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 New Haven, W.Va. (UPI) Sep 22, 2009 
An experiment to retrofit a coal-fired West Virginia power plant to "sequester" its carbon dioxide emissions is drawing worldwide interest, observers say. American Electric Power, the largest electricity producer in the United States with a coal-fired grid of power stations stretching across 11 states, was preparing Tuesday to start an experiment at its gargantuan Mountaineer power stat ... read more
Washington (AFP) Sept 22, 2009The US government has spent more than one billion dollars on private sector renewable energy projects from the massive economic stimulus program passed seven months ago, officials said Tuesday. At a meeting of a group of clean energy developers and manufacturers at the White House Tuesday, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner and Energy Secretary Steven Chu announced 550 million dollars in ... more
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London (UPI) Sep 22, 2009 Oil-producing states are more focused on facilitating global economic recovery than pushing for higher oil prices because they see greater benefits in a long-term strategy of restraint, the London Center for Global Energy Studies said in its Monthly Oil Report for September. Increased oil revenue projections are seen behind the current spate of massive arms purchases in Latin America ... more  
West Lafayette, Ind. (UPI) Sep 22, 2009 Purdue University researchers say they have perfected an understanding of precisely how fluid boils in tiny "microchannels" in hybrid and electric cars. That discovery, said the researchers, has led to formulas and models that will help engineers design systems to cool high-power electronics in electric and hybrid cars, aircraft, computers and other devices. ... more  
Newark DE (SPX) Sep 23, 2009Vineland Solar One Partnership and SunPower has announced the completion of 2.3 megawatts of a total 4.1-megawatt solar power system being constructed at the Landis Sewerage Authority in Vineland, New Jersey. When fully built next year, it will be the largest operating solar power system in the state. Vineland Solar One Partnership, which developed and financed the project, is a consortium ... more |
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Seoul (AFP) Sept 22, 2009GM Daewoo, the South Korean subsidiary of US giant General Motors, said Tuesday it has launched a court action to prevent a Russian automaker from allegedly copying one of its cars. A GM Daewoo spokesman said the firm filed a petition last Thursday with the Seoul central district court "to prevent TagAZ Korea from breaching our intellectual property rights and trade secrets." It seeks ... more 
Hamburg, Germany (SPX) Sep 22, 2009Suntech Power Holdings has announced the introduction of a 60 cell multi-crystalline PV module to be marketed under the product name Wd. The new Wd module series features positive peak power tolerance of 0/+5 watts, which will assure that all Wd modules will produce at, or outperform, the nominal power rating. "The new 60 cell module, which weighs about 20kg, will be ideal for customers ... more  
Sovetsk, Russia (AFP) Sept 22, 2009Russia's plans to build a nuclear power plant in its Baltic territory of Kaliningrad, hemmed in between Poland and Lithuania, has local residents and environmentalists worried. Russian state energy corporation Rosatom announced plans last year to build a 1,200-megawatt nuclear plant near Sovetsk by 2016. The site is just 20 kilometres (12 miles) from Lithuania's border. But memories of ... more |
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