be opened in the Campania region -- often over the protests of local residents -- under the ... more Rising Diesel Prices Renew Interest In Fuel-Saving Technologies For Heavy Trucks 
Athens GA (SPX) Jun 13, 2008Diesel fuel prices approaching $5 a gallon - and the resulting economic impact on products transported by truck - have created renewed interest in fuel-saving technologies developed during the past decade at the Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI). Use of pressurized air "active flow control" techniques combined with conventional aerodynamic streamlining could improve fuel efficiency by ... more Sirius Microwave Plasma Abatement System Destroys Greenhouse Gases 
Crawley, UK (SPX) Jun 13, 2008Edwards has introduced the Sirius 6000 abatement system. Designed for low cost-of-ownership, the Sirius 6000 system addresses greenhouse gas abatement challenges arising from dielectric and polysilicon etch processes used in semiconductor manufacturing. Its innovative design uses an energy efficient microwave plasma in a carefully controlled chemical environment and an integrated wet ... more The Iraqi Central And Kurdish Regional Governments Are Ready To Export 
Baghdad (UPI) Jun 16, 2008The Iraqi central and Kurdish regional governments are ready to export. Energy ministers from both Baghdad and the Kurdistan Regional Government said an agreement on exporting oil produced by Norway's DNO is possible, though official approval has not been finalized. Production from the 20 oil deals signed by the KRG with international oil companies was thought to be in ... more US urges support for clean technology fund 
Osaka (AFP) June 13, 2008US Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson on Friday urged rich countries to contribute to a fund of up to 10 billion dollars to help emerging nations switch to clean technologies to tackle climate change. The United States, Japan and Britain have proposed setting up a multilateral fund involving the World Bank that would help emerging economies to slash greenhouse gas emissions blamed for global ... more |
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Hollywood FL (SPX) Jun 12, 2008Pricester.com has announced the acquisition of Genesis Electronics in a stock-based transaction. Genesis, a high technology company headquartered in Norwalk, Connecticut, is an innovator in consumer applications for solar energy and alternative energy sources. Pricester President and CEO, Edward Dillon, commented, "Pricester is a growing and forward thinking corporation. Our acquisition of ... more Is New Transport Fuels Worth The Wait 
Washington DC (UPI) Jun 16, 2008New biofuels mandates will be essential to getting the industry up and running, proponents argue, but whether the harms outweigh the benefits is still up for debate. One of the major controversies swirling around the new law, passed by Congress in December, is its effect on food prices. As both gas and grocery bills rise worldwide, the argument has become increasingly heated, but the ... more German environment minister calls for power company rebates 
Berlin (AFP) June 13, 2008German Environment Minister Sigmar Gabriel urged energy producers on Friday to set reduced electricity and gas rates for low-income households that are being crushed by climbing prices. Setting such rates "is solely the companies' affair" because the government could not pay for such measures, Gabriel told the regional newspaper "Neue Presse." Noting that the biggest German power company ... more Analysis: Security allows Iraqi oil output 
Baghdad (UPI) Jun 13, 2008 More of Iraq's oil has seen the light of day and exports have realized post-invasion records as measures to stem attacks and other interference have proved successful along the key northern pipeline system. Some who used to target the pipeline -- especially on the link from Baiji north through hot Sunni Arab insurgent territory and to Turkey -- are now paid to protect it, though ... more |
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Schenectady NY (SPX) Jun 16, 2008GE Energy has announced that it has increased its equity share in PrimeStar Solar, an emerging solar thin-film technology and manufacturing company. GE already held a minority equity share of PrimeStar Solar, as announced in September 2007. PrimeStar Solar, headquartered in Golden, Colo., was formed in June 2006 to develop and commercialize thin-film photovoltaic modules. The company has 6 ... more DuPont Expands Production Of Solamet PV Metallization Paste System 
Dongguan, China (SPX) Jun 16, 2008To meet the needs of the fast-growing photovoltaic (PV) solar energy market, DuPont will expand production of DuPont Solamet thick film metallization pastes at its Electronic Materials DuPont Dongguan Ltd. (EMDD) facility here. The company will more than double manufacturing capacity of Solamet pastes as part of its overall strategy to more than triple its sales to the photovoltaic industry ... more Sierra Leone imposes logging rules after lifting timber ban: minister 
Freetown (AFP) June 12, 2008Sierra Leone on Thursday announced strict new rules to curb logging misuses, a day after lifting a six-month ban on the export of timber to stop alleged widespread plundering of its natural forests. "With immediate effect, forest rangers will have to supervise the cutting of trees for logs and no tree should be cut without their supervision," Forestry Minister Sam Sessay said. He added ... more Persistent Man-Made Chemical Pollutants Found In Deep-Sea Octopods And Squids 
Woods Hole MA (SPX) Jun 13, 2008New evidence that chemical contaminants are finding their way into the deep-sea food web has been found in deep-sea squids and octopods, including the strange-looking "vampire squid". These species are food for deep-diving toothed whales and other predators. In a study to be published in the journal Marine Pollution Bulletin, Michael Vecchione of NOAA Fisheries' National Systematics Lab ... more
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