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Anti-Noise Silences Wind Turbines Chemnitz, Germany (SPX) Aug 12, 2008 
If wind turbines clatter and whistle too loudly, they are only permitted to operate under partial load to protect the local residents but this also means a lower electricity output. An active damping system cancels out the noise by producing counter-vibrations. If wind energy converters are located anywhere near a residential area, they must never become too noisy even in high winds. Most ... read more
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SolarCraft Helps Marin Shopping Centers Switch To Solar
Novato CA (SPX) Aug 15, 2008Novato-based SolarCraft continues to establish their position as Marin County's source for local solar energy experts to provide green, renewable energy to shopping centers, business complexes and city buildings. SolarCraft recently completed a solar energy system at the new Hamilton Marketplace in Novato. Built on the site of the former Nave Lanes, the highly anticipated new Hamilton Mark ... more Worcester Fuel Company To Launch Green Energy Division 
Worcester MA (SPX) Aug 12, 2008C.K. Smith Co., Inc., a Worcester fuel and energy services dealer for over 115 years, is going green. This week the company introduces its groundbreaking Alternative Energy and Services Division. The new division includes its environmentally-friendly Hybrid-Energy(TM) product line, propane delivery and service, and the plumbing services necessary to expertly install equipment powered by C.K. ... more Rentech Produces Ultra Clean Synthetic Fuels At Colorado Facility 
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Aug 10, 2008Rentechs PDU is the only synthetic fuels facility in the United States today producing transportation fuels. The facility is designed to produce approximately 420 gallons per day of synthetic jet and diesel fuels and demonstrates the successful design, construction and operation of a fully-integrated synthetic fuels facility utilizing the Rentech Process. ... more Metabolix Demonstrates Viability Of Bioplastic Production In Switchgrass Plants 
Cambridge MA (SPX) Aug 12, 2008Metabolix, Inc. (NASDAQ: MBLX - News) today announced that in recently-completed greenhouse trials, switchgrass plants engineered using Metabolix multi-gene expression technology produced significant amounts of PHA bioplastics in leaf tissues employing Metabolixs expertise in pathway engineering in plants. This result is the first successful expression of a new functional multi-gene pathway in ... more Honda has high hopes for new lower-cost hybrid 
Traverse City, Michigan (AFP) Aug 13, 2008Honda Motor expects a strong response to a lower-cost, five-door hybrid vehicle it will launch globally in April, a senior executive said Wednesday. "We're targeting sales of 100,000 units of this new vehicle in North America," said Dick Colliver, executive vice president in charge of sales and marketing for American Honda Motor Co. Honda will produce 200,000 units of the new hatchback in ... more |
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Shanghai (AFP) Aug 14, 2008Chinese car makers are facing an uphill battle as demand for autos is slowing while the cost of raw materials is spiralling, state media reported Thursday, citing industry analysts. Sales in the second half of the year are likely to still grow -- but at a slower pace than in the past, the Xinhua news agency reported, citing Dong Yang, deputy director of the China Association of Automobile Man ... more B&W Volund To Supply Biomass Gasification Plants In Italy 
Barberton OH (SPX) Aug 10, 2008Denmark-based Babcock and Wilcox Vølund A/S (B&WV), a subsidiary of Babcock and Wilcox Power Generation Group, Inc. (B&W PGG), is significantly growing the global reach of its renewable power generation technology. The company has signed an agreement potentially worth up to 100 million (U.S. $156 million) to supply biomass plants that use its combined cycle gasification (CCG) technology to Adva ... more US launches Georgia aid mission, mulls how to help the military 
Washington (AFP) Aug 13, 2008A US C-17 transport plane flew relief supplies to war-torn Georgia Wednesday, kicking off a humanitarian airlift as the Pentagon mulled what it will take to rebuild the Georgian military. President George W. Bush announced the start of the airlift, warning Russia that it had to ensure that all airports, ports and roads remain open to humanitarian and civilian transit. "And in the days ... more World lashes Russia over Georgia conflict 
Washington (AFP) Aug 13, 2008Russia faced a global blacklash Wednesday over its attacks on Georgia, as the United States and European nations began to review key military and diplomatic ties with Moscow. Leading world condemnation of Russia, US President George W. Bush warned US support for Russian entry "into the diplomatic, political, economic, and security structures of the 21st century" was "at risk." ... more |
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London (AFP) Aug 13, 2008The widespread development of genetically modified crops risks leading to the worst environmental "disaster" ever, Prince Charles said in an interview published Wednesday. Speaking to The Daily Telegraph, the Prince of Wales added that relying on "gigantic corporations" for food production, rather than small farmers, would lead to an "absolute disaster". "What we should be talking about ... more Old Growth Giants Limited By Water-Pulling Ability 
Corvallis OR (SPX) Aug 14, 2008The Douglas-fir, state tree of Oregon, towering king of old-growth forests and one of the tallest tree species on Earth, finally stops growing taller because it just can't pull water any higher, a new study concludes. This limit on height is somewhere above 350 feet, or taller than a 35-story building, and is a physiological tradeoff between two factors in the tree's wood - a balance ... more Brazilian agriculture faces huge losses from climate change 
Sao Paulo (AFP) Aug 11, 2008Global warming will cause heavy financial losses to Brazil's agricultural sector over the next decade, a government study said Monday. The losses will grow to five billion dollars by 2020 and 14 billion by 2070, according to the joint study by the Brazilian Agricultural Research Center and the University of Campinas. A team of 19 researchers evaluated the impact of rising temperatures on ... more CSIRO Enlisted To Avert Global Wheat Supply Crisis 
Canberra, Australia (SPX) Aug 14, 2008Cornell University in the United States, with funding from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Global Development Program, has subcontracted CSIRO to undertake the research as part of the Durable Rust Resistance in Wheat project to tackle Ug99 - a strain of the fungus, wheat stem rust. World leaders in rust research - Dr Evans Lagudah and Dr Michael Ayliffe from CSIRO Plant Industry in ... more
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