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BP plugs runaway oil well in Gulf of MexicoNew Orleans, Louisiana (AFP) Aug 5, 2010 BP plugged its runaway well in the Gulf of Mexico with cement Thursday, one of the final steps in permanently sealing the gusher at the center of the worst US environmental disaster on record. Some 15 weeks after the well ruptured and 21 days after the flow was fully stemmed with a temporary cap, the massive oil slick that once stretched for hundreds of miles is rapidly disappearing from the Gulf. But officials cautioned that a great deal of clean-up work remained and that the long-term impact o ... read more |
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Princeton NJ (SPX) Aug 06, 2010Princeton Power Systems is pleased to announce that construction will soon begin on an advanced renewable energy system combining solar generation with a lithium-ion battery storage system and smart controls. The entire system will be completed and operational before the end of the year. The $1.5M system will be installed at corporate headquarters at 201 Washington Road in Princeton, NJ, a ... more 
Belmont, Australia (SPX) Aug 06, 2010SunPower has announced it has completed a 505-kilowatt solar power installation for Horizon Power, a government-owned utility providing power to remote and regional communities and resource operations in Western Australia. The ground-mounted SunPower T20 Tracker installation is located on two sites, Marble Bar and Nullagine in the east Pilbara region of Western Australia, and was commissio ... more  
College Station TX (SPX) Aug 05, 2010Whether we can grow bio-energy crops such as switchgrass and forage sorghum isn't the question, said a Texas AgriLife Research scientist. The question is, where's the nitrogen going to come from to grow these crops and how much is it going to add to the cost of the end product, said Dr. Gerald Smith, AgriLife Research legume breeder based in Overton. And there also are hidden costs, such ... more |
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Promising Results From Wind-to-Battery ProjectMinneapolis MN (SPX) Aug 05, 2010 Xcel Energy has released preliminary results from its wind-to-battery storage project in Minnesota, and the bottom line is the technology works. Integrating variable wind and solar power production with the needs of the power grid is an ongoing issue for the utility industry. In October 2008, Xcel Energy began testing a one-megawatt battery-storage technology to demonstrate its ability to store wind energy and move it to the electricity grid when needed. It is first use of the technology in the Un ... read more |
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