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A Dash Of Disorder Yields Very Efficient PhotocatalystBerkeley CA (SPX) Feb 01, 2011 A little disorder goes a long way, especially when it comes to harnessing the sun's energy. Scientists from the U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) jumbled the atomic structure of the surface layer of titanium dioxide nanocrystals, creating a catalyst that is both long lasting and more efficient than most materials in using the sun's energy to extract hydrogen from water. Their photocatalyst, which accelerates light-driven chemical reactions, is the fir ... read more |
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  India approves $12 bln S. Korean steel plant India on Monday gave approval to South Korea's POSCO to build a giant $12 billion steel plant, in the country's biggest foreign investment deal since the launch of market reforms in 1991. ... more | .. |
  Scania Receives Large Order For Biofuel Buses In Sweden Scania has received an order for 158 buses from public transport company Keolis Sverige. By ordering buses that run on biofuels, the company strengthens its position in sustainable urban transport. ... more | .. |
 GSLO Expects Booming iPhone Sales To Drive Demand For Volt GoSolarUSA President and CEO Tyson Rohde said Tuesday that the company expects booming sales of Apple's iconic iPhone to generate huge demand for accessories, including the Volt Solar Charger. ... more | .. |
 Pepco Energy To Implement PV Project For US DoE Pepco Energy Services has reached agreement to design and construct a $2.3 million photovoltaic (PV) project for the Department of Energy at the Germantown, Maryland, campus. The project will be imp ... more |
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 Rentech Fuels First Cross-Country Drive On 100 Percent Synthetic Diesel Rentech has announced that its synthetic RenDiesel fuel is powering an Audi A3 TDI in a cross-country drive from California to Washington D.C. for the first time. The cross-country trek follow ... more | .. |
 Duke Energy And SunEdison Announce Completion Of Solar Farm Duke Energy and Sun Edison have announced the activation of the final phases of a 17.2 megawatt (MW) solar farm in Davidson County, N.C. Constructed in five phases and covering over 200 acres ... more | .. |
 Future Viability of Solar PV Tech Dependant On Production Cost Improvements During 2010, new solar photovoltaic (PV) demand worldwide approached 10,000 MW, and is expected to grow by double digit percentages annually for the foreseeable future, if production costs can be dr ... more | .. |
 New Transistor For Plastic Electronics Exhibits Best of Both Worlds In the quest to develop flexible plastic electronics, one of the stumbling blocks has been creating transistors with enough stability for them to function in a variety of environments while still ma ... more |
  
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  Save Dollars And Lives With Alternative Energy At Forward Operating Bases To cut down on convoys trucking fuel to forward operating bases, as well as implement the Department of the Navy's vision for energy efficiency, the Office of Naval Research (ONR) and elements withi ... more | .. |
  Toshiba returns to black for December quarter Japan's Toshiba said Monday it swung back to a net profit for the December quarter from a year ago on strong demand for its memory chips used in smartphones and tablet computers. ... more | .. |
 Fitch cautious on China banks Fitch ratings agency on Monday voiced doubts about the weakening credit profiles of banks in China as Beijing ramps up efforts to tame inflation and cool its booming property sector. ... more | .. |
 Beacon Power Begins Commercial Operations In New York Beacon Power has announced that it has energized and interconnected eight megawatts (8 MW) of flywheel energy storage and is now earning revenue at its frequency regulation plant in Stephentown, New ... more |
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India gives approval to S. Korean POSCO plant India's environment ministry on Monday gave conditional approval to South Korean company POSCO to build a $12-billion steel plant in a move that could boost the climate for foreign investment. ... more | .. |
 World Can Be Powered By Alternative Energy In 20-40 Years If someone told you there was a way you could save 2.5 million to 3 million lives a year and simultaneously halt global warming, reduce air and water pollution and develop secure, reliable energy so ... more | .. |
  Construction Begins On Dempsey Ridge Wind Project Mortenson Construction and ACCIONA Energy North America are partnering again to expand wind power in western Oklahoma. The 132-megawatt Dempsey Ridge Wind Farm located on the rolling hills of Roger ... more | .. |
 Comprehensive Line Of Henkel Products Support Solar Cell And Module Assembly And Installation To reduce costs and improve the reliability of sensitive photovoltaic devices, Henkel Corporation offers a comprehensive line of adhesives, sealants and cleaners for PV manufacturing and installatio ... more |
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 Solar LED Lights Illuminate Three Miles Of Lummi Nation Pathway Carmanah Technologies is providing 70 EverGEN 1710 solar LED lighting systems to illuminate Haxton Way Trail for the Lummi Nation Indian Reservation, Lummi Nation, Washington. The EverGEN solar ligh ... more | .. |
 SolarCity Expands To East Coast SolarCity, already the largest solar service provider in the U.S. with 1,000 employees and more than 10,000 projects completed or underway, is expanding its operations to the East Coast. The c ... more | .. |
 Agave Fuels Global Excitement As A Bioenergy Crop Scientists found that in 14 independent studies, the yields of two Agave species greatly exceeded the yields of other biofuel feedstocks, such as corn, soybean, sorghum, and wheat. Additionally, eve ... more | .. |
 Team Looks To The Cow Rumen For Better Biofuels Enzymes When it comes to breaking down plant matter and converting it to energy, the cow has it all figured out. Its digestive system allows it to eat more than 150 pounds of plant matter every day. Now res ... more |
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 DLR 2011 - Research Has High Priority In Germany The missions and projects planned by the German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum fur Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR) in 2011 underline the importance of research in Germany, specifically in the fields ... more | .. |
  China's Wen vows 'practical action' to help Europe Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao told his German counterpart on Friday that Beijing would continue to take "practical action" to support Europe in its battle to resolve the debt crisis, state media said. ... more | .. |
 South Korea, a green growth model South Korea's national policy on green growth is seen as a model in green-powered development, experts say. ... more | .. |
  China refutes the J-20 uses F-117 copies A Chinese test pilot refuted allegations that the country's new J-20 stealth fighter aircraft used copied parts from a Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk downed in 1999. ... more |
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  GM sees car sales growth slowing in China and India General Motors on Thursday forecast a sharp slowdown in car sales growth this year in China and India, the world's two fastest-growing major markets. ... more | .. |
 US, Canada defend F-35 fighter jet US and Canadian defense chiefs on Thursday vigorously defended the F-35 fighter jet program, despite criticism over costs and technical delays. ... more | .. |
 Chinese property 'bubble' fuels hard landing fears The world business elite raised concerns over China's property prices at its annual get-together in Davos, with some worrying that if the bubble bursts it could hurt growth. ... more | .. |
 Unit of China's CNPC to buy 19.9% of Australia's LNG China's state-owned giant CNPC said Thursday its engineering division had agreed to buy nearly 20 percent of Australia's Liquefied Natural Gas Ltd. (LNG), the latest purchase there by a Chinese firm. ... more |
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 China vows to 'buy even more' overseas China pledged Thursday to play its part in lifting global consumption, with Commerce Minister Chen Deming saying the Asian giant planned to double its imports over the next five years. ... more | .. |
Chinese boost prices in world's auction houses A Chinese face or two in the crowd at the world's auction houses often means one thing: the gavel will fall on a price far beyond the seller's wildest dreams. ... more | .. |
 China to launch property tax on trial basis China said Thursday it would start imposing property taxes on homes in some cities on a trial basis, in the government's latest move to try to cool the red-hot real-estate market. ... more | .. |
 Iraq quietly rows back on lofty oil plans Iraqi officials are quietly backpedaling on Baghdad's plan to boost oil production to as much as 12 million barrels per day in six years to a more modest 8 million bpd. ... more |
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