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The sound of chirping birds in the control center
Jan 19, 2015 (SPX)
When the alarm light starts blinking in the control room of a factory, the problem has already occurred. Computer scientists at the Cluster of Excellence Cognit...
Sustainability challenged as many renewable resources max out
Jan 19, 2015 (SPX)
The days of assuming natural resources can be swapped in and out to solve shortages - corn for oil, soy for beef - may be over. An international group of scient...
Health, not money, inspires people to save power
Jan 12, 2015 (AFP)
Telling people how pollution can harm kids' health inspires them to use less electricity than telling them how much money they could save by cutting back on pow...
Energy companies investing in one another
Jan 05, 2015 (UPI)
Merger and acquisition activity in the global energy sector rose 23 percent from 2013 despite investment declines, analysis Monday from IHS finds. Crude oil pri...
House vows to deliver on energy promises
Dec 30, 2014 (UPI)
House Republicans will work to create the "architecture of abundance" needed to take advantage of North American energy leadership, a lawmaker said. The House E...
Global CO2 emissions increase to new all-time record, but growth is slowing
Dec 24, 2014 (SPX)
2013 saw global CO2 emissions from fossil fuel use and cement production reach a new all-time high. This was mainly due to the continuing steady increase in ene...
The physics of champagne bubbles and our future energy needs
Dec 24, 2014 (SPX)
Uncork a bottle of champagne, and as the pressure of the liquid is abruptly removed, bubbles immediately form and then rapidly begin the process of "coarsening,...
High Energy Costs Retire at Lutheran Crossings with American DG Energy
Dec 24, 2014 (SPX)
American DG Energy has announced that it has reached an agreement to provide an On-Site Utility solution to Lutheran Crossings Enhanced Living in Moorestown, Ne...
NYC owners should tap energy and economic benefits of cogeneration
Dec 23, 2014 (SPX)
Financial burdens associated with commercial ownership -- energy costs prominent among them -- have steadily increased in recent decades. To achieve a long-term...
Carbon-trapping 'sponges' can cut greenhouse gases
Dec 17, 2014 (SPX)
In the fight against global warming, carbon capture - chemically trapping carbon dioxide before it releases into the atmosphere - is gaining momentum, but stand...
How Climate Change Could Leave Cities in the Dark
Dec 16, 2014 (SPX)
Cities like Miami are all too familiar with hurricane-related power outages. But a Johns Hopkins University analysis finds climate change will give other major ...
Clock ticks as climate talks grapple with carbon cuts
Dec 11, 2014 (AFP)
Environment ministers faced mounting time pressure on Thursday to shape a blueprint for a global pact on climate change with ground-breaking carbon curbs at its...
Storing hydrogen underground could boost transportation, energy security
Dec 10, 2014 (SPX)
Large-scale storage of low-pressure, gaseous hydrogen in salt caverns and other underground sites for transportation fuel and grid-scale energy applications off...
US sets clean-energy trade mission to China
Dec 08, 2014 (AFP)
The United States on Monday announced it will send a cabinet-level energy and trade mission to China next year to drum up clean-energy business following a brea...
Norway increases Green Climate Fund contribution
Dec 05, 2014 (AFP)
Norway said Friday it would increase its contribution to the United Nations' Green Climate Fund, created to help poor countries cut greenhouse gas emissions and...
Germany steps up efforts to reduce carbon emissions
Dec 03, 2014 (AFP)
The German government adopted Wednesday a plan aimed at accelerating its efforts to cut carbon gas emissions by 2020. Germany has pledged to cut its greenhouse ...
Using hitech mirrors to reflect heat away from buildings
Nov 28, 2014 (SPX)
Stanford engineers have invented a revolutionary coating material that can help cool buildings, even on sunny days, by radiating heat away from the buildings an...
Matched hybrid systems may hold key to wider use of renewable energy
Nov 28, 2014 (SPX)
The use of renewable energy in the United States could take a significant leap forward with improved storage technologies or more efforts to "match" different f...
Russia's Gazprombank, South African PIC Sign Cooperation Deal
Nov 28, 2014 (Sputnik)
Russia's Gazprombank and South Africa's Public Investment Corporation (PIC) signed a cooperation agreement aimed at facilitating business cooperation between th...
US top court to review power plant emissions rules
Nov 25, 2014 (AFP)
The US Supreme Court said on Tuesday it will review national environmental standards requiring power plants to reduce emissions of mercury and other toxic pollu...
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