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Ukraine nuclear plant halts reactor after electrical failureKiev (AFP) April 17, 2012 A reactor at a nuclear power station in Ukraine has been disconnected from the grid following an electrical failure but radiation levels were not elevated, authorities said on Tuesday. The second reactor of the Yuzhno-Ukrainskaya Nuclear Power Station in the south of Ukraine was put on minimal capacity following the failure of its main transformer and the subsequent breakage of the high voltage power line late Monday, the emergencies ministry said. "Reactor No 2 has been switched to the minimum ... read more |
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 NRC Action Will Force Major Court Fight An adverse decision by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) will force parties concerned about the already troubled Vogtle nuclear reactor project in Georgia to file a motion this week in federal ... more | .. |
  Ex-Im Bank Approves Export Financing for Solar Project in India Supporting U.S. jobs at companies in eight states, the board of directors of the Export-Import Bank of the United States (Ex-Im Bank) approved an $80.32 million direct loan for the purchase of conce ... more | .. |
  NSW Government undermines election promise on renewable energy Calls by the NSW Government to abondon Australia's 20 per cent Renewable Energy Target (RET) undermine a key state election commitment as well as putting billions of dollars of renewable energy inve ... 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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  Hot new manufacturing tool: A temperature-controlled microbe Many manufacturing processes rely on microorganisms to perform tricky chemical transformations or make substances from simple starting materials. The authors of a study appearing in mBio, the ... more | .. |
 Renewable Resources Launches Operations in North America During Tartan Week 2012 Renewable Resources (Energy Solutions) has announced its established presence in North America to provide roof-mounted solar technology for residential and commercial customers across New York, New ... more | .. |
 Honduras stove project Proyecto Mirador sells 100,000 carbon credits Proyecto Mirador has announced the sale of its second and third year Gold Standard Verified Emission Reduction (VER) credits to climate and development specialist ClimateCare, Europe's leading volun ... more | .. |
 ORNL process improves catalytic rate of enzymes by 3,000 percent Light of specific wavelengths can be used to boost an enzyme's function by as much as 30 fold, potentially establishing a path to less expensive biofuels, detergents and a host of other products. ... more |
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Underappreciated threat of nanoplastic pollution revealed in Atlantic Ocean study
Deadly China-Nepal flood caused by glacial lake: experts
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 Energy-Efficient Lighting Company Gets Even Greener with Solar System GeoGenix has announced that it recently completed the installation of a 133-kilowatt rooftop solar photovoltaic (PV) generation system for Wood-Ridge, N.J.-based Starfire Lighting, a leading provide ... more | .. |
 Construction Progressing on Sandy Cross Solar Farm in North Carolina O2 Energies is harvesting something new on the grounds of a family-owned North Carolina soybean farm: 1.5-megawatts worth of electricity produced by the solar array at Sandy Cross Solar. The solar f ... more | .. |
 New Solar PV Test Kit Has Special Datalogging And Downloading Capabilities The latest solar test kit from Seaward Solar enables contractors to meet international electrical commissioning and PV system safety requirements quickly, thoroughly and effectively. The new S ... more | .. |
 Clean Energy Collective Launches Community Solar Garden Financing Program Clean Energy Collective (CEC) and Sooper Credit Union (SCU) have announced that they have entered into a strategic partnership whereby Sooper Credit Union will make affordable, long-term loans avail ... more |
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 UK clean energy pioneer to lead Clean Energy Council UK clean energy pioneer David Green is to lead the Clean Energy Council as its new Chief Executive Officer. Clean Energy Council Board Chairman Michael Fraser said Mr Green had been at the forefront ... more | .. |
 Nanotube electrodes improve solar cells Forests of carbon nanotubes are an efficient alternative for platinum electrodes in dye-sensitized solar cells (DSC), according to new research by collaborators at Rice University and Tsinghua Unive ... more | .. |
 Australians embrace solar to tackle rising power bills Regional and lower-income Australians are leading the charge towards solar power as a way to address rising power bills, according to new data. Australia's top solar postcode at the end of 201 ... more | .. |
 Walmart Expands Solar Commitment to Colorado Walmart has announced six SolarCity projects on stores in Colorado, marking the company's 100th solar power installation in the U.S. and moving it closer to its long-term goal of using 100-percent r ... more |
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Skimming the Sun, probe sheds light on space weather threats
Are Unlocked Phones Any Good? Unlocked vs. Locked Phone Benefits
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 Hanwha Solar and San Francisco Giants Announce New Partnership Hanwha Solar, a global provider of photovoltaic (PV) solar solutions and flagship company of Korea's top-10 business group Hanwha Group, has been named the new official solar partner of the San Fran ... more | .. |
 Sanyo Leaves America and ABC Solar Launches its Japan Solar Lease Fund In a huge twist of fate, two solar players share a future in the Japanese solar market. Sanyo is leaving America because in Japan the retail price for solar is 10 bucks a watt where in the states it ... more | .. |
 AREVA Awarded Contract by Reliance to Build Asia's Largest Concentrated Solar Power Installation AREVA Solar has been awarded a contract by the Indian group Reliance Power Limited to build a 250 megawatt (MW) concentrated solar power (CSP) installation in India, which will become the largest in ... more | .. |
 Russia to liberalize natural resources sector Russia's oil and gas sector awaits a new development stage, say experts who asses the initiatives adopted by the government to develop the continental shelf. For one, they offer unprecedented privil ... more |
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  Struggling Yahoo! sees profit rise in upbeat quarter Struggling Internet pioneer Yahoo! on Tuesday saw its faltering stock price bolstered by news that its profit climbed 28 percent in the first three months of the year. ... more | .. |
 Amazon, Apple, Twitter score low on clean energy: study Amazon, Apple and Twitter were graded poorly Tuesday in a Greenpeace study of technology titans' use of clean energy to power the mushrooming Internet cloud, but Facebook, Google and Yahoo! won praise. ... more | .. |
  Intel earnings beat expectations Computer chip giant Intel Corporation on Tuesday reported quarterly earnings that beat Wall Street expectations and said its processors would soon debut in smartphones. ... more | .. |
  IMF raises global growth forecast to 3.5% The International Monetary Fund on Tuesday slightly hiked its global growth forecasts for this year and 2013, but warned that Europe's debt crisis and high oil prices could derail recovery. ... more |
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Ukraine 'shouldn't target' Moscow: Trump
Trump gives Russia 50 days to make Ukraine deal
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  Japan's Toshiba to pay $850 mn for IBM retail unit Japanese electronics giant Toshiba said Tuesday it would pay about $850.0 million for IBM's retail products unit, with the US firm saying it would create the world's leading point-of-sale company. ... more | .. |
 Google-Oracle chiefs heard in high-stakes patent trial The chiefs of Google and Oracle were served up to jurors on Tuesday as opening witnesses in a patent case aimed at Android software used to power smartphones and tablet computers. ... more | .. |
  Smartphones wallets going mainstream: survey Using smartphones or tablets as digital "wallets" will be common within a decade, largely replacing cash and credit cards, according to a Pew Research survey released on Tuesday. ... more | .. |
  Oil safety weak two years after BP spill: studies Offshore drilling safety and oversight is still lacking two years after the massive BP oil spill sullied the US Gulf Coast, two reports released Tuesday have found. ... more |
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 British panel says 'fracking' should resume despite tremors A British government-appointed panel said Tuesday that a controversial gas extraction method known as fracking should resume under strict conditions, though it would probably trigger earthquakes. ... more | .. |
  Air tax feud may affect climate change talks: US envoy Disagreement over a European scheme to tax airlines for carbon emissions may affect talks seeking new global warming targets, US climate envoy Todd Stern said on Tuesday. ... more | .. |
 Canada streamlines environmental reviews Canada on Tuesday unveiled plans to simplify the way it reviews major economic projects, but the opposition charged that the changes would gut the country's environmental protection laws. ... more | .. |
China pledges to increase trade with Thailand Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao pledged Tuesday to expand trade with Thailand to $100 billion annually and step up ties on a wide range of issues, including the joint patrol of the Mekong river. ... more |
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