A Renewable Energy Village has taken root in farmland contaminated by radiation fallout from Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant disaster. The project's vision of combining solar panels with growing crops aims to inspire Japanese ...
Tags: Electrical, Electronics
Siemens last month inked a deal with the Cape Wind project that could be a significant step to advance wind farm activity in the United States. The plant is to operate in New England, on Horseshoe Shoal, an area of water toward the center ...
Tags: Siemens, Cape Wind project, offshore wind farm, renewable energy
Researchers from North Carolina State University and Johns Hopkins University have found that an increase in the use of wind power generation can make the power grid more fragile and susceptible to disruptions. But the researchers didn't ...
Tags: wind power generation, power grid, power disruption, energy storage
Chinese rare earth miners are being forced to phase out excessive production capacity as rising overseas suppliers chip away at their dominance in the global market. Russia announced in April its plan to invest $1 billion in rare earth ...
Tags: Rare Earth, Mineral
Wind turbines made especially for low-wind regimes in India was just one of the several innovations showcased at the recently-held "Techmela," at Bengaluru's KTPO Exhibition Centre. Dubbed as "GE's Carnival of Innovation," the technology ...
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China's electricity consumption grew 7.5 percent year on year to 4.83 trillion kilowatt hours (kwh) between January and November, according to the China Electricity Council (CEC). Use by primary industry totaled 93.5 billion kwhs, up 0.1 ...
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The total market value for electric unmanned aerial vehicles will reach over one Billion dollars by 2023 according to findings in the new IDTechEx report, Electric Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) 2013-2023. This report includes hybrid and ...
Tags: Construction, Decoration
China's Ministry of Commerce on Friday announced the first round of 2014 export quotas for non-ferrous metals including rare earth and a list of enterprises eligible for export. Apart from rare earth, the first round of export quotas ...
Tags: China, Non-Ferrous Metal, Export Quotas
The just-concluded 18th Congress of Chinese Communist Party explicitly called for implementation of "Biological Civilization" strategy. The move restored confidence into offshore wind power and green energy industry which are still in ...
A lack of certainty in renewable energy policy and expertise of renewable energy projects are holding institutional investors back according to a new EY survey released today. Of the 75 North American and European major pension and ...
Tags: renewable, energy, policy, uncertainty, expertise, institutional, investor
Wind turbines need to have a service life of 20 years in order to be economically efficient. BASF has now developed a robust paint that protects rotor blades even better, especially on the edges, according to the company. RELEST Wind LEP ...
Tags: BASF Supplies, Edge Protection, Rotor Blades
BP’s business activities in the US helped generate more than $147 billion in economic impact in 2012 and support more than a quarter million American jobs, the company’s Group Chief Executive Bob Dudley will announce today in a ...
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The Ministry of Commerce said China strongly opposes disclosure of an interim World Trade Organization report that disfavors the nation's claim in its rare earths disputes with other countries. "The case is under panel examination, which ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy, Rare Earth
REpower Systems SE—a wholly owned subsidiary of the Suzlon Group (a manufacturer of wind turbines)—is changing its name in 2014; thereafter, the Hamburg-based wind turbine manufacturer will identify itself using a new worldwide ...
Tags: Consumer Electronics, Electronics
Using an entire chunk of wood, such as 0.6 inch (1.6 mm) thick sheet of wood to make furniture is not feasible and economical. Such a single sheet of wood often tends to be fragile and there is a possibility that such a sheet of wood may ...
Tags: Plywood