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A Million Roofs ForgottenGerroa, Australia (SPX) May 24, 2011 The NSW solar scandal just gets better and better. The government's retrospective commercial legislation to cut the solar feed in tariff will now seek to define a hardship loss for some solar home owners. What that criteria will be - the NSW government has yet to decide as it scrambles to make policy on the run. Meanwhile, the newly elected NSW state government of Barry O'Farrell has come out swinging - seeking to attack small businesses - many of whom are new start ups by local electricians gearing ... read more |
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  Iowa engineer scales up process that could improve economics of ethanol production Iowa State University's Hans van Leeuwen has moved his research team's award-winning idea for improving ethanol production from a laboratory to a pilot plant. Now he knows the idea, which produces a ... more | .. |
 RSI Silicon Products Invents Way to Use Sugar to Manufacture Silicon At RSI Silicon Products the process of making silicon for solar panels is all sweetness and light. Literally. "Our process uses sugar cane or sugar beets," Inventor Steve Amendola said of RSI's newl ... more | .. |
  Radiation protection expert criticizes comparison of Fukushima to Chernobyl In the opening editorial to the latest edition of the Journal of Radiological Protection, published, Wednesday 18 May, radiological protection expert Professor Richard Wakeford of the Dalton Nuclear ... 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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 Wildlife in trouble from oil palm plantations Forest fragmentation driven by demand for palm oil is having a catastrophic effect on multiple levels of biodiversity, scientists from Queen Mary, University of London have discovered. The res ... more | .. |
  Southampton scientists to help create a sustainable energy system for the UK The University of Southampton is playing a key role in a major public/private partnership to evaluate the use of biomass to create a cost effective and sustainable UK energy system for 2050. D ... more | .. |
 Gulf currents primed bacteria to degrade oil spill A new computer model of the Gulf of Mexico in the period after the oil spill provides insights into how underwater currents may have primed marine microorganisms to degrade the oil. "It is cal ... more | .. |
 Better buildings for extreme climates will be focus of researcher talk Rima Taher, an expert in the design of low-rise buildings for extreme winds and hurricanes, will speak next week at the Annual Conference of Construction Specifications Canada (Devis de Construction ... more |
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SMOS mission reveals 15-year global forest carbon storage trends
Pacific microstate sells first passports to fund climate action
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  When fueling up means plugging in Newark DE (SPX) May 24, 2011 Want a Nissan Leaf? Join the 20,000 people on the waiting list to get one. The Chevy Volt got your eye? General Motors ramped up availability earlier this year to try a ... more | .. |
  Performance of an arch dam affected by the relaxation of its foundation following excavation Hohai University in Nanjing has established a research tradition in hydraulic engineering over the last 95 years. During this time, Hohai has become a first class institution of higher education tha ... more | .. |
 Record efficiency for flexible CIGS solar cells on plastics It's all about the money. To make solar electricity affordable on a large scale, scientists and engineers worldwide have long been trying to develop a low-cost solar cell, which is both highly effic ... more | .. |
 Karlsruhe Invisibility Cloak: Disappearing Visibly "Seeing something invisible with your own eyes is an exciting experience," say Joachim Fischer and Tolga Ergin. For about one year, both physicists and members of the team of Professor Martin Wegene ... more |
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 Centrosolar and Zep Solar sign license agreement The Hamburg-based Centrosolar AG has signed a license agreement with Zep Solar. Zep Solar provides mounting solutions for installing photovoltaic systems, enabling modules with a specialized Zep Gro ... more | .. |
 MAG expands solar systems business MAG is expanding its solar panel manufacturing systems business with the establishment of U.S.-based operations to build and distribute crystalline silicon (c-Si) module production lines with capaci ... more | .. |
 Emerson To Provide Power Technology For One Of The Largest Solar Energy Projects In US Emerson has been awarded a contract to supply power technology for one of the largest solar energy projects in the United States. Under an agreement with Wind Turbine and Energy Cables (WTEC) Emerso ... more | .. |
 New 5MW Multi-Technology Solar Installation Arizona Western College (AWC), Main Street Power Company, developer PPA Partners, local utility Arizona Public Service (APS), and EPC Rosendin Electric have broken ground on a five-megawatt solar pr ... 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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  IEA warns Merkel on nuclear decision Germany threatens European energy security by pressing ahead with its plan to drop nuclear power, the director of the International Energy Agency, Nobuo Tanaka has said. ... more | .. |
 Philippines, China pledge restraint over Spratlys The Philippines and China pledged Monday to avoid "unilateral actions" that could further inflame tensions over rival claims to the potentially oil-rich Spratlys island chain. ... more | .. |
 Japanese protest revised school radiation limit Furious parents at the centre of Japan's atomic crisis and hundreds of their supporters rallied in Tokyo Monday against revised nuclear safety standards in schools they say are putting children at risk. ... more | .. |
  Global Fund halts payments to China amid mismanagement The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria has halted payments for programmes in China amid mismanagement by a public agency, a spokesman said Monday. ... more |
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 Torn ancient China painting to be joined in Taiwan One of China's best-known ancient paintings, torn into two parts in the 17th century, will soon be exhibited in its entirety in Taiwan for the first time in more than 360 years, organisers said Monday. ... more | .. |
 Iraq oil exports yield post-Saddam record income Iraqi oil exports brought in record income in April on the back of rising oil prices, breaking a mark set the previous month, the oil ministry said on Monday. ... more | .. |
  Sony expects annual net loss of $3.2 billion Japan's Sony on Monday said it expected to post a $3.2 billion net loss for the fiscal year ended March, after delaying its corporate results to gauge damage from the March 11 earthquake and tsunami. ... more | .. |
EU commissioner presses China on trade issues China must respect a reciprocal extension of trade relations, EU trade commissioner Karel De Gucht said Monday in an interview as conflicts grew between the two major economic powers. ... more |
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Dogs of war: China touts killer robot 'wolves'
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China sovereign fund eyes Russia investment: report China Investment Corp (CIC), the country's $300 billion sovereign wealth fund, is looking to Russia for investment opportunities, state media reported Monday. ... more | .. |
 Kan to address international concerns on nuclear crisis Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan will look to reassure his G8 counterparts at the grouping's summit this week that Japan is winning the battle to stabilise the world's worst nuclear crisis for 25 years. ... more | .. |
 TEPCO shares down 9.26 percent after record loss Shares in beleaguered utility Tokyo Electric Power fell 9.26 percent by noon Monday in Tokyo trade after the company posted the biggest ever loss for a Japanese non-financial firm. ... more | .. |
  13 dead in China mine accidents: state media Thirteen people were killed in two coal mine accidents in China at the weekend, state media said Monday - the latest fatal incidents to strike the nation's notoriously dangerous collieries. ... more |
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  Shareholders Press FirstEnergy to Come Clean on Coal Ash Today, FirstEnergy (FirstEnergy) shareholders will vote on a proposal asking the company to report on its efforts to reduce the environmental and health hazards of coal ash stored in ponds, landfill ... more | .. |
 Splitting water to create renewable energy simpler than first thought An international team, of scientists, led by a team at Monash University has found the key to the hydrogen economy could come from a very simple mineral, commonly seen as a black stain on rocks. ... more | .. |
 Japan 'plans solar panels for all new buildings' Japan is considering a plan that would make it compulsory for all new buildings and houses to come fitted with solar panels by 2030, a business daily said Sunday. ... more | .. |
 UN atomic watchdog experts set off for Japan A team of experts from the UN atomic watchdog flew out to Tokyo from Vienna on Sunday to team up with other international experts investigating Japan's nuclear crisis. ... more |
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