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![]() Seattle WA (SPX) Dec 14, 2010 Harnessing the power of ocean tides has long been imagined, but countries are only now putting it into practice. A demonstration project planned for Puget Sound will be the first tidal energy project on the west coast of the United States, and the first array of large-scale turbines to feed power from ocean tides into an electrical grid. University of Washington researchers are devising ways to site the tidal turbines and measure their environmental effects. Brian Polagye, UW research assistant pr ... read more |
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![]() Capasso Lab Demonstrates Highly Unidirectional Whispering Gallery Microlasers Utilizing a century-old phenomenon discovered in St. Paul's Cathedral, London, applied scientists at Harvard University have demonstrated, for the first time, highly collimated unidirectional microl ... more | .. |
![]() An Answer To Green Energy Could Be In The Air In Mark Moore's world, long nanotubes reach into the clouds, serving at once to tether a turbine-vehicle flying at 2,000 feet, or 10,000 feet, or 30,000 feet (610, 3,050 and 9,150 meters); and also ... more | .. |
![]() Seven-Year Moratorium On Gulf Oil Drilling An Unwise Decision The Obama administration's decision to maintain a ban on oil drilling in the eastern Gulf of Mexico and off the Atlantic and Pacific coasts is a mistake, according to a University of Illinois expert ... more | .. |
![]() Rice Researchers Take Temperature Of Molecule You can touch a functioning light bulb and know right away that it's hot. Ouch! But you can't touch a single molecule and get the same feedback. Rice University researchers say they have the n ... more |
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![]() Asia Pacific's retail market tipped to be double US by 2014 Incentives to kickstart spending by Asian governments after the global downturn will help the region post retail sales almost double those of North America within four years, a report said Monday. ... more | .. |
![]() IBM pitches "smart" cities as planet savers IBM is helping cities worldwide get "smarter" about using resources in ways that are good for the Earth as well as local budgets. ... more | .. |
![]() Walker's World: Europe's German problem The old nightmare, the one that was supposed to have a stake driven through its heart in 1945, is back. Europe has a German problem again. ... more | .. |
![]() China extends order for six banks to set aside extra money China has extended a requirement for six major banks to set aside additional money by another three months, state media said Monday, as authorities step up efforts to stem the flood of liquidity. ... more |
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![]() China looks to Argentina for oil Chinese oil giant China Petrochemical Corp., or Sinopec, agreed to buy all of Occidental Petroleum Corp.'s assets in Argentina for $2.45 billion, the company said. ... more | .. |
![]() Billionaire unveils Russia's first hybrid car Russian billionaire Mikhail Prokhorov on Monday unveiled a new hybrid car that is due to come on the market in 2012, a first in a country where motorists often show scant regard for the environment. ... more | .. |
![]() GSLO Signs LOI With Xiamen Solar Electronics For Volt Technology GoSolarUSA has announced that the company signed a letter of intent to explore an exclusive North American distribution agreement with the Chinese firm Xiamen Solar Electronics (XSE). GoSolarU ... more | .. |
![]() Kuwait boosts stake in French nuclear giant Areva Areva on Saturday approved a 900-million-euro (1.17 billion dollars) capital hike under which the Kuwait Investment Authority will hold nearly five percent stake in the French nuclear giant. ... more |
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![]() NRG Energy Expands Into New Mexico With Roadrunner Solar Project NRG Energy will break ground by year end on the Company's first generation site in New Mexico, the Roadrunner Solar Electric Facility, a 20 megawatt (MW) photovoltaic solar project. Power from ... more | .. |
![]() Cupertino Electric Completes Port Of Los Angeles PV System Cupertino Electric Energy Alternatives Division has announced the completion of a 1 Megawatt (MW) rooftop solar photovoltaic (PV) system at Berths 93A and B of the Port of Los Angeles' World Cruise ... more | .. |
![]() Volvo Group Contributes To Carbon-Neutral Airports In partnership with Schmidt and Swedavia, the Volvo Group is participating in a field test to trial the world's first biogas-fueled snow sweeper. The vehicle is equipped with two nine-liter Volvo en ... more | .. |
![]() Nigerian rebel warns of 'utter chaos' A jailed insurgent leader warned that fighting in the Niger Delta, center of the largest oil industry in sub-Saharan Africa, will soon escalate. ... more |
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![]() Review Highlights Knowledge Gaps Surrounding Biofuels And Land Use Change The development of biofuels has increased exponentially over the past decade, and will continue to do so as many countries seek to move away from dependence on fossil fuels. However, increasing use ... more | .. |
![]() Greenbelt Resources Conducts First Beverage Waste-to-Ethanol Conversion Study Greenbelt Resources has announced that the Diversified Ethanol Corporation (wholly-owned subsidiary) pilot plant for mid-scale ethanol production is in full operation and conducting feedstock conver ... more | .. |
![]() Opcon Improves Energy Efficiency In Bioenergy Plant For Leading Imtech The subsidiary of energy and environmental technology group Opcon, Opcon Bioenergy, has received an order for a waste heat recovery facility in Meerhoven, Holland. The order is for SRE's flue gas co ... more | .. |
![]() Viral Genetics Launches VG Energy To Market Biofuel Technology Viral Genetics has launched a subsidiary called "VG Energy, Inc." The new entity is majority-owned by Viral Genetics and its current shareholders, and was formed to market the company's biofuel tech ... more |
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![]() Analysts Predict PV Installations To Double In 2011 Evolution Solar cheered a new report this week that claims that the number of solar photovoltaic installations in North America is likely to double in 2011. IDC Energy Insights released a new ... more | .. |
![]() Asia to lead world office building: report Asia will lead the world in developing new office space as firms shift focus away from lacklustre markets in Europe and North America, a report said Tuesday. ... more | .. |
![]() OPEC holds back on oil to keep prices up OPEC nations kept crude oil production in check to ensure prices remained strong, a strategy that was in evidence as markets edged upward in response to the producer group's weekend talks in Ecuador. ... more | .. |
![]() China's inflation rises at fastest pace in two years China said Saturday that inflation topped five percent for the first time in more than two years, a figure analysts said would lead to fresh interest rate hikes as officials battle to curb rising prices. ... more |
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