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| September 26, 2013 |
 Israel sees Turkey-Cyprus settlement as key to gas exports Tel Aviv, Israel (UPI) Sep 25, 2013 - Israelis are still trying to figure out how to export natural gas from their big offshore fields under the eastern Mediterranean, and their thinking these days seems to be moving along radical lines - like playing peacemaker. One option under study is to build a $10 billion liquefied gas terminal in nearby Cyprus, which also has found gas, and jointly export to Europe. But that' ... more |  |
Russian court to rule on jailing Greenpeace activists Moscow (AFP) Sept 26, 2013 - A Russian court on Thursday began considering whether to prolong the detention of 30 Greenpeace activists suspected of piracy after they held a high seas protest on an Arctic oil platform. The Lenin district court in the northern city of Murmansk on Thursday morning opened a hearing into the activists, including 26 foreigners, who launched a protest on an oil rig from Greenpeace's Arctic Sun ... more |  |
Lawmaker charged over British fracking site protest London (AFP) Sept 25, 2013 - A prominent Green Party lawmaker was charged Wednesday following her arrest last month at a British anti-fracking protest. Caroline Lucas - the party's first and only lawmaker voted into the British parliament - has been charged with a public order offence and wilful obstruction of a highway, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said. Lucas was with protesters outside energy firm Cuadri ... more |  |
 Australia researchers unveil 'attention-powered' car Sydney (AFP) Sept 25, 2013 - Australian road safety researchers on Wednesday unveiled a pioneering "attention-powered car" which uses a headset to monitor brain activity and slow acceleration during periods of distraction. The car, commissioned by the Royal Automobile Club of Western Australia, is about to depart on an awareness-raising road trip of Western Australia - a sprawling west coast state accounting for about ... more |  |
Fusion, anyone? Washington DC (SPX) Sep 25, 2013 - The dream of igniting a self-sustained fusion reaction with high yields of energy, a feat likened to creating a miniature star on Earth, is getting closer to becoming reality, according the authors of a new review article in the journal Physics of Plasmas. Researchers at the National Ignition Facility (NIF) engaged in a collaborative project led by the Department of Energy's Lawrence Liver ... more |  |
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 Myanmar's energy sector boosted by World Bank investment Naypyidaw, Myanmar (UPI) Sep 25, 2013 - The World Bank has approved a $140 million interest-free loan to upgrade an existing power plant in Myanmar, the bank said. The project, at the Thaton station in the southern state of Mon, will replace aging gas turbines with new units which will produce 250 percent more electricity with the same amount of gas while reducing noise and carbon dioxide emissions. Only 22 percent of ... more |  |
 Airbus nets 68 A320 orders in China as market grows Beijing (AFP) Sept 25, 2013 - Three Chinese companies have ordered a total of 68 A320 aircraft, Airbus said Wednesday as it also announced a lighter version of a wide-bodied jet aimed at emerging markets. In deals worth more than $6.75 billion at list prices, the aircraft-leasing firm BOC Aviation ordered 25 planes, Qingdao Airlines requested 23 planes and Zhejiang Loong Airlines sought 20. The European planemaker an ... more |  |
 Installation of the first AREVA turbines at Trianel Windpark Borkum and Global Tech 1 Paris, France (SPX) Sep 26, 2013 - The installation phase of the first AREVA M5000 turbines has begun for the German offshore wind farm Global Tech I and Trianel Windpark Borkum in the North Sea. By 2014, these two parks will host 120 turbines (40 at Trianel Windpark Borkum, 80 at Global Tech I) for an installed capacity of 600 megawatts, providing electricity to around 600,000 households. AREVA's technology will repr ... more |  |
 MECASOLAR to deliver structures to Australia's largest solar farm Fustinana, Spain (SPX) Sep 26, 2013 - The Spain-based multinational firm MECASOLAR, specialising in the design and manufacture of solar trackers, fixed structures for ground- and roof-mounted installations, and foundation screws for large solar PV installations, has signed an important agreement with ACCIONA ENERGY OCEANIA to supply the fixed structure to be installed in Australia's largest solar farm, located in Royalla, near Canbe ... more |  |
Standard Solar and Solar Grid Storage Collaborate to Complete Pioneering Commercial Solar Microgrid Rockville MD (SPX) Sep 26, 2013 - Standard Solar has announced that construction is complete on the solar microgrid project at Maryland-developer Konterra's headquarters. The project, announced earlier this year, is a grid-interactive energy storage system co-located with a new 1,368 panel photovoltaic (PV) array, creating one of the nation's first commercial scale microgrids. This 402 kW groundbreaking system, located at ... more |  |
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Solar Maid adds Several Island Locations Pittsburgh PA (SPX) Sep 26, 2013 - Solar Maid continues expansion of service locations to several island communities including Puerto Rico, HI and the Virgin Islands Between the rapidly growing number of new customers and the increase in contracts from existing customers the nation's largest Janitorial Solar O and M Company, Solar Maid has been very busy keeping pace with the growing demand, but this has not stopped them fr ... more |  |
Egypt for Sale Washington DC (SPX) Sep 26, 2013 - Three years has seen the overturn of two government, the deaths of thousands of people and the destruction of much of the Egyptian economy. In the end, the mobs have changed nothing, except to make their own lives more miserable. It was a year ago in August of 2012 that the Morsi government approached the International Monetary Fund for a 4.8 billion dollar loan. That was an increase from ... more |  |
Trina Solar powers 11MWp Hazel Capital project for Oskomera Changzhou, China (SPX) Sep 26, 2013 - Trina Solar has announced that it has supplied more than 43,000 modules for a ground-mounted installation project being carried out at North Norfolk Business Centre by Oskomera Solar Power Solutions on behalf of Hazel Capital. This installation demonstrates Oskomera and Trina Solar's shared commitment to delivering solar PV projects with an awareness of their environmental and social respo ... more |  |
Heilind showcasing solar products at NECA Wilmington MA (SPX) Sep 26, 2013 - Heilind Electronics will be at this year's National Electrical Contractors Association Convention and Tradeshow in Washington D.C., October 12-15. Heilind will be showcasing its robust photovoltaic solar balance of system portfolio, which includes products from Amphenol, Burndy, Heyco, Hellermann Tyton, Molex, Southwire, TE Connectivity, Wiley and more. Heilind's product offering inc ... more |  |
 US Fed probing market trades before policy release Washington (AFP) Sept 25, 2013 - The US Federal Reserve said Wednesday that it is looking into allegations that traders received information about its policy decision last week ahead of the official release time. The Fed said it would be reviewing how it disseminates often market-moving monetary policy decisions after an analyst said that movements on the gold exchange just before the release last Wednesday could suggest so ... more |  |
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 Anti-radiation fence at Fukushima has hole: TEPCO Tokyo (AFP) Sept 26, 2013 - Workers at Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear plant Thursday spotted a hole in one of the barriers intended to keep radioactive particles contained in the harbour, the operator said. Tokyo Electric Power set up silt fences in the harbour next to the plant, including one covering each outlet at reactor units 1-4, which were damaged in the 2011 tsunami, and another on the egress of reactors 5- ... more |  |
 Samsung says to unveil smartphone with curved display Seoul (AFP) Sept 25, 2013 - Samsung said Wednesday it would unveil a smartphone with a curved display in October - a technological innovation aimed at maintaining its lead in a lucrative but increasingly saturated market. Curved displays are at a nascent stage in display technology which is shifting towards flexible panels that are bendable or can even be rolled or folded. "We will introduce a smartphone with a c ... more |  |
Amazon adds power, 'Mayday' button to new Kindle New York City (AFP) Sept 25, 2013 - Amazon upped the ante in the tablet wars Wednesday, unveiling upgraded Kindles with a boost in power while adding a "Mayday" button for free, live technical support. The US online retail giant said the Kindle Fire HDX tablets would include an improved display that goes "beyond HD with exceptional pixel density" and a new processor that provides "three times the processing power" of the curr ... more |  |
15% in US shun Internet; most intend to stay offline Washington (AFP) Sept 25, 2013 - Despite a seemingly unstoppable move to digital lifestyles, some 15 percent of Americans don't use the Internet, and most are quite content to remain offline, a survey shows. The survey released Wednesday found that in addition to the 15 percent of adults who don't use the Internet on any device, another nine percent say they only go online at their workplace. The report by the Pew Resea ... more |  |
Court rules Apple, local firm can use iPhone in Brazil Brasïlia (AFP) Sept 25, 2013 - A court has ruled that Apple can use the trademark iPhone in Brazil, ending the exclusive rights Brazilian firm Gradiente had been given by INPI, the Latin American nation's intellectual property office. Judge Eduardo de Brito Fernandes ruled that the INPI must end the exclusive rights to that name that had been formally held by Brazil's IGB Electronica, Gradiente's owner. Last December, ... more |  |
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