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Bi-Weekly Leading
Articles
Critics fear higher energy
costs
A day after Gov. Mark
Parkinson raised the stakes
in the national fight over a
renewable energy standard,
members of the Kansas
congressional delegation
responded with varying
positions...
Waste to Energy Wastewater
Treatment
Siemens has been awarded the
contract to provide process
equipment, design and
start-up services for a
wastewater treatment system
at the Pearl Valley Cheese,
Inc. ...
Soy biodiesel - profits, challenges
Biodiesel production has created a new market for soybean oil, and although the demands for this alternative fuel fluctuate, the industry remains strong...
Solar plant set to open, even as shadows loom
The road to North America's largest photovoltaic solar plant passes cows and orange trees before turning to gravel amid a field of 90,000 black panels...
Those
clever old Romans not only gave us the modern drainage system and
many of our roads, they were also among the first to use geothermal
energy to heat houses
Research at the
University of Michigan made a giant step that have
potential applications in
computers, photovoltaic cells, light-emitting devices, and other
technologies...
Using features drawn
from jet engine
design, FloDesign
Wind Turbine has
developed a
prototype that is
three times more
efficient
In marine power race, Sea Snake leads
A first attempt fell victim to the crisis: now in the docks of Scotland's ancient capital, a second-generation scarlet Sea Snake is being prepared to harness the waves of Britain's northern islands to generate electricity...
Boeing and international academic and business partners are looking into ways of producing commercially viable aviation fuel from saltwater plants in a push toward reducing carbon emissions from air travel
USD750m Actis fund to focus on power, transport infrastructure
Emerging market private equity investment firm Actis would focus its new USD750-million second Actis Infrastructure fund on opportunities in the power generation and transport sectors...
StatoilHydro funds algae project
Norway's energy company StatoilHydro has invested USD3 million (EUR2 million) in the Chesapeake Algae Project (ChAP) in Virginia, US...
Solar Heating Industry Review 2009
The solar thermal heating market is forecast to reach huge growth in the coming years as policy pushes renewable space and water heating up the agenda ...