Masdar puts solar power to the test
Masdar, the Abu Dhabi clean energy initiative, has begun field studies of solar panel technology that it hopes will supply abundant clean, renewable energy to the local electricity grid.
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Iran to seek bids for 19 nuclear plants
An Iranian MP has claimed that Iran will soon announce an international tender for building 19 nuclear power plants, a week after Russia said it had begun fuel deliveries to the country’s first facility.
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Abu Dhabi wants car owners to convert to CNG
Adnoc Distribution, a unit of Abu Dhabi National Oil Company, will open 11 compressed natural gas (CNG) filling stations in the emirate by the end of 2008 in a bid to promote the fuel as a cleaner alternative to petrol.
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US to pull the plug on Edison’s light bulb
The light bulb Thomas Edison invented 125 years ago is getting more than a makeover. The US government is pulling the plug on it.
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High-tech ship uses kites to save energy
The world's first commercial merchant ship pulled by a giant high-tech kite aiding its engines to slash fuel consumption and cut greenhouse gas emissions has been launched in Hamburg, Germany.
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Ethanol producers covet existing oil pipelines
The booming US ethanol industry is looking longingly at existing oil product pipelines for transporting the alternative fuel, an idea almost unthinkable a few years ago because of contamination fears.
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New law could boost corn ethanol alternatives
The US energy bill signed into law by President Bush last week should drive a billion-dollar domestic business for a low-emissions domestic ethanol made from sources other than corn -- though it could take nearly a decade to go from the lab into car tanks.
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Large-scale CCS projects get funding
Millions of tons of carbon dioxide will be injected deep underground for storage expected to last for thousands of years in a series of projects funded by the US Department of Energy in all regions of the country.
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Lowest-cost solar hits the market
Nanosolar, a privately held US solar energy company, is claiming breakthroughs in thin film cost-effectiveness and power capacity through the sale of what it has dubbed "the world's lowest-cost solar panel."
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Solar cells of the future
Today, less than 1% of the world’s electricity comes from the sun because it is difficult to transform solar energy to electricity. But a new discovery, ‘nanoflakes’, may revolutionize solar technology, if University of Copenhagen researcher Martin Aagesen’s future solar cells meet expectations.
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North America’s largest solar PV system online
The largest solar photovoltaic (PV) system in North America has been installed at Nellis Air Force Base in Nevada. The 14-megawatt solar power system will provide about a quarter of the electricity needs of the base, which is located northeast of Las Vegas.
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Nanowire battery holds 10 times the charge
Stanford researchers have found a way to use silicon nanowires to reinvent the rechargeable lithium-ion batteries that power laptops, video cameras, mobile phones and countless other devices.
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World’s Greens unite in rejecting nuclear option
More than 500 organizations, including some of the world’s largest and most influential environmental organizations, have signed a joint statement explicitly rejecting “the construction of new nuclear reactors as a means of addressing the climate crisis.”
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McDonald's sees restaurants as ‘green laboratories’
From low-flow water faucets to converting frying oil to fuel, McDonald's Corp is testing ways to reduce the impact that its 31,000-plus restaurants have on the world's resources.
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