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  London, UK (SPX) Dec 19, 2017 Largely driven by an improvement in the outlook in China, global photovoltaic (PV) demand is forecast to reach 108 gigawatts (GW) in 2018. According to business information provider IHS Markit strong demand from the Chinese market is expected to continue on the back of strong policy support, a successful transition to a more diverse market and strong momentum in the distributed-PV (DPV) sector. "Exceeding 108 gigawatts of PV installations is close to the top-end of what can be achieved, based on t ... read more |
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AI helps accelerate progress toward efficient fusion reactionsPlainsboro NJ (SPX) Dec 19, 2017 Before scientists can effectively capture and deploy fusion energy, they must learn to predict major disruptions that can halt fusion reactions and damage the walls of doughnut-shaped fusion devices ... more  
Coal demand falling, IEA saysWashington (UPI) Dec 18, 2017 Global coal demand is on a clear decline and its share in the power mix is on pace to fall to the lowest level since record-keeping began, the IEA said Monday. ... more 
Adani drops contractor for contentious Australia mega mineSydney (AFP) Dec 18, 2017 Embattled Indian miner Adani plans to develop and run its contentious Carmichael mega coal project in Australia on its own after parting ways Monday with mining services giant Downer. ... more  
China issues code of conduct for firms investing abroadShanghai (AFP) Dec 19, 2017 China has released a code of conduct for private companies investing abroad as it seeks to head off risky acquisitions, with state media reporting on Tuesday that a blacklist of violators was in the works. ... more |
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China opens major economic conference; ANZ sells Shanghai bank stakeBeijing (AFP) Dec 18, 2017 China opened a major economic planning conference on Monday as the country tries to pivot away from its no-holds-barred growth model. ... more  
Twitter begins enforcing rules on 'hateful, abusive' contentWashington (AFP) Dec 18, 2017 Twitter said it began enforcing new rules Monday aimed at filtering out "hateful" and "abusive" content on the social network including messages which promote or glorify violence. ... more  
French aerospace giant Thales acquires SIM maker GemaltoParis (AFP) Dec 17, 2017 French aerospace and defence group Thales said Sunday it has bought European SIM manufacturer Gemalto in a bid to become a global leader in digital security. ... more 
Dalai Lama turns to iPhone to spread app-inessNew Delhi (AFP) Dec 15, 2017 He already has millions of Twitter followers and has spoken of the wonders of new technology. Now the Dalai Lama has launched a new iPhone app so devotees can keep track of his travels and teachings. ... more  
Early start for new Norwegian oil productionWashington (UPI) Dec 18, 2017 German energy company Wintershall said it started production from its Maria oil field in Norwegian waters about a year early and below cost. ... more 
Statoil plays $2 billion chip on offshore BrazilWashington (UPI) Dec 18, 2017 Norwegian energy major Statoil said Monday it would spend at least $2 billion to triple its production capacity from offshore Brazil. ... more |
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 New gas production starts in Algeria 
Lingering North Sea problems, Nigerian strike boost oil pricesWashington (UPI) Dec 18, 2017 The lingering closure of a major North Sea crude oil pipeline network and a strike by Nigerian oil workers sent crude oil prices slightly higher Monday. ... more 
Norway: The period for the decline in petroleum investments is overWashington (UPI) Dec 14, 2017 Lower industry prices, an improved global economic outlook and higher oil prices suggests a period of decline in petroleum investments is over, Norway said. ... more 
Funding possible for Cuban and New Zealand drilling programsWashington (UPI) Dec 15, 2017 Australian energy company Melbana said Friday it was placing shares for investors in an effort to raise $2.1 million for Cuban and New Zealand production plans. ... more 
Wood Mac: Cutting costs was how U.S. shale survivedWashington (UPI) Dec 15, 2017 A consultant group looking at spending in U.S. shale basins said it was interested to see how cost inflation figures into production trends for next year. ... more |
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  Baoding, China (AFP) Dec 17, 2017 
With temperatures dipping below freezing in a northern Chinese village, a group of parka-clad women tried to stay warm as they played mahjong around a small gas stove in a grocery store.
Many in China have been shivering more than usual this winter as authorities have curbed coal heating to fight pollution and the switch to natural gas has been plagued by shortages.
In northern Hebei pro ... more Paris (AFP) Dec 12, 2017US void hard to miss at Paris climate summit  Paris (AFP) Dec 7, 2017To save climate, stop investing in fossil fuels: economists  Washington DC (SPX) Nov 08, 2017Improving sensor accuracy to prevent electrical grid overload |
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 Houston TX (SPX) Dec 14, 2017 
Rice University physicists dedicated to creating the working components of a fault-tolerant quantum computer have succeeded in creating a previously unseen state of matter.
The "topological excitonic insulator" was observed in tests at Rice by an international team from the United States and China. The researchers report their findings this week in the journal Nature Communications. Their ... morePlainsboro NJ (SPX) Dec 19, 2017AI helps accelerate progress toward efficient fusion reactions  Waterloo, Canada (SPX) Dec 18, 2017Battery research could triple range of electric vehicles  Sydney, Australia (SPX) Dec 18, 2017Laser-boron fusion now 'leading contender' for energy |
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 Washington (UPI) Dec 14, 2017 
The provincial government in Alberta said the industry response to a renewable energy program was better than expected, with almost $1 billion committed.
Along with much of the Canadian economy, Alberta is adding layers of diversity with low-carbon ambitions. Solar power in the province doubled in 2015 thanks in part to municipal and farm-area incentive programs. Since a municipal rebat ... more Canberra, Australia (SPX) Dec 13, 2017Construction to start on $160 million Kennedy Energy Park in North Queensland  Washington (UPI) Nov 30, 2017U.S. wind turbines getting taller and more efficient  Washington (UPI) Nov 22, 2017New wind farm in service off the British coast |
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 Uncha Amirpur, India (AFP) Dec 10, 2017 
Subedar Singh bears the scars of India's painful reliance on dirty power and its struggle to pay for the costly transition to the brave new world of solar and renewable electricity.
Last year, the farmer walked into a field in his village and suffered 70 percent burns to his feet and ankles from an underground coal fire caused by a nearby power plant. Singh said he dragged himself out of the ... more Lausanne, Switzerland (SPX) Dec 12, 2017Guanidinium stabilizes perovskite solar cells at 19 percent efficiency  Warwick UK (SPX) Dec 12, 2017Solar power advances possible with new 'double-glazing' device  Washington (UPI) Dec 14, 2017U.S. solar power group says it sees headwinds ahead |
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 Beijing (AFP) Dec 13, 2017 
Defects were found in equipment for a third-generation nuclear reactor under construction in southern China with the problematic parts being replaced, the state-owned China General Nuclear Power Group (CGN) said Wednesday.
The issue concerned equipment used in one of two new European Pressurised Reactors (EPR), large units designed to offer improved power and safety.
With EPRs in Finland ... more Sydney, Australia (SPX) Dec 13, 2017Australian waste treatment technology plays major role in management of radioactive waste  Mainz, Germany (SPX) Dec 11, 2017Mainz physicists propose a new method for monitoring nuclear waste  Kincardine, Canada (SPX) Dec 14, 2017Bruce Power Contracts Major Industry Suppliers for Steam Generator Replacement Project |
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 Edinburgh UK (SPX) Dec 12, 2017 
Vast quantities of medicines and renewable fuels could be produced by algae using a new gene-editing technique, a study suggests.
Scientists have devised a method that could lead to cheap, environmentally friendly ways of making products for use in the cosmetics, plastics and food industries.
Algae are highly prized for their ability to make useful products, but a lack of engineering ... more Bristol UK (SPX) Dec 12, 2017Bristol scientists turn beer into fuel  Golden CO (SPX) Dec 14, 2017NREL develops novel method to produce renewable acrylonitrile  Golden CO (SPX) Dec 13, 2017NREL research finds a sweet spot for engineering better cellulose-degrading enzymes |
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 Houston TX (SPX) Dec 19, 2017 
Rice University scientists have found a way to make their asphalt-based sorbents better at capturing carbon dioxide from gas wells: Just add water.
The Rice lab of chemist James Tour discovered that treating grains of inexpensive Gilsonite asphalt with water allows the material to adsorb more than two times its weight in the greenhouse gas. The treated asphalt selects carbon dioxide over v ... more Durham NC (SPX) Dec 19, 2017Heavy-petroleum fuels raising vanadium emissions Washington (UPI) Dec 15, 2017Wood Mac: Cutting costs was how U.S. shale survived Washington (UPI) Dec 14, 2017Norway: The period for the decline in petroleum investments is over |
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 New Orleans LA (SPX) Dec 14, 2017 
Just in time for the holidays, researchers at the University of California, Irvine and other institutions are rolling out a new satellite-based drought severity index for climate watchers worldwide.
Relying on data from NASA's Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment mission, the index adds terrestrial water storage (groundwater) to drought assessments, augmenting commonly used tools most o ... more London, UK (SPX) Dec 14, 2017Space Climate Observatory agreed ahead of One Planet Summit in Paris  Paris (AFP) Dec 12, 2017'We're losing the battle', Macron tells Paris climate talks  Paris (AFP) Dec 11, 2017France's nuanced record fighting climate change |
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 Sydney (AFP) Dec 19, 2017 
The world's biggest miner BHP said Tuesday it would leave the World Coal Association and review its membership of the US Chamber of Commerce to show support for action against climate change.
The Anglo-Australian giant has been reviewing its industry group memberships to see if their stances align with its view that climate change must be tackled through emissions reductions and the use of r ... more Yekaterinburg, Russia (SPX) Dec 18, 2017Scientists develop new mode of energy generation from bituminous coal Washington (UPI) Dec 18, 2017Coal demand falling, IEA says Sydney (AFP) Dec 18, 2017Adani drops contractor for contentious Australia mega mine |
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 Beijing (XNA) Nov 27, 2017 
China is now the world leader in remote sensing technologies for scientific purposes and is able to provide an unprecedented amount of data to support research and development for the world, officials said on Tuesday.
Remote sensing refers to aerial or satellite-based technologies to detect and measure objects on Earth's surface, atmosphere and oceans.
On Tuesday, the Ministry of Sci ... more Beijing (XNA) Nov 19, 2017China plans for nuclear-powered interplanetary capacity by 2040  Beijing (Sputnik) Nov 16, 2017China plans first sea based launch by 2018  Beijing (XNA) Nov 02, 2017China's reusable spacecraft to be launched in 2020 |
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 Washington (UPI) Dec 18, 2017 
A new NASA image offers a preview of what the agency's next X-plane will look like when it finally takes flight.
The image, shared online by NASA on Monday, showcases the Air Force Test Pilot School T-38 in a in a transonic state. The plane is seen transitioning from subsonic to supersonic speed. Shockwaves can be seen beginning to form above and beneath the aircraft.
The image w ... more Washington (UPI) Dec 18, 2017Lockheed Martin meets F-35 production target  Washington (UPI) Dec 13, 2017Canada halts plans to buy Boeing fighter jets in trade dispute  Washington (UPI) Dec 12, 2017Draken International to buy surplus South African fighters |
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 Beijing (AFP) Dec 12, 2017 
One of China's largest state-owned automakers has said it will phase out sales of all petrol vehicles by 2025, as Beijing considers taking all fuel-burning cars off the country's roads.
Beijing Automotive Group Co (BAIC) chairman Xu Heyi said over the weekend the company will phase out sales of conventional cars in Beijing by 2020 and nationwide by 2025, according to the official Xinhua n ... more Washington (UPI) Dec 14, 2017Denmark sets milestone for EV charges  San Francisco (AFP) Dec 14, 2017US prosecutors confirm Uber target of criminal probe  Frankfurt Am Main (AFP) Dec 14, 2017Daimler delivers its first all-electric trucks in Europe |
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 New York, NY (SPX) Dec 14, 2017 
Researchers at Columbia Engineering, experts at manipulating matter at the nanoscale, have made an important breakthrough in physics and materials science, recently reported in Nature Nanotechnology.
Working with colleagues from Princeton and Purdue Universities and Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, the team has engineered "artificial graphene" by recreating, for the first time, the electro ... more Idaho Falls ID (SPX) Dec 18, 2017New technique could make captured carbon more valuable  Houston TX (SPX) Dec 11, 2017Wheat gets boost from purified nanotubes  Los Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 18, 2017UCLA chemists synthesize narrow ribbons of graphene using only light and heat |
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 Kiel, Germany (SPX) Dec 14, 2017 
Over the past few years, the building blocks of storage media have gotten ever smaller. But further miniaturization of the current technology is hindered by fundamental limits of quantum mechanics. A new approach consists in using so-called spin-crossover molecules as the smallest possible storage unit. Similar to normal hard drives, these special molecules can save information via their magneti ... more Durham NC (SPX) Dec 18, 2017Single-photon detector can count to 4 Paris (AFP) Dec 17, 2017French aerospace giant Thales acquires SIM maker Gemalto  Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Dec 13, 2017Researchers quantify factors for reducing power semiconductor resistance by two-thirds |
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 Beijing (AFP) Sept 21, 2017 
China on Thursday increased the maximum speed of bullet trains on the Beijing-Shanghai line to 350 kilometres (217 miles) per hour, six years after a fatal accident led to a speed cap.
The speed limit had been reduced to 300 kilometres per hour after 40 people died in a high-speed train crash near Wenzhou in July 2011.
The acceleration cuts the 1,318-kilometre (819-mile) Beijing-Shanghai ... more Ahmedabad, India (AFP) Sept 10, 2017Modi, Abe to kick-start India's first bullet train project  Washington DC (SPX) Aug 30, 2017In the face of climate change can our engineers keep the trains running on time  New York (AFP) Aug 2, 2017Hyperloop startup says superfast rail a reality |
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 Tehran (AFP) Dec 17, 2017 
Iran shut schools around Tehran Sunday and cancelled sporting events as thick smog blanketed the capital despite curbs on road traffic and industrial activity.
The authorities shuttered primary schools in the province of Tehran, home to 14 million residents, before ordering them to remain closed on Monday.
All sports competitions set for Monday were also cancelled, as restrictions on ro ... more Argonne IL (SPX) Dec 18, 2017Clearing the air  Skopje (AFP) Dec 15, 2017Macedonian capital chokes in polluted air  Hanoi (AFP) Dec 17, 2017Taiwan steel firm behind toxic dump in Vietnam fined again |
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