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US won't drop cap-and-trade auctions: White House Washington (AFP) May 7, 2009 
The White House is committed to auctioning off polluter permits under a "cap-and-trade" system to fight climate change, a top official said Thursday in remarks likely to anger US industry.
"You should anticipate no changes in our climate proposals," Office of Management and Budget chief Peter Orszag told reporters, despite reported hints that President Barack Obama might now compromise about ... read moreToshiba To Establish Nuclear Engineering Center In North Carolina 
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) May 08, 2009Toshiba has announced that Toshiba America Nuclear Energy Corporation, a U.S.-based Toshiba Group company, will establish an engineering center in Charlotte, North Carolina. The center will open this August, and will provide solid foundations for Toshiba Group's expansion of its nuclear power businesses and support for utility customers in the U.S. market. Major utilities in the Unit ... more
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Vela Solaris Offers Polysun Products To US Markets
Winterthur, Switzerland (SPX) May 08, 2009Vela Solaris AG has announced the launch of their Polysun family of products in the United States. The Polysun family is the world's most flexible and accurate software for the simulation and design of renewable energy systems optimized for any particular site and structure. While other software programs are based on fixed inflexible templates, Polysun takes input for variables in building ... more University Of South Carolina Selected For Alternative Energy Research Center 
Columbia SC (SPX) May 08, 2009The University of South Carolina has been selected by the U.S. Department of Energy to house a research center that is expected to bring $12.5 million in federal funding, the largest award in the university's history, to a team of internationally recognized energy researchers in the College of Engineering and Computing. The center is one of 31 Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRCs) being ... more Trinidad Airport Installs Carmanah Solar-LED Runway Lights 
Victoria, Canada (SPX) May 08, 2009Trinidad's Piarco International Airport has upgraded its airfield lighting with solar-powered LED airfield lights from Victoria BC-based Carmanah Technologies. Valued at approximately $300,000, the order includes Carmanah A704-5 runway edge lights, approach lights and threshold lights, as well as A702 taxiway lights, mounting hardware and wireless handheld radio remote-control equipment. ... more  |
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DuPont Encapsulant Accelerates BIPV Roofing
Wilmington DE (SPX) May 08, 2009DuPont Photovoltaic Solutions (DPVS) announces commercialization of the first building-integrated photovoltaic (BIPV) modules to take advantage of new DuPont PV5300 Series encapsulant sheets, made of clear, supertough ionomer. SYSTEM Photonics S.p.A. from Italy calls its new "ROOF Collection" BIPV solar tiles an elegant new choice for adding aesthetically appealing, built-in photovoltaic ... more Bulgaria seeks financing for new nuclear plant 
Sofia (AFP) May 7, 2009Bulgaria is counting on loans from Russia, Germany and France to build a new four-billion-euro nuclear power plant on the Danube, Deputy Economy and Energy Minister Yavor Kuyumdjiev said Thursday. Funding for the plant, which was due to come from the Bulgarian state and German power giant RWE, was proving difficult, Kuyumdjiev said in an interview with the daily Klassa published Thursday. ... more Montreal To Revamp Battery-Powered Vehicles 
Montreal, Canada (SPX) May 08, 2009Thousands of small electric scooters, bicycles and wheelchairs throughout Europe and Asia are powered by LifePO4 - a material used in advanced lithium-ion batteries developed by Universite de Montreal researchers. "It's a revolutionary battery because it is made from non-toxic materials abundant in the Earth's crust. Plus, it's not expensive,'" says Michel Gauthier, an invited professor at ... more Nanotube Light Up Smallest Incandescent Lamp 
Los Angeles CA (SPX) May 08, 2009In an effort to explore the boundary between thermodynamics and quantum mechanics - two fundamental yet seemingly incompatible theories of physics - a team from the UCLA Department of Physics and Astronomy has created the world's smallest incandescent lamp. The team, which is led by Chris Regan, a member of the California NanoSystems Institute at UCLA, and includes Yuwei Fan, Scott Singer ... more |
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