Doubling A Gene In Corn Results In Giant Biomass
Champaign IL (SPX) Mar 04, 2009
University of Illinois plant geneticist Stephen Moose has developed a corn plant with enormous potential for biomass, literally. It yields corn that would make good silage, Moose said, due to a greater number of leaves and larger stalk, which could also make it a good energy crop. The gene known as Glossy 15 was originally described for its role in giving corn seedlings a waxy coating that ... read more
Tesla Begins Selling Cars In Canada
San Carlos CA (SPX) Mar 04, 2009
Tesla Motors will start selling cars in Canada, and the automaker will begin delivering cars to Canadian customers starting in the fourth quarter. Tesla is the only production automaker selling highway-capable EVs in North America and Europe. The Tesla Roadster competes with any sports car in its class for acceleration yet is twice as energy efficient as a Toyota Prius. Canada is uni ... more
Taiwan's TMSC and Intel team up on Atom processor
New York (AFP) March 2, 2009
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. and US computer chip maker Intel Corp. announced on Monday that they have forged an alliance that will allow TMSC to use Intel's tiny Atom microprocessors. Intel, the world's largest chip manufacturer, and TMSC described the agreement in a joint statement as "an important step in a long-term strategic technology cooperation between Intel and TSMC."
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Schwarzenegger tells techies to go 'green'
Hanover, Germany (AFP) March 3, 2009
California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger kicked off the world's biggest high-tech fair Tuesday, telling executives to seize the economic crisis as a moment to shape up and go "green". Schwarzenegger, this year's guest of honour at the sprawling CeBIT fair in this northern German city, toured stands with Chancellor Angela Merkel as the six-day event opened under a cloud of financial gloom. ... more
Russia, Spain strengthen ties with energy pact
Madrid (AFP) March 3, 2009
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev wrapped up a visit Tuesday to Madrid by signing an energy cooperation pact and a deal to enable Spanish military equipment and staff to reach Afghanistan via Russia. "We have succeeded in entering a new level of cooperation. Big prospects are opening up in the fuel and energy sphere," he told a news conference with host Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zap ... more
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FPL Bolstering Infrastructure Against Increased Hurricane Activity
Juno Beach FL (SPX) Mar 04, 2009
Florida Power and Light plans to invest more than $200 million in 2009 as part of its ongoing investment program to make the electrical infrastructure more resistant to increased hurricane activity. The company discussed its 2009 plans and 2008 accomplishments in its annual storm strengthening and reliability report filed with the Florida Public Service Commission (PSC). "We are cont ... more
Economic gloom shrouds Obama talks with Brown
Washington (AFP) March 3, 2009
A pall of economic gloom Tuesday hung over President Barack Obama's talks with British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, who came armed with a plan for huge reforms of the reeling global finance system. Brown was set to become the first European leader to visit Obama in the White House, and was set to call for a "global New Deal" of economic reform and banking regulation, to check quickening econ ... more
Babcock Power and ThermoEnergy Form Clean Coal Carbon Capture Company
Danvers MA (SPX) Mar 04, 2009
Babcock Power and ThermoEnergy have announced the formation of a limited liability company to be called Babcock-Thermo Carbon Capture LLC, to develop and commercialize a new and advanced carbon capture power plant design. Since joining forces in April of 2008, the two companies have worked together to further advance the ThermoEnergy Integrated Power System ("TIPS") technology and will now ... more
Analysis: Russian gas reservoirs for EU?
Berlin (UPI) Mar 3, 2009
Russian gas monopoly Gazprom is considering constructing Europe's largest gas storage facility in Germany, claiming the project would increase Europe's energy security. "This is an investment in Germany's and Western Europe's supply security," Burkhard Woelki, spokesman of Gazprom Germania, told United Press International in a telephone interview Monday. Such a reservoir, he said, which ... more
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