$30 million from stimulus to fund energy efficiency
The Daily Nebraskan Sun, 19 Jul 2009 18:41 PM PDT
As part of the federal government’s efforts to improve energy efficiency and bolster the economy, the Nebraska State Energy Program will receive more than $30 million to support renewable-energy projects and energy-efficiency programs from the federal-stimulus package. |
Next generation of solar dishes uses less steel
The Arizona Republic Sun, 19 Jul 2009 18:35 PM PDT
Sandia National Laboratories scientist Chuck Andraka is excited about what's missing from a new generation of solar dishes that will be in the field by next year. There's far less steel - about 2 tons - in the structure that supports the SunCatcher, developed for Scottsdale-based Stirling Energy Systems, or SES. |
Enill defends removal of squatters
Trinidad Express Sun, 19 Jul 2009 18:32 PM PDT
ENERGY Minister, Conrad Enill, says the Government has no intention of illegally interfering with people's property as it continues its plans to develop the energy sector. |
AC: We’re Not Interested in Mega Party
This Day Sun, 19 Jul 2009 18:12 PM PDT
Action Congress (AC) has dissociated itself from the ongoing plans to form a mega party to tackle the PDP in the next elections, saying it will rather expend its energy on efforts to ensure a transparent electoral system in the country. |
Integrated circuits with no standby power could be in use by year's end
Engadget Sun, 19 Jul 2009 18:07 PM PDT
There's certainly no shortage of company's working to make electronics of all sorts more energy efficient , but NEC and Rohm Co now say that they're on the verge of a breakthrough that could change things in a big way, and we could possibly see it in "practical use" by the end of this year. As Tech-On! reports, both companies are hard at work on integrated circuits that consume no power at all ... |
House climate bill full of sweetening provisions
Chicago Tribune Sun, 19 Jul 2009 17:56 PM PDT
As Democrats pushed for the bill's narrow victory last month, some 300 pages of last-minute amendments were added, many that would make money for the constituencies of lawmakers on the fence. Less than 24 hours before the House approved its landmark energy and climate bill last month, sophomore Democrat Ed Perlmutter from Colorado got several paragraphs added to the 1,200-page measure -- ... |
Nuclear physicist’s work opens intra-atomic world
Indiana Daily Student Sun, 19 Jul 2009 17:50 PM PDT
IU nuclear physicist Mike Snow’s investigations into the weak interactions of low-energy neutrons will advance using equipment funded by the IU Office of the Vice Provost for Research and then be put into use at the National Institute of Standards and Technology. |
Jo Ellis: Intersection undergoes changes
The Joplin Globe Sun, 19 Jul 2009 17:44 PM PDT
CARTHAGE, Mo. â€" The relocation of several businesses is pumping energy into Carthage’s south business district. In all instances, the moves are using older buildings that have been empty. |
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