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Intelligent Energy
Archive: 06-2011
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Elevated radiation levels widespread in eastern Japan
Local Japanese governments have found dangerously high radiation levels in pastoral grasses located over 100 miles from Fukushima. Scientists are independently monitoring background radiation...
June 17, 2011, 5:52 PM PDT | By David Worthington
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Solar module prices in free fall
Crystalline silicon panels will hit $1.00 per watt by early next year, fresh research shows. Hello grid parity?
June 17, 2011, 6:20 AM PDT | By Mark Halper
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Will Texas pardon the incandescent bulb from ‘death row’?
The fate of the 100-watt bulb lies on the Texan governor’s desk. As national efficiency requirements approach, will the Lone Star State become the lone state for old incandescents?
June 17, 2011, 4:05 AM PDT | By Melissa Mahony
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Start-up transforms carbon into gasoline
A Start-up will soon be demonstrating an end-to-end process for converting CO2 from coal and natural gas-fired power plants into usable fuel.
June 16, 2011, 6:29 PM PDT | By David Worthington
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Will the real biofuel Lindbergh please stand up?
Now Boeing takes a turn at claiming it will be the first at crossing the Atlantic non-stop in a biofuel-powered jet. The real winner? Read on…
June 16, 2011, 3:01 PM PDT | By Mark Halper
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Wind turbines: pretty in pylon?
Renewable energy, good. Transmission towers, bad. In scenic mid-Wales, it’s the Godzilla-like electricity pylons that have locals opposing planned wind farms.
June 15, 2011, 10:38 AM PDT | By Mark Halper
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Snowmelt sparks a water and wind energy war in Pacific Northwest
Hydroelectricity from a gushing Columbia River overloads the grid, shutting down thousands of wind turbines. A government utility prioritizes hydro. Wind companies cry foul. Salmon get caught in...
June 15, 2011, 4:00 AM PDT | By Melissa Mahony
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Italy gives nuclear power the boot
Italy follows Germany’s lead, voting to sideline nuclear power in the fallout of Japan’s Fukushima disaster.
June 14, 2011, 7:17 PM PDT | By David Worthington
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Honeywell: The Lindbergh of aviation biofuels
Plant-based jet fuel maker has scheduled the first non-stop trans-Atlantic biofuel flight, leaving this Friday from New Jersey to Paris.
June 14, 2011, 5:40 AM PDT | By Mark Halper
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Another cure for whisky’s carbon hangover
Looking for a greener way to take the edge off? The Scots are, too. A Scotch distillery on the Isle of Islay takes a shot at cutting whisky’s carbon footprint.
June 14, 2011, 4:00 AM PDT | By Melissa Mahony