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Canada said Thursday it hoped to sell a stake in its nuclear agency to try to grow Atomic Energy of Canada Limited and boost its reactor sales, amid growing interest around the world in nuclear power. Natural Resources Minister Lisa Raitt told a news conference AECL could not thrive in its current form as it is too small, with a mere 10 percent of installed reactor capacity in the world ... read more 
Cape Canaveral FL (SPX) May 29, 2009At the Kennedy Space Center, Sen. Bill Nelson and Reps. Suzanne Kosmas and Bill Posey joined officials from Florida Power and Light Company and NASA to celebrate the groundbreaking of FPL's Space Coast Next Generation Solar Energy Center. The new solar photovoltaic power facility is the result of a unique public-private partnership between FPL and NASA and demonstrates both organizations ... more
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Minsk (AFP) May 28, 2009Belarus is seeking a 9.0-billion-dollar (6.5-billion-euro) loan from Russia to build a nuclear power station, Russia's finance minister was quoted as saying by Russian news agencies on Thursday. "Belarus is asking Russia for nine billion dollars in credit to build a nuclear power station," the minister, Alexei Kudrin, was quoted as saying during talks here. "We have the request from the ... more  
Blacksburg VA (SPX) May 29, 2009A group of Virginia Tech students have produced more than 200 gallons of biodiesel as part of a senior design project for the department of mechanical engineering. The Virginia Tech Bio-Fuels group is putting the fuel to direct use, running two pickup trucks on the liquid in a bid to not only stave off the use of foreign-bought oil but also to be environmentally friendly. The B100 ... more 
Branchburg NJ (SPX) May 29, 2009Vanguard Energy Partners has announced the completion of a 578kW solar photovoltaic system at the Morristown Wastewater Treatment Plant. The project will be inaugurated with a ribbon-cutting ceremony on the facility grounds located at 80 East Hanover Avenue in Cedar Knolls. Vanguard teamed with Ferriera Construction on the project which features multiple ground and roof-mounted arrays ... more  
Manila (AFP) May 28, 2009Manila's city council Thursday passed a law that officials said will allow oil companies to keep their depots in the city, defying a court order to relocate them on safety and environmental grounds. Mayor Alfredo Lim signed the ordinance reclassifying the 36-hectare (89-acre) riverside Pandacan section as an industrial zone, amending one by the previous city council that classified the area ... more |
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Lake Mary FL (SPX) May 29, 2009Renewable fuels provider New Generation Biofuels Holdings has announced that it has signed a biofuel sales contract with the Tri Gas and Oil Co Inc of Federalsburg, Maryland, ("Tri Gas and Oil") to market and distribute NGB biofuel. Under terms of the contract, Tri Gas and Oil will endeavor to sell up to 1 million gallons in the first year of a three-year contract. Building on recent ... more 
Chicago IL (SPX) May 29, 2009Advancing technology, increasing demand and government incentives are giving rise to a heavy influx of new and improved photovoltaic (PV) solar panels. That current slows to a trickle, however, when these advances get stuck in a bottleneck awaiting the necessary certification to go to market. As their innovations sit idle, manufacturers miss out on critical revenue. And right now, many are ... more 
Mountain View CA (SPX) May 29, 2009SolFocus has announced that its SF-1000P module is the first CPV product to meet the rigorous performance, qualification, and safety standards of the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) 62108 standard. The IEC is the world's leading organization that prepares and publishes international standards for electrical and electronic technologies. "The real-world testing conducted for ... more 
Irvine CA (SPX) May 29, 2009BlueFire Ethanol Fuels has announced that Solazyme is testing sugars, produced through BlueFire's patented process, for compatibility with its renewable oil process to produce the oil cost effectively and at scale. "Our technologies are a great fit for each other," stated Arnold Klann, CEO of BlueFire Ethanol Fuels. "Our patented acid hydrolysis process allows BlueFire Ethanol to ... more |
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