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February 2011

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Lab launches energy-storage performance testing

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Aerial maps: A way to ID heat loss, solar potential thumbnail

Aerial maps: A way to ID heat loss, solar potential

Like the time-lapse photographs that climate-change-watchers have taken of melting ice caps and retreating glaciers, the images of nighttime Britain snapped by aerial mapping
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California utility connects solar power plant to grid

Southern California Edison (SCE) has connected the state’s largest investor-owned utility photovoltaic (PV) plant to its Central Valley power grid. The new generating station,
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OSRAM acquisition aims at urban lighting market

OSRAM, Siemens’ lighting division, is acquiring Germany-based Siteco Lighting GmbH from Barclays Private Equity for an undisclosed purchase price. The acquisition is aimed at
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UK govt: Let’s ‘mainstream’ sustainable development

UK officials today announced a “Mainstreaming Sustainable Development” package aimed at guaranteeing that government policies have been “sustainability-proofed.” The goal is to make sure









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US power blackouts leave record numbers in the dark

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Scientists: Smart tech, not-so-smart decisions threaten civilization thumbnail

Scientists: Smart tech, not-so-smart decisions threaten civilization

We have the technology we need to resolve the world’s most pressing environmental
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How much uranium is left?

As a natural resource on a finite planet, uranium is no more unlimited
Is it a new dawn — or twilight — for nuclear energy? thumbnail

Is it a new dawn — or twilight — for nuclear energy?

Nuclear energy stands at a strange crossroads. In one
Investors tell CEOs: ‘Cut your carbon, or risk losing trillions’ thumbnail

Investors tell CEOs: ‘Cut your carbon, or risk losing trillions’

Big investors know that money talks … and a
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Why $200 oil is the subprime mortgage of energy

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Who’s the leading smart-city brand?

More than half of the world’s nearly seven billion people now live in urban areas, and that proportion is expected to reach almost 69 per cent by 2050. To avoid pushing local and global systems to the point of collapse, cities will need to become much smarter and more efficient Read more ...
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Managing the smart-grid data overload

Developing the UK’s smart-grid infrastructure will require communications and data technologies that can manage far more information than utilities must handle today. That’s the focus of a strategy report from Greenbang Research: “Enabling the UK’s smart-grid future: The wireless spectrum debate.” The report answers such questions as: Should dedicated Read more ...
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Incentives fire up UK solar market

The introduction of the feed-in tariff (FIT) incentive policy on 1 April has sparked an explosive reaction in the UK renewable energy market with solar leading the way in installations, according to a new Greenbang research report titled, “The UK’s Feed-in Tariff: Impact, response and market trends for the decade Read more ...
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