New Brunswick has releases a set of resource maps and an accompanying report showcasing potential locations to develop biomass resources for energy co-generation in the province. “Our government is committed to achieving 40% renewable ...
Underperforming open industrial waste water treatment lagoons are on the way out after more than a century, as industry counts the cost of their pollution, odours, leakage, energy wastage and relative inefficiency in fixing the problems ...
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Andritz Hydro has received an order from Nalcor Energy to supply four 209 megawatt (MW) Kaplan turbines and four synchronous generators for the new Muskrat Falls hydropower plant in Labrador, Canada. Commissioning is scheduled for 2017. ...
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The U.S. Department of Energy said Monday that personal information about several hundred employees and contractors was stolen in a mid-January hack, but that no classified information was compromised. The agency is working with federal ...
Construction has begun at Oregon State University (OSU) on a $4.8-million facility to test a new nuclear energy technology that, says the university, “could be safer, more efficient and produce less waste than existing ...
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IDE Technologies Ltd. has entered into an agreement with Statkraft, Europe’s largest renewable energy company, for the development of an Osmotic Power Generation pilot plant in Norway. The project is first of its kind to generate ...
On the macro-economy, the State Council released the 12th five year plan about the new energy development. It is released that, according to the whole development trend, it makes a target on the energy consumption volume and efficiency and ...
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China's dependence on foreign crude oil and refined oil products is set to increase, but the government has placed a cap at 61% of total requirements for the end of the current five-year economic plan in 2015, according to a new government ...
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The UK's biggest solar energy farm is to be built on farmland in New Romney and will occupy a 114-acre site on agricultural land at Sycamore Farm in Millbank Lane. Ranks of photovoltaic cells – technically known as an array - will ...
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In a report issued today, “Electricity in Canada: Smart Investment to Power Future Competitiveness”, the Canadian Chamber of Commerce argues that, as Canada continues to define its place as a responsible energy producer, ...
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According to the preliminary data released by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, in November last year price, calendar and seasonally adjusted industrial production in Germany was up 0.2 percent compared ...
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Janssen Therapeutics has obtained accelerated approval from FDA for Sirturo (bedaquiline) tablets as part of combination therapy to treat adult patients with pulmonary multi-drug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB). The surrogate endpoint of ...
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Two starkly different views of rural America and U.S.agriculture emerged in recent weeks—one hopeful and optimistic,the other discouraging and maybe even a bit cynical. Starting with the bad news,USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack announced ...
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In a first-ever meeting, peak oil proponents met with the US Energy Information Administration earlier this month to urge the nation's top statistical agency to temper its rosy outlook on future US energy production. Representatives ...
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The EBU has warned that the post-production color correction costs required for video shot under LED lighting could outweigh the power savings compared with traditional tungsten lights. This is a setback for the LED movement, which ...
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