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RENEWABLE energy dev't too slow, says expert - Philippines Daily News, Philippines
<http://money.inq7.net/breakingnews/view_breakingnews.php?yyyy=2003&mon=09&dd=12&file=4>
... Power Corp. (Napocor) is liable to hamper development of renewable
energy resources, an industry expert said. Graham R. Stowell, managing
...
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CITIES, school districts look for ways to save money - Lodi News-Sentinel, CA
<http://www.lodinews.com/articles/2003/09/12/news/05_savings_030912.txt>
... The Board of Trustees recently passed an energy efficiency plan and
the district has been working on energy improvement for years, said Mamie
Starr, assistant ...
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ACTIVE Power product to ship overseas - Austin Business Journal, TX
<http://austin.bizjournals.com/austin/stories/2003/09/08/daily48.html?jst=b_ln_hl>
... The flywheel-based UPS 1000 will deliver power that is critical to
medical ... centers are among customers that use Active Power's [Nasdaq:
ACPW] energy storage ...
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POWER to Windy City just hot air - Calgary Herald, Canada
<http://www.canada.com/calgary/calgaryherald/info/business/story.html?id=E2035A71-EBF7-40B4-B5DB-FF3557F7C5A6>
... And a hefty new north-south transmission line emanating from the oilsands,
where lots of power from current and anticipated oilsands cogeneration
plants will ...
COUNTY tries to identify possible targets here - Herald and News, OR
<http://www.heraldandnews.com/articles/2003/09/11/news/top_stories/top3.txt>
... were. Prominent county installations include the natural gas pipeline,
the Klamath Cogeneration Facility and hydroelectric dams. ...
DODGING The Bullet; In Memoriam - Puerto Rico Herald, Puerto Rico
<http://www.puertorico-herald.org/issues/2003/vol7n37/CBDodgeBullet-en.shtml>
... co-generation plants EcoElectrica and AES a few years ago, there has
been lots of talk but no concrete action on the development of a third
cogeneration plant ...
ASM meets to discuss issues at council meeting - UW Badger Herald, WI
<http://www.badgerherald.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2003/09/12/3f613a8aa80bb>
... A member updated Associated Students of Madison members on UW's proposed
cogeneration power plant, telling the committee that the plant might be
delayed ...
RENEWABLE energy dev't too slow, says expert - Philippines Daily News, Philippines
<http://money.inq7.net/breakingnews/view_breakingnews.php?yyyy=2003&mon=09&dd=12&file=4>
... Victorias Bioenergy Inc., a local sister firm of Bronzeoak Ltd., is
involved in putting up a 55-megawatt bagasse cogeneration station at the
Victoria Milling Co ...
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DTI to launch UK Fuel Cell Vision at London Conference - Fuel Cell Today, UK
<http://www.fuelcelltoday.com/FuelCellToday/IndustryInformation/IndustryInformationExternal/NewsDisplayArticle/0,1602,3388,00.html>
On 26 September 2003, at the Grove Fuel Cell Conference at ExCeL in London's
Docklands, the UK Fuel Cell Vision will be launched by the Department
of Trade ... DTI to launch UK Fuel Cell Vision at London Conference
- Environmental Data Interactive Air Products to demonstrate and
supply Hydrogen Applications at ...
ARNOLD Schwarzenegger: The Future is Hydrogen Fuel Cell Cars - H2Carsbiz, Denmark
<http://www.h2cars.biz/artman/publish/article_250.shtml>
... In a Fox News interview with Bill O'Reilly show Arnold Schwarzenegger
stated support for hydrogen and fuel cell technologies.Mr Schwarzenegger
is one of the ...
FUEL cell phones 'only hype' - ZDNet.co.uk, UK
<http://news.zdnet.co.uk/hardware/emergingtech/0,39020357,39116297,00.htm>
... However, ABI expects the first 5,000 units of commercial micro fuel
cell products in laptops and in niche markets to appear in 2004 to 2005,
with global ...
FUEL Cell Product Receives Approvals - SolarAccess.com News, NH
<http://www.solaraccess.com/news/story?storyid=5086>
September 12,2003 [SolarAccess.com] Avista Labs, of Spokane Washington,
received approvals from CE and CSA for its 1 kW Independence 1000 fuel
cell product. ...
SWEDISH Premiere with GM/Opel HydroGen3 Fuel-Cell Vehicle - H2Carsbiz, Denmark
<http://www.h2cars.biz/artman/publish/article_251.shtml>
... city of Malmö. The first vehicle to visit the pump was GM/Opel's HydroGen3
prototype with fuel-cell propulsion system. The filling ...
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'WORLD'S most advanced' power plant opens - icWales, UK
<http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0200wales/content_objectid=13401074_method=full_siteid=50082_headline=--World-s-most-advanced--power-plant-opens-name_page.html>
By Jamie Lyons, PA News. A power plant billed as the most advanced in the
world was opened today at a cost of £300 million. GE Power ...
DRAGON cement plans to buy old Mason Station power plant in ... - WMTW, ME
<http://www.wmtw.com/Global/story.asp?S=1439802&nav=7k6rHxLU>
PORTLAND (AP) -- Plans are in the works to convert the Mason Station power
plant in Wiscasset into a major storage and shipping point for cement
transported by ...
CCCL Plans To Set Up 15 MW Captive Power Plant At Karikkali ... - Financial Express, India
<http://www.financialexpress.com/fe_full_story.php?content_id=41876>
Chennai, Sept 11: Chettinad Cement Corporation Ltd (CCCL) has drawn up
plans to set up a 15 mw captive power plant at its Karikkali manufacturing
facility. ...
NEW Pa. power plant to begin tests this week - Hagerstown Morning Herald, MD
<http://www.herald-mail.com/?module=displaystory&story_id=62487&format=html>
by DON AINES. CHAMBERSBURG, Pa. -Test runs were to begin this week at a
new $20 million power plant that Chambersburg officials said will give
customers more ...
VERTES Power Plant may be sold to Hungarian investors - Interfax, Hungary
<http://www.interfax.com/com?item=Hung&pg=0&id=5658157&req=>
... from potential investors, privatization agency APV will begin talks
with the domestically owned Vertes Energy Consortium on the sale of the
Vertes Power Plant ...
DEPARTMENT of Environmental Protection tests soil near Milford ... - NewHavenRegister.com
<http://www.newhavenregister.com/site/news.cfm?BRD=1281&dept_id=517514&newsid=10152956&PAG=461&rfi=9>
... The DEP spent close to three weeks testing well water from residential
and commercial properties near the power plant, which is near Bic Drive
and Caswell Cove ...
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A THOUSAND SUNS IN THE NIGHT - Press Information Bureau (press release), India
<http://pib.nic.in/feature/feyr2003/fsep2003/f120920031.html>
... This becomes possible because of the solar photovoltaic cells (SPVs)
installed there with the subsidy of the Ministry of Non-Conventional Energy
Sources. ...
LOCAL briefs - Poughkeepsie Journal, NY
<http://www.poughkeepsiejournal.com/today/localnews/stories/lo091203s11.shtml>
... PORT EWEN -- New York State Energy Research and Development introduces
its Photovoltaic Practitioner Training Institute at Ulster Adult Career
Education Center ...
MICROFAB Receives SBIR Award From National Science Foundation - PRNewswire (press release)
<http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=SVBIZINK3.story&STORY=/www/story/09-12-2003/0002016031&EDATE=FRI+Sep+12+2003,+02:07+PM>
12 /PRNewswire/ -- MicroFab Technologies today announced the award of a
SBIR program titled, "Fabrication of Organic Photovoltaic Solar Panel
Using Ink Jet ...
FIRST Solar Technology Wins R&D Award - SolarAccess.com News, NH
<http://www.solaraccess.com/news/story?storyid=5084>
... process. HRVTD is at the heart of First Solar's high volume manufacturing
line, which produces thin-film photovoltaic (PV) modules. ...
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EAST Tennessee Remembers 9/11 - WVLT, TN
<http://www.volunteertv.com/Global/story.asp?S=1439409&nav=4QcHHwz4>
... TVA has one of the most visible counter-terrorism forces...They're
on increased patrols now, and have the power to arrest. Access ...
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GREEN Tag Payments for New England RE Owners - SolarAccess.com News, NH
<http://www.solaraccess.com/news/story?storyid=5091>
... eligible. Sites are eligible for revenue from green tags even if they
are in a net-metering agreement with their electric utility. ...
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UPDATE 1-Maryland goes to FERC on Mirant-Pepco contracts - Reuters, UK
<http://reuters.com/financeNewsArticle.jhtml?type=governmentFilingsNews&storyID=3430581>
... MIRKQ.PK from canceling power supply contracts with Pepco Holdings
Inc. POM.N , FERC said on Thursday. In the first direct challenge ...
FERC asks El Paso, Entergy-Koch units to detail cash pools - Houston Business Journal, TX
<http://houston.bizjournals.com/houston/stories/2003/09/08/daily35.html?jst=b_ln_hl>
FERC issued an interim rule on June 25 requiring US energy firms to document
their cash pools, which allow a parent company to borrow money from an
affiliate ...
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NATURAL Gas Authority head urges investment - Juneau Empire, AK
<http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/091203/sta_natgas.shtml>
ANCHORAGE - The head of the state's new natural gas authority made an impassioned
pitch to state lawmakers for $2.5 million to help bring North Slope natural
...
ALASKA'S energy allies worry about natural gas pipeline project - Wyoming News, WY
<http://www.trib.com/AP/wire_detail.php?wire_num=203010>
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - Some of Alaska's traditional allies in Congress
are at odds with the state over the issue of federal tax incentives for
a natural gas ...
OIL: Prices fall as US natural gas supplies swell - New Zealand Herald, New Zealand
<http://www.nzherald.co.nz/latestnewsstory.cfm?storyID=3523139&thesection=business&thesubsection=latest>
NEW YORK - Oil prices fell Thursday as a rise in US natural gas stocks
reassured players over winter energy supplies. October futures ...
INTERNATIONAL Business Briefs: Natural gas, oil recycling, new ... - Environmental Data Interactive, UK
<http://www.edie.net/news/Archive/7498.cfm>
China's CNOOC Ltd, the country's biggest offshore oil and gas producer,
is in talks to invest in a US$7.23 billion Australian natural gas project.
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COUNCIL still considering natural gas fee - Ralston Recorder, NE
<http://www.ralstonrecorder.com/index.php?u_np=9&u_pg=878&u_sid=852822>
... true this year, however this time it will be up to the council if the
city will create a new source of revenue, this time from a franchise fee
for natural gas. ...
RECORD sales oil and natural gas rights - CBC British Columbia, Canada
<http://vancouver.cbc.ca/regional/servlet/View?filename=bc_gas20030911>
VICTORIA - The province has recorded its largest monthly sale of petroleum
and natural gas rights, with sales topping $418 million for September.
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MICROFAB Receives SBIR Award From National Science Foundation - PRNewswire (press release)
<http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=SVBIZINK3.story&STORY=/www/story/09-12-2003/0002016031&EDATE=FRI+Sep+12+2003,+02:07+PM>
... for the first time, the unlimited potential of printing solar cells
on flexible plastics." MicroFab will commercialize the organic plastic
solar cell printing ...
MICROFAB Receives SBIR Award From National Science Foundation - Yahoo News (press release)
<http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/030912/daf026_1.html>
... MicroFab will commercialize the organic plastic solar cell printing
technology by licensing and/or through the sale of manufacturing systems
to major ...
NEW technology to increase solar power use - Washington Times, DC
<http://washingtontimes.com/upi-breaking/20030911-045540-5960r.htm>
... 11 issue of Nature, scientists have moved closer to making a new class
of solar cell that while not as efficient as conventional ones, could
prove to be vastly ...
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BLACKOUT Report Cites Midwest Collapse - Reuters, UK
<http://asia.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=businessNews&storyID=3436400>
... 14 blackout that rippled across eight US states and Ontario. However,
the initial chronology of the blackout, released by the Department ...
POWER problems began hours before Aug. 14 blackout, task force ... - Canada.com, Canada
<http://www.canada.com/technology/story.html?id=298681B1-60F5-4C18-A792-5E7667096FAF>
OTTAWA (CP) - Various problems, including voltage shifts, line glitches
and power plant shutdowns, were observed hours before the blackout that
shut down most ...
FUFA Blackout Very Bad for Journalism - AllAfrica.com, Africa
<http://allafrica.com/stories/200309120037.html>
The Uganda Sports Press Association's decision to impose a blackout on
media coverage of the Federation of Uganda Football Association (Fufa)
is absurd and a ...
SEC eyes US blackout firm - BBC News, UK
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/3104112.stm>
FirstEnergy, the leading candidate to take the blame for the blackout that
hit 50 million Americans and Canadians last month, is being investigated
by a US ...
ORNL could brighten blackout blues - Oak Ridger, TN
<http://www.oakridger.com/stories/091203/new_20030912041.shtml>
... Following the biggest blackout in US history, a new sense of "grid"
urgency can be felt at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. "If Aug. ...
BLACKOUT and '10 things' - Jaguars.com
<http://www.jaguars.com/Story/3112.asp>
... Every time there's a blackout there's an accompanying explosion of
opinions that blame everything from faulty cupholders to an unfair television
policy. ...
CITY seeks blackout feedback - Crain's New York Business, NY
<http://crainsny.com/news.cms?newsId=6448>
... The mayor formed the task force after the blackout in an effort to
improve the city's response to emergencies. The survey is available from
Sept. ...
'REACTIVE Power' Dearth Cited as Blackout Factor - Quicken
<http://www.quicken.com/investments/news_center/story/?story=NewsStory/dowJones/20030912/ON200309120119000037.var&column=P0DFP>
14 blackout suggests that a dearth of energy called "reactive power" may
have been an important factor in the huge electrical disturbance, Friday's
Wall Street ...
XCEL'S link to blackout probed - St. Paul Pioneer Press, MN
<http://www.twincities.com/mld/pioneerpress/6750195.htm>
Just hours before the nation's worst blackout last month, an official overseeing
the Midwest's electric transmission grid expressed concerns that Xcel
Energy ...
PATHMARK doesn't see Northeast blackout hurting results - Newsday
<http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/ny-bc-nj--pathmark-blackout0911sep11,0,149677.story?coll=ny-ap-regional-wire>
WASHINGTON (Dow Jones/AP) _ Pathmark Stores Inc. said Thursday that because
it is covered by insurance, it doesn't expect losses ...
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VAST Canadian expanses fuel wind-power push - Forbes
<http://www.forbes.com/markets/newswire/2003/09/12/rtr1080510.html>
... of Saskatchewan plans to take exploit the relentless winds that howl
across its vast, flat wheat fields, giving a boost to Canada's fledgling
wind power ...
TAX exemption credited for new wind power project - The Casper Star Tribune, WY
<http://www.casperstartribune.net/articles/2003/09/12/news/wyoming/8b7b14fccdb96c804888f385b8450eda.txt>
... Original House Bill 188 exempts from state sales taxes equipment to
generate electricity from renewable resources, such as wind power. ...
ASAHI Breweries to get 19% stake in wind power generation firm - Japan Today, Japan
<http://www.japantoday.com/e/?content=news&cat=4&id=272289>
TOKYO - Major beer brewer Asahi Breweries Ltd said Thursday it will acquire
later this month a 19% equity stake in a wind power-based electricity
generation ...
WIND power eye of protest storm - Melbourne Herald Sun, Australia
<http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5478,7246626%255E2862,00.html>
... WIND POWER, the company behind a $240 million wind farm proposal at
Bald Hills, has just two employees and $100 in paid capital. ...
WYOMING Wind Power Purchase - SolarAccess.com News, NH
<http://www.solaraccess.com/news/story?storyid=5089>
This time, all 144 MWs of wind power from FPL's wind farm destined for
Uinta County, Wyoming will boost PPM's green energy resources. ...
IT'S time for Japan to stake wind power claim: advocate - Japan Times, Japan
<http://www.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/getarticle.pl5?nn20030912b7.htm>
... And it is blowing especially strong for the wind power sector, enabling
the industry to achieve rapid expansion over the last decade. ...
WIND power to go to smelter - Victoria Spectator Observer Group, Australia
<http://www.spec.com.au/display.asp?id=2925>
By JASON WALLACE. THE electricity that will be generated by wind farms
on the capes around Portland will be fed directly into the Portland Aluminium
smelter. ...
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SMALL Northwest Utilities Team Up to Secure 200 Megawatt Wind ... - Yahoo News (press release)
<http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/030911/sfth060_1.html>
OLYMPIA, Wash., Sept. 11 /PRNewswire/ -- Six small Northwest consumer-owned
utilities and a renewable energy non-profit foundation ...
FUTURE energy woes could leave valley powerless - Las Vegas Business Press, NV
<http://www.lvbusinesspress.com/articles/2003/09/12/news/news01.txt>
... In 2002 -- the latest numbers available for the Arizona -- Nevada's
neighbor to the south had a 6,047-megawatt generation capacity when including
long-term ...
FPL Energy Announces Agreement to Purchase British Energy's 50 ... - Business Wire (press release)
<http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?epi-content=GENERIC&newsId=20030911005656&headlineSearchConfigBO=1062673200000%201063337262000%20%20groupByDate%20%201%207%201062673200000%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%201000151%20true%20true%20&newsLang=en&beanID=2055223794&viewID=news_view>
... the company. The Clinton Power Station is a 1,017-megawatt boiling
water reactor located near Clinton in Central Illinois. The plant ...
NEW Pa. power plant to begin tests this week - Hagerstown Morning Herald, MD
<http://www.herald-mail.com/?module=displaystory&story_id=62487&format=html>
... The cost of a megawatt hour had been about $33 in 2001-02, but Allegheny
Energy wanted about $50 per megawatt hour, Hamsher said. ...
XCEL'S link to blackout probed - St. Paul Pioneer Press, MN
<http://www.twincities.com/mld/pioneerpress/6750195.htm>
... Last year, Sherco generated nearly 13 million megawatt-hours of electricity,
36 percent of the energy produced by the power plants owned by Xcel's
subsidiary ...
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CHAREST offers Cree 'nation' ties of trust - Montreal Gazette, Canada
<http://www.canada.com/montreal/news/story.asp?id=039EA9C9-3CF9-4DEE-9AC9-0FF034B8519A>
... But while Quebec's Liberal premier wants to develop new hydroelectric
projects in the north, he did not try to revive the controversial Great
Whale project ...
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ABUNDANT biomass energy in PNG - The National, Papua New Guinea
<http://www.thenational.com.pg/0912/w2.htm>
There are mainly six kinds of biomass energy resources in PNG. They are
forest and wood residues, agricultural residues, transportation ...
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RETURNING residents can enjoy savings, comfort - Sebastian Sun, FL
<http://www.tcpalm.com/tcp/the_sun_local_news/article/0,1651,TCP_1037_2248990,00.html>
... For optimum energy conservation install a programmable thermostat to
adjust the temperature automatically and maximize your energy savings.
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DENVER International Airport - Denver Post, CO
<http://www.denverpost.com/Stories/0,1413,36~416~1625994,00.html>
... And Xcel Energy should expand its energy conservation programs, providing
rebates to households that purchase energy-saving clothes washers and
other energy ...
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