April 2011
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Better Place, China Southern Power to promote E.V.... →
China Southern Power Grid Ltd., a state-owned utility, and Better Place, a global electric car services provider, have signed an agreement that will further advance electric cars with switchable batteries in China.
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U.N.'s Ban to convene nuclear safety summit in... →
UNITED NATIONS, April 26 (Reuters) – United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Tuesday he plans to convene a summit meeting in September to discuss nuclear safety following the crisis at Japan’s earthquake-damaged Fukushima plant.
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Kremlin head wants new nuclear rules... →
CHERNOBYL, Ukraine, April 26 (Reuters) - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, speaking at the site of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster in Ukraine, called on Tuesday for new world rules to be drawn up on safety at nuclear plants.
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Japan business lobby: sticking to 25 percent... →
TOKYO, April 26 (Reuters) - Big companies in Japan will stick to a 25 percent power-saving target for the summer even if quake-hit Tokyo Electric Power Co. adds more electricity capacity, and should be able to carry out business as normal, Japan’s biggest business lobby group said on Tuesday.
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China to encourage high-tech reactors, uranium... →
BEIJING, April 26 (Reuters) - China aims to encourage the construction and technological development of advanced nuclear reactors, and will also support further prospecting for domestic uranium resources, the country’s state planning agency said on Tuesday.
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Chevrolet Volt and Nissan Leaf top crash tests,... →
General Motors’ Chevrolet Volt and Nissan’s Leaf earned the highest safety ratings in the United States Insurance Institute for Highway Safety’s first-ever crash tests on mainstream electric cars, easing consumer concerns that car makers are compromising on safety to meet the car’s green promises.
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Eco Marine starts development of eco solar ferry... →
Eco Marine Power Ltd., a Japan-based company that develops solar, wind and electric marine power and propulsion systems, will be developing a solar ferry called Medaka, which will cater to water commuters.
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Goldwind secures new orders for two U.S. companies... →
Xinjiang Goldwind Science & Technology Co., a Chinese wind turbine maker, said it will deliver a total of five 1.5-megawatt permanent direct-driven turbines for two American wind farm operators, shoring up its overall sales in the United States.
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Canada’s billion-dollar carbon capture project... →
The state of Saskatchewan in Canada has approved a 1.24-billion Canadian dollar ($1.3 billion) carbon capture and storage facility for one of its aging coal power plants to test how effective the technology is at keeping carbon dioxide out from the atmosphere.
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France to miss 2020 target if policy setbacks... →
France will miss by over a third of renewable energy target in 2020 if the industry would continue facing its existing challenges, a renewable energy group said.
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Trade shifts help rich meet climate goals: study →
OSLO, April 25 (Reuters) - The shift in manufacturing to emerging nations is doing more to curb rich countries’ greenhouse gas emissions than measures they are taking to meet the U.N. pact to fight climate change, a study showed.
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Climate change to hit American West water supply →
WASHINGTON, April 25 (Reuters) - Climate change could cut water flow in some of the American West’s biggest river basins – including the Rio Grande and the Colorado – by up to 20 percent this century, the Interior Department reported on Monday.
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More Americans make U-turn to hybrid cars as fuel... →
Americans are driving more hybrid, diesel and smaller cars this quarter compared to last year, moving away from gas guzzlers like pickups and sport utility vehicles as the fuels that power them continue to reach sky-high prices, a report from Baum and Associates said.
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Engineered virus organizes carbon nanotube growth... →
Massachusetts Institute of Technology researchers have genetically engineered a virus that can be used to control the arrangement of nanotubes in solar panels, thereby increasing the panel’s efficiency.
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Coulomb Technologies launches online reservation... →
Coloumb Technologies developed a reservation system on its ChargePoint network to ensure electric vehicle owners of an available charging station in route to their destination.
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Alstom wins over $219 million-power order via... →
French power engineering firm Alstom Grid won a power transmission order from energy developer Tres Amigas LLC for the latter’s ambitious interconnection project, the first in the United States that transforms three main grids into a renewable energy transmission hub.
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Swiss economy minister against new Swiss nuclear...
Switzerland’s economy minister said on Sunday it would be decades before the country could give up nuclear power completely but that in the meantime no new nuclear power plants should be built.
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General Electric Q1 revenues up 6 percent, wind...
General Electric Company reported a 6 percent increase in its revenues this quarter from its overall operations compared last year but saw its wind turbine orders, its primary renewable energy product, tumble because of lower turbine prices.
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Biofuels need a $ 13-trillion investment - I.E.A...
Biofuels play an important role in slashing carbon dioxide emissions if produced via the right technology and method, but this entails an investment worth as much as $13 trillion, a report from the International Energy Agency showed.
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Finally, BrightSource files for I.P.O.
After drawing billions in private and public money to develop it’s concentrating solar thermal technology, last Friday, BrightSource Energy Inc. finally filed for an initial public offering to raise $250 million.
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Crushing old concrete as a means to reduce highway...
Purdue University civil engineers along with the Indiana Department of Transportation are developing the perfect recycled concrete mixture to potentially reduce material costs for highway construction.
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China invests $ 612 billion in water conservation...
With climate change’s impact on the water resources of China threatening to limit supply to residents, the country is planning to invest 4 trillion yuan to combat water shortage.
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Chevrolet Volt is World Green Car for 2011
The Chevrolet Volt has been recognized as one of the world’s best electric vehicles to date, winning this year’s World Green Car award at the New York International Auto Show.
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CPFL Energia merger with ERSA creates a renewable...
Brazilian utility CPFL Energia S.A. bought out renewable energy company ERSA Energias Renovaveis, as it branched out to small hydropower, wind, and biomass energy sources.
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Solo, around-the-world sailing race goes green
CHARLESTON, South Carolina, April 21 (Reuters) - The sailors finishing the fourth leg of a grueling, solo yacht race around the world arrived in Charleston, South Carolina, this week with sunburned faces and tales of trials on the open seas.
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Earth Day organizers call for ‘a billion acts of...
CHICAGO, April 22 (Reuters Life!) - If the environmental movement has a high holiday, Earth Day is it.
The annual effort to raise public awareness about the environment and inspire actions to clean it up marks its 41st anniversary on Friday, coinciding with the Christian Good Friday and Judaism’s celebration of Passover.
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This time, Google buys 100 MW of wind-generated...
Google Inc. will be buying more wind-generated electricity that it says will translate to alternative energy benefits for its new data center, even as it raises direct investment in the sector.
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Cobalt, iron and processed carbon make cheaper...
Scientists from the Los Alamos National Laboratory found a way to cut down hydrogen fuel cell costs by replacing the catalyst platinum with three cheaper materials.
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