News tagged with energy industry

Obama calls for Congress to enact 'green' tax credits

President Barack Obama urged Congress on Thursday to extend tax credits for clean energy companies the White House says are responsible for some 37,000 jobs.

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created May 25, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Tackling contamination with minimal water and energy consumption

EU-funded researchers developed technology for a dry pre-cleaning as an alternative to the water- and energy-intensive decontamination process currently used by the medical and food industries.

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created Apr 30, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Solar panels cause clashes with homeowner groups

(AP) -- The government wants you to install solar panels at your house, and will even give you a tax break to do it. But your neighbors? Maybe not.

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created Apr 25, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 14

Policies, learning-by-doing played important role in reducing ethanol costs

A new study from the University of Illinois concludes that learning-by-doing, stimulated by increased ethanol production, played an important role in inducing technological progress in the corn ethanol industry. ...

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created Apr 12, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Rare earth metals: Another challenge for the green economy?

If you follow the clean energy dialogue, then you may have encountered discussions about the role of rare earth metals at some point in the last year or two. If not, read on, because rare earths should not ...

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created Apr 03, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

New report on how UK should deal with future energy needs

A new report by the Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment at the University of Oxford says an urgent remodelling of the UK’s energy infrastructure is needed.

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created Mar 16, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (7) | comments 113

Obama calls for investment in clean energy

US President Barack Obama called on Congress Saturday to invest more money in clean energy technologies and end multi-billion-dollar subsidies given each year to oil companies.

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created Mar 10, 2012 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (9) | comments 25

Panasonic to present 'Photosynthesis' concept at the Milano Salone del Mobile 2012

Panasonic Corporation will showcase its total solutions for creating, storing, saving and managing energy at the Milano Salone del Mobile 2012 exhibition, which will be held in Milan this April.

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created Feb 28, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Engineers develop cement with 97 percent smaller CO2 and energy footprint

Drexel engineers have found a way to improve upon ordinary Portland cement (OPC), the glue that's bonded much of the world's construction since the late 1800s. In research recently published in Cement and Concrete Composites ...

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created Feb 21, 2012 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (11) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Hot invention cools down environment: Environmentally-friendly heat exchanger produced

The current global energy crisis means that sustainability now supplants necessity as the mother of all invention. Concordia University's Georgios Vatistas, professor in the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, ...

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created Feb 15, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Walney offshore wind farm is world's biggest (for now)

(PhysOrg.com) -- The Walney wind farm on the Irish Sea--characterized by high tides, waves and windy weather--officially opened this week. The farm is treated in the press as a very big deal as the Walney ...

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created Feb 11, 2012 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (16) | comments 88 | with audio podcast weblog

Small modular reactor design could be a 'SUPERSTAR'

(PhysOrg.com) -- Though most of today's nuclear reactors are cooled by water, we've long known that there are alternatives; in fact, the world's first nuclear-powered electricity in 1951 came from a reactor ...

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created Feb 10, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (24) | comments 41 | with audio podcast

California hits wind energy milestone: About 5 percent of power from wind

California now gets about 5 percent of its electricity from wind power, according to data released Tuesday by the California Wind Energy Association.

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created Feb 07, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (7) | comments 41

Detroit unsure over the future of green cars

The US auto industry remains unsold over the future of "green cars" such as electrics and hybrids, as carmakers struggle with the first steps in a market most agree shows promise over the long term.

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created Jan 11, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 27

German jobs boom in renewable energy questioned

Optimistic predictions that Germany's decision to turn its back on nuclear energy will lead to the creation of hundreds of thousands of jobs in the renewable energy sector have met with scepticism.

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created Jan 08, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 12