Energy

Brown promises green New Deal06/01/2009Edie TV See our exclusive interview with Carbon Trust economist Micheal Grubb about carbon markets, drivers and policy The PM outlined plans for tackling environmental and economic challenges together in 2009 Gordon Brown has pledged to work with fellow world leaders to tackle the environmental challenge in 2009 and unveiled plans for a New Deal-style programme to create up to 100,000 jobs - including more green collar jobs.

Airing a threat: Group fights coal plant expansion.06/01/2009Robert Huston films watered-down layers of coal fly ash waste Saturday at a southeastern Oklahoma site near the AES Shady Point coal generation plant in Panama. JAMES GIBBARD/Tulsa World PANAMA — Tulsa is already chagrined by the "F" it received on the American Lung Association test for ozone and air pollution. And it's unclear what the impact would be if one of the world's largest power providers builds a second coal-fired plant in this tiny Oklahoma town.

Dolphins inspire nanotech work, earn researcher $400K award Inspired with the speed at which dolphins swim through the...06/01/2009 Suhrs research impressed the National Science Foundation, which recently presented him with their most prestigious honor for junior teacher-scholars, a Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program award. The award brings with it $400,000 of funding over five years for his research and teaching.

Shenzhou-7 Monitor Satellite Finishes Mission After 100 Days In Space06/01/2009Picture released by China's manned space project on Oct. 5, 2008 shows the image of China's Shenzhou-7 spaceship, taken by a small monitoring satellite six seconds after it was released from the spaceship on Sept. 27, 2008. Launched about two hours after Chinese astronaut Zhai Zhigang finished the country's first spacewalk, the monitoring satellite has sent back over 1,000 pictures of the spaceship. The shadow on the spaceship was that of the monitoring satellite.

Industry Opinion: What Will Excite the Home Automation Market? By Yasmin Hashmi, HiddenWires (2/1/2009)06/01/2009Articles and whitepapers Industry Opinion: What Will Excite the Home Automation Market? (2/1/2009) By Yasmin Hashmi, HiddenWires When I explain to non-industry folk what residential custom install means, I naturally mention terms such as 'multiroom audio', 'home cinema' and 'home automation'. While my audience usually has a reasonable idea of what the first two mean, their expression goes blank at the latter.

ENVIRONMENT-CAMBODIA: Opting For The Big Dam By Andrew Nette PHNOM PENH - It has been a long held plan of Cambodias...06/01/2009ENVIRONMENT-CAMBODIA: Opting For The Big Dam By Andrew Nette PHNOM PENH, Jan 1 (IPS) - It has been a long held plan of Cambodias government -- a hydropower dam on the mainstream of the Mekong River in the central part of the country. But political and financial considerations coupled with considerable environmental and social consequences have combined to prevent the project from going ahead. Until, it appears, now.

Johnson Controls Brings Ingenuity to Current and Future Vehicles, as Reflected at the 2009 North American International...06/01/2009 Johnson Controls Brings Ingenuity to Current and Future Vehicles, as Reflected at the 2009 North American International Auto Show Johnson Controls Logo. (PRNewsFoto/Johnson Controls, Inc.

Mars rovers roll on to five years04/01/2009The rovers keep on rolling across the dusty surface The US space agency's (Nasa) Mars rovers are celebrating a remarkable five years on the Red Planet. The first robot, named Spirit, landed on 3 January, 2004, followed by its twin, Opportunity, 21 days later. It was hoped the robots would work for at least three months; but their longevity in the freezing Martian conditions has surprised everyone.

Mars rover mission reaches 5th anniversary04/01/2009PASADENA, Calif. (AP) -- Five years after the NASA rover Spirit landed on Mars, the six-wheel robotic geologist and its twin Opportunity are still on the job. Expectations were far lower when Spirit made a bouncing landing in a cocoon of air bags on Jan. 3, 2004, followed 21 days later by Opportunity: The goal was to try to operate each solar-powered rover for at least three months.

Japans Space Program Comes of Age02/01/2009Largely out of the media spotlight, Japan has forged ahead in the space race and asserted its celestial competency by conducting a number of ambitious missions. The most significant of the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agencys (JAXA) missions currently underway is the unmanned Hayabusa (Falcon) mission, which involves landing a spacecraft on an asteroid, collecting a sample and returning the sample to Earth for analysis.

Toyota plans solar-powered car TOYOTA is developing a vehicle that can be powered solely by solar energy, the Nikkei...02/01/2009

EU and US urge Russia, Ukraine to solve gas row01/01/2009 — EUbusiness.com - business, legal and economic news and information from the European Union 01 January 2009, 17:32 CET ( BRUSSELS ) - The European Union and United States Thursday called on Russia and Ukraine to swiftly end their row over gas supplies through negotiations without upsetting European customers.

Tubbach, Switzerland: Oerlikon Solar Brings Micromorph® to Mass Production.01/01/2009December 4, 2008 Tubbach, Switzerland: Oerlikon Solar Brings Micromorph® to Mass Production Oerlikon Solar, a supplier of thin-film silicon photovoltaic production equipment, said today that Inventux Technologies AG is now the worlds first manufacturer to implement Oerlikons micromorph® technology for the mass-production of thin-film silicon solar modules. Oerlikon and Inventux ramped up the Berlin facility, which today was officially opened by Major Klaus Wowereit, in just seven months.

Amtech to Present at 2009 Needham Growth Stock Conference31/12/2008TEMPE, Ariz. - (Business Wire) Amtech Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:ASYS), a global supplier of production and automation systems and related supplies for the manufacture of solar cells, semiconductors, and silicon wafers, today announced that J. S. Whang, President and CEO, and Bradley C. Anderson, CFO, will present at the Needham & Company 11 Annual Growth Stock Conference in New York City on Wednesday, January 7th at 8:00 a.m. Eastern Time.

Diverse Landscapes Are Better: Policymakers Urged To Think Broadly About Biofuel Crops31/12/2008ScienceDaily (Dec. 30, 2008) — Diversity is valuable socially, economically and now environmentally. Research by Michigan State University scientists has found that growing more corn to produce ethanol – creating less diverse landscapes – reduces the ability of beneficial insects to control pests, a loss valued at about $58 million per year in the four states studied (Michigan, Iowa, Minnesota and Wisconsin).