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Researchers generate hydrogen from any plant, creating safe, renewable energy
2013-04-04 21:20:42| Extremetech
As time moves on and technology advances, we're not only using finite resources to power our daily lives, but we're adding new and powerful devices to our routines. Those new and powerful devices soak up more power than zero devices would, and our main sources of energy are finite to begin with, so at some point we'll need a new reliable source. Now, a team of researchers has figured out a way to extract significant amounts of hydrogen from any plant, setting up a new source of environmentally friendly energy.
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When will you plant your 2013 corn crop?
2013-04-04 20:26:15| Corn & Soybean Digest
Last year at this time most farmers were either in the field or were more than ready to plant but were just waiting for that crop insurance date to arrive. This year Mother Nature had other ideas, at least in the northern Corn Belt. We'd like to know how your planting progress is this year. Did you get into your fields early to prep and plant on time? Are you running a week behind? Two weeks late? Or are you just going to plant your fields to vegetables and start a farmers market? Take our poll and let us know. Planted crops on time. Running a week behind on planting. We'll be a couple weeks late getting crops in. It'll be May before we get in the field. Corn and beans are for the birds! We're starting a farmers market. Go to result page on submit: 0 read more
U.S. Company Shelves Solar Thermal Plant as Utility Cancels Contract
2013-04-04 19:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Yale Environment 360: U.S.-based BrightSource Energy has shelved its second major solar thermal project this year as the company and Pacific Gas and Electric terminated the utilitys contract to buy power generated by the plant in south-central California. In an email, a BrightSource spokesman said the $2.9 billion Hidden Hills project, which would have been built in Inyo County near the Nevada border, was suspended due to uncertainty around the timing of transmission upgrades, Bloomberg News reports, although regulators'...
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Bassett upholstery plant runs at full steam
2013-04-04 13:40:00| Furniture - Topix.net
It's Friday afternoon at the sprawling Bassett Furniture upholstery plant here, but there is no before- the-weekend lull evident on the floor.
Southern won't seek US loan aid for Miss. plant
2013-04-04 08:53:16| Energy - Topix.net
The Southern Co. has withdrawn plans to seek a federal loan guarantee for the power plant its subsidiary Mississippi Power Co.
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