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50 dead as Caribbean digs out from Hurricane Melissa 21 dead, 30-plus missing in Kenya landslide: minister Tanzania president wins election landslide after deadly protests Tanzania preliminary results show landslide win for President Hassan: state TV Aid headed towards hurricane-ravaged Jamaica Camels replace cows as Kenya battles drought Nearly 50 dead after Hurricane Melissa thrashes Caribbean Melissa 'killed us' say Cubans, already in storm's eye Melissa 'killed us' says Cubans, already in storm's eye |
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  Brisbane, Australia (SPX) Feb 08, 2017 People with higher incomes and better education no longer dominate demand for the domestic solar market in Queensland with a new QUT study revealing the highest uptake in solar PV systems comes from families on medium to lower incomes. Over the past decade the profile of Queenslanders acquiring solar PV has changed significantly based on a study by QUT Dr Jeff Sommerfeld investigating the factors influencing solar PV uptake. Dr Sommerfeld, from QUT's Creative Industries Faculty School of Des ... read more |
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French government gets renewable energy endorsementA move by the French government to budget for more solar and hydropower projects on its grid was endorsed Friday by the European Commission. ... more 
EU to phase out China solar panel dutiesThe EU said Wednesday it aimed to phase out anti-dumping duties on Chinese solar panel imports after 18 months, ending a bitter dispute with one of its largest trading partners. ... more 
Material can turn sunlight, heat and movement into electricityMany forms of energy surround you: sunlight, the heat in your room and even your own movements. All that energy - normally wasted - can potentially help power your portable and wearable gadgets, fro ... more 
NREL research pinpoints promise of polycrystalline perovskitesA team of scientists from the Energy Department's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) determined that surface recombination limits the performance of polycrystalline perovskite solar cells. ... more |
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NRDC: States should lead low-carbon economyIt may be up to the governments of U.S. states to take the lead in the effort to advance a low-carbon economy, the Natural Resources Defense Council said. ... more 
Academics build ultimate solar-powered water purifierYou've seen Bear Grylls turn foul water into drinking water with little more than sunlight and plastic. Now, academics have added a third element - carbon-dipped paper - that may turn this survival ... more 
Storing solar power increases energy consumption and emissionsHomes with solar panels do not require on-site storage to reap the biggest economic and environmental benefits of solar energy, according to research from the Cockrell School of Engineering at The U ... more 
Saudi Arabia takes low-carbon energy approachFrench energy company ENGIE said it was making progress on its efforts to advance its low carbon portfolio with a new contract in Saudi Arabia. ... more 
Eltek to provide solar energy for hospitals in Zimbabwe under UNDP programmeEltek has announced a contract with United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) to provide complete photovoltaic solar solutions for 104 hospitals in Zimbabwe. Eltek will provide full delivery ... more 
Renewables can't deliver Paris climate goals: studyExpansion of renewable energy cannot by itself stave off catastrophic climate change, scientists warned Monday. ... more |
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100 percent renewable energy sources require overcapacityGermany decided to go nuclear-free by 2022. A CO2-emission-free electricity supply system based on intermittent sources, such as wind and solar - or photovoltaic (PV) - power could replace nuclear p ... more  
New class of materials could revolutionize biomedical, alternative energy industriesPolyhedral boranes, or clusters of boron atoms bound to hydrogen atoms, are transforming the biomedical industry. These manmade materials have become the basis for the creation of cancer therapies, ... more 
France issues first 'green bonds' with record 7 bln euro saleFrance has issued its first "green bonds" with a record seven billion euro ($7.5 billion) sale, paving the way for the establishment of a genuine market in renewable energy bonds. ... more  
Arctic melt ponds form when meltwater clogs ice poresWhen spring comes to the Arctic, the breakup of the cold winter ice sheets starts at the surface with the formation of melt ponds. These pools of melted snow and ice darken the surface of the ice, i ... more |
  
The provincial government of Alberta said it was creating new jobs by offering funding to support bioenergy and a low-carbon future.
The government said it was offering up to $45 million to support a bioenergy producer program aimed at deriving fuels from crops and livestock waste.
The industry already powers the equivalent of 200,000 average households in Alberta and contributes ... more A better way to farm algae DuPont Industrial Biosciences to develop new high-efficiency biogas enzyme method Cathay Pacific to cut emissions with switch to biofuel |
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American aerospace manufacturer Orbital ATK is leveling a lawsuit against the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), to halt a robot-satellite repair system being developed by the agency in conjunction with a non-US-owned competitor.
The National Reconnaissance Office, which operates spy satellites, stands to benefit from robotic servicing of geosynchronous satellites (RSGS) te ... more DARPA Selects SSL as Commercial Partner for Revolutionary Goal of Servicing Satellites in GEO NASA Selects Top 20 Space Robotics Challenge Teams 500 years of robots go on show in London |
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While only a fraction of the total capacity is realized, Norwegian energy company Statoil said the British grid is getting power from its latest wind farm.
Statoil announced its first wind turbine from the Dudgeon facility off the British coast was now providing electricity to the nation's grid. Up to 6,000 homes are now getting power from offshore wind. Once in full operation later thi ... more Prysmian UK to supply land cable connections for East Anglia ONE offshore wind farm Russia's nuclear giant pushes into wind energy The power of wind energy and how to use it |
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The former chairman of Chinese auto giant FAW was jailed Thursday for taking more than a million dollars in bribes, in the latest penalty meted out to a top executive of a state-owned firm.
Xu Jianyi was sentenced to 11 and a half years in prison for taking more than 12 million yuan ($1.75 million) in exchange for assisting "the business operations and promotion and relocation" of others, ... more Volvo Cars posts strong earnings on record sales Saab, Aalto University sign collaborative research deal Germany, France plan cross-border self-driving test zone |
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Researchers from the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) have developed a new flow battery that stores energy in organic molecules dissolved in neutral pH water. This new chemistry allows for a non-toxic, non-corrosive battery with an exceptionally long lifetime and offers the potential to significantly decrease the costs of production.
The research, p ... more Portable superconductivity systems for small motors How to recycle lithium batteries Researchers optimize the assembly of micro meso and macroporous carbon for Li-S batteries |
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An explosion at a nuclear power plant on France's northwest coast on Thursday caused minor injuries, but the authorities said there was no risk of radiation.
The blast occurred in the engine room at the Flamanville plant, which lies 25 kilometres (15 miles) west of the port of Cherbourg and just across from the Channel Islands.
"It is a technical incident. It is not a nuclear accident," ... more Three new uranium minerals from Utah Iran imports 149 tonnes of uranium from Russia: atomic chief France's Areva picks up Japanese investors |
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Climate change is likely to increase U.S. electricity costs over the next century by billions of dollars more than economists previously forecast, according to a new study involving a University of Michigan researcher.
The study shows how higher temperatures will raise not just the average annual electricity demand, but more importantly, the peak demand. And to avoid brownouts and absorb t ... more Republican ex-top diplomats propose a carbon taxClimate change may overload US electrical grid: study Action is needed to make stagnant CO2 emissions fall |
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'Relationships' in the soil become stronger during the process of nature restoration. Although all major groups of soil life are already present in former agricultural soils, they are not really 'connected' at first. These connections need time to (literally) grow, and fungi are the star performers here. A European research team led by the Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW) has shown t ... more Wetlands play vital role in carbon storage, study finds Amazon forest was transformed by ancient people: study Honduras manages to stall pine-munching bugs' march |
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One year ago, the first direct detection of gravitational waves was announced. Laser experts from the Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute; AEI), from the Leibniz Universitat Hannover, and from the Laser Zentrum Hannover e.V. (LZH) played leading roles in this discovery, because their super-precise laser technology at the heart of the LIGO instruments in the ... more Cosmologists a step closer to understanding quantum gravity China to set up gravitational wave telescopes in Tibet MIT researchers reveal new technique for measuring gravity |
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Physicists at the University of Bonn have cleared a further hurdle on the path to creating quantum computers: in a recent study, they present a method with which they can very quickly and precisely sort large numbers of atoms. The work has now been published in Physical Review Letters.
Imagine you are standing in a grocery store buying apple juice. Unfortunately, all of the crates are half ... more UNIST engineers oxide semiconductor just single atom thick Mail armor inspires physicists Germanium outperforms silicon in energy efficient transistors with n- und p- conduction |
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The Philippines will review an order to close two dozen mines, the government said Friday, after the decision sparked concern over jobs losses and the economy.
The environment ministry last week ordered the closure of 23 of the country's large-scale mines and the suspension of five others after a government investigation found they had illegally cut down trees and polluted rivers.
The P ... more Cassava carrier bags: Indonesian entrepreneur tackles plastic scourgePhilippine ministers say mine closure order will cost jobs Coal ash selenium found in fish in NC lakes |
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  Carrying the golden statue of a revered ancient general, villagers in eastern China dash wildly through waterlogged fields in a mud-spattered celebration of a local rebel adored for stealing from the rich to give to the poor.
Spurred on by the roar of firecrackers and cheers of families crowded on muddy banks, teams of men splash through the quagmire, in a centuries-old ceremony that is part ... more Exile, jail, abduction: the hazardous lives of China's rich Missing Chinese billionaire targeted over stocks crash: report 'Abduction' of China tycoon sparks fear in Hong Kong |
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Israel Aerospace Industries revealed an export version of its Heron TP unmanned aerial vehicle, which is set to be displayed at the Aero India 2017 conference.
IAI's export variant is nearly identical to the company's domestic version. The export Heron is fitted to carry smaller payloads than the variant sold to Israel's armed forces, featuring a 992-pound capacity compared to the origi ... more U.S. Army orders counter-drone systems SideArm prototype catches full-size unmanned aerial system flying at full speed Unmanned Underwater Vehicle turns into Unmanned Aerial Vehicle |
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Astronomers at Lomonosov Moscow State University in cooperation with their French colleagues and with the help of citizen scientists have released "The Reference Catalog of galaxy SEDs" (RCSED), which contains value-added information about 800,000 galaxies. The catalog is accessible on the web and its description has been published in the Astrophysical Journal Supplement (impact factor - 11.257) ... more New high-performance computing cluster at the Albert Einstein Institute in Potsdam Orbit Logic Software to be used for BridgeSat Laser Comm Scheduling Most stretchable elastomer for 3-D printing |
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Britain's Ministry of Defense has awarded MBDA and other industry partners a $36 million contract to produce a Laser Directed Energy Weapon demonstrator.
The contract, which aims to allow Britain's first laser weapon to enter service by the mid-2020s, will task contractors to assess the technology's capabilities. Project leaders hope to demonstrate the system in 2019.
"The U.K. h ... more U.S. Air Force issues RFP for aircraft laser weaponsNorthrop Grumman to develop next-gen fighter laser system UK to start laser gun program |
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Barely wider than a strand of human DNA, magnetic nanoparticles - such as those made from iron and platinum atoms - are promising materials for next-generation recording and storage devices like hard drives. Building these devices from nanoparticles should increase storage capacity and density, but understanding how magnetism works at the level of individual atoms is critical to getting the best ... more Scientists determine precise 3-D location 23,000 atoms in a nanoparticle 1,000 times more efficient nano-LED opens door to faster microchips Three magnetic states for each hole |
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