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Solar energy plants get the green light
2013-08-01 09:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Sydney Morning Herald: Australia's biggest solar energy plants have been given the funding go-ahead, clearing the way for the installation of 2 million solar panels at two sites in the NSW outback. Power company AGL on Wednesday committed to proceeding with the $450 million investment in the plants, which will supply 50,000 homes with electricity and potentially pave the way for more such ventures in the future. Nyngan, north-west of Dubbo, will host the larger of the two plants, with a 102-megawatt capacity, while...
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UK calls for 'good' biofuel plants
2013-08-01 08:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The UK will play host to one of the first large scale demonstration of plants for advanced biofuels -- liquid replacements for petrol made from waste materials -- under plans to be unveiled by the coalition today. The government is to offer 25m as the prize for a competition to come up with the most viable demonstration plants for liquid fuels made from waste organic material, such as straw or wood waste. Advanced biofuels -- which avoid the controversial problems of existing biofuels, which...
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Cascades' Canadian plants join Hydro-Québec's EcoElectric network
2013-07-30 01:00:00| Packaging Gateway
Green packaging manufacturer Cascades has announced that four of the companys plants in Canada have joined Hydro-Québec's EcoElectric network.
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Carpenter plant's 160-ton hydraulic press frame scheduled to arrive in Decatur on Monday...
2013-07-27 03:57:03| Steel - Topix.net
DECATUR, Alabama - The world's largest hydraulic radial press frame is bound for the Riverwalk Marina ramp in Decatur at 8 a.m. Monday, according to Carpenter Technology Corporation spokesman William Rudolph, Jr. Originally from Germany, the 160-ton press frame arrived in New Orleans earlier this week, cleared customs and traveled across the Gulf ... (more)
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What can plants reveal about global climate change?
2013-07-26 17:06:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Science Codex: Recently, climate change, including global warming, has been a "hot" news item as many regions of the world have experienced increasingly intense weather patterns, such as powerful hurricanes and extended floods or droughts. Often the emphasis is on how such extreme weather impacts humans, from daily heat index warnings to regulating CO2 emissions. While the media continues to present climate change as a controversial issue, many scientists are working hard to gather data, collaborate across disciplines,...
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