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October 14, 2015

To reach CO2, energy goals, combine technologies with stable policies
Washington DC (SPX) Oct 13, 2015
An association of the world's leading electricity firms today lit a picture of a future high-tech enabled world energy mix that would help nations meet climate-related CO2 reduction pledges and the expanding demand for electricity. In a report for the upcoming world climate summit (COP21, Paris, Nov. 30 - Dec. 11), the 11-member Global Sustainable Electricity Partnership catalog innovations and technologies in development industry-wide for the generation, distribution and storage of energy, as wel ... read more

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U.S. defense in free fall

U.S. and Saudis conduct Middle East's largest counter-drone exercise

Saudi Arabia and Pakistan sign mutual defense pact

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New surfaces delay ice formation

China to set new plan for troubled economy

CEC offers rate-based community solar for investor-owned utilities

Solar energy training for Antigua and Barbuda

Energy researchers discover new structure for bimetallic catalysts

Caution: Shrinks when warm

Purdue professor solves 140-year fluid mechanics enigma

Auric Solar flips switch on Utah's largest solar power project

VW to recall nearly 2,000 cars in China amid scandal

Study: Africa's urban waste could produce rural electricity

Developing a nanoscale 'clutch'

Electron tomography with 3,487 images in 3.5 seconds

Microscopy technology augments surgeon's view for greater accuracy

Twitter planning layoffs: report

Mobile ad-blockers could wipe out billions in ad revenue

Shift from fossil fuels risks popping 'carbon bubble': World Bank

China calm over TPP isolation as it pursues regional deals

Canadian firm opens facility to pull carbon from air

Dirt-cheap catalyst may lower fuel costs for hydrogen-powered cars

Astronaut brains as beacons for researchers

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