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Study: Duke Energy tops among world power companies for women in key posts
2014-06-14 00:32:28| Energy - Topix.net
A new study on women in the power and utility industry ranks Duke Energy Corp. first among the 100 largest power companies internationally for women in decision-making positions.
World Bank approves funding for Turkey's renewable energy integration project
2014-05-13 01:00:00| Power Technology
The World Bank has approved $300m (217m) funding from the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) and $50m (36.2m) from the Clean Technology Fund (CTF) for Turkeys renewable energy integration project.
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World must turn from fossil fuels to cleaner energy to avoid climate disaster, panel says
2014-04-13 07:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Washington Post: The amount of global greenhouse gas emissions soared to "unprecedented levels' over the decade ending in 2010, the world's top climate scientists said Sunday, and now governments must act aggressively to lower emissions or face the most dangerous consequences of global warming. At a meeting in Berlin, the scientists released an authoritative report showing that emissions from human development increased more between 2000 and 2010 than each of the previous three decades. It is a clear sign, they...
Ricardo TorqStor flywheel energy storage technology receives SAE 2014 World Congress Tech Award
2014-04-01 19:31:06| Green Car Congress
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World energy use threatens water
2014-03-23 07:57:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Rising demand for energy, from biofuels to shale gas, is a threat to freshwater supplies, according to a United Nations report released Friday. The report urged energy companies to do more to limit their use of water in everything from cooling coal-fired power plants to irrigation for crops grown to produce biofuels. "Demand for energy and freshwater will increase significantly in the coming decades," U.N. agencies said in the World Water Development Report. "This increase will present big...
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