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Arab Spring 'aids Sahara solar power plan'Casablanca, Morocco (UPI) Jun 8, 2011 Critics of the Desertec project, a $566 billion scheme to meet Europe's energy needs by generating vast amounts of solar power from the Sahara Desert, say political upheaval in North Africa has scuppered its short-term prospects. But at a recent conference on the massive project in Berlin, other experts voiced optimism that the pro-democracy turmoil sweeping the Arab world will usher in the long-term economic stability that will make the ambitious Desertec plan a reality. "Many critics a ... read more |
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  French Greens seek nuke power phase-out The French Green Party is calling for a total phaseout of nuclear energy just as a major poll indicated growing public hostility toward the industry. ... more | .. |
  Novel geothermal technology packs a one-two punch against climate change Two University of Minnesota Department of Earth Sciences researchers have developed an innovative approach to tapping heat beneath the Earth's surface. The method is expected to not only produce ren ... more | .. |
 CSS signs another contract Clear Skies Solar has announced it has added an additional $1.1 million commercial contract to the backlog. "As the stream of good news continues, we have been receiving the first deliveries o ... 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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 SILFAB and ISC KONSTANZ announce a new PV breakthrough It's named "ZEBRA". The new back-contact solar cell with an actual 19+% energy conversion efficiency and a potential exceeding 22%, that uses a low-cost industrial process. This new breakthrough was ... more | .. |
  Capstone Turbine Receives Order for Four C1000s From BPC Engineering Capstone Turbine recently received an order for four C1000 Power Packages that will be installed in a combined cooling, heating, and power (CCHP) application at the New Century shopping mall in Soch ... more | .. |
 New Solar Station in Crimea Becomes Ukraine's Green Strategy Milestone Pursuing a long-term strategy, Ukraine has finalized construction of a new solar energy power station in Crimea. Being highly dependent on imported energy resources, the country puts a lot of effort ... more | .. |
 US Army Base Fort George G. Meade Selects Viridity Energy Viridity Energy has announced it has been a selected to provide energy optimization services by Fort George G. Meade, Maryland. Viridity Energy will enable Fort Meade to provide virtual power onto t ... more |
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SMOS mission reveals 15-year global forest carbon storage trends
Pacific algae invade Algeria beaches, pushing humans and fish away
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  ALPHA stores antimatter atoms for nearly 17 minutes The ALPHA Collaboration, an international team of scientists working at CERN in Geneva, Switzerland, has created and stored a total of 309 antihydrogen atoms, some for up to 1,000 seconds (almost 17 ... more | .. |
  Singapore researchers invent broadband graphene polarizer Researchers at the National University of Singapore have invented a graphene-based polarizer that can broaden the bandwidth of prevailing optical fibre-based telecommunication systems. The gra ... more | .. |
 Caltech researchers find compaction bands in sandstone are permeable When geologists survey an area of land for the potential that gas or petroleum deposits could exist there, they must take into account the composition of rocks that lie below the surface. Take, for ... more | .. |
  'Gang of Six' warns of problems A group of U.S. senators is crafting a bipartisan plan to cut $4.7 trillion from the budget deficit over 10 years, two of the group's leaders said Wednesday. ... more |
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 Record-Breaking German Solar Demand Fuels Green Job Growth Germany's solar photovoltaic (PV) industry now employs more workers than steel production in the USA. With over 100,000 "green jobs" in PV alone, around 75 percent of European solar cells and module ... more | .. |
 McCormick Powers Up Second Solar Installation from Constellation Energy Constellation Energy and McCormick and Company have announced the completion of a 1.8-megawatt solar installation at McCormick's 363,000-square-foot distribution center in Belcamp, Md. One of the la ... more | .. |
 Lagarde 'very positive' with talks in China: AFP interview France's Christine Lagarde, the frontrunner to lead the IMF, told AFP Thursday that she felt "very positive" about her talks in Beijing and backed China's right to fill a top job at the global lender. ... more | .. |
 Outside View: Too big to fix? The HBO movie "Too Big To Fail" is about the financial crisis that hit global banking institutions in the late summer of 2008 nearly bringing down the whole system. It is instructive and cautionary in a much wider application. Too many problems and institutions may be too big to fail. And, as a corollary, are they also paradoxically too big to fix? ... more |
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NASA's Lunar Trailblazer mission ends without mapping moon
Intuitive Machines wins funding to advance orbital logistics vehicle
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 S. America gas bonanza waiting to happen A bonanza of natural gas production and export is waiting to begin in South America as investment focus shifts to gas as a greener and safer alternative to oil and nuclear power, the International Energy Agency said in a special report. ... more | .. |
 China encourages banks to lend to small firms China's banking watchdog has announced a series of measures aimed at boosting lending to cash-hungry small businesses, which are often considered too risky by state-owned banks. ... more | .. |
 Bernanke sees 'loss of momentum' in jobs market After a slew of wretched economic news, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke warned Tuesday there had been a "loss of momentum" in the already tepid US jobs market. ... more | .. |
 Oil, food prices brake global growth: World Bank Rising food and fuel prices are taking the wind out of the global economy's recovery this year, the World Bank said Tuesday, cutting its forecast for global growth. ... more |
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  Chinalco sets up rare earths processing firm Chinalco, China's largest alumina producer, has set up a company in the country's east that will separate highly profitable rare earths from crude ores, a spokesman said Wednesday. ... more | .. |
  China wind energy firms back subsidy move: report China's wind energy turbine makers have said scrapping subsidies for the domestic sector will have little impact, even as US manufacturers hailed the move as a victory, state media reported Wednesday. ... more | .. |
  Bangladesh teenagers drive outsourcing growth Like many teenagers, Abdullah Al Zahid spends most of his time holed up in his bedroom in his family's modest Dhaka apartment glued to his computer. ... more | .. |
 Experimental Solar Shade in Djibouti Provides Constant Power The silence of nonpolluting solar energy at work may someday replace the hum of muffled generators in remote field locations. Maj. Tim Franklin from the U.S. Army Research Development and Engi ... more |
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Space Force taps five firms to develop secure global tactical satcom solutions
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 Envision Solar Files for US Patent for Tracking Solar Tree System Envision Solar International has announced the company has filed for a U.S. patent with the Patent and Trademark Office. The application is for the company's multi-axis EnvisionTrak solar tracking s ... more | .. |
 Global Solar Energy's PowerFLEX BIPV Roofing Module Earns Certification Global Solar Energy has announced that the Global Solar PowerFLEX BIPV roofing module has received the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) 61730 and 61646 certifications, as well as the ... more | .. |
 Upsolar Unveils New Production Platform in Portugal Upsolar has announced the commissioning of its newest solar photovoltaic (PV) module manufacturing platform in Braga, Portugal, in partnership with a major Portuguese player. Designed and installed ... more | .. |
  No significant difference in car fuel consumption between E10 and E5 petrol grades A study conducted by VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland indicates that there is practically no difference between commercial petrol grades 95E10 and 98E5 sold in Finland as regards fuel consum ... more |
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 Cutting-Edge Solar Innovator Offers Insight to Storage Application Kenneth Munson, president and co-founder of Sunverge Energy, has been named as a featured panelist at the Electricity Storage Association (ESA) 21st Annual Meeting, June 8, 2011 in San Jose, CA. ... more | .. |
 Konarka Announces Largest OPV Installation, First Semi-Transparent BIPV Curtain Wall Konarka Technologies, Inc., an innovator in development and commercialization of Konarka Power Plastic, a lightweight, flexible solar material that converts light to electricity, has announced the l ... more | .. |
 From Sulfurcell to Soltecture: A New Generation of Solar Construction Ten years after its founding, CIS thin-film pioneer Sulfurcell is breaking new ground in solar construction under its new corporate name, Soltecture. At Intersolar Europe, the company is presenting ... more | .. |
 Golden age for Australia's LNG? Australia's liquefied natural gas industry is on course for a "golden age," with the sector posed to boost the country's economy by $38.5 billion by 2020, the International Energy Agency said. ... more |
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