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Brazil re-examines nuclear plant safetyRio De Janeiro (UPI) Apr 5, 2011 Brazil says it is tightening safety procedures at its two nuclear power plants even though it is not prone to earthquakes or tsunamis like those that hit Japan. The country does experience frequent rains and landslides that could jeopardize evacuation plans from around the plants in the event of a radiation leak, Inter Press Service reported Wednesday. The government re-examined disaster readiness policies in January, when torrential rains caused landslides and flash floods that blocked ... read more |
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  Statoil find puts arctic back on oil map Statoil's huge oil find in the Barents Sea puts the arctic on the map in the hunt for fossil fuels. ... more | .. |
  Nanoparticles Improve Solar Collection Efficiency Using minute graphite particles 1000 times smaller than the width of a human hair, mechanical engineers at Arizona State University hope to boost the efficiency-and profitability-of solar power plan ... more | .. |
 BlueChip Energy Announces Development Of 40MW Solar Farm In Florida BlueChip Energy (BCE) has announced a power purchase agreement (PPA) to supply Progress Energy Florida with renewable solar photovoltaic (PV) power from the Sorrento Eagle Dunes Solar Farm, a 40 meg ... more | .. |
 Hong Kong to restrict foreign homebuyers from 2013 US judge OKs partial settlement in e-book case Nordic-Baltic states seek more cooperation Outside View: Jobs outlook grim Empire-style computers? Frenchman takes PCs to lap of luxury Google-Microsoft field smartphones to take on iPhone 5 EU businesses urge China's new leaders to speed reforms |
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 Researchers Develop Golden Window Electrodes For Organic Solar Cells Researchers at the University of Warwick have developed a gold plated window as the transparent electrode for organic solar cells. Contrary to what one might expect, these electrodes have the potent ... more | .. |
 SolarBridge Named 2011 Edison Best New Product Awards Gold Winner SolarBridge Technologies (SolarBridge) is being recognized for its superior microinverter design, technological innovation and business strategy by several industry organizations. Last night, the co ... more | .. |
 History Of Nuclear Power Needs To Be Addressed The long-standing conflicts over nuclear power and the risks of radiation exposure are nothing new - in fact, the debate over the damaged Fukushima Dai-Ichi plant in Japan are similar to arguments h ... more | .. |
  Economics, Physics Are Roadblocks For Mass-Scale Algae Biodiesel Production Companies looking to engineer an eco-friendly diesel fuel have more red lights in their path. According to Kansas State University researchers, making petroleum diesel completely green would not onl ... more |
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Pacific microstate sells first passports to fund climate action
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  Emissions Trading Does Not Cause Pollution Hot Spots Programs that allow facilities to buy and sell emission allowances have been popular and effective since they were introduced in the U.S. two decades ago. But critics worry the approach can create h ... more | .. |
 Industry Analyst Predicts 50 Percent Drop In Solar Project Costs GoSolarUSA was buoyed on Tuesday by an energy industry researcher's prediction that the cost of developing a solar power project will fall by half worldwide in the next decade. Michael Liebrei ... more | .. |
  Studies of immigrant success skewed? Descendants of Mexican immigrants in the United States may be making better socioeconomic progress than many studies indicate, researchers say. ... more | .. |
  ADB says inflation 'top priority' for Asia The Asian Development Bank said Wednesday controlling inflation was the region's "top priority" as strong growth, turmoil in the Middle East and Japan's nuclear crisis drive up food and oil prices. ... more |
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 China raises petrol, diesel prices China raised wholesale petrol prices by 500 yuan ($76) per ton and diesel by 400 yuan a ton late Wednesday, the third rise since December in the world's second-largest fuel consuming nation. ... more | .. |
 Japan nuclear scare boosts renewables lobby A global scare sparked by Japan's stumbling efforts to contain a nuclear crisis is encouraging promoters of renewable energy, but defenders of atomic power insist it has a long-term future. ... more | .. |
 US defence secretary holds talks with Saudi king US Secretary of Defence Robert Gates held talks in Riyadh on Wednesday with Saudi King Abdullah, with both sides concerned by Iranian intentions in the region and spiralling unrest in Yemen. ... more | .. |
  Japan stems uncontrolled leak from nuclear plant Workers at Japan's crippled atomic power plant on Wednesday plugged a hole spewing highly radioactive water into the ocean, boosting efforts to contain the world's worst nuclear disaster since Chernobyl. ... more |
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Space Force taps five firms to develop secure global tactical satcom solutions
SES Secures 5 Year Army Contract for Global Tactical Satellite Communications
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NATO 'careful' over air strikes, 'rebel' oil leaves Tobruk NATO, accused of mission failure by Libyan rebels, admitted Wednesday it has to be "particularly careful" with its air strikes as government troops are using civilians as human shields, but vowed to do everything to protect civilians in Misrata. ... more | .. |
IEA calls for scrapping $312 bln in fuel subsidies The International Energy Agency is calling for 312 billion dollars in fuel subsidies to be scrapped in a bid to promote clean energy sources, according to a report presented in Abu Dhabi on Wednesday. ... more | .. |
 China Minmetals says Australia agrees to miner bid China's Minmetals Resources said Wednesday that it has received the greenlight from Sydney to launch a $6.5 billion takeover bid for Australian copper miner Equinox Minerals. ... more | .. |
 Giant Batteries For Green Power In the future, the growing amounts of solar and wind energy will need to be stored for dark or low-wind periods. One solution is redox flow batteries that can supply current for up to 2000 household ... more |
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  Resource-Friendly Car Manufacturing Magnesium instead of steel - this could be an option for lightweight car body parts. A car door made of magnesium is roughly 50 percent lighter. This is one of the exhibits drawn from along the auto ... more | .. |
 First Polymer Solar-Thermal Device Heats Home, Saves Money A new polymer-based solar-thermal device is the first to generate power from both heat and visible sunlight - an advance that could shave the cost of heating a home by as much as 40 percent. G ... more | .. |
 Addressing The Nuclear Waste Issue Researchers from Northwestern University and Argonne National Laboratory have an enhanced understanding of a common freshwater alga and its remarkable ability to remove strontium from water. Insight ... more | .. |
 Mobile With Electricity Electric cars are cleaner, quieter and more efficient than gasoline- or diesel-powered vehicles. Even so, they have not yet caught on. Now, however, a new era is beginning: the era of electric mobil ... more |
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Dogs of war: China touts killer robot 'wolves'
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 Short Rotation Energy Crops Could Help Meet UK's Renewable Energy Targets Planting short rotation energy crops on England's unused agricultural land could produce enough biomass to meet renewable energy targets without disrupting the food industry or the environment, acco ... more | .. |
 Novel Nanowires Boost Fuel Cell Efficiency Fuel cells have been touted as a cleaner solution to tomorrow's energy needs, with potential applications in everything from cars to computers. But one reason fuel cells aren't already more wi ... more | .. |
 Advance Toward Making Biodegradable Plastics From Waste Chicken Features In a scientific advance literally plucked from the waste heap, scientists have described a key step toward using the billions of pounds of waste chicken feathers produced each year to make one of th ... more | .. |
 The First Macro-Scale Thin-Film Solid-Oxide Fuel Cell Materials scientists at the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) and SiEnergy Systems LLC have demonstrated the first macro-scale thin-film solid-oxide fuel cell (SOFC). W ... more |
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 U.S. deal boosts Argentine lithium outlook Argentina boosted prospects for significant development of its lithium deposits after signing a deal with the U.S. Lithium Exploration Group two weeks after Australia's ADY Resources opened a lithium carbonate plant in the country. ... more | .. |
  Self-Cooling Observed In Graphene Electronics With the first observation of thermoelectric effects at graphene contacts, University of Illinois researchers found that graphene transistors have a nanoscale cooling effect that reduces their tempe ... more | .. |
 GOP budget demands others' 'best ideas' U.S. House Republicans, while unveiling a budget plan Tuesday with $6 trillion in proposed spending cuts, claimed the president's own proposal would accelerate a "descent into a debt crisis." ... more | .. |
  Manitoba wind farm comes online Manitoba's largest energy wind farm has been completed and is in operation to deliver enough energy for 50,000 homes in the province, officials said. ... more |
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