Clean Energy and Next Step Partner to Broaden Solar Accessibility
Boulder CO (SPX) May 15, 2014 -
Clean Energy Collective (CEC) has announced that Next Step Living, the Boston-based provider of whole-home energy solutions, is an authorized agent to sell CEC's community solar solutions to Massachusetts customers in WMECo and NGRID territories.
The agreement combines the Next Step Living whole-home approach to affordable and accessible energy solutions with CEC's rapidly growing communit ...
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Handi-Hut offers low cost Solar Powered Outdoor Shelter Light Kit
Clifton NJ (SPX) May 15, 2014 -
Handi-Hut is introducing a unique solar light kit that provides nighttime safety for passengers waiting in shelters for buses or trains that up to now has been virtually non-affordable.
The ultra-compact (8" x 19") solar panel provides dusk to dawn operation of up to 36 hours, or 3 nights of light with its quick charge lithium battery pack built into the solar panel. Each 24" light fixture ...
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Trina Solar and vogt solar provide solar energy for Knowlton Court
Berlin, Germany (SPX) May 15, 2014 -
Trina Solar has announced that it has supplied modules for a new ground-mounted installation at the Knowlton Court estate near Canterbury, Kent. The project, completed by vogt solar ltd, a fully-owned subsidiary of ib vogt GmbH, saw more than 46,000 individual Trina Solar modules used in the development of an 11.7MW array.
The installation was completed in time to qualify for 1.6ROCs, befo ...
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Midsummer reaches new efficiency record for CIGS solar cells
Stockholm, Sweden (SPX) May 15, 2014 -
Midsummer has announced that it has increased the efficiency of its solar cells from 15 per cent to 16.2 per cent aperture area of the full 156+ 156 mm solar cell. This increased energy efficiency further strengthens the business case and attractiveness of thin film CIGS solar cells.
Midsummer has recently managed to increase the efficiency of the whole solar cell to 16.2 per cent aperture ...
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New all-time high for oil production from Bakken formation in North Dakota
Bismarck, N.D. (UPI) May 14, 2013 -
Preliminary data from March show oil production in North Dakota has reached a new all-time high, the state's Department of Natural Resources said.
The North Dakota Industrial Commission, a division within state's DNR, said March average oil production of 977,051 barrels per day was 2.6 percent higher than for February and an all-time high for the state.
The commission said 94 per ...
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Campaigners call on EPA to address shortfalls in 'toxic pollutants' from fracking
Washington (UPI) May 14, 2013 -
Advocacy group Earthrights International said it wants the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to address issues tied to emissions from the oil and gas sector.
The group, which was joined by more than 60 other environmental and civil society groups, filed a 112-page petition with the EPA arguing there are "serious gaps" in the regulation of emissions from oil and natural gas operations ...
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Google self-driving car coming around the corner
Mountain View, United States (AFP) May 14, 2014 -
A white Lexus cruised along a road near the Google campus, braking for pedestrians and scooting over in its lane to give bicyclists ample space.
The car eased into a turn lane, waited for a green light and a break in traffic, then continued on its way in the Silicon Valley city of Mountain View.
It even avoided stopping on train tracks.
But there was nobody holding the wheel. What lo ...
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Kirchner faces probe in Chevron fracking deal
Buenos Aires (AFP) May 14, 2014 -
An appeals court judge Tuesday gave a green light for President Cristina Kirchner to be investigated for abuse of authority in a major Chevron fracking deal.
Local Buenos Aires lawmakers had sought the probe - involving Chevron's fracking with state oil giant YPF at Vaca Muerta - for alleged "abuse of power, dereliction of duty and attempted environmental damage."
Though a federal pros ...
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Swedish home-furnishing company IKEA adds solar energy to Australia retail sector
Toronto (UPI) May 14, 2013 -
Canadian Solar Inc. said Wednesday a partnership with IKEA in Australia for a 3.6-megawatt project is its largest commercial solar program to date.
The Canadian solar company, one of the largest in the world, said it would work with IKEA to install a combined 3.6 MW of solar power at seven retail outlets in Australia.
"This is the company's largest commercial PV project roll-out ...
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Japan's Inpex Corp. announces gas is flowing from field off Indonesia coast
Tokyo (UPI) May 14, 2013 -
Japanese company Inpex Corp. said Wednesday gas was flowing from its South Belut gas field off the coast of Indonesia for the first time.
Inpex, though a regional subsidiary, is working alongside ConocoPhillips and operator Chevron at the field located about 745 miles north of Jakarta in the Natuna Sea in shallow waters.
The company said the South Belut field has the potential to ...
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Six suffer burns at controversial India nuclear plant: reports
New Delhi (AFP) May 14, 2014 -
Six workers suffered significant burns on Wednesday at a Russian-backed nuclear power plant in southern India plagued by years of protests before its opening, reports said.
A hot water spill caused the accident at Kudankulam nuclear plant in Tamil Nadu state, which went into service in July 2013 after becoming the focus of safety and environmental concerns during its protracted development. ...
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Gulf Keystone Petroleum expects financial boost from controversial Kurdish oil
London (UPI) May 14, 2013 -
Production revenues from oil produced from the Kurdish north of Iraq should increase this year, Gulf Keystone Petroleum said Wednesday.
Gulf Keystone, which has headquarters in London, said it received a gross payment of $6.46 million in May for its first crude oil exports from the Shaikan reserve areas in the Kurdish north of Iraq.
"Production revenues are expected to increase s ...
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Vietnam produces atlas saying China has no claims to regional waters
Hanoi, Vietnam (UPI) May 14, 2013 -
China has no sovereignty over waters in the South China Sea where it has deployed government vessels alongside an oil rig, a Vietnamese historian said.
China National Offshore Oil Corp. deployed drilling rig HD-981 about 120 miles off the coast of Vietnam in disputed waters in early May. Both sides make competing claims over the territory, though the Chinese government has been accused ...
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FUJIFILM Unveils Solar Energy System
Bedford MA (SPX) May 15, 2014 -
In an effort to reduce costs while contributing to a corporate commitment to sustainability, FUJIFILM Recording Media U.S.A., Inc. has constructed a solar energy installation through efforts by local clean-energy integrators Columbia Construction Company (North Reading, Mass.) and Absolute Green Energy Corporation (Worcester, Mass.) on its Bedford, Massachusetts manufacturing facility.
It ...
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The terrible truth about income inequality
Washington DC (UPI) May 14, 2014 -
Economic inequality has emerged as the central political challenge of the 21st Century. Left wing academics and politicians are quick with quack remedies - higher taxes on the wealthy that will only send more investment abroad and smother growth.
For most Americans, good-paying jobs are scarce, and many feel powerless to improve their lot. Yet, for those at the very top of business and ...
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Nissan venture aims for 20% of China electric car market
Tokyo (AFP) May 14, 2014 -
Nissan's joint venture firm in China has said it is aiming to secure a fifth of the fledgling electric vehicle market, which it expects to boom as authorities get to grips with choking air pollution.
Dongfeng Motor Company has ambitions of claiming a 20 percent segment share with its local Venucia brand which will be rolled out in September, the company's president said Tuesday.
"We will ...
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North Sea oil, a tax revenue base for Britain, showing signs of life
London (UPI) May 14, 2013 -
Oil production from the British waters of the North Sea could see its first increase in more than 10 years, a regional director for BP said.
Monthly production from key field indices in the North Sea show a decline from 2.02 million barrels of oil per day in 2007 to 1.16 million bpd last year. Since January, however, production has recovered to 1.2 million bpd, BP regional vice presiden ...
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RWE, with an estimated 30 million European customers, suffers because of mild weather
Essen, Germany (UPI) May 14, 2013 -
German energy company RWE said a mild winter in Europe was to blame for a decline in its income, though CEO Peter Terium said he was optimistic nonetheless.
RWE said its recurring net income for the first quarter of 2014 was $1.15 billion, down 36 percent from the same time last year.
The company blamed an "extremely mild winter" for its poor performance so far this year. In the ...
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Russia-Ukraine spat is about gas pipeline ambitions, former Czech leader says
Prague, Czech Republic (UPI) May 14, 2013 -
Former Czech Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek said the row over Ukraine is part of an overall effort to get Gazprom's gas pipeline, South Stream, built.
A pivot toward the European Union by former Soviet republic Ukraine in November sparked a crisis that's escalated into a turf war reminiscent of the Cold War.
About 80 percent of the Russian natural gas sent to European consumers r ...
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China consumes almost as much coal as the rest of world combined
Washington (UPI) May 14, 2013 -
China consumes almost as much coal per year as the rest of the world combined, data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration show Wednesday.
EIA said Chinese coal production and consumption increased for the 13th year in a row in 2012, the last full year for which data are available.
China, EIA said, consumes about 49 percent of the coal produced globally, besting the No. ...
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