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  Washington (UPI) Mar 20, 2017 German energy company E.ON said Monday it was working within a government program to advance charging points for electric-powered mobility options. The company's subsidiaries submitted grant applications for more than 700 charging stations on behalf of the municipalities in which they operate. "Using various models, E.ON's regional companies are offering charging solutions for all public or commercial parking areas," the company stated. Earlier this month, E.ON said it was working ... read more |
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Sea change needed for low-carbon economyWashington (UPI) Mar 20, 2017 Nearly 70 percent of all new cars need to be electric and $3.5 trillion in annual investments are needed to keep global warming at bay, a new report found. ... more  
U.S. oil production keeping oil prices lowWashington (UPI) Mar 21, 2017 Crude oil futures started the day slightly improved Tuesday after falling for seven of the last 10 sessions. ... more 
Dubai harvests desert sun at vast solar plantDubai (AFP) March 20, 2017 Dubai on Monday completed a solar plant big enough to power 50,000 homes as part of a plan to generate three-quarters of its energy from renewables by 2050. ... more  
China asks WTO to weigh in on EU anti-dumping measuresGeneva (AFP) March 21, 2017 China on Tuesday asked the World Trade Organization to create an expert panel to examine the so-called "surrogate country" approach used by the European Union to calculate anti-dumping measures applied to Chinese exports. ... more |
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Morocco's Tangiers to host Chinese industrial cityTangiers, Morocco (AFP) March 20, 2017 Morocco and China's Haite Group signed an agreement on Monday to launch an industrial park near Tangiers for 200 Chinese companies that will create tens of thousands of jobs. ... more  
Samsung voice-assistant Bixby to debut with new phoneSan Francisco (AFP) March 20, 2017 Samsung announced Monday that a voice-powered digital assistant named "Bixby" will debut with a flagship Galaxy S8 smartphone set to be unveiled by the South Korean consumer electronics giant. ... more 
Norway reviews offshore platform safety for helicoptersWashington (UPI) Mar 20, 2017 The Spanish energy company Repsol has been called on to address concerns about safety as they relate to an offshore accident tied to transport, a Norwegian regulator said. ... more  
BOC Aviation orders 13 Boeing jets worth $1.4 blnSingapore (AFP) March 21, 2017 Singapore-based aircraft leasing firm BOC Aviation said Tuesday it has ordered 13 new Boeing 737 MAX 8 planes worth a total of $1.4 billion at list prices. ... more 
Oil-rich Russia revises GDP growth estimate higherWashington (UPI) Mar 20, 2017 As crude oil prices recover from last year's historic decline, the Russian finance minister said the outlook for gains in gross domestic product have improved. ... more 
Rig count hangover bruises crude oil pricesWashington (UPI) Mar 20, 2017 Under broader pressure from the so-called Brexit, crude oil prices moved lower early Monday on a hangover from higher U.S. exploration and production work. ... more |
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 Norwegian oil and gas production remained slow in February, report says 
BP orders construction for new subsea production systemWashington (UPI) Mar 21, 2017 Schlumberger subsidiary OneSubsea has been contracted to provide a subsea production system for BP's Mad Dog 2 project in the Gulf of Mexico. ... more 
Johan Sverdrup moves forward with Phase 2 developmentWashington (UPI) Mar 21, 2017 The Johan Sverdrup oil field on Norway's continental shelf will proceed with further development plans, Lundin Petroleum announced on Tuesday. ... more 
Iran pulls first oil out of South Pars fieldWashington (UPI) Mar 20, 2017 The production of oil from the South Pars field complex in the Persian Gulf has started for the first time, the Iranian Oil Ministry declared. ... more 
Slow, steady economic growth for shale-rich ColoradoWashington (UPI) Mar 20, 2017 The economy for shale-rich Colorado is improving, though a tight labor market and pressure outside the energy sector may be constraining, a budget report finds. ... more |
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Through the use of more natural gas and renewables, the United States and China, the lead world economies, helped keep global emissions flat, the IEA said.
The International Energy Agency reported Friday that global energy-related emissions of carbon dioxide, a potent greenhouse gas, were flat in 2016 for the third year in a row, even as the global economy grew.
"These three year ... more Paris (AFP) March 17, 2017CO2 stable for 3rd year despite global growth: IEA  Sussex, UK (SPX) Mar 15, 2017New research urges a rethink on global energy subsidies  Wellington, New Zealand (UPI) Feb 21, 2017New Zealand lauded for renewables, but challenges remain |
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 Plainsboro NJ (SPX) Mar 21, 2017 
Like a potter shaping clay as it spins on a wheel, physicists use magnetic fields and powerful particle beams to control and shape the plasma as it twists and turns through a fusion device. Now a physicist has created a new system that will let scientists control the energy and rotation of plasma in real time in a doughnut-shaped machine known as a tokamak.
"When designing fusion machines, ... more Graz, Austria (SPX) Mar 21, 2017TU Graz researchers show that enzyme function inhibits battery ageing Nuremberg, Germany (SPX) Mar 17, 2017Exhaust fumes as a resource  Salt Lake City UT (SPX) Mar 21, 2017Non-toxic material that generates electricity through hot and cold |
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 Washington (UPI) Mar 16, 2017 
More than 100,000 acres off the coast of North Carolina go on the auction block Thursday for potential wind energy development, the U.S. government said.
The U.S. Department of Interior pounded the gavel to open the seventh offshore wind auction, putting 122,405 acres off the North Carolina coast on the block for commercial wind energy leasing.
In August 2014, the Bureau of Ocean ... moreWashington (UPI) Mar 17, 2017North Carolina offshore wind hailed as job creator  London (UPI) Mar 13, 2017Flagship English Channel wind farm nears completion Paris (UPI) Mar 06, 2017French, Spanish companies set for more wind power off coast of France |
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 Dubai (AFP) March 20, 2017 
Dubai on Monday completed a solar plant big enough to power 50,000 homes as part of a plan to generate three-quarters of its energy from renewables by 2050.
The 200 megawatt plant sprawls over 4.5 square kilometres (1.73 square miles) of desert and includes some 2.3 million photovoltaic panels.
It is the second phase of the Mohammed bin Rashid Al-Maktoum Solar Park, which is set to pump ... more London, UK (SPX) Mar 21, 2017New solar energy plant to be installed on Barbuda  Washington (UPI) Mar 20, 2017Sea change needed for low-carbon economy  Espoo, Finland (SPX) Mar 21, 2017Nanotube film may resolve longevity problem of challenger solar cells |
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 Tokyo (AFP) March 15, 2017 
Toshiba shares plunged Wednesday as fears grow about the future of one of Japan's best-known firms, hit by massive losses and accounting fraud allegations at its US nuclear unit.
The Tokyo-listed stock dropped as much as 13.62 percent at one point, with concerns that the embattled company's shares could be delisted from the bourse.
Toshiba ended the day at 189.5 yen ($1.65), down 12.22 p ... more London, UK (SPX) Mar 13, 2017The EIC and Nuclear AMRC sign MoU  Washington (UPI) Mar 14, 2017German energy company RWE evolving for success  Manchester UK (SPX) Mar 13, 2017Potential approach to how radioactive elements could be 'fished out' of nuclear waste |
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Even plants have to live on an energy budget. While they're known for converting solar energy into chemical energy in the form of sugars, plants have sophisticated biochemical mechanisms for regulating how they spend that energy. Making oils costs a lot.
By exploring the details of this delicate energy balance, a group of scientists from the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National ... more Hampton VA (SPX) Mar 16, 2017NASA Study Confirms Biofuels Reduce Jet Engine Pollution  Cambridge, UK (SPX) Mar 15, 2017Scientists harness solar power to produce clean hydrogen from biomass  Gothenburg, Sweden (SPX) Mar 13, 2017Petrol and jet fuel alternatives are produced by yeast cell factories |
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 Washington (UPI) Mar 21, 2017 
Schlumberger subsidiary OneSubsea has been contracted to provide a subsea production system for BP's Mad Dog 2 project in the Gulf of Mexico.
The Mad Dog Phase 2 project is BP's second stage of development for a planned offshore oil field. The phase builds on BP's largest oil field discovery in the Gulf of Mexico. OneSubsea will be tasked with supplying undersea wells that extract petro ... more Beijing (AFP) March 19, 2017Beijing shuts last coal power plant in switch to natural gas  Washington (UPI) Mar 21, 2017Johan Sverdrup moves forward with Phase 2 development  Washington (UPI) Mar 20, 2017Rig count hangover bruises crude oil prices |
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 Beijing, China (SPX) Mar 17, 2017 
Global warming is driven by the Earth's energy imbalance (EEI): our planet traps more and more heat due to continuous increasing greenhouse gases. From the energy perspective, the global warming is actually ocean warming, since ocean stores more than 90% of the trapped heat. Therefore, ocean heat content (OHC) change is a fundamental indicator of global warming, thus direct measurement of OHC wi ... more Geneva (AFP) March 21, 20172017 already marked by climate extremes: UN  Durham NH (SPX) Mar 17, 2017Is spring getting longer Paris (AFP) March 20, 2017Climate change 'makes deadly China pollution worse' |
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 Washington (AFP) March 17, 2017  World Bank investments in commercial financial institutions is indirectly allowing land-grabs, evictions and pollution in Southeast Asia, a watchdog group charged in a report Friday.
By investing in banks and other so-called financial intermediaries, World Bank funds can increase poverty, social strife and promote projects which hasten climate change, according to a report by Inclusive Devel ... moreMumbai (AFP) March 19, 2017Adani to begin work on Australia mine by August: report Prague (AFP) March 19, 2017Czech energy group bucks green trend with bet on coal  Beijing (AFP) March 14, 201717 killed in China coal mine accident: state media |
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 Beijing (Sputnik) Mar 13, 2017 
Chinese state media is reporting that the country's space program has developed a craft capable of both landing on the moon and flying in low-Earth orbit.
The new spacecraft is claimed to be able to accommodate multiple astronauts, according to spaceship engineer Zhang Bainian, who Science and Technology Daily cited as comparing the forthcoming ship to the Orion craft currently in developm ... more Wenchang, China (XNA) Mar 13, 2017Long March-7 Y2 ready for launch of China's first cargo spacecraft  Beijing (Sputnik) Mar 09, 2017China Seeks Space Rockets Launched from Airplanes  Beijing (XNA) Mar 07, 2017Riding an asteroid: China's next space goal |
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 Washington (UPI) Mar 21, 2017  The U.S. Air Force issued an invitation this week to industry to participate in a capability assessment of light attack aircraft.
The live-fly experiment, part a broader Air Force effort to explore cost-effective attack platform options, will be held this summer at Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico.
The off-the-shelf aircraft from industry participants will be flown by service ... more Washington (UPI) Mar 17, 2017Lockheed Martin to recoat U.S. Air Force F-22s  Washington (UPI) Mar 16, 2017Boeing gets $3.2B for Apache sales to Saudi Arabia  Singapore (AFP) March 21, 2017BOC Aviation orders 13 Boeing jets worth $1.4 bln |
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 Jerusalem (AFP) March 17, 2017 
Intel's $15-billion purchase of Israeli firm Mobileye could help fuel the country's rise in the driverless car industry - not as a builder of vehicles, but as the brains behind them.
Monday's deal, the largest ever in Israel's tech sector, could help boost trade despite the fact no commercial cars are assembled in the country.
The self-styled "startup nation" has no real tradition of au ... more Washington (UPI) Mar 20, 2017Germany pushing e-mobility options  New York (AFP) March 16, 2017More gas guzzlers due to Trump? Not necessarily  Frankfurt Am Main (AFP) March 15, 2017German prosecutors search Audi offices over 'dieselgate' |
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 Santa Barbara CA (SPX) Mar 17, 2017 
The oceans are great at absorbing carbon dioxide (CO2) from the air, but when their deep waters are brought to the surface, the oceans themselves can be a source of this prevalent greenhouse gas.
Wind patterns together with the Earth's rotation drive deep ocean water - and the CO2 it sequesters - upward, replacing surface water moving offshore. A process known as upwelling, it occurs on th ... more Prague (UPI) Mar 06, 2017Czech scientists build non-metal magnet out of carbon  Boston MA (SPX) Mar 07, 2017Graphene sheets capture cells efficiently  Birmingham UK (SPX) Mar 03, 2017Iron dissolved by air pollution may increase ocean potential to trap carbon |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Mar 17, 2017 
Since the advent of microelectronics in the mid-20th century, humanity has been on a nonstop sprint to eke more speed, power efficiency, and computational power from the sextillions (1021) of ever more miniaturized transistors that have come to underlie so much of the modern technoscape.
Even so, the materials scientists, electrical engineers, and other specialists who are leading this dec ... more Washington DC (SPX) Mar 15, 2017Bonding chips using inkjet printers  Zurich, Switzerland (SPX) Mar 17, 2017Liquid fuel for future computers  Osaka, Japan (SPX) Mar 15, 2017Simultaneous detection of multiple spin states in a single quantum dot |
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 Addis Ababa (AFP) March 12, 2017 
Electric light railway tracks soar over Ethiopia's capital Addis Ababa, a rare example of mass transit infrastructure on a continent ruled by ramshackle, diesel-spewing buses.
But despite government promises, the roads below are still clogged with traffic 14 months after the light rail system's opening, and for many residents the city's network of overcrowded minibus taxis remain the only op ... more Singapore (UPI) Jan 25, 2017Machine-learning to inspire Singapore metro buildout  Budapest (AFP) Jan 19, 2017Hungary orders fraud probe into Budapest metro project  San Francisco (AFP) Jan 18, 2017'Hyperloop' rail study for Slovakia-Czech connection |
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 Jakarta (AFP) March 17, 2017 
Indonesia summoned the British ambassador Friday after a cruise ship on a voyage organised by a London-based company smashed into coral reefs in a popular tourist spot and caused extensive damage.
Raja Ampat in eastern Indonesia is one of the most biodiverse marine habitats on Earth, and attracts intrepid travellers and divers to its palm-fringed islands surrounded by coral and fish.
Th ... more Atlanta GA (SPX) Mar 17, 2017China's severe winter haze tied to effects of global climate change  Miami (AFP) March 16, 2017Trump budget 'cripples' environment, science, critics say  Sorong, Indonesia (AFP) March 14, 2017UK cruise ship damages pristine Indonesian coral reef |
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