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Germany launches programme to develop hybrid vehicles Berlin (AFP) June 26, 2008 
The German goverment and industrial partners including auto giant Volkswagen launched Thursday a programme to encourage the development of more environmentally friendly hybrid vehicles. Environment Minister Sigmar Gabriel pledged 15 million euros (23.5 million dollars) to the project which has four years to come up with prototypes able to charge batteries using renewable sources of energy ... read more
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California sets roadmap to slash greenhouse gases
Los Angeles (AFP) June 26, 2008California on Thursday unveiled a roadmap for its goal of slashing greenhouse gas emissions 30 percent over the next 12 years, describing global warming as the biggest threat facing the state. The California Air Resources Board (CARB) released a series of measures and policies in a draft plan which sets out a timetable for achieving emissions standards outlined in a 2006 bill signed by ... more Abandoned Farmlands Are Key To Sustainable Bioenergy 
Stanford CA (SPX) Jun 27, 2008Biofuels can be a sustainable part of the world's energy future, especially if bioenergy agriculture is developed on currently abandoned or degraded agricultural lands, report scientists from the Carnegie Institution and Stanford University. Using these lands for energy crops, instead of converting existing croplands or clearing new land, avoids competition with food production and ... more Medvedev Says Vital To Make Ruble Into Regional Reserve Currency 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Jun 27, 2008Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said on Wednesday that turning the Russian ruble into a regional reserve currency was an important strategic objective. "In a period of global financial instability, we need to press ahead with the strategic objective of making the ruble one of the regional [reserve] currencies," the president said at a meeting with the chairman of Russia's state-run VTB ... more Lack of rain hits Indian state's power supply 
Thiruvananthapuram, India (AFP) June 26, 2008India's Kerala state has seen vital water stores for power generation dip to their lowest levels in 25 years after much-needed monsoon rains were unexpectedly weak, officials said. The southern state has so far seen almost 40 percent less monsoon rain than last year, the head of the local weather department told AFP, with authorities in Kerala imposing nightly power cuts as a result. ... more Study calls for renewable energy progress 
Santa Monica, Calif. (UPI) Jun 26, 2008 U.S. analysts say they've found an urgent need for major progress in technology if even 25 percent renewable energy use is to be affordable. The Rand Corp. study says dramatic renewable energy technology advances are needed if the United States desires to produce 25 percent of its electricity and motor vehicle fuel from renewable sources by 2025 without significantly increasing consumer ... more |
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London, UK (SPX) Jun 27, 2008Morgan Technical Ceramics has announced its semiconductor-grade 99% alumina ceramic has found new application in the burgeoning solar panel industry. Leading OEM Oerlikon Solar has selected the company to supply precision-engineered, high-purity ceramic bars used for lifting and stacking of glass panels in its thin-film deposition photovoltaic (PV) machine. "Ceramic is an alternative ... more UBC Physicists Develop Impossible Technique To Study And Develop Superconductors 
Vancouver, Canada (SPX) Jun 27, 2008A team of University of British Columbia researchers has developed a technique that controls the number of electrons on the surface of high-temperature superconductors, a procedure considered impossible for the past two decades. Led by Physics Assoc. Prof. Andrea Damascelli, the team deposited potassium atoms onto the surface of a piece of superconducting copper oxide. The approach allows ... more SAS Greenlights 1MW Solar Power Farm 
Cary NC (SPX) Jun 27, 2008SAS working with Progress Energy Carolinas and SunPower, will develop a solar electric power farm on the company's Cary, NC, headquarters campus. Scheduled to go online in late 2008, the project is the latest in the company's continuing sustainability efforts to conserve environmental resources. "I'm fortunate to participate in global business forums with some of the world's finest ... more Platts Carbon Capture And Sequestration Conference 
Columbus OH (SPX) Jun 27, 2008Can carbon dioxide emissions be economically reduced by capture and storage? How advanced are the technologies available to capture and compress CO2 for storage? Is it possible to store it safely underground? What are those in the industry doing about the atmospheres carbon dioxide problem and what does the future hold? To illuminate those who attend the Platts Carbon Capture and ... more |
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Lowell MA (SPX) Jun 27, 2008Konarka Technologies has announced that the Energy Research Centre of the Netherlands (ECN) has verified that the company's flexible organic based photovoltaic (PV) solar cells demonstrate outstanding high lifetime after comprehensive environmental testing under accelerated conditions, including high temperature storage and prolonged illumination. "The environmental testing by ECN further ... more WTF... abbreviation on car plates makes Americans blush 
Washington (AFP) June 26, 2008OMG! What is that on my car's license plate? That's the question asked by 10,000 drivers who registered their vehicles in North Carolina last year and got registrations starting with "WTF." Long just an innocuous combination of three letters, like OMG ("Oh my God!") WTF is now heavy with vulgar connotations: it is an oft-used email and mobile phone abbreviation that means "What the f***". ... more Britain outlines wind farm expansion plans 
London (AFP) June 26, 2008Thousands of new wind turbines could be built across Britain by 2020 as part of multi-billion pound plans to switch to more sustainable energy sources, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said Thursday. Setting out the London government's plans for greater investment in and reliance on renewables, Brown envisaged Britain's coastal waters being turned "into the equivalent for wind power of ... more Analysis: Nigeria attack cripples Chevron 
Washington DC (UPI) Jun 26, 2008Chevron Corp. has declared a force majeure on its oil exports following a particularly destructive attack on one of its installations in the Niger Delta. Officials at the U.S. oil company said that though production was unaffected at offshore installations, Chevron could not meet its production quotas for customers because of shortfalls caused by the pipeline attack last week at the ... more
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