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New California Law Boosts Sustainable Materials IndustrySacramento CA (SPX) Sep 26, 2012 California Governor Jerry Brown signed into law on Friday Assembly Bill 2205, which clears the way for a new, revolutionary materials industry in California. AB 2205, authored by Assembly Member V. Manuel Perez (D-Coachella) and co-authored by Senate Majority Leader Ellen Corbett (D-San Leandro), brings state regulation up to speed with innovative new technology to sustainably produce lithium, manganese, and other materials vital to clean energy and the modern economy from the mineral rich geothermal br ... read more |
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  Auto Production Roars to New Records Production of passenger vehicles (cars and light trucks) rose from 74.4 million in 2010 to 76.8 million in 2011----and 2012 may bring an all-time high of 80 million or more vehicles, according to ne ... more | .. |
  3M Hosts Energy-Efficiency Workshop to Improve Energy Efficiency Manufacturing 3M hosted a regional energy-efficiency workshop in conjunction with the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) ENERGY STAR Industrial Partnership for companies interested in improving energy effici ... more | .. |
  New international partnership tailor-made for UK nuclear industry AREVA, a global leader in nuclear energy and Atkins, one of the world's leading engineering and design consultancies, have formed a joint venture to compete for projects in the UK nuclear fuel manag ... 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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 Using Information and Communications Technology to Create Cohesive, Sustainable Cities More than half of the world's population lives in urban areas, and countries such as India and China are in need of hundreds of additional cities to accommodate growing populations. People in many c ... more | .. |
 Electric Bike Technologies and AllCell Technologies to Partner for E-Bike Battery Sales Electric Bike Technologies LLC (makers of the E-BikeKit electric bike conversion kit) and AllCell Technologies have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to jointly promote and sell lithium-ion batte ... more | .. |
  4JET Introduces New Laser Solution for Processing Flexible Solar Cells 4JET Technologies GmbH (Alsdorf near Aachen) is launching a new laser scribing system for flexible solar cells during EUPVSEC in Hamburg. The unique tool design enables the P1-P3 serial integr ... more | .. |
 Solar panels more popular than satellite TV with homebuyers With the results of a new survey conducted by mortgage lender ING Direct recently revealing that British property buyers regard a solar PV installation as their most desirable "non-essential deal-se ... more |
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UK thermal satellite firm wins ESA contract to deliver real time climate and security insights
Glacier retreat could drive a surge in volcanic eruptions worldwide
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 How silicon purity affects the performance of solar cells Most solar cells are made from crystalline silicon. Crystalline silicon is expensive because it has to be very pure to make efficient solar cells. Unfortunately, nobody knows exactly how pure and th ... more | .. |
 Imec and SolarWorld present ultra-thin PERC-based PV module that achieves Class A module efficiencies At this week's European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition (27th EU PVSEC, 24/08-28/08), imec and SolarWorld will present ultra-thin (100 m), large-area (156x156mm2) PERC-type mono- ... more | .. |
 Pricing pressures for Australian LNG Australia's liquefied natural gas sector is facing increasing pressure amid Japanese Industry Minister Yukio Edano's call last week for a change to the oil-linked pricing system for natural gas. ... more | .. |
 India to press forward with nuclear power India is determined to increase its share of nuclear power, a government official said. ... more |
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 Retailers to add radical 'focus later' camera A radical camera that lets users adjust the focus after taking pictures will be available in October at shops in Australia, Canada, Singapore, Hong Kong and the United States. ... more | .. |
Samsung launches new oversized smartphone Samsung launched Wednesday the newest version of its oversized smartphone Galaxy Note, just a week after Apple's iPhone 5 hit shelves, in an apparent bid to outpace its rival with a wider range of gadgets. ... more | .. |
 EU solar panel makers want fresh China probe European solar panel makers called for a second probe Tuesday into imports from China, charging that not only are they dumped on the market but that Chinese firms get unfair government support too. ... more | .. |
  Online freedom sees setbacks, a few gains: study Online freedom has suffered setbacks in many countries, but also some gains, amid the Arab Spring uprisings and political upheaval in parts of the world, a new study showed. ... more |
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Bearings Used in Space Technologies: Engineering for the Final Frontier
Orbex advances as UK contender in ESA launcher competition
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 Tesla taps sun for free electric car fuel Tesla on Tuesday opened the first part of what it said would be a large network of stations that will provide free charges to its electric cars courtesy of the sun. ... more | .. |
Road cleared for self-driving cars in California California Governor Jerry Brown on Tuesday signed a bill clearing the way for self-driving cars to jockey with human-operated vehicles to test the technology on the state's roads. ... more | .. |
  NY Times sells stake in jobs website for $100 mn The New York Times Co. said Tuesday it would sell its stake in the jobs-listing website Indeed.com, and record a gain of $100 million. ... more | .. |
France's top court upholds convictions over Erika oil spill France's top court on Tuesday upheld energy giant Total's conviction for negligence in a 1999 shipwreck and oil spill that blackened much of the country's Atlantic coastline. ... more |
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Toyota, Nissan cut China output over island row Japanese auto giants Toyota and Nissan said Wednesday they would cut production in China because demand for Japanese cars has been hit by the bitter diplomatic row over disputed islands. ... more | .. |
  Most biofuels are not green First tops, then flops. That is one way of summing up the history of biofuels so far. A new study led by Empa gives an up-to-date picture of the ecobalance of various biofuels and their production p ... more | .. |
 Two-thirds of the world's new solar panels were installed in Europe in 2011 Europe accounted for two thirds of the world-wide newly installed photovoltaic (PV) capacity in 2011, with 18.5 GW. Its overall PV capacity totalled 52 GW. The yearly electricity produced by PV coul ... more | .. |
 Cancer research yields unexpected new way to produce nylon In their quest for a cancer cure, researchers at the Duke Cancer Institute made a serendipitous discovery - a molecule necessary for cheaper and greener ways to produce nylon. The finding, des ... 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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 SolarBridge Technologies Introduces New Monitoring System SolarBridge Technologies (SolarBridge) has announced new versions of both the SolarBridge Power Portal web-based AC module management platform and the SolarBridge Power Manager communication gateway ... more | .. |
 AREVA integrates energy storage in its Solar CLFR design AREVA Solar is collaborating with Sandia National Laboratories on a new concentrated solar power (CSP) installation with thermal energy storage. The CSP storage project combines AREVA's modular Comp ... more | .. |
 Panasonic Marks First Shipment of Branded Solar Panels to North America Panasonic Eco Solutions North America announces the availability of the HIT Power 240S and HIT Power 235S solar modules in the United States. The 240S panel offers integrators and installers a cell ... more | .. |
 PROINSO installs first three PV solar kits PROINSO has launched and installed the first self-consumption solutions for total or partial power selfconsumption. These integrated installations include the technical solution (modules, inverters, ... more |
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 Yale Researchers Call for Specialty Metals Recycling An international policy is needed for recycling scarce specialty metals that are critical in the production of consumer goods, according to Yale researchers in Science. "A recycling rate of ze ... more | .. |
 Trina Solar brings Training Academy to Lotus F1 Team HQ Trina Solar has announced that the Trina Solar Training Academy will arrive at the Lotus F1 Team headquarters in Enstone, Oxfordshire on 26th September. The Training Academy is the latest move ... more | .. |
 SciTechTalk: Whither goest smartphones? As on-line orders for Apple's iPhone 5 soared into the millions and the die-hard faithful set up sleeping bags and camp stoves in front of Apple retail stores in advance of Friday's opening sales day, it may be the time - or at least the opportunity - to ask a question: Does anybody really need an iPhone 5? ... more | .. |
  Walker's World: Super-Mario's new dawn It may be the darkest hour before the dawn but the economic news from Europe could hardly be more depressing for Mario Draghi, head of the European Central Bank. ... more |
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