The Gairezi project envisages the construction of a dam across the Gairezi River to divert the water through a headrace tunnel, surge shaft and valve house chamber for hydroelectric power generation in a surface power house. The power house is planned to ...
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2013-05-15 02:20:56
Imagine an energy industry that transforms toxic oilsands emissions into biofuel rather than tailings ponds, saving cancerous compounds from the atmosphere and water. With $19 million, the federal government, Pond Biofuels and Canadian Natural ...
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2013-05-14 19:11:14
SMK Damansara Jaya in Petaling Jaya became the first school in Malaysia to receive a solar power system under the AEON Environmental Foundation, in collaboration with the Education Ministry and Energy, Green, Technology and Water Ministry.
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2013-05-14 18:39:09
Snow pack forms from layers of snow that accumulate in geographic regions and high altitudes where the climate includes cold weather for extended periods during the year. Snow packs are an important water resource that feed streams and rivers as they melt. Warmer spring temperatures since 1980 are causing an estimated 20 percent loss of snow cover across the Rocky Mountains of western North
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2013-05-14 15:31:01
Geothermal energy is the heat energy from deep inside the earth, which is brought to the near surface by thermal conduction, and in some areas rises to the surface in natural streams of hot water or steam. This steam can be harnessed to power a turbine and ...
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2013-05-14 03:24:36
Nevada’s top higher education officials announced Monday that the state has won a $20 million grant to sponsor a large-scale research project on solar energy and water.
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2013-05-13 17:17:33
One reason why many people believe Pakistan and Iran have a special interest in disrupting hydroelectric projects is not just to undermine Afghanistan's development but also because these states do not want to see water dammed up on rivers that flow into ...
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2013-05-13 13:09:48
Marine energy is the 'best of the best' amongst green energy sources: it has the greatest potential (in theory, the planet's oceans could supply the entire world with renewable energy), tidal and ocean current power plants are under water and therefore completely invisible, they produce electricity from 100 percent renewable energy sources (the water in the globe's oceans will always move around
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2013-05-13 08:35:13
Boats love water, but boat engines do not. Gasoline with ethanol in the boat's gas tank actually absorbs moisture, which increases the risk of water contamination in the gas tank. Automobiles have a closed fuel system and usually the gas in the tank is used ...
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2013-05-12 00:11:38
Since I live in New Hampshire and write about the global renewable energy industry, once in a while small local news that might appear to be of minor importance to my neighbors leaps out at me as something that could end up having a huge impact on the renewable energy industry.
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2013-05-10 14:34:48
The jack-up barge and tug traveled from Muskegon, Michigan. A drilling rig is sampling lake bed soils under 60 feet of water. The soil samples will determine the design of foundations for five massive turbines planned for a Lake Erie wind farm.
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2013-05-10 09:31:25
All were supporting bills that promote energy efficiency in the Commonwealth. Chris Derby Kilfoyle is president of solar company Berkshire Photovoltaic Services. He wants thermal energy producers that use the sun to heat water to be eligible for tax credits.
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2013-05-09 16:43:55
Shrinking water levels threaten to cut Mindanao’s power supply by as much as a third just as President Benigno Aquino seeks to convince voters he’s reducing electricity shortages in the Philippines’ second-biggest island.
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2013-05-09 14:05:08
But for corn ethanol, a homegrown biofuel that constitutes more than 10 percent of the U.S. gasoline supply, the truth is dirtier than it appears: Growing corn and processing it into ethanol consume tremendous amounts of water, fertilizer, pesticides and fossil ...
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2013-05-09 13:42:27