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US Wind Power Market Riding a Wave That Is Likely to Crest in 2012Berkeley CA (SPX) Aug 16, 2012 Facing looming policy uncertainty beyond 2012, the U.S. remained one of the fastest-growing wind power markets in the world in 2011-second only to China-according to a new report released by the U.S. Department of Energy and prepared by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab). Roughly 6.8 gigawatts (GW) of new wind power capacity were connected to the U.S. grid in 2011-more than the 5.2 GW built in 2010, but below the 10 GW added in 2009. Driven by the threat of expiring federal incen ... read more |
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  Drought hits U.S. power supply Water shortages due to ongoing drought affect the U.S. power supply as power plants become overheated and shut down or run at lower capacity, analysts say. ... more | .. |
 Rwanda to begin geothermal drilling The Rwandan government announced that geothermal energy drilling will begin there in December. ... more | .. |
  Wen sees China meeting growth target: Xinhua Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao has said the country will be able to meet economic targets this year, including growth of at least 7.5 percent, the official Xinhua news agency reported Wednesday. ... 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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  Venezuelan petrol to China up 60% since February: officials Venezuelan oil sales to China have jumped by 60 percent since the start of the year, the country's oil minister said in an interview published Wednesday. ... more | .. |
  UAE announces $3bn in nuclear fuel deals The United Arab Emirates said Wednesday it had selected six companies to supply fuel to its four planned nuclear reactors in deals worth an estimated $3 billion (2.43 billion euros). ... more | .. |
  KYOCERA to Supply 405KW of Renewable Solar Energy to Remote Villages of Fiji Kyocera Solar has announced that its solar energy systems will power over 2000 homes in the Fiji Islands. The solar projects are in partnership with Fiji's Department of Energy and the Fifth Pacific ... more | .. |
 SOLON Accelerates Shipping Innovative Solquick Rooftop Solution To Solar Installers SOLON Corporation has announced it has accelerated shipping its award winning SOLquickTM commercial rooftop system to the U.S. market. SOLquick's innovative design integrates a frameless solar modul ... more |
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Glacier retreat could drive a surge in volcanic eruptions worldwide
UK thermal satellite firm wins ESA contract to deliver real time climate and security insights
Beyond male dominance in primates new study redefines gender power roles | .. |
 Bill Gates Names Winners of the Reinvent the Toilet Challenge Bill Gates has announced the winners of the Reinvent the Toilet Challenge-an effort to develop "next-generation" toilets that will deliver safe and sustainable sanitation to the 2.5 billion people w ... more | .. |
 Saint Theresa's Looks to the Sun For Big Energy Savings The Parish of Saint Theresa announces the completion of a rooftop solar power system that is hosted on its Faith Formation Center at 450 Radio Road in Little Egg Harbor, N.J. Saint Theresa 's Church ... more | .. |
 Constellation To Develop 4.35MW Solar Generation Project Constellation has announced the development of an aggregate 4.35-megawatt (DC) solar generation project for the Casa Grande Union High School District in Casa Grande, Ariz. Constellation will financ ... more | .. |
  Researchers invent system for 3-D reconstruction of sparse facial hair and skin Researchers at Disney Research, Zurich, ETH Zurich, and Cornell University have invented a system to digitize facial hair and skin. Capturing facial skin and geometry is a fundamental technology for ... more |
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  Nextant debuts business jet in Brazil U.S. manufacturer Nextant Aerospace is taking its innovative 400XT remanufactured business jet to the home turf of Brazilian rival Embraer, this week's Latin American Business Aviation Convention and Exhibition in Sao Paulo. ... more | .. |
  NIST's speedy ions could add zip to quantum computers Take that, sports cars! Physicists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) can accelerate their beryllium ions from zero to 100 miles per hour and stop them in just a few micros ... more | .. |
  Twitter co-founders create online publishing site A website launched by Twitter co-founders as a publishing platform for stories, memories and news was open Wednesday to members of the hit one-to-many text messaging service. ... more | .. |
 NTU scientist invents pocket living room TV Leaving your TV show midway because you had to leave your home will no longer happen as you can now 'pull' the programme on your TV screen onto your tablet and continue watching it seamlessly. You c ... more |
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Bearings Used in Space Technologies: Engineering for the Final Frontier
China prepares for Mars sample return with HKU astrobiologist on mission team
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  UC Research Promises Quiet Cars - Even When Hitting Unexpected Bumps in the Road All noise is not necessarily equal - especially when it comes to sound minimization in automobiles. For instance, automakers have long used sound-absorbing materials (passive control) in the design ... more | .. |
 Samsung takes on iPad with Galaxy Note tablet Samsung on Wednesday unveiled a Galaxy Note tablet designed to make a more personal connection with users and aiming to knock Apple's iPad off its market throne. ... more | .. |
  Asia eyes Brazil's growing consumer market With Europe and the United States in the economic doldrums, Asian manufacturers are setting their sights on Brazil's lucrative consumer market ahead of the 2014 World Cup and the 2016 Olympics. ... more | .. |
 Foreign investment in China declines in July Foreign direct investment in China fell 8.7 percent in July, the government said Thursday, as the economy continues to feel the pinch of slowing global growth and European debt crisis. ... more |
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 Japan arrests 14 pro-China activists over island landing Japan arrested 14 people after pro-China activists landed Wednesday on an island at the centre of a bitter territorial row in an episode that threatens to further destabilise fractious ties. ... more | .. |
 China, Canada bilateral investment booms, trade lags: study Chinese foreign investment in Canada has boomed over the last decade but trade lags, according to a study by both governments that was realased on Wednesday and outlined "room for much growth." ... more | .. |
 Bahrain's Gulf Air to resume flights to Iraq, Iran Bahrain's national carrier Gulf Air will resume flights to Iraq and Iran on September 20 after a hiatus of 17 months, the tiny Gulf kingdom's official BNA news agency said on Wednesday. ... more | .. |
 EU activates new e-waste recycling rules The European Union says its hopes to extract more rare earth metals, gold, silver and copper from electronic waste through new rules introduced this week. ... more |
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PLD Space selected as leading contender for ESA sovereign launch initiative
UK opens competitive bid for GBP 75 million orbital cleanup mission
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Japan arrests five men on disputed island: police Japanese police on Wednesday arrested five men, a spokesman said, after pro-China activists landed on a disputed island in the East China Sea. ... more | .. |
 Asbestos found in Chinese-made cars in Australia Some 23,000 cheap Chinese-made cars were Wednesday recalled in Australia after asbestos was found in their engines, with unions demanding to know how they came to be in the country. ... more | .. |
 Megaupload boss plans music venture, hints at relaunch Megaupload boss Kim Dotcom has revived plans to launch a new online music venture this year and hinted at the return of the file-sharing site that led him to face online piracy charges. ... more | .. |
  New process doubles production of alternative fuel while slashing costs A new discovery should make the alternative fuel butanol more attractive to the biofuel industry. University of Illinois scientist Hao Feng has found a way around the bottleneck that has frustrated ... more |
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  Graphene's behavior depends on where it sits When you look at a gift-wrapped present, the basic properties of the wrapping paper - say, its colors and texture - are not generally changed by the nature of the gift inside. But surprising new exp ... more | .. |
 Clemson researchers make optical fibers from common materials Clemson researchers are taking common materials to uncommon places by transforming easily obtainable and affordable materials into fiber. Their findings are published in Nature Photonics, the world' ... more | .. |
 Major advance made in generating electricity from wastewater Engineers at Oregon State University have made a breakthrough in the performance of microbial fuel cells that can produce electricity directly from wastewater, opening the door to a future in which ... more | .. |
 Nano, photonic research gets boost from new 3-D visualization technology For the first time X-ray scientists have combined high-resolution imaging with 3-D viewing of the surface layer of material using X-ray vision in a way that does not damage the sample. This new tech ... more |
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