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Intel cuts electric cords with wireless power system San Francisco (AFP) Aug 21, 2008 
Intel on Thursday showed off a wireless electric power system that analysts say could revolutionize modern life by freeing devices from transformers and wall outlets. Intel chief technology officer Justin Rattner demonstrated a Wireless Energy Resonant Link as he spoke at the California firm's annual developers forum in San Francisco. Electricity was sent wirelessly to a lamp on stage ... read more
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No green light for US-India nuke deal just yet: diplomat
Vienna (AFP) Aug 21, 2008A controversial US-India nuclear cooperation deal ran into resistance at a key meeting here Thursday with one diplomat saying nuclear-exporting countries were unlikely to approve the deal this week. The Nuclear Suppliers Group, which controls the export and sale of nuclear technology worldwide, began a two-day meeting to debate amending its rules and allow India -- which refuses to sign the ... more Academy Awarded Funding For Wave Energy Research 
US Air Force Academy CO (AFPN) Aug 22, 2008The next source of alternative energy could come from ocean waves, and Air Force Academy professors have been granted funding to dive into this research. The National Science Foundation has awarded the Academy's Aeronautics Department $285,619 to support a cyclodial propeller wave energy converter research project to harness the ocean's power. The concept of ocean waves turning power ... more Analysis: Energy crisis in the Caucasus 
Berlin (UPI) Aug 21, 2008 The war in Georgia was not mainly about energy, as some have said, but it highlights the vulnerability of energy deliveries through the Caucasus and threatens future projects in the region. Pipeline security can be quite a fascinating topic, even to the standards of a James Bond movie. The 1999 blockbuster "The World Is Not Enough" deals with the construction of an oil pipeline through ... more Analysis: Oil prices hit U.S. military 
Washington (UPI) Aug 21, 2008 Is $4-a-gallon gas putting a dent in your wallet? Just be glad you aren't paying the fuel bill for the military, the single largest energy user in the country. Last year the Defense Department spent $12 billion on more than 130 million barrels of oil, natural gas and missile fuel, according to the Defense Energy Support Center, which manages the department's energy needs. That's more ... more Can Biofuels Be Sustainable 
Madison WI (SPX) Aug 22, 2008With oil prices skyrocketing, the search is on for efficient and sustainable biofuels. Research published this month in Agronomy Journal examines one biofuel crop contender: corn stover. Corn stover is made up of the leaves and stalks of corn plants that are left in the field after harvesting the edible corn grain. Corn stover could supply as much as 25% of the biofuel crop needed by 2030. ... more |
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Golden CO (SPX) Aug 22, 2008Blue Sun Biodiesel has been ranked 242 in Inc. magazine's Inc. 500 list of fastest growing, privately-held companies and is the fastest growing biodiesel fuel company in the country. Blue Sun ranked 10th in growth for the energy industry. Colorado-based Blue Sun Biodiesel markets premium Fusion B20 biodiesel fuel backed by industry-leading quality control standards. Blue Sun sales ... more Emerging PV Manufacturers Gain From New Global Partnership 
Dormagen, Germany (SPX) Aug 22, 2008A global strategic partnership to benefit the emerging photovoltaic (PV) industry for solar-cell energy applications has been signed by two leaders in advanced automation -- U.S.-based Northfield Automation Systems, Inc. and German-based Solarcoating Machinery. One point of contact is the benefit for new PV companies as they gear up manufacturing operations by tapping into the strengths of ... more Even in Europe, 20 million people without toilets: forum 
Stockholm (AFP) Aug 21, 2008A surprising 20 million people in the European Union do not have access to decent toilets and suffer from a lack of hygiene, posing serious health risks, experts meeting at World Water Week in Stockholm said. "People think that in countries so bright, so rich, they don't have this kind of problem," Sascha Gabizon, the head of the non-governmental organisation Women in Europe for a Common ... more Finland seeks details on nuclear safety checks 
Helsinki (AFP) Aug 21, 2008The Finnish government said Thursday it wanted the country's Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority (STUK) to clarify its inspection principles, following criticism of its work at a nuclear reactor building site. "The (economy) ministry wants further reports from STUK on its inspection principles and precision, and how these compare to practices in other countries," the Finnish employment ... more |
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Bellingham WA (SPX) Aug 22, 2008SPIE Optics+Photonics drew 4,812 attendees this year, an impressive count for the even-year version of the symposium, when conferences on Astronomical Instrumentation and related topics are held in a separate venue (this year, in Marseilles, France). Optics+Photonics ran 10-14 August in the San Diego, CA, Convention Center. The interdisciplinary Optics+Photonics event draws a truly ... more Sustainability Standards For US Biodiesel Industry 
Austin TX (SPX) Aug 22, 2008Sustainable Biodiesel Alliance (SBA) headquartered in Austin, Texas will release the first national Baseline Practices for Sustainability (BPS) in Biodiesel for public review on August 19, 2008. The SBA, a non-profit organization founded in 2006, has created an on-line forum to solicit public feedback and suggestions. This is the first national effort at developing biodiesel ... more Water fountains making comeback as bottles banned 
Ottawa (AFP) Aug 20, 2008The Canadian city of London, Ontario on Wednesday halted sales of bottled water at all of its municipal facilities, heralding the return of water fountains, despite beverage industry protests. And similar bans are being considered elsewhere in the country, say local media, including in Vancouver, Ottawa and Kitchener, amid a public backlash against the higher cost and environmental impact of ... more Study Shows Continued Spread Of Dead Zones 
Gloucester Point VA (SPX) Aug 21, 2008A global study led by Professor Robert Diaz of the Virginia Institute of Marine Science, College of William and Mary, shows that the number of "dead zones"-areas of seafloor with too little oxygen for most marine life-has increased by a third between 1995 and 2007. Diaz and collaborator Rutger Rosenberg of the University of Gothenburg in Sweden say that dead zones are now "the key stressor ... more
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