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Photovoltaic:
CASTRO tackles illiteracy - Nassau Guardian, Bahamas
<http://www.thenassauguardian.com/national_local/290175833643916.php>
... world's population could be taught, at a much lower cost, using medium
or short wave radios, which cost no more than $15 and are powered by small
photovoltaic ...
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Net Metering:
GRANTS help Idaho study wind energy - Salt Lake Tribune, UT
<http://www.sltrib.com/2003/Sep/09082003/utah/90736.asp>
... The turbine would generate power to offset the family's usage under
Idaho Power's net-metering tariff. Net metering allows customers ...
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Energy Efficiency:
ETHANOL fails to live up to promise - Daily Trojan Online
<http://www.dailytrojan.com/article.do?issue=/V150/N09&id=01-ethanol.09v.html>
... up to its hype. The biggest problem with ethanol is that studies are
inconclusive about its energy efficiency. No one really knows ...
OVER to sugar-eating bug power! - Times of India, India
<http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/cms.dll/articleshow?msid=172950>
... the specialist journal, Nature Biotechnology, say microbial fuel cells
are not new, but until now they have run into big problems of cost and
energy efficiency ...
ETHANOL fuel given two-year tax break - New Zealand Herald, New Zealand
<http://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/businessstorydisplay.cfm?storyID=3522458&thesection=business&thesubsection=energy&thesecondsubsection=general>
... Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority chief executive Heather
Staley said she hoped yesterday's Cabinet decision would mean ethanol
blends would go on ...
PREPARE FOR WINTER'S BLAST: Dodging drafts can cut energy bills - Detroit Free Press, MI
<http://www.freep.com/money/business/home8_20030908.htm>
... The chickens are coming home to roost now as prices go up. The average
consumer is not thinking about energy efficiency.". John ...
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Distributed power:
GE Power Systems Energized For Fall Classic - Oswego Daily News, NY
<http://www.oswegodailynews.com/homearticle.asp?id=32870§ion=home&network=oswego>
... Based in Atlanta, GE Power Systems provides equipment, service and
management solutions across the power generation, oil and gas, distributed
power and energy ...
FUEL Cell System for Legislative Building - SolarAccess.com News, NH
<http://www.solaraccess.com/news/story?storyid=5048>
... Roger Saillant, Plug Power President and Chief Executive Officer said
that his company shares LIPA's long-term vision tof providing clean distributed
power to ...
DANA and HyRadix to develop hydrogen fuel processing systems - Fuel Cell Today, UK
<http://www.fuelcelltoday.com/FuelCellToday/IndustryInformation/IndustryInformationExternal/NewsDisplayArticle/0,1602,3362,00.html>
... Stationary and residential fuel-cell technologies can be used as distributed
power sources for homes and commercial facilities. ...
ALL set to step into mama's shoes - Indian Express, India
<http://www.indianexpress.com/full_story.php?content_id=31104>
... Honeywell in the USA and its biggest and most recent achievement, a
tie up with General Electric to supply chillers for its group company
GE Distributed Power ...
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Hydroelectric:
LAKE Dorothy hydro project moves forward - Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, AK
<http://www.news-miner.com/Stories/0,1413,113~7244~1618347,00.html>
JUNEAU--Developers of a proposed hydroelectric plant near here have agreed
to pay $70,000 to the state for about 3,000 nonnative brook trout that
could be ...
BPA promises cash for Flathead projects - The Missoulian, MT
<http://www.missoulian.com/articles/2003/09/08/news/mtregional/znews06.txt>
KALISPELL - After refusing to deliver on promised conservation projects,
the region's largest hydroelectric broker has again changed direction
and appears ...
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Wind Power:
SASKPOWER International and ATCO Power partner on wind power - Canada NewsWire (press release), Canada
<http://www.newswire.ca/releases/September2003/08/c8280.html>
... This is the biggest initiative in the Green Power Portfolio, which
was announced in the spring 2003 Throne Speech. "Our leadership in wind
power development ...
CANADIAN Wind Power Project Approved - SolarAccess.com News, NH
<http://www.solaraccess.com/news/story?storyid=5046>
Calgary, Canada - September 8, 2003 [SolarAccess.com] Suncor Energy Products
and EHN Wind Power Canada have received approval from the Alberta Energy
and ...
WIND power projects receive federal funding - KTVB, ID
<http://www.ktvb.com/news/localnews/ktvb_090703_news_wind_energy.832e7007.html>
... The Jarolimek project will receive $10,000 of its $35,000 total cost.
The grants are part of an effort to explore a wind power industry in the
state. ...
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Blackout:
BLACKOUT solutions must never be politicized - Troy Record, NY
<http://www.troyrecord.com/site/news.cfm?BRD=1170&dept_id=7018&newsid=10128513&PAG=461&rfi=9>
Most of us in the Capital District did not bear much of the burden of August's
massive blackout, as service was restored in a very reasonable amount
of time. ...
BLACKOUT fears top agenda at annual meeting of eastern premiers ... - Canada.com, Canada
<http://www.canada.com/news/world/story.asp?id=A4B8BE4B-35B9-436D-89C3-D7994D2A4A8C>
... are gone. "Things have changed," Rowland said. "Our last meeting here
was before Sept. 11 and before the blackout. This year there ...
AFTER big blackout, will energy bill keep US lights on? - Christian Science Monitor
<http://www.csmonitor.com/2003/0908/p04s01-uspo.html>
WASHINGTON - The epic blackout that cascaded across power lines serving
50 million customers last month is shining a bright light on otherwise
obscure ...
AVOIDING Another Blackout - Canada NewsWire (press release), Canada
<http://www.newswire.ca/releases/September2003/08/c8371.html>
... The Ontario business community is still tallying the cost of the power
blackout. It has been said that the power blackout can and will probably
happen again. ...
BLACKOUT report will take weeks - This is London, UK
<http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/articles/6595311?source=Evening%20Standard>
By Joe Murphy, Whitehall Editor, Evening Standard. The cause of the London
blackout that trapped thousands on the Tube will not be known for weeks.
...
THE bright side of the power blackout - Malaysia Kini, Malaysia
<http://www.malaysiakini.com/letters/200309080035207.php>
A lot of things have been said about the recent blackout affecting several
states in the Peninsular Malaysia. However, little has ...
ANWR and the blackout - Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, AK
<http://www.news-miner.com/Stories/0,1413,113~7252~1618323,00.html>
... committee working on a national energy bill soon resumes its work,
it will do so against a backdrop of complaints that it is using the recent
blackout in the ...
BLACKOUT delays BA flights - News24, South Africa
<http://www.finance24.co.za/Finance/Companies/0,,1518-24_1412842,00.html>
London - British Airways PLC said on Sunday that hundreds of its passengers
around the world were delayed and transferred to other flights on Saturday
after a ...
BLACKOUT dimmed sales for TJX - Neponset Valley Daily News, MA
<http://www.neponsetvalleydailynews.com/news/local_regional/tjmaxx09082003.htm>
... Inc. started August with "strong" sales but then it was lights out,
literally, when the worst blackout in US history interrupted the flow
of electricity and ...
RAIN, blackout hurt Michigan State Fair turnout - MLive.com (subscription), MI
<http://www.mlive.com/newsflash/michigan/index.ssf?/newsflash/get_story.ssf?/cgi-free/getstory_ssf.cgi?g6375_BC_MI--StateFair&&news&newsflash-michigan>
... You can attribute it directly to the blackout and the rain on Labor
Day," Hertel said. "It couldn't have hit us at a worse time.". The fair's
Aug. ...
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Biomass:
RENEWABLE Energy in Developing Countries - SolarAccess.com News, NH
<http://www.solaraccess.com/news/story?storyid=5040>
... household biogas for lighting and cooking in China, wind power generation
in India, small hydropower in Nepal, and solar home lighting and efficient
biomass ...
CARGILL Dow Names Genencor Its Enzyme Partner for a Biorefinery ... - Yahoo News (press release)
<http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/030908/nym027_1.html>
... (Nasdaq: GCOR - News) today announced that it has been named by Cargill
Dow LLC as its development partner to create advanced enzyme systems for
a biomass ...
FARMERS to convert waste to energy - Lawrence Journal World, KS
<http://www.ljworld.com/section/stateregional/story/144806>
... operations. Farmers' leftover wheat straw, milo stalks and other biomass
products could soon be sold to produce steam energy. "The ...
WOOD-BURNING plant may help clear the air - Concord Monitor, NH
<http://www.cmonitor.com/stories/news/newengla2003/psnh_090703_2003.shtml>
... they can economically haul wood, a significantly less dense power source
than coal, said Rick Handley, project director of the Northeast Regional
Biomass ...
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Cogeneration:
DEERFIELD, Millville want hydroponics - Bridgeton News, NJ
<http://www.nj.com/news/bridgeton/index.ssf?/base/news-1/106303110523210.xml>
The location of a proposed $80 million hydroponics facility and cogeneration
plant is expected to be announced soon by a Maryland-based company looking
to ...
SASKPOWER International and ATCO Power partner on wind power - Canada NewsWire (press release), Canada
<http://www.newswire.ca/releases/September2003/08/c8280.html>
... nine wind turbines (Cypress Wind Power Facility) with aggregate generating
capacity of 3,051 MW, and has 449 MW of contracted capacity (Meridian
Cogeneration ...
CINERGY Named Sustainability Leader - Business Wire (press release)
<http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?epi-content=GENERIC&newsId=20030908005785&headlineSearchConfigBO=1062414000000%201063072714000%20%20groupByDate%20%201%207%201062414000000%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%201000151%20true%20true%20&newsLang=en&beanID=2055223794&viewID=news_view>
... of capacity with a profitable balance of stable existing customer portfolios,
new customer origination, marketing and trading, and industrial-site cogeneration
...
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Fuel Cell:
NEW fuel cell uses germs to generate electricity - Boston Globe, MA
<http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2003/09/08/new_fuel_cell_uses_germs_to_generate_electricity>
... The new "microbial fuel cell," an early prototype, cannot generate
enough power to run an appliance, but it can operate virtually indefinitely
without ... UMass Scientists Use Microbial Fuel Cells to Generate
Electricity ...
FUEL Cell System for Legislative Building - SolarAccess.com News, NH
<http://www.solaraccess.com/news/story?storyid=5048>
Hauppauge, New York - September 8, 2003 [SolarAccess.com] Moving forward
in its program to develop the use of fuel cell power systems as part of
its energy ...
DALIAN Institute develops Solid Oxide Fuel Cell - Fuel Cell Today, UK
<http://www.fuelcelltoday.com/FuelCellToday/IndustryInformation/IndustryInformationExternal/NewsDisplayArticle/0,1602,3361,00.html>
Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics(DICP), one of the leading organisations
conducting fuel cell research in China, has announced that it has successfully
...
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Superconductor:
AMERICAN Superconductor Sets Annual Meeting Date - PRNewswire (press release)
<http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=SVBIZINK3.story&STORY=/www/story/09-08-2003/0002012681&EDATE=MON+Sep+08+2003,+08:30+AM>
8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/-- American Superconductor Corporation (Nasdaq:
AMSC), a leading electricity solutions company, today announced that its
annual meeting ...
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Energy Conservation:
TRIDIUM Inc. Selected to Provide Energy Monitoring Project to ... - Business Wire (press release)
<http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?epi-content=GENERIC&newsId=20030908005613&headlineSearchConfigBO=1062414000000%201063061927000%20%20groupByDate%20%201%207%201062414000000%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%201000151%20true%20true%20&newsLang=en&beanID=2055223794&viewID=news_view>
... I am pleased to see steps taken that will address energy conservation
and fiscal responsibility throughout the Commonwealth", said Governor
Warner. ...
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