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![]() Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (UPI) May 12, 2011 Persian Gulf oil producers are turning to advanced technology as fields become depleted and extracting the crude becomes more difficult while global demand grows. Energy industry analysts see a major surge in demand for oil that, even if there are no serious disruptions in supply in the Middle East because of the current political upheavals sweeping the region, will challenge the current supply base to the limit. Iraq is one of the few places on the planet where there are vast untapped r ... read more |
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![]() MIT Study: conventional fossil fuels sometimes 'greener' than biofuels In an effort to combat soaring fuel prices and cut greenhouse gas emissions, the aviation industry is racing toward the use of biofuels. In 2008, Virgin Atlantic became the first commercial airline ... more | .. |
![]() Global resource consumption to triple by 2050: UN Global consumption of natural resources could almost triple to 140 billion tons a year by 2050 unless nations take drastic steps, the United Nations warned Thursday. ... more | .. |
Amazon takes on iPad with new Kindle Fire tablet 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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![]() Finding reserves on the electrical grid When storms lash northern and eastern Germany, it regularly gets tight in the high-voltage and highest-voltage electrical grids. Electricity from renewable resources has priority on the grid. But, o ... more | .. |
![]() NIST super-stable laser shines in minivan experiment In a step toward taking the most advanced atomic clocks on the road, physicists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have designed and demonstrated a super-stable laser opera ... more | .. |
![]() Deepwater Horizon Spill Threatens More Species Than Legally Protected Marine species facing threats from the 2010 BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico far exceed those under legal protection in the United States, a new paper in the journal BioScience f ... more | .. |
![]() Silver cycle: New evidence for natural synthesis of silver nanoparticles Nanoparticles of silver are being found increasingly in the environment-and in environmental science laboratories. Because they have a variety of useful properties, especially as antibacterial and a ... more |
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![]() BP raises stakes in Brazil oil BP is increasing its share of the Brazilian hydrocarbons market and is negotiating to buy stakes in oil fields and areas still up for exploration. ... more | .. |
![]() Counteracting Biofuel Toxicity in Microbes Advanced biofuels - liquid transportation fuels derived from the cellulosic biomass of perennial grasses and other non-food plants, as well as from agricultural waste - are highly touted as potentia ... more | .. |
![]() New technique improves artificial photosynthesis This discovery will make it possible to improve photoelectrochemical cells. In the same way that plants use photosynthesis to transform sunlight into energy, these cells use sunlight to drive chemic ... more | .. |
![]() Japan starts shutting down Hamaoka nuclear reactor The operator of Japan's ageing Hamaoka nuclear plant, located near a tectonic faultline southwest of Tokyo, on Friday began shutting down one of its two running reactors, a plant official said. ... more |
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![]() Pairing Quantum Dots with Fullerenes for Nanoscale Photovoltaics In a step toward engineering ever-smaller electronic devices, scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory have assembled nanoscale pairings of particles that s ... more | .. |
![]() US visa system drives away tourists: study Travel industry leaders in the United States called Thursday for an end to the "burdensome" visitor visa program, saying it drives tourists and their job-creating dollars to other countries. ... more | .. |
![]() Saab's Chinese rescue crashes Chinese rescue funding for the Saab-Spyker auto group collapsed on Thursday, throwing Swedish Saab back into deep financial crisis without keys to the crucial Chinese market. ... more | .. |
![]() EU nuclear safety testing row in meltdown Fractious talks on testing the safety of European nuclear reactors broke down Thursday as calls to include terror attacks and other man-made disasters in the tests faced resistance from powerful nuclear lobbies in London and Paris. ... more |
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![]() Hong Kong land auction sees top-end prices Hong Kong on Thursday sold three residential sites for HK$5.73 billion ($737 million), at the top end of estimates despite efforts to cool the overheated property market. ... more | .. |
![]() IEA sees oil bulls still running, for now Bulls in the oil market still have room to run around a price of $110 per barrel but growth of global oil demand is set to ease, the IEA said on Thursday, tipping the see-saw price down again. ... more | .. |
![]() Hanoi rebuffs China comments on island vote Vietnam's parliamentary elections are an internal matter, the government said Thursday after Beijing objected to the ballot being held on disputed islands in the South China Sea. ... more | .. |
![]() Clear Skies Sign 162KW Contract Clear Skies Solar has announced it has signed a contract with a New Jersey car dealership and the approved funding will be using our Power Purchase Agreement program, or PPA. The PPA allows a ... more |
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![]() SunPower to Build Solar Power Systems for Rancho California Water District Rancho California Water District (RCWD) and SunPower have announced that SunPower will design and construct solar power systems totaling 1.7 megawatts at two RCWD facilities. The systems are expecte ... more | .. |
![]() American Vision Brings New 'Light' to Solar Energy Environmentally-aware homeowners looking to live a bit 'greener' - while significantly saving some 'green' ($) on monthly utility bills - can turn to the experts in solar panel installation, America ... more | .. |
![]() Clean Energy Pathways Develops Unique Roof Mount for Solar Energy Retrofit Clean Energy Pathways has completed a large solar retrofit and energy efficiency project at the IMAX Fitness Center in Columbus, Georgia, utilizing a unique mounting process. The retrofit consisted ... more | .. |
![]() Wilmington Friends School to use new campus solar power system Wilmington Friends School has announced that it will install more than 700 solar photovoltaic (PV) panels on the rooftops of two campus buildings this summer, resulting in one of the largest of sola ... more |
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![]() GreenField Ethanol announces the launch of G2Biochem GreenField Ethanol has announced the launch of G2Biochem, a collaborative partnership that will acquire, validate and commercialize GreenField's innovative patented process technology. This technolo ... more | .. |
![]() Iowa Affirms Position as Proven Leader in Biorenewables Sector Iowa has established itself as the breeding ground for the next generation of biofuels in America. According to the Iowa Renewable Fuels Association, the Hawkeye state has added $13 billion to the s ... more | .. |
![]() Japan shelves nuclear power expansion Japan said it would abandon existing plans for nuclear power expansion, as the country Wednesday marked two months since an earthquake and tsunami crippled the Fukushima nuclear power plant. ... more | .. |
![]() Joule Secures First of Multiple Sites to Host Solar Fuel Production Marking another milestone in its advance towards commercialization, Joule Unlimited has announced the signing of a lease agreement providing access to 1,200 acres in Lea County, New Mexico, with the ... more |
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![]() Iraq boosts oil output, offers new blocks Iraq has boosted oil production to the highest level in a decade and is preparing to auction off oil and gas exploration contracts to develop potentially big new fields, part of its accelerating drive to challenge Saudi Arabia as the world's top producer. ... more | .. |
![]() Ontario Government Selects Rentech's New Renewable Jet Fuel Project Rentech has announced that its proposed Olympiad Renewable Energy Centre (Olympiad Project) in The Township of White River (White River), Ontario, has been selected by the Province of Ontario for a ... more | .. |
![]() Philippine nuclear plant to become tourist site Tourists will soon be able to wander through a nuclear power plant in the Philippines that was built nearly three decades ago but never used, a government official said Wednesday. ... more |
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