Australian PM to visit India for potential uranium deal
Sydney (AFP) Aug 29, 2014 -
Australia's Prime Minister Tony Abbott said Friday he will visit India next week, where he will reportedly sign an agreement allowing the export of uranium to the nuclear-armed South Asian nation.
It will be Abbott's first trip to India since his election a year ago and he said in a statement it would involve visits to New Delhi and Mumbai to "strengthen the strategic partnership between our ...
more
Process Overcomes Obstacles To Produce Renewable Fuels And Chemicals
Golden CO (SPX) Aug 28, 2014 -
There's an old saying in the biofuels industry: "You can make anything from lignin except money." But now, a new study may pave the way to challenging that adage. The study from the Energy Department's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) demonstrates a concept that provides opportunities for the successful conversion of lignin into a variety of renewable fuels, chemicals, and materials f ...
more
Jinxed Finnish nuclear plant to function almost a decade late: Areva
Paris (AFP) Sept 01, 2014 -
A jinxed new-generation nuclear reactor for Finland is to begin producing electricity in 2018, nine years late, one of the main partners in the project, Areva of France, said on Monday.
The expected losses arising from delays on construction of the plant, using advanced technology known as EPR, remain at 3.9 billion euros ($5.1 billion), Areva said.
Areva, a French state controlled world ...
more
Australia satisfied on India's nuclear safeguards
Sydney (AFP) Sept 02, 2014 -
Australia is satisfied with the safeguards India has in place to allow the export of uranium to the nuclear-armed nation, Trade Minister Andrew Robb said Tuesday.
Prime Minister Tony Abbott is due to arrive in India on Thursday for his first visit to the country since assuming power a year ago and is expected to sign a deal clinching the export of uranium.
Work on an agreement has been u ...
more
Malaysia refuses New Zealand activist entry
Kuala Lumpur (AFP) Sept 01, 2014 -
Malaysia on Monday refused entry to a New Zealand anti-mining activist who had previously been arrested for joining a protest against a rare earths processing plant, rights groups said.
Natalie Lowrey arrived from Bali Sunday night to observe the court hearing scheduled for Tuesday of 15 Malaysians who were arrested along with her in June outside the plant of Australian miner Lynas Corp.
...
more
Sony founder nephew starts as head of PlayStation unit
Tokyo (AFP) Sept 01, 2014 -
The nephew of a Sony founder on Monday started as head of a regional gaming unit, after the Japanese electronics giant sailed past the 10 million mark in sales of its PlayStation 4.
Atsushi Morita, 54, will run Sony Computer Entertainment Japan Asia (SCEJA), a unit of Sony Computer Entertainment which develops the popular gaming console.
Morita, a nephew of Sony co-founder Akio Morita, s ...
more
Apple's shadow looms large at Berlin electronics show
Berlin Sept 02, 2014 -
Berlin's gigantic IFA consumer electronics fair opens this week, with the shadow of Apple looming large even if the iconic US brand traditionally snubs the event.
IFA, one of Europe's biggest showcases of the latest electronic gadgets, is scheduled to open on September 5 and run until September 10.
But news that Apple will stage a mystery unveiling of its own on September 9 is likely to ...
more
SG Preston Announces World's Largest Purpose-Built Renewable Diesel Plant
Philadelphia PA (SPX) Sep 02, 2014 -
SG Preston (SGP) has announced the planned development of a 120 million gallon renewable diesel facility in Lawrence County, Ohio. The SGP South Point facility will have total investment of $400 million, create 100 permanent jobs and be the world's largest purpose-built producer of renewable diesel upon completion, estimated to occur in 2017.
A key component of the facility's development i ...
more
SunShare Announces Program to Provide Free Electricity
Denver CO (SPX) Sep 02, 2014 -
Flanked by more than a dozen kindergarten students, the founder of SunShare, Denver Mayor Michael B. Hancock and the principal of Academy 360 public charter school have announced a new program to provide free solar energy to all families of children who attend the school.
"We are grateful to SunShare for helping us bring green, sustainable solar energy to our families. Not only are we cont ...
more
Cenex Tank Program assists retailers offering E15
St. Paul MN (SPX) Sep 02, 2014 -
CHS has announced a new program to better enable some of the 1,400 Cenex branded locations to meet consumer demand for an E15 ethanol blend.
"We are excited to offer a new Cenex Tank Program, which further demonstrates CHS leadership in renewable fuels and helps keep the Cenex brand at the forefront in meeting consumer demand for ethanol blends," says Doug Dorfman, CHS vice president - ref ...
more
Ceres to Expand Product Development in Sorghum and Sugarcane
Thousand Oaks CA (SPX) Sep 02, 2014 -
Ceres has announced that the company will enhance its product development programs in Brazil and expand its development activities in biotech traits for sorghum and sugarcane over the next four years. The programs will now be funded in part under the Brazilian government's PAISS Agricola initiative, which promotes agricultural innovations in sugarcane as well as other energy crops.
Under t ...
more
VIASPACE Establishes Giant King Grass Research Collaboration With California
Walnut CA (SPX) Sep 02, 2014 -
VIASPACE has announced that the company has entered into a research collaboration with the University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources Division (UCANR).
The objectives of the research are to:
+ Compare the growth of Giant King Grass using subsurface drip irrigation with flood (furrow) irrigation
+ Compare individual node and whole stalk planting methods
+ E ...
more
HelioSage Energy Announces Sale of 12 Solar Projects in North Carolina
Charlottesville VA (SPX) Sep 02, 2014 -
HelioSage Energy has announced the sale of a 77 MWdc / 60 MWac portfolio of development-stage solar facilities in North Carolina.
The portfolio is comprised of 12 ground-mounted solar projects sited in eastern North Carolina. Once constructed, the projects will sell power under a Power Purchase Agreement with either Duke Energy-Progress or the North Carolina Eastern Municipal Power Agency ...
more
Fukushima accepts 'temporary' radioactive waste storage
Tokyo (AFP) Sept 01, 2014 -
The governor of disaster-struck Fukushima agreed Monday to accept the "temporary" storage of nuclear waste from the Japanese accident, paving the way for an end to a years-long standoff.
Yuhei Sato has been cajoled and lavished with the promises of subsidies if he accepts a central government plan to build a depot on land near the battered Fukushima Daiichi plant.
"I have made an agonisi ...
more
Solar System Transforms Fallow Land Into Money Generating Asset
Gilroy CA (SPX) Sep 02, 2014 -
In February 2013, Vista Solar installed a 792kW solar system on a block of fallow, unusable land at Uesugi Farms. In the first year of operation, the solar system generated over $100,000 in savings and has offset the farm's electric bill by more than 90%.
The savings generated has freed up funds for several organizational investments. "Just in the first year alone, we've saved about $115,0 ...
more
