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  Berkeley CA (SPX) Mar 21, 2018 Lithium-ion batteries are widely used in home electronics and are now being used to power electric vehicles and store energy for the power grid. But their limited number of recharge cycles and tendency to degrade in capacity over their lifetime have spurred a great deal of research into improving the technology. An international team led by researchers from the U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) used advanced techniques in electron microscopy to show h ... read more |
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UK emissions dropped by 6 percent by switching from coal to natural gasSheffield UK (SPX) Mar 27, 2018 Britain's emissions dropped by six per cent in 2016 by switching from coal to natural gas a new study from the University of Sheffield has revealed. The collaborative study by Dr Grant Wilson ... more  
Months-long real-time generation of a time scale based on an optical clockTokyo, Japan (SPX) Mar 27, 2018 The National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT) generated a real-time signal of an accurate time scale by combining an optical lattice clock and a hydrogen maser. The sign ... more  
Lockheed delivers energy storage systems to Cypress Creek RenewablesDallas TX (SPX) Mar 27, 2018 Lockheed Martin and Cypress Creek Renewables have commissioned 12 MWh of GridStar Lithium energy storage systems for 12 solar-plus-storage projects. The solar-plus-storage system will provide ... more 
Understanding gravity: The nanoscale search for extra dimensionsOsaka, Japan (SPX) Mar 27, 2018 Often, practical limits control the experimental measurements that can be made, governing the difference between what we expect to be true based on the most likely predictions of models and calculat ... more |
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China Southern Airlines profit boosted by domestic growth, yuanShanghai (AFP) March 27, 2018 China Southern Airlines, Asia's largest carrier, said net profit jumped 18 percent last year thanks to an increased focus on profitable domestic routes and a stronger Chinese currency. ... more 
In a trade war, aviation giant Boeing could be a sitting duckCharleston, United States (AFP) March 26, 2018 The sparkling new Boeing 787s bound for China Southern Airlines and Air China are waiting to be delivered, but the prospect of a trade war could make for a less rosy future. ... more  
Arizona puts brakes on Uber self-driving car testsSan Francisco (AFP) March 27, 2018 The governor of Arizona on Monday put the brakes on Uber's self-driving car program in that state, citing "disturbing and alarming" dashcam footage from a fatal crash in that state. ... more  
Quiet business negotiations between China, US: reportNew York (AFP) March 26, 2018 China and the United States have begun behind-the-scenes negotiations to improve American access to the Chinese domestic market, the Wall Street Journal said Sunday. ... more 
China fuel demand boosts Sinopec profit, record dividend plannedShanghai (AFP) March 26, 2018 China's Sinopec, the world's largest oil refiner, said its annual profit for 2017 grew 10 percent due to strength in its key fuels and chemical operations, and announced a record dividend payout. ... more |
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More oil and gas uncovered offshore NorwayWashington (UPI) Mar 26, 2018 A Norwegian regulator confirmed two separate oil and gas discoveries on Monday, the largest of which could contain at least 35 million barrels of oil. ... more  |
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Dutch oil trader Vitol sees long-term impact from renewablesWashington (UPI) Mar 26, 2018 After coming off a "challenging year," Dutch oil trader Vitol said Monday it expected the renewable power sector to have the biggest long-term impact. ... more 
Israeli gas field development proceeds quicklyWashington (UPI) Mar 26, 2018 French services company TechnipFMC said Monday it nabbed a contract for work at an Israeli natural gas field less than a week after a final investment decision. ... more 
China eyes new oil benchmark with futures launchShanghai (AFP) March 26, 2018 China launched yuan-denominated oil futures contracts on Monday, marking the first time foreign investors will have access to Chinese commodity futures as the world's top crude importer seeks greater influence over global prices. ... more 
New discovery a good start for Apache in the British North SeaWashington (UPI) Mar 26, 2018 A discovery with at least 10 million barrels of oil was made after drilling into the British waters of the North Sea, Apache Corp. declared. ... more  
Wood pellets: Renewable, but not carbon neutralMillbrook, NY (SPX) Mar 26, 2018 A return to firewood is bad for forests and the climate. So reports William Schlesinger, President Emeritus of the Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies, in an Insights article published in the journa ... more |
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 Paris (AFP) March 22, 2018 
World landmarks from the Eiffel Tower to the Empire State Building will go dark this weekend to support the fight against climate change and highlight the dangers mankind poses to nature.
The 11th edition of Earth Hour, an annual bid to raise awareness about climate change caused by burning fossil fuels, will see iconic structures cut the lights at a time when global temperatures are the hig ... more |
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 Plainsboro NJ (SPX) Mar 20, 2018 
Birds do it and so do doughnut-shaped fusion facilities called "tokamaks." But tokamak chirping - a rapidly changing frequency wave that can be far above what the human ear can detect - is hardly welcome to researchers who seek to bring the fusion that powers the sun and stars to Earth. Such chirping signals a loss of heat that can slow fusion reactions, a loss that has long puzzled scientists. ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Mar 15, 2018 
In a report on energy efficiency trends, British energy company BP said onshore wind could become the most economical source of electricity within 30 years.
A technology outlook for 2018 by the British supermajor finds coal is currently the largest source of global energy generation. There's enough on hand, the report read, to keep the grid satiated for more than a century based on curr ... more |
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 Helsinki, Finland (SPX) Mar 26, 2018 
The technology group Wartsila has announced that it has delivered the world's largest solar hybrid power plant. Wartsila will provide a reliable and sustainable supply of round-the-clock energy which is essential in operating the off-grid gold mine and demonstrate the enormous potential of integrating renewables as the baseload electricity.
Wartsila was selected by the global renewable ene ... more |
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 Pittsburgh PA (SPX) Mar 23, 2018 
A pair of autonomous robots developed by Carnegie Mellon University's Robotics Institute will soon be driving through miles of pipes at the U.S. Department of Energy's former uranium enrichment plant in Piketon, Ohio, to identify uranium deposits on pipe walls.
The CMU robot has demonstrated it can measure radiation levels more accurately from inside the pipe than is possible with external ... more |
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 Millbrook, NY (SPX) Mar 26, 2018 
A return to firewood is bad for forests and the climate. So reports William Schlesinger, President Emeritus of the Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies, in an Insights article published in the journal Science.
In the race to meet clean energy standards, biomass energy is often touted as carbon neutral. To satisfy European Union (EU) demand, forests in the United States are turned into wood ... more |
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 Shanghai (AFP) March 26, 2018 
China's Sinopec, the world's largest oil refiner, said its annual profit for 2017 grew 10 percent due to strength in its key fuels and chemical operations, and announced a record dividend payout.
The company's Hong Kong-listed shares climbed more than three percent on Monday following the earnings announcement, and were up 2.88 percent at HK$6.78 in late afternoon trade. However, its Shangha ... more |
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 Tucson AZ (SPX) Mar 19, 2018 
The extreme wet and dry periods Mongolia has experienced in the late 20th and early 21st centuries are rare but not unprecedented and future droughts may be no worse, according to an international research team that includes a University of Arizona scientist.
The research team developed a climate record stretching 2,060 years into Mongolia's past by using the natural archive of weather con ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Feb 20, 2018 
Coal will no longer be used as an energy source for Michigan residents as more renewables come on stream in the decades ahead, a utility company said.
Public utility company Consumers Energy, which provides gas and electricity to about 60 percent of the state population, said it would no longer be using coal as a power source by 2040. By then, the company said it expects more than 40 pe ... more |
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 Beijing, China (SPX) Mar 22, 2018 
The mission of Chang'e-4 lunar probe will proceed in two phases this year, and Chang'e-4 lunar probe will reach the far side of the Moon for the first time, said an official from China Academy of Space Technology (CAST).
"We plan to launch Chang'e-4 lunar probe in the second half of 2018. This will be the first time for a lunar probe to land on the far side of the Moon. Chang'e-4 lunar pro ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Mar 23, 2018 
Bell Boeing JPO was awarded a contract from the U.S. Navy for services in support of the V-22 Osprey aircraft.
The deal, announced Thursday by the Department of Defense, is valued at more than $102.8 million under the terms of a modified contract that definitize delivery order.
The agreement between the Navy and Bell Boeing JPO enables the company to provide repair of various par ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Mar 22, 2018 
The number of electric vehicles registered by Norwegian drivers has increased by more than 40 percent from the previous year, the government said.
Statistics Norway, the government's record-keeping agency, reported there were 142,490 total electric cars registered in the country at the beginning of the year, up more than 40 percent from one year ago. Passenger vehicles made up 97 percen ... more |
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 Bonn, Germany (SPX) Mar 20, 2018 
It is a long-cherished dream: Removing the inert greenhouse gas carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and using it as a basic material for the chemical industry. This could address two major problems at once by containing climate change and at the same time reducing the dependence on oil.
Physico-chemists at the University of Bonn are in the process of making significant contributions to this ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) March 15, 2018  Intel Corp. said Thursday new computer chips designed to address vulnerabilities disclosed earlier this year would be shipped in the second half of 2018.
Chief executive Brian Krzanich said the new chips would guard against hardware flaws dubbed Meltdown and Spectre which could leave millions of computing device vulnerable to hackers.
Krzanich said the next-generation Intel Xeon Scalable ... more |
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 Cotonou (AFP) March 22, 2018 
Benin's President Patrice Talon has asked local firm Petrolin and French giant Bollore to "withdraw" from a major rail infrastructure project to make way for China, in the latest development of the controversial scheme.
In an interview published on Thursday in the French magazine Challenges, Talon asked the two companies to "withdraw amicably from the project", which links Benin to Niger to ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Mar 23, 2018 
A new class of low-cost and sustainable hybrid materials could possibly displace activated carbon as the preferred choice for reducing wastewater and air pollution. The material, described in Frontiers in Chemistry, is synthesized inexpensively from solid wastes and a naturally abundant polymer - and can cut down pollutants in air and wastewater with more success than activated carbon, the curre ... more |
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