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| December 16, 2013 |
 Concentrated Photovoltaic Solar Installations Set to Boom in the Coming Years El Segundo CA (SPX) Dec 16, 2013 - After years of slow progress, the global market for concentrated photovoltaic (CPV) systems is entering a phase of explosive growth, with worldwide installations set to boom by 750 percent from 2013 to the end of 2020. CPV installations are projected to rise to 1,362 megawatts in 2020, up from 160 megawatts in 2013, according to the new report entitled "Concentrated PV (CPV) Report - 2013" ... more |  |
 Bio-inspired method to grow high-quality graphene for high-end electronic devices Singapore (SPX) Dec 16, 2013 - A team of researchers from the National University of Singapore (NUS), led by Professor Loh Kian Ping, who heads the Department of Chemistry at the NUS Faculty of Science, has successfully developed an innovative one-step method to grow and transfer high-quality graphene on silicon and other stiff substrates, opening up opportunities for graphene to be used in high-value applications that are cu ... more |  |
 Wind energy: TUV Rheinland certifies PowerWind wind turbines Cologne, Germany (SPX) Dec 16, 2013 - The Indian wind turbine manufacturer PowerWind has placed an order of certification with TUV Rheinland. The purpose is the type certification of a 2.5 megawatt turbine which will be distributed throughout the world. "With this order of certification for a globally active manufacturer, we underpin our competence and performance as certifiers in the wind energy industry," says Frank Witte, G ... more |  |
 Ratepayers Could Save $1.7 Billion If Aging Nuclear Plant At Hanford, Washington Is Closed Seattle WA (SPX) Dec 16, 2013 - Ratepayers could save at least $1.7 billion over the next 17 years if the Columbia Generating Station nuclear power plant on the Hanford Nuclear Reservation in Washington State is closed according to a new report by McCullough Research of Portland, Oregon. The Columbia Generating Station, the only nuclear plant completed of the five plants begun by the Washington Public Power Supply System ... more |  |
 Keeping the lights on Santa Barbara CA (SPX) Dec 16, 2013 - A method of assessing the stability of large-scale power grids in real time could bring the world closer to its goal of producing and utilizing a smart grid. The algorithmic approach, developed by UC Santa Barbara professor Igor Mezic along with Yoshihiko Susuki from Kyoto University, can predict future massive instabilities in the power grid and make power outages a thing of the past. "If ... more |  |
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Ukraine's Two New Energy Deals Washington DC (SPX) Dec 16, 2013 - By. Scott Belinksi for Oilprice.com If one was to believe the picture that most Western media outlets are painting, Ukraine has been lost to Russia. Though the country fought valiantly to sign an Association Agreement with the European Union in Vilnius, Lithuania last month, President Viktor Yanukovych suspended negotiations with the EU at the last possible moment, betraying Ukrainians everywhe ... more |  |
 Lockheed Martin Manufacturing Tanks to Store and Transport Liquefied Natural Gas New Orleans LA (SPX) Dec 16, 2013 - Building on a 38-year history of manufacturing external tanks for NASA's Space Shuttle program, Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] is producing Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) storage tanks. Lockheed Martin is under contract to produce cryogenic LNG storage tanks for Wartsila, a Finnish power solution provider and Harvey Gulf International Marine LLC, a marine transportation company. "There is a grow ... more |  |
 Programming smart molecules Cambridge, MA (SPX) Dec 16, 2013 - Computer scientists at the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) and the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University have joined forces to put powerful probabilistic reasoning algorithms in the hands of bioengineers. In a new paper presented at the Neural Information Processing Systems conference on December 7, Ryan P. Adams and Nils Napp ... more |  |
Greggs proves that solar energy generation is far from a half-baked plan Changzhou, China (SPX) Dec 16, 2013 - Trina Solar has provided 1.28MW of PV modules to Solar Advanced Systems for the completion of a series of projects at ten Greggs sites across the UK. The solar arrays will cut Greggs' CO2 emissions by 600 tonnes per year, as well as helping the company reduce its carbon footprint[1] by 25 per cent by 2015. Greggs, the largest bakery chain in the UK, was looking for a sustainable way to bot ... more |  |
GE Energy Financial Services Progresses In Solar Rosamond CA (SPX) Dec 16, 2013 - GE unit GE Energy Financial Services - along with Citi, Union Bank, N.A. and Metropolitan Life Insurance Company - has completed an equity investment in EDF Renewable Energy's Catalina Solar plant, one of the world's largest photovoltaic plants, located on 1,100 acres of sunny and windy Mojave Desert land southwest of the Tehachapi Mountains in Rosamond, California. This transaction cont ... more |  |
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 Unrest deals new blow to Thai tourism industry Bangkok (AFP) Dec 15, 2013 - From backpacker districts to high-end hotels, more than a month of opposition protests in the Thai capital are taking their toll on the kingdom's tourism sector, with hundreds of thousands of travellers staying away. Dozens of countries have issued travel warnings related to the mass street demonstrations against Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, mostly advising people to exercise caution ... more |  |
China trims rare earth quota for H1 2014 Shanghai (AFP) Dec 13, 2013 - China on Friday trimmed its export quota for rare earth resources for the first half of next year. The country produces more than 95 percent of the world's rare earths, 17 elements critical to manufacturing everything from iPads to low-emission cars. Beijing imposes production caps and export quotas on the minerals with, it says, the aim of protecting resources and the environment to pro ... more |  |
Facebook seeks to get smarter with big data Washington (AFP) Dec 14, 2013 - Facebook is working to become your new best friend, getting to know you better by infusing the billion-member social network's software with artificial intelligence. The California-based social network giant is hiring professor Yann LeCun of NYU's Center for Data Science to head up a new artificial intelligence lab, aiming to use cutting-edge science to make Facebook more interesting and rel ... more |  |
E-trash to leap by a third by 2017: data Paris (AFP) Dec 15, 2013 - Electronic and electrical gadgets that have reached the end of their life are expected to jump by a third in volume by 2017, a rise that poses mighty challenges for sorting and recycling, according to figures published on Sunday. By the end of 2017, the total annual volume from refrigerators, TVs, mobile phones, electronic toys, computers, screens and other electrical or electronic castoffs ... more |  |
 China manufacturing growth slows in December: HSBC Beijing (AFP) Dec 16, 2013 - China's manufacturing activity in December expanded at its slowest rate in three months, British banking giant HSBC said Monday. The bank's preliminary purchasing managers' index (PMI) for the world's second-largest economy came in at 50.5 for the month, down from a final reading of 50.8 in November and the lowest since September. The index tracks manufacturing activity in China's factor ... more |  |
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Japan, Southeast Asia agree to boost economic ties Tokyo (AFP) Dec 15, 2013 - Japan and Southeast Asian countries Sunday pledged to boost economic and security ties, a day after they agreed on the importance of ensuring freedom of the skies after China declared a controversial air defence zone. The leaders were discussing increasing exchanges of top diplomats and defence officials and closer coastguard cooperation, finalising a three-day special summit between Japan a ... more |  |
 China Airlines, Tigerair to set up Taiwan budget carrier Singapore (AFP) Dec 16, 2013 - Singapore budget carrier Tigerair and Taiwan's China Airlines said Monday they would set up a new no-frills airline to tap growing demand for cheap travel in Asia. Tigerair Taiwan will have a paid-up capital of Tw$2 billion ($67.5 million), with the Singapore-based carrier holding a 10 percent stake, the two airlines said in a statement. China Airlines, Taiwan's leading airline by flee ... more |  |
Global energy demand to increase 35 percent: ExxonMobil Irving, Texas (UPI) Dec 13, 2013 - Global energy demand is on course to be about 35 percent higher in 2040 than it was in 2010, ExxonMobil says in its annual long-term energy forecast. China and India together will account for half of the projected growth in global energy demand, the report released Thursday noted. "Understanding global energy trends is absolutely critical for effective energy policy," ExxonMobil ... more |  |
EU defers talks on Mercosur free trade deal Rio De Janeiro (UPI) Dec 12, 2013 - EU negotiators have told Latin American trade partners they aren't in a rush to negotiate a free trade deal, a now-on and now-off conversation that has gone on for years. Senior Brazilian officials returning from World Trade Organization consultations said they were told of EU deferment request but not the specifics of the Europeans' reasoning behind the postponement. Until recen ... more |  |
Lithuania hails progress on LNG during EU presidency Vilnius, Lithuania (UPI) Dec 13, 2013 - Lithuania's president this week hailed progress on liquified natural gas projects during its EU presidency and predicted successor Greece will do the same. President Dalia Grybauskaite said in Vilnius Wednesday Lithuania could claim success in working to secure the EU's energy security and diversify supplies during its six-month stint heading the European Union Council, citing LNG termi ... more |  |
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