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CERN Announces Start-Up Date For LHC Gen�ve, Switzerland (SPX) Aug 08, 2008 
CERN1 has announced that the first attempt to circulate a beam in the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) will be made on 10 September. This news comes as the cool down phase of commissioning CERN's new particle accelerator reaches a successful conclusion. Television coverage of the start-up will be made available through Eurovision. The LHC is the world's most powerful particle accelerator ... read more
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China's Sinochem secures exploration deal in Indonesia
Shanghai (AFP) Aug 7, 2008China's Sinochem Corp., a state-owned oil trading conglomerate, said Thursday it has entered into an agreement to explore oil and gas in two blocks in Indonesia. Sinochem has bought a 20-percent working interest in Merangin II Block and a 40-percent stake in Belida Block, both in oil-rich south Sumatra, from Pt. Sele Raya, a private oil firm, the Chinese firm said in a statement. The ... more Hydro Aluminum Teams With Acciona On New Spanish PV Plant 
Linthicum MD (SPX) Aug 08, 2008For the second time in three years, Hydro Aluminum's Extrusion Americas unit will supply critical extruded aluminum to Acciona, SA, a Spanish energy company, for use in the world's newest solar power plant. This facility, under construction in Badajoz, Spain near the border with Portugal, will generate 50 megawatts (MW) of electricity when completed. Hydro Aluminum's Extrusion ... more Scientists A Step Closer To Producing Fuel From Bacteria 
Sheffield, UK (SPX) Aug 08, 2008Scientists at the University of Sheffield have shown how bacteria could be used as a future fuel. The research, published in the journal Bioinformatics, could have significant implications for the environment and the way we produce sustainable fuels in the future. Like all living creatures, bacteria sustain themselves through their metabolism, a huge sequence of chemical reactions that ... more Compressed Light Could Open Doors For Optical Communications 
Berkeley CA (SPX) Aug 08, 2008Scientists at the University of California, Berkeley, have devised a way to squeeze light into tighter spaces than ever thought possible, potentially opening doors to new technology in the fields of optical communications, miniature lasers and optical computers. Optics researchers succeeded previously in passing light through gaps 200 nanometers wide, about 400 times smaller than the width ... more ET Solar Group Donates PV Systems To Remote Tibetan Villages 
Nanjing, China (SPX) Aug 08, 2008ET Solar Group has announced that it has donated multiple PV systems to eight remote Tibetan villages. ET Solar donated multiple PV systems worth nearly one million RMB, which will provide electricity for the eight Tibetan villages. These villages are located in a remote rural area that is more than 4,000 meters high and not connected to any electricity grid system. In addition to ... more |
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Deland FL (SPX) Aug 08, 2008Victoria Gardens by Shea Homes will offer free solar power systems to its homebuyers through August 31. Shea Homes is the first builder to roll out a national solar offering and has chosen to work with BP Solar, a global leader in solar energy. The initiative is part of the builder's ongoing commitment to reducing the carbon footprint of homes in all of its Shea Homes Active Lifestyle ... more Kohl's Expands Solar Power Program To Oregon 
Menomonee Falls WI (SPX) Aug 08, 2008Kohl's Department Stores has announced that it will expand its solar program to a sixth state, Oregon, with plans to convert four of its nine stores to solar power. In addition to Oregon, Kohl's has solar projects underway in California, Connecticut, Maryland, New Jersey and Wisconsin. Solar panel installation will begin in August at the Hillsboro store, the first Kohl's location scheduled ... more Indonesia warns over forest fires on Borneo 
Jakarta (AFP) Aug 7, 2008The number of forest fires on Indonesian Borneo has soared over the past two days due to land clearing, raising concerns it could lead to haze over Malaysia and Singapore, an official said Thursday. More than 400 forest fires from traditional farming methods -- blamed for the smoke which shrouds the region annually -- were being monitored on Indonesian Borneo Thursday compared to 217 on ... more Evolution Solar Joins Solar Electric Power Association 
Gilbert AZ (SPX) Aug 08, 2008Evolution Solar joins the members body of the Solar Electric Power Association (SEPA) in Washington DC. Evolution Solar just announced its participation in the Solar Power International event in San Diego, California. The Solar Electric Power Association (SEPA) and the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) are the two nonprofits that have presented the Solar Power Conference and Expo ... more |
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Washington DC (SPX) Aug 07, 2008NASA's Human Research Program will fund nine proposals from six states to investigate questions about the affects of space radiation on human explorers. The selected proposals from researchers in California, Colorado, Georgia, Maryland, New York and Utah have a total value of approximately $13 million. The ground-based studies will address the impact of space radiation on astronaut health. ... more Russia May Put Bombers And Missiles In Belarus 
Minsk (AFP) Aug 6, 2008Russia could base bombers and missiles in neighbouring Belarus in response to US missile defence plans in Eastern Europe, Moscow's ambassador to Minsk said Wednesday, Russian news agencies reported. "We could be talking about the possible basing of Iskander missiles, the possible basing of strategic bombers in Belarus, Kaliningrad and so on," the ambassador, Alexander Surikov, was quoted by ... more EU and UN to link carbon trading registers by December: Brussels 
Brussels (AFP) Aug 6, 2008The European Commission on Wednesday said the EU will link its carbon trading market to the United Nations' scheme by December at the latest. The joined-up schemes should give Europe's biggest polluters -- such as the steel, construction and energy firms -- more leeway to subsidise CO2 reduction projections worldwide in return for credits in the EU's trading system. The linking of the ... more China inflation to ease to 5.5 percent: official 
Shanghai (AFP) Aug 6, 2008China's consumer inflation is expected to ease to 5.5 percent in the third quarter and 4.5 percent in the last three months of the year, a senior official said Wednesday. The 2008 consumer inflation rate is likely to stand between six and seven percent, Xu Lianzhong, head of the National Development and Reform Commission's price office, wrote in an opinion piece in the China Securities ... more
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