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  Austin TX (SPX) Feb 01, 2017 Homes with solar panels do not require on-site storage to reap the biggest economic and environmental benefits of solar energy, according to research from the Cockrell School of Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin. In fact, storing solar energy for nighttime use actually increases both energy consumption and emissions compared with sending excess solar energy directly to the utility grid. In a paper published in Nature Energy on Jan. 30, researchers assessed the trade-offs of adding h ... read more |
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Cathay Pacific to cut emissions with switch to biofuelHong Kong flag carrier Cathay Pacific will switch to biofuels made from landfill rubbish on select long haul flights, reports said Tuesday, in an effort to cut harmful emissions. ... more  
EU slaps China with new steel anti-dumping dutiesThe EU slapped definitive anti-dumping duties on steel products from China and Taiwan on Friday, as it broadens its campaign to protect struggling steel manufacturers in Europe. ... more  
Deutsche Bank to stop financing coal projectsGerman banking giant Deutsche Bank on Tuesday announced it would stop financing coal projects as part of its commitments under the Paris Agreement to tackle global warming. ... more 
Renewables can't deliver Paris climate goals: studyExpansion of renewable energy cannot by itself stave off catastrophic climate change, scientists warned Monday. ... more |
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Kuwaitis seek roots in upmarket tents under the starsNostalgic for their Bedouin roots, Kuwaitis like Ahmad al-Shimmari are following in the footsteps of their desert-dwelling ancestors living in tents under the stars - but with a touch of modern luxury. ... more 
Trump economic advisor bashes Germany on currency: reportA top economic advisor to US President Donald Trump bashed Germany for exploiting an undervalued euro to take advantage of its trading partners, the Financial Times reported Tuesday. ... more  
GM, Honda annouce fuel cell venture in MichiganGeneral Motors and Honda announced plans Monday for the first "mass production" of an advanced hydrogen fuel cell system that could be used in future vehicles. ... more  
Daimler to supply self-driving cars for UberGerman auto giant Daimler on Tuesday said it had struck a partnership with Uber to supply self-driving cars for the US ride-hailing company. ... more 
Average U.S. gas prices decline for 21 consecutive daysThe national average for gasoline prices declined for 21 consecutive days, buoyed by the increase in crude oil production in the United States and lower driving demand, according to retail analysis. ... more  
Russia's nuclear giant pushes into wind energyRussia's nuclear agency Rosatom said Tuesday that it was joining with a Dutch company to create a wind turbine venture, hoping to tap a domestic market worth billions of euros each year. ... more |
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iPhone sales lift Apple to record quarterApple on Tuesday reported a rebound in iPhone sales to lift the tech giant to record revenue in the past quarter in quarterly results that eased concerns of slowing growth. ... more  
New wave of robots set to deliver the goodsThe robots of the future will be coming soon, rolling along at a lumbering pace with those goods you just ordered. ... more 
Tech firms unite to challenge Trump on immigrationA broad coalition of US technology firms has begun planning a joint legal strategy challenging President Donald Trump's executive order barring refugees and many Muslims from American soil, sources say. ... more  
New white paper reviews latest support for Redefinition of the Kilogram by 2018The NewKILO JRP, a three-year project of the European Metrology Research Programme (EMRP) involving 13 National Metrology Institutes (NMIs) and co-funded by the European Union (EU), was completed in ... more |
  
Iraq signed a billion-dollar deal Thursday with US firm General Electric for the construction of two power plants aimed at easing the country's long-running electricity woes, the premier's office said.
Under the deal, the power plants, each with a capacity of 750 megawatts, will be built in the provinces of Dhi Qar and Muthannah at a total cost of $1.05 billion, a statement from Haider al-Ab ... more Nordic countries are bringing about an energy transition worth copying China energy firm expands in crisis-hit Brazil Europe to take up climate investment mantle |
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  French energy company ENGIE said it was making a debut in geothermal energy with a commitment to help build a power plant in Indonesia.
The French company is part of a consortium tasked with building the Muara Laboh geothermal plant in Indonesia, a former member of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries. The plant is backed by a $440 million finance agreement coordinated in p ... more GM, Honda annouce fuel cell venture in Michigan UNIST researchers get green light to commercialize metal-air batteries Electrocatalysis can advance green transition |
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Prysmian Group, world leader in the energy and telecom cable systems industry, has secured a Pounds 27 million contract with East Anglia One Limited to supply and install the land cable connection for the East Anglia ONE offshore wind farm. Comprising of 102 turbines, the Pounds 2.5 billion wind farm will generate sufficient electricity to power 500,000 homes.
The contract involves the ... more Largest US offshore wind farm gets green light Russia's nuclear giant pushes into wind energy The power of wind energy and how to use it |
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Eltek has announced a contract with United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) to provide complete photovoltaic solar solutions for 104 hospitals in Zimbabwe.
Eltek will provide full delivery, installation, service and monitoring of the solar systems which use Eltek's breakthrough Rectiverter technology as a key component. The Rectiverter combines the functions of a rectifier and an inver ... moreSaudi Arabia takes low-carbon energy approach 100 percent renewable energy sources require overcapacity France issues first 'green bonds' with record 7 bln euro sale |
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  France on Tuesday took a key step towards shutting down its oldest nuclear power station, a campaign promise of Socialist President Francois Hollande, just months before he leaves office.
The board of state-owned electricity utility EDF approved a compensation package worth at least 400 million euros ($430 million) for the shutdown of the Fessenheim nuclear plant, a source close to the matte ... more International partnerships vital for UK nuclear energy New technique could lead to safer, more efficient uranium extraction Georges Besse II plant reaches full enrichment capacity |
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DuPont Industrial Biosciences has been awarded a grant from the European Commission to demonstrate high-efficiency enzyme production to increase biogas yields as part of the DEMETER project, funded from the Bio Based Industries Joint Undertaking under the European Union's Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation program. Enzyme technology has been proven to improve biogas yields and process robustne ... more Cathay Pacific to cut emissions with switch to biofuel Populus dataset holds promise for biofuels, materials, metabolites Handheld Sensor Unit Determines Biofuel Content Of Diesel Blends |
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  The national average for gasoline prices declined for 21 consecutive days, buoyed by the increase in crude oil production in the United States and lower driving demand, according to retail analysis.
The national average for regular unleaded gas is $2.27 a gallon, which is 4 cents lower than one week ago and 5 cents less than a month ago, according to motor club AAA. GasBuddy also report ... more Kuwaitis seek roots in upmarket tents under the stars Oil prices flat, caught in tug-of-war EIA: Mexico a top U.S. gas export destination |
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CO2 emissions caused by changes of land use may possibly be higher than assumed so far. This is the outcome of a study made by the team of Professor Almut Arneth of the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT). The work presented in Nature Geoscience for the first time considers processes, such as slash-and-burn agriculture or different ways of managing forests and cropland. The results also impl ... more 17 million face hunger in Horn of Africa due to drought The ancient Indus civilization's adaptation to climate change Role of terrestrial biosphere in counteracting climate change may have been underestimated |
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  German banking giant Deutsche Bank on Tuesday announced it would stop financing coal projects as part of its commitments under the Paris Agreement to tackle global warming.
"Deutsche Bank and its subsidiaries will not grant new financing for greenfield thermal coal mining and new coal-fired power plant construction," it said in a statement.
Existing exposure to such projects will be grad ... more Rio Tinto signals coal exit with Australia sale IEA urges Poland to curb reliance on coal People aren't the only beneficiaries of power plant carbon standards |
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China's plans for deep-space exploration included two Mars missions and one Jupiter probe.
China plans its first Mars probe by 2020, said Wu Yanhua, vice director of the China National Space Administration.
A second Mars probe will bring back samples and conduct research on the planet's structure, composition and environment, Wu said.
Also on the agenda are an asteroid explorat ... more China's first cargo spacecraft to leave factory China launches commercial rocket mission Kuaizhou-1A China Space Plan to Develop "Strength and Size" |
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  U.S. aerospace contractor Texstars has been selected by Korea Aerospace Industries to develop canopy and windshield transparencies for the KF-X fighter.
Under the contract with the South Korea-based aerospace developer, Texstars will work alongside the company to provide bird-strike resistant transparencies for the developing aircraft.
In a statement announcing the contract award ... more Saudi Arabia unveils next-generation F-15 warplane Pentagon chief orders review of F-35 fighter program State Dept. approves $525 million aerostat sale to Saudi Arabia |
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  German prosecutors said Friday they were investigating Volkswagen's former chief executive Martin Winterkorn on suspicion of fraud over the "dieselgate" emissions cheating scandal, dealing a blow to the auto giant's attempts to move on from the crisis.
Investigators say they have "sufficient indications" that Winterkorn may have known earlier than he has so far admitted about the cheating, a ... more Daimler to supply self-driving cars for Uber Paris experiments with driverless buses Society set for head-on collision with driverless cars |
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Researchers have found a way to trigger the innate, but previously hidden, ability of graphene to act as a superconductor - meaning that it can be made to carry an electrical current with zero resistance.
The finding, reported in Nature Communications, further enhances the potential of graphene, which is already widely seen as a material that could revolutionise industries such as healthca ... more Scientists turn graphene into working OLED electrodes, a first China's Decline in Coal Consumption Drives Global Slowdown in Emissions Research shows driving factors behind changes between local and global carbon cycles |
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The future of quantum computing is a hot topic not only for experts but also in many commercial and governmental agencies. Rather than processing and storing information as bits in transistors or memories, which limit information to the binary '1' or '0', quantum computers would instead use quantum systems, such as atoms, ions, or electrons, as 'qubits' to process and store "quantum information" ... more Theorists propose new class of topological metals with exotic electronic properties Apple legal fight with Qualcomm spreads to China First step towards photonic quantum network |
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Researchers are trying to distill smart transit philosophy into a machine-learning algorithm. Scientists hope their smart transit model will reveal a recipe for a smarter city, organized in way that relieves the congestion common on the mass transit systems of major cities.
"Singapore needs an efficient transport system to support people's activities given the existing and planned infra ... more Hungary orders fraud probe into Budapest metro project 'Hyperloop' rail study for Slovakia-Czech connectionCities vie to hop on super-speedy hyperloop rail |
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A highly toxic form of mercury could jump by 300 to 600 percent in zooplankton - tiny animals at the base of the marine food chain - if land runoff increases by 15 to 30 percent, according to a new study. And such an increase is possible due to climate change, according to the pioneering study by Rutgers University and other scientists published in Science Advances.
"With climate change, w ... more Increasing factory and auto emissions disrupt natural cycle in East China Sea Synthetic chemicals: Ignored agents of global change How India's 'Garden City' became garbage city |
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