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May 04, 2011
ENERGY TECH
FuelCell Energy To Develop Clean-Coal Fuel Cell Power Plant
Danbury CT (SPX) May 04, 2011
FuelCell Energy has announced an $11.7 million cost share award from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) for Phase III of the Solid State Energy Conversion Alliance (SECA) coal-based systems program. The SECA program is a collaboration among the Federal Government, private industry, and academia to develop megawatt-class solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) power plants that use coal syngas to generate electricity. Power generation from coal syngas advances the nation's energy security while reducing gree ... read more

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Gazprom wants to speed up Sakhalin-3
Russian energy giant Gazprom plans to speed up drilling at the Sakhalin-3 project to move natural gas quicker to Asia, a company official has said. ... more
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AEROSPACE

Japan quake, Mideast turmoil hit air travel: IATA
The earthquake in Japan and turmoil in North Africa and the Middle East hit international air travel last month, wiping about two percentage points off demand, the top airline industry body said on Tuesday. ... more
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ENERGY TECH

GCC rejects Iran claim, says 'Gulf is Arab'
Interior ministers of the six-nation Gulf Cooperation Council on Tuesday denounced Iranian claims and said the Gulf did not exclusively belong to the Islamic state. ... more
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US judge OKs partial settlement in e-book case

Nordic-Baltic states seek more cooperation

Outside View: Jobs outlook grim

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SOLAR DAILY

Rice University parlays sun's saving grace into autoclave
Rice University senior engineering students are using the sun to power an autoclave that sterilizes medical instruments and help solve a long-standing health issue for developing countries. Th ... more
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SOLAR DAILY

NJR Clean Energy Ventures Announces Solar Project
NJR Clean Energy Ventures (NJRCEV) has announced an agreement with the Village at Manalapan Solar to lease 13 acres of land in Manalapan, New Jersey, for a state-of-the-art, ground-mounted solar sys ... more
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ENERGY TECH

Study helps explain behavior of latest high-temp superconductors
A Rice University-led team of physicists this week offered up one of the first theoretical explanations of how two dissimilar types of high-temperature superconductors behave in similar ways. ... more
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SOLAR DAILY

SunBorne and Suntech Partner for 100MW of Solar Projects in India
SunBorne Energy and Suntech Power Holdings have entered into a framework agreement for the supply of 100MW of solar panels over the next two years for projects in India. Suntech will supply 28 ... more
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Australian scientists grapple with 'despicable' butterfly heist
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ENERGY TECH

China to increase maritime surveillance
China is to boost its maritime patrol service by at least 10 percent in the face of increasing incursions into Chinese territorial waters. ... more
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SOLAR DAILY

Constellation Energy To Acquire 30 MW Solar Installation in Sacramento
Constellation Energy has announced that it acquired a 30-megawatt DC (25-megawatt AC) solar generation project in Sacramento, Calif., from utility-grade photovoltaic power plant developer Belectric, ... more
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SOLAR DAILY

Solar power, with a side of hot running water
MIT researchers and their collaborators have come up with an unusual, high performance and possibly less expensive way of turning the sun's heat into electricity. Their system, described in a ... more
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BIO FUEL

Formidable fungal force counters biofuel plant pathogens
Fungi play significant ecological and economic roles. They can break down organic matter, cause devastating agricultural blights, enter into symbiotic relationships to protect and nourish plants, or ... more
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TIME AND SPACE

Nature of bonding determines thermal conductivity
Optical data carriers such as DVDs, Blu-rays and CD-RWs store data in layers of so-called "phase change materials". In the future, these materials will enable the development of fast, non-volatile a ... more
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CAR TECH

Fuel-efficient vehicles drive GM, Ford US sales
US automakers General Motors and Ford reported Tuesday robust US sales in April driven by a shift to more fuel-efficient vehicles amid rising gasoline prices. ... more
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CAR TECH

Saab reprieved with cash and keys in China
Saab on Tuesday finally secured much-needed financing through a 150 million-euro partnership with a Chinese carmaker its Dutch owner Spyker hopes will unlock the Chinese market and boost sales for the struggling Swedish brand. ... more
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CIVIL NUCLEAR

Slovakia puts off new Jaslovske nuclear unit till 2025
Slovakia's nuclear watchdog said Tuesday a new reactor unit at one of the country's nuclear power plants won't come on line before 2025 after construction was put off by five years or more. ... more
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AEROSPACE

Korean Air to spend $1.58 billion on passenger jets
South Korea's flag carrier Korean Air said Tuesday it would buy a total of seven passenger planes from Airbus and Boeing for nearly $1.58 billion. ... more
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CIVIL NUCLEAR

Police arrest five men near British nuclear plant
British police arrested five men under anti-terrorism legislation close to a nuclear plant, but said Tuesday the case appeared to be unconnected to the death of Al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden. ... more
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TRADE WARS

EU, Japan race to overcome obstacles to trade deal
Japan and the EU are racing to leapfrog obstacles holding up a much-anticipated free trade deal between the world's third economic power and its leading market, officials said on Tuesday. ... more
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POLITICAL ECONOMY

ADB chief warns on inflation, capital flows
Asian governments must keep a tight rein on inflation and may need to consider controls on capital flooding into the region, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) chief said Tuesday. ... more
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ENERGY TECH

BP fined $25 million over Alaska oil spill
BP has been fined $25 million and ordered to spend an estimated $60 million to improve pipeline safety in Alaska after a 2006 oil spill there, US authorities said Tuesday. ... more
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CAR TECH

Saab obtains 150 mln euro funding in China: Spyker
Saab and its owner Dutch carmaker Spyker have signed a strategic partnership agreement in China under which the embattled Swedish car maker will obtain 150 million euros in funding, Spyker said on Tuesday. ... more
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TRADE WARS

China drug firm eyes $2.2 bln Hong Kong IPO
Shanghai Pharmaceuticals, one of China's biggest drugmakers, plans to raise as much as $2.2 billion in an initial public offering ahead of its market listing in Hong Kong this month. ... more
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POLITICAL ECONOMY

ADB chief warns on inflation, capital flows
Asian governments must keep a tight rein on inflation and may need to consider controls on capital flooding into the region, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) chief said Tuesday. ... more
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Russia offers to extend nuclear arms limits with US
Saudi Arabia and Pakistan sign mutual defense pact
Brazil, Chile sign defense agreement
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BIO FUEL

Interjet and Airbus Conduct First Biofuel Flight in the Country
The Consejo de Promocion Turistica de Mexico praised Mexico's domestic carrier, Interjet, and Airbus for joining the ranks of Air New Zealand and Continental Airlines in leading the way for the inte ... more
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WIND DAILY

Global warming won't harm wind energy production, climate models predict
The production of wind energy in the U.S. over the next 30-50 years will be largely unaffected by upward changes in global temperature, say a pair of Indiana University Bloomington scientists who an ... more
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SOLAR DAILY

Stevinson Ranch Golf Club Breaks Ground on Two Solar Systems with Cenergy Power
Stevinson Ranch Golf Club and Cenergy Power have begun construction on two solar photovoltaic (PV) systems: a 113 kilowatt (kW) ground mount and an 82 kW carport solar systems. The solar PV systems ... more
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BIO FUEL

BioJet and Abundant Biofuels Agree to Merge
BioJet International and Abundant Biofuels have announced their merger. Abundant will become a wholly owned subsidiary of BioJet. Abundant and its affiliates (Abundant Habitats and Abundant Harvests ... more
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TRADE WARS

Glencore sets share price in year's biggest IPO
Commodities giant Glencore has set a price for its dual initial public offering in Hong Kong and London, which will be the world's biggest so far this year, a report said Wednesday. ... more
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SOLAR DAILY

Granite Commissions Solar-Powered Construction Materials Facilities
Granite Construction Company has announced that one of its asphalt concrete and aggregate facilities in Indio, California, is among the first in the nation to use solar energy to generate as much as ... more
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ENERGY NEWS

California Signs New Renewable Portfolio Standard into Law
Reaffirming California's strong commitment to the development and utilization of renewable energy sources, Governor Jerry Brown recently signed Senate Bill X1 2, which requires all California utilit ... more
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SOLAR DAILY

SunReports Enters Canadian Solar Market with Latitude51 Partnership
SunReports has entered into a distribution partnership with Latitude51 Solar, a provider of water heaters to the Canadian market. Specializing in high power evacuated tube collectors perfectly suite ... more
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