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ITER, IAEA sign deal to move nuclear fusion research forward Geneva (AFP) Oct 13, 2008
Key nuclear international institutions on Monday signed a deal to step up their collaboration, marking a step forward in the development of a multibillion dollar experimental nuclear fusion project. The accord was signed in Geneva by International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) Director General Kaname Ikeda and Yury Sokolov, the deputy director general of the UN's nucler watchdog ... read moreNECO Wind - Colorado's Largest Community-Based Wind Development
Julesburg CO (SPX) Oct 14, 2008National Wind has announced its partnership with landowners in Sedgwick, Phillips, and Logan Counties in Colorado, to form and capitalize NECO Wind. NECO Wind, which stands for Northeast Colorado Wind, will construct 400 megawatts (MW) or more of wind energy generation facilities under the management of National Wind. When complete, it is expected this project will produce enough ... more
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Dow Applies Sustainable Science To The Whole Building
Midland MI (SPX) Oct 14, 2008Green building design starts with a "whole building" approach to energy efficiency and sustainability, and Dow industry experts will be on hand to explain how at the 2008 GreenBuild International Conference and Expo, held in Boston from November 18-21. "Naturally, there is a tendency to focus on selecting individual products that will boost your LEED credits, but by looking at the whole ... more China posts another record trade surplus despite global slowdown
Beijing (AFP) Oct 13, 2008China said Monday its trade surplus hit a monthly all-time high of 29.3 billion dollars in September despite slowing global demand brought on by the financial crisis. Exports in September reached 136.4 billion dollars, up 21.5 percent over the same month last year, while imports during the period were 107.1 billion dollars, up by 21.3 percent, the General Administration of Customs said. ... more Beijing's new traffic rules fail to curb gridlock, pollution
Beijing (AFP) Oct 13, 2008Beijing rolled out new traffic control measures Monday, but they had little effect as the capital's roads remained clogged and a grey smog shrouded the city. The new measures, which are less strict than curbs used during the Beijing Olympics in August, are aimed at banning the city's 3.3 million cars from the road for one day a week each, based on license plate numbers. But Beijing ... more |
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India's humble rickshaw goes solar
New Delhi (AFP) Oct 13, 2008It's been touted as a solution to urban India's traffic woes, chronic pollution and fossil fuel dependence, as well as an escape from backbreaking human toil. A state-of-the-art, solar powered version of the humble cycle-rickshaw promises to deliver on all this and more. The "soleckshaw," unveiled this month in New Delhi, is a motorised cycle rickshaw that can be pedalled normally or run ... more Solar Power International '08 - Largest US Solar Energy Event in History
San Diego CA (SPX) Oct 14, 2008All roads lead to Southern California this week, as thousands of people from around the world attend Solar Power International, the largest solar energy industry event in the Americas. Presented by Solar Electric Power Association (SEPA) and Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA), Solar Power International '08 begins just days after the U.S. Congress passed the most significant federal ... more McCormick Adds Solar To It's Energy Supply
Sparks MD (SPX) Oct 14, 2008McCormick and Company has announced that it has signed an agreement with Constellation Energy's Projects and Services Group, under which Constellation Energy's Projects and Services Group will construct an approximately one megawatt solar power system at McCormick's Spice Mill and Distribution Center in Hunt Valley, Md. McCormick will purchase the electricity generated from the system. The ... more Analysis: Oil and Gas Pipeline Watch
Washinton DC (UPI) Oct 14, 2008Turkey to host pipeline soon. Without offering details, a top Western envoy for Eurasian energy said proposals would be signed to move gas through Turkey within six months. C. Boyden Gray, the U.S. special envoy for Eurasian energy, said an agreement could be signed in 2009 whereby Turkey hosts a gas transit route to bring natural resources to Europe, Trend Capital ... more |
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