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| June 03, 2014 |
 Japan starts building underground ice wall at Fukushima Tokyo (AFP) June 02, 2014 - Japan on Monday started work on an underground ice wall at the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant, freezing the soil under broken reactors to slow the build-up of radioactive water, officials said. The wall is intended to block groundwater from nearby hillsides that has been flowing under the plant and mixing with polluted water already there. The Nuclear Regulation Authority, the national ... more |  |
 Obama plans power plant rules in bold climate push Washington (AFP) June 02, 2014 - President Barack Obama vowed Monday to force US power plants to cut carbon emissions by 30 percent in his most ambitious action yet on climate change. Acting on his own faced with steely opposition in Congress, Obama laid out a plan that would let the 50 states choose their own approaches as long as each enforces restrictions on carbon emissions. The cuts would average 30 percent nationwide ... more |  |
 New Method of Wormlike Motion Lets Gels Wiggle through Water Cincinnati OH (SPX) Jun 03, 2014 - Next time you spot an earthworm sliding through fresh dirt, take a closer look. What you're seeing is an organic movement called peristaltic locomotion that has been meticulously refined by nature. Jarod Gregory, an undergraduate student in the University of Cincinnati's College of Engineering and Applied Science, used a worm's contracting and expanding motion to provide a way for gels to swim i ... more |  |
 Nuclear waste dump on Aboriginal land invalid, court told Sydney (AFP) June 02, 2014 - The earmarking of a remote Australian outback area as a nuclear waste dump was invalid because officials failed to contact all traditional Aboriginal landowners affected, a court heard Monday. Muckaty Station in the Northern Territory was nominated in early 2007 as a site to store low and intermediate radioactive waste under a deal negotiated with the Aboriginal Ngapa clan. While Austra ... more |  |
 UGE creates first grid-tied solar energy system on Turksand Caicos Islands New York NY (SPX) Jun 01, 2014 - UGE has announced that it has completed the first commercial-scale solar energy project on the Turks and Caicos Islands, in partnership with local company Urban Green Environmental. The 35.25-kilowatt solar photovoltaic system, installed on the roof of Fortis TCI's headquarters in Providenciales, will serve as a pilot project that could ultimately usher an additional wave of renewable ener ... more |  |
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 Trojan Showcases Smart Carbon Line of Advanced Lead Acid Batteries Munich, Germany (SPX) Jun 03, 2014 - Trojan Battery will showcase its new lines of deep-cycle batteries featuring Smart Carbon technology which addresses the impact of partial state of charge (PSOC) on cycling batteries in renewable energy (RE), inverter backup and remote telecom applications. Smart Carbon is designed to enhance life and performance of Trojan batteries operating in PSOC. Smart Carbon is a standard feature in ... more |  |
Rare chemical phenomenon used to harvest solar energy Singapore (SPX) Jun 03, 2014 - A team of international scientists led by Professor Jagadese J Vittal of the Department of Chemistry at the National University of Singapore's (NUS) Faculty of Science has successfully unraveled the chemical reaction responsible for propelling microscopic crystals to leap distances up to hundreds of times their own size when they are exposed to ultraviolet (UV) light. This popping effect, ... more |  |
Solar Power Storage System Sales Set to Soar in Germany Berlin, Germany (SPX) Jun 03, 2014 - German solar photovoltaic generation peaked at around 15 GW on 11 May 2014 - a record high that caused prices to sink briefly into the negative. "Balancing supply with demand in the grid presents operators with a significant challenge and leads to market price fluctuations. That is where storage solutions come into play," says Tobias Rothacher, renewable energies manager at Germany Trade and Inv ... more |  |
Breakthrough in energy storage: Electrical cables that can store energy Orlando, FL (SPX) Jun 03, 2014 - Imagine being able to carry all the juice you needed to power your MP3 player, smartphone and electric car in the fabric of your jacket? Sounds like science fiction, but it may become a reality thanks to breakthrough technology developed at a University of Central Florida research lab. So far electrical cables are used only to transmit electricity. However, nanotechnology scientist and pro ... more |  |
SunPower, AE-AMD Completes Two Solar Projects in South Africa Johannesburg, South Africa (SPX) Jun 03, 2014 - SunPower and AE-AMD Renewable Energy have completed two South African ground-mounted solar projects and are now feeding 33 megawatts (MW) into the grid. Both projects, which were constructed by SunPower, are located near Douglas, South Africa in the Northern Cape Province. Herbert, a 22-MW project, and the 11-MW Greefspan project, were both part of the South African government's Independen ... more |  |
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Global PV Installations to Hit 15 GW in Q4 2014 Englewood CO (SPX) Jun 01, 2014 - "Global photovoltaic (PV) installations will reach 15 GW in the final quarter of 2014, beating the previous record of 12.7 GW in Q4'13 according to latest analysis from IHS. The second half of 2014 will see a surge in global PV demand driven by incentive policy changes in several key markets as well as the ramping of installations triggered by record low system prices. b>Slow Start to 201 ... more |  |
 Asus launches new 'five-mode' hybrid laptop Taipei (AFP) June 02, 2014 - Leading Taiwanese tech firm Asus unveiled a hybrid device which combines a laptop, tablet and mobile phone Monday in what it hailed as a "world first". The launch came the day before Computex - Asia's biggest technology trade show - opens its doors in the capital Taipei. Asus chief Jonney Shih showed off the Transformer Book V in front of a packed house of hundreds of industry leaders, ... more |  |
New Apple software brings Macs and iPhones closer San Francisco (AFP) June 02, 2014 - Apple on Monday unveiled new operating software it hopes will create a seamless experience for users flitting between its coveted mobile devices and popular Macintosh computers. A next generation operating system called "Yosemite" and new iOS 8 software for iPads, iPhones and iPod devices were unveiled before 6,000 developers at a sold-out conference here. In a keynote presentation, chie ... more |  |
Japan test-broadcasts super HD television technology Tokyo (AFP) June 02, 2014 - Japan on Monday began test broadcasts of satellite television programmes in 4K, as major firms including Sony and Sharp bet on the super high-definition technology to rescue their embattled TV units. A consortium of major broadcasters, TV manufacturers and communications firms rolled out the test across the country of 128 million, a move that comes with Tokyo's backing as it looks to boost t ... more |  |
 Microalgae Capable Of Assimilating The Ammonium From Agri-Food Waste Basque Region, Spain (SPX) Jun 02, 2014 - The Basque Institute for Agricultural Research and Development, Neiker-Tecnalia, the public body that reports to the Sub-Ministry for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Policy of the Government of the Basque Autonomous Community, has confirmed the capacity of Chlamydomonas acidophila microalgae to absorb ammoniacal nitrogen present in the effluent generated in the digestion of organic waste coming ... more |  |
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Novel NIST laser system mimics sunlight to test solar cell efficiency Washington DC (SPX) Jun 02, 2014 - Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have developed a laser-based instrument that generates artificial sunlight to help test solar cell properties and find ways to boost their efficiency. The novel NIST system simulates sunlight well across a broad spectrum of visible to infrared light. More flexible than conventional solar simulators such as xenon arc-l ... more |  |
Highly radioactive substance found in Swiss dump: report Geneva (AFP) June 01, 2014 - A highly radioactive substance, emitting in some places radiation 100 times the permitted amount, has been discovered in Switzerland, local media reported Sunday, adding that authorities had covered it up for 18 months. Swiss weeklies Le Matin Dimanche and SonntagsZeitung reported that federal, regional and local officials decided not to reveal the fact that they had found radium deposits in ... more |  |
In climate change fight, Obama gets tough on coal Washington (AFP) June 02, 2014 - US President Barack Obama is doubling down in the fight against climate change. With Congress refusing to budge, he is poised to unveil sweeping new limits on carbon emissions. On Monday, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is expected to unveil proposals for drastic cuts in carbon emissions from power plants, which account for 40 percent of greenhouse gas emissions in the United State ... more |  |
 Chinese ship in latest glitch in MH370 search mission Sydney (AFP) May 31, 2014 - A Chinese ship mapping the ocean floor ahead of an intensive underwater search for missing Flight MH370 was returning to port Saturday due to a technical problem, officials said. The massive Indian Ocean search for the Malaysia Airlines plane, which disappeared on March 8 carrying 239 people, has so far failed to find any sign of the Boeing 777. The Chinese survey ship, Zhu Kezhen, was c ... more |  |
 China manufacturing up in May: government Beijing (AFP) June 01, 2014 - China's manufacturing activity strengthened to a five-month high in May, the government said Sunday, an optimistic sign amid slumping growth in the world's second-largest economy. The official purchasing managers index (PMI) reached 50.8 in May, the National Bureau of Statistics said in a statement, up from 50.4 in March. The index tracks manufacturing activity in China's factories and ... more |  |
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