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Oil well hot water used to make power Washington (UPI) Oct 20, 2008 
The U.S. Office of Fossil Energy has announced the first successful generation of electricity using geothermal technology from a producing oil well. "This project is unique in its production of onsite renewable power and has the potential to increase the productivity and longevity of existing U.S. oil fields," Acting Assistant Secretary for Fossil Energy James Slutz said. ... read moreSouth Dakota Wind Farm Begins Operations 
Wessington Springs SD (SPX) Oct 21, 2008Babcock and Brown and Heartland Consumers Power District have announced that South Dakota Governor Mike Rounds dedicated the Wessington Springs Wind farm, located just south of Wessington Springs, South Dakota. The 51-megawatt (MW) Wessington Springs Wind Farm will provide clean and renewable energy to the University of South Dakota (USD) and South Dakota State University (SDSU), which ... more
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FedEx Express Breaks Ground Largest Solar Facility
Memphis TN (SPX) Oct 21, 2008FedEx Express has broken ground on its largest solar facility and first outside the U.S., when it began construction of its new Central and Eastern European gateway at the Cologne/Bonn, Germany, airport. The hub is slated for completion in 2010. "Moving to Cologne enables FedEx to plan effectively for the future," said Robert W. Elliott, president, Europe, Middle East, Africa and Indian ... more Energy Department has high school contest 
Washington (UPI) Oct 20, 2008 The U.S. Department of Energy has started a new competition designed to allow high school students to work on real world engineering challenges. "The Real World Design Challenge is intended to engage high school students with real engineering problems faced by industry," said Bill Valdez, director of the department's office of workforce development for teachers and scientists. "The ... more Czech nuclear plant shuts after turbine fault 
Prague (AFP) Oct 20, 2008A Czech nuclear plant shut down a reactor during the weekend after one of its the turbines developed a fault, the plant's owners said Monday. "During the final turbine generator tests prior to the synchronisation to the power distribution grid, a failure has been found on the flow through part (rotor) in the third low pressure turbine" on Sunday, the energy company CEZ said in a statement ... more  |
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China facing uphill battle as it pursues domestic growth: analysts
Beijing (AFP) Oct 20, 2008China wants domestic spending to make up for slowing exports, but it is by no means certain the nation's own consumers are willing or able to pick up the slack, analysts said Monday. The world's fourth-largest economy expanded by nine percent in the third quarter, the lowest level since the second quarter of 2003, the government said Monday, calling for a sharper focus on domestic sources of ... more SolarCity Announces New Release Of SolarGuard Web Monitoring System 
San Diego CA (SPX) Oct 21, 2008SolarCity has unveiled a new edition of SolarGuard, its graphical, Web-based energy monitoring system, this week. SolarGuard 2.0 has been updated to include a range of new features, including the ability to measure electricity usage to give SolarCity customers a real-time view of their home or business' net energy consumption and carbon footprint. SolarGuard 2.0's key new features include ... more Evergreen Solar Signs Contracts For More Than 160 Megawatts 
Marlboro MA (SPX) Oct 21, 2008Evergreen Solar has announced it has signed two new long-term sales contracts totaling more than 160 MW. The first is with Mainstream Energy Corporation and AEE Solar, a leading wholesale distributor in North America; the second contract is with, one of the top-tier general trading companies in Japan. The combined contracts extend the company's total contractual backlog to more than 1 GW. ... more BP Announces Gulf Of Mexico Discovery 
Houston TX (SPX) Oct 21, 2008BP America has announced an oil discovery at its Freedom Prospect in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico. The well, located in Mississippi Canyon Block 948, approximately 70 miles southeast of the Louisiana Coast, is in about 6,100 feet (1,860 meters) of water. The Freedom well was drilled to a total depth of approximately 29,280 feet (8,927 meters) and encountered greater than 550 net feet of ... more |
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