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Tapping tidal energy: the wave of the future |
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Sunday, 07 October 2007 |
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( Seattle Times ) -- The future of clean power in the Northwest may look like the
75-foot-tall yellow buoy now bobbing like a cork in the waves off the
Oregon coast.
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Eltek Valere works on cutting the energy lost at power converters |
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Sunday, 07 October 2007 |
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(Dallas Morning News) -- To say that
most Americans ignore power conversion boxes would be overstating their
impact. Most of us never even notice those drab metal fixtures that
drive global telecommunications. But
with energy costs and environmental concerns skyrocketing,
power-conscious customers are downright captivated by a new company in
Richardson.
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Thursday, 27 September 2007 |
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(Science News ) The two reactors at the South Texas nuclear power plant, an hour
southwest of Houston, last year churned out 21.37 billion
kilowatt-hours. By 2015, its majority owner, New Jersey-based NRG
Energy, hopes to at least double that capacity if it gets permission to
build two more reactors on the site. The company filed the first
application on Monday for a new nuclear power plant—two advanced boiling-water reactors—in more than 30 years.
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Swiss Name Toyota's Prius the World's Greenest Car |
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Friday, 27 July 2007 |
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(Reuters ) -- Switzerland, renowned for its clean
Alpine air and pristine ski slopes, has named Toyota's Prius
the world's greenest car.
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Future Energy That Generates Profits Today |
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Monday, 23 July 2007 |
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(NY Times ) -- Alternative energy is considered to be good for the environment and
good for the soul, but not so good as a way to make money. Generating
power from renewable sources like wind, the sun and the earth’s own
heat has a reputation for being unprofitable without government
subsidies or sky-high energy prices.
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Governments Push Developers to Go Green |
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Monday, 23 July 2007 |
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(Wahington Bureau ) -- Next spring, the Washington Nationals will take the field in the first
baseball stadium to meet energy efficiency and environmental standards
developed by the U.S. Green Building Council.
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Explaining a Solar Energy Paradox |
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Monday, 16 July 2007 |
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(NY Times ) -- Even as companies in China, Germany, Japan and the United States churn
out silicon photovoltaic cells — which convert sunlight into
electricity — at a blazing and accelerating rate, many experts have
become convinced, paradoxically it would seem, that the technology is
an also-ran, at least as far as global climate change goes.
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Boeing Unveils Dreamliner Plane |
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Thursday, 12 July 2007 |
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(BBC News ) -- It is the only big commercial aircraft made mostly of
carbon fibre rather than aluminium and is billed as the most
environmentally friendly ever built.
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Monday, 02 July 2007 |
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(Petroleumworld ) -- Billions of dollars, euros, pounds, and reais are pouring into biofuels.
High fuel prices and generous regulatory support
have given the industry healthy margins and relatively short
investment payback times. Meanwhile, the triumphs of the first
movers and dreams of future growth are enticing companies in
industries from petroleum and agribusiness to biotechnology,
chemicals, engineering, and financial services.
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U.S. Is Creating 3 Centers for Research on Biofuels |
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Thursday, 28 June 2007 |
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(NY Times ) -- The Energy Department is creating three bioenergy research centers to find new ways to turn plants into fuel.
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Energy Awards $4M for Wind Research |
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Monday, 25 June 2007 |
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(AP ) -- The Energy Department announced Monday it will provide $4
million to two projects in Texas and Massachusetts for research into designing
and building the next generation of large wind turbine blades.
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Office Technology: Biggest Energy Waster for Businesses |
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Thursday, 21 June 2007 |
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(Workplace Law Network ) -- PCs are said to be one of the biggest contributors to an organisation’s carbon footprint.
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UW-Madison Engineers Develop Higher-Energy Liquid-Transportation Fuel from Sugar |
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Thursday, 21 June 2007 |
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(Media-Newswire.com ) -- Plants absorb carbon dioxide from the
air and combine it with water molecules and sunshine to make
carbohydrate or sugar. Variations on this process provide fuel for all
of life on Earth.
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Need for Clean and Environment-friendly Power Boosts the European Cogeneration Equipment Market |
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Monday, 18 June 2007 |
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(Newswire ) -- The
Western European energy market, beleaguered by increasing oil prices,
threats of climate change and greater dependence on fuel imports, has
turned to cogeneration for a long-term solution to all these issues.
But what exactly is cogeneration? It is combined heat and power (CHP)
and implies the use of a heat engine or a power station to
simultaneously generate both electricity and useful heat.
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Technology Group Seeks to Save Power |
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Thursday, 14 June 2007 |
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MOUNTAIN VIEW (NY Times ) -- Google and Intel
are leading a consortium of major technology companies in an effort to
sharply reduce the amount of power wasted by personal computers and
servers.
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New Technology Turns Hybrids to Plug-in Hybrids |
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Thursday, 14 June 2007 |
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(PR-GB.com ) -- There are already numerous hybrid cars and trucks available in the auto
market. These vehicles use an internal combustion engine and an
electric motor. The presence of the electric motor translates to fuel
economy as the engine will be relieved of its duty on low-power
operation when the electric motor takes over. The electric motor in a
hybrid vehicle is powered by a battery pack which is recharged by a
regenerative braking system and the internal combustion engine.
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First Zero-Emission Home Unveiled |
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Monday, 11 June 2007 |
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(BBC News ) -- The UK has unveiled its first zero emission home that will set the environmental standard for all new homes in the future.
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From Turkey Waste, a New Fuel and a New Fight |
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Friday, 08 June 2007 |
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BENSON, MINN. (NY Times ) -- For anyone curious about what thousands of tons of
turkey litter looks like, piled high into an indoor
olfactory-assaulting mountain of manure, this old railroad stop on the
extreme edge of alternative energy production is the place to be.
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Vatican Plans to Tap Solar Energy |
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Tuesday, 05 June 2007 |
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ROME (AP ) -- Some Holy See buildings will start using solar energy,
reflecting Pope Benedict XVI's concern about conserving the Earth's
resources, a Vatican engineer said Tuesday. The roof of the Paul VI
auditorium will be redone next year, with its cement panels replaced
with photovoltaic cells to convert sunlight into electricity, engineer
Pier Carlo Cuscianna said.
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Promises of a Bright Future Hide Current Problems in the Energy Field |
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Friday, 01 June 2007 |
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(AsiaNews ) -- Beijing is setting up companies for research
and production, in coming years, of third-generation nuclear energy,
wind and solar power plants. But the present is still made of coal
mines, which kill thousands of workers each year, and (sometimes
illegal) petroleum sourcing.
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Peak Oil Requires New Thinking for a New Age |
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Tuesday, 29 May 2007 |
(PR-inside) -- In an economy where fossil fuels are in decline and renewable and
nuclear energy sources are assuming increasingly dominant roles,
electricity will become increasingly important as an end-use energy
source. This implies that as fossil fuels deplete, the basis of our
economy will shift from a predominantly chemical to a mostly electrical
base.
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Awakening - China Promoting Solar Water Heaters for a Cleaner Country |
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Thursday, 24 May 2007 |
(Newswire ) -- In
the past few years, China has posted an impressive growth in the
production of solar cells. In a span of just 2-3 years (nearly form
2003 to 2005), China fortified its position in the worldwide solar cell
production market by moving from nearly 1.05% to about 7.8%, according
to a recent report “China Energy Sector Analysis” by RNCOS.
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ENERGY -- Whither Renewable Energy? |
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Tuesday, 22 May 2007 |
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(AP ) -- The notion of power generated by dams, windmills and other renewable
sources demands a significant share of the public consciousness thanks
to the global-warming debate.
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Energy Standards Needed, Report Says |
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Thursday, 17 May 2007 |
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(NY Times ) -- Energy saving opportunities in American homes are immense with current
technology, but new product standard mandates will be needed, according
to a study by the McKinsey Global Institute.
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Shrinking the Cost for Solar Power |
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Saturday, 12 May 2007 |
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(CNET News.com) -- One of the big problems with solar power has been that it costs more than electricity generated by conventional means. But some experts think that, under certain circumstances, the premium for solar power can be erased, without subsidies or dramatic technical breakthroughs.
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IBM Moves to Make Data Centers More Energy-Efficient |
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Friday, 11 May 2007 |
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(CIO Insight) -- IBM on May 11 introduced its energy-efficiency
deployment strategy, where the company will invest $1 billion per year
to help businesses increase their level of energy efficiency in their
IT departments while also allowing businesses to save money.
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Mitigation of Greenhouse Gases Possible, U.S. Officials Say |
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Monday, 07 May 2007 |
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WASHINGTON (USINFO) -- Current low-cost, energy-efficient technologies are
starting points for curbing greenhouse gas emissions, according to U.S.
officials. At the same time, development of alternative energy
technologies must be pursued vigorously.
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Wind Farms May Not Lower Air Pollution, Study Suggests |
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Friday, 04 May 2007 |
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WASHINGTON (NY Times) -- Building thousands of wind turbines would probably
not reduce the pollutants that cause smog and acid rain, but it would
slow the growth in emissions of heat-trapping gases, according to a
study released Thursday by the National Academy of Sciences.
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Freeomics Reveals Proprietary Solutions for Energy Oil & Gas Dependency and Green House Gases Waste |
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Wednesday, 02 May 2007 |
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(Newswire) -- Freeomics™
technologies eliminate the dependence on fossil fuels while cleaning
the environment. Countries around the world will benefit from this
technology immediately, plus provides an answer to the Kyoto treaty.
The Freeomics principle technology is FreeomicGas™ which utilizes water
to create energy in addition to eliminating waste. Freeomics has
successfully broken the barriers related to cost and space. The energy
is created with low voltage (15 volts) that produces 2000 Celsius plus
of heat. The energy is created the moment the unit is turned on. "This
is not a far-fetched dream for the future - it is a realistic,
achievable necessity," says Larry Castro, CEO.
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Climate Modelling Gets a $44m Boost |
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Monday, 16 April 2007 |
(Australian IT) -- THE CSIRO will pair up with the Bureau of
Meteorology to speed up the development of a next-generation computer
modelling system to assess the localised impacts of climate change.
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