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Despite problems with the system to feed it, the University of Minnesota, Morris’ biomass burner should be ready to heat the campus this fall.
Lowell Rasmussen, Associate Vice Chancellor for Master Planning and Finance, said the first trial burns are expected to begin next week.
An “infeed piston” that will move biomass into the burner was binding and has been torn apart and rebuilt, Rasmussen said.
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NEW DELHI -- The grand U.S. ambitions of Indian wind-turbine manufacturer Suzlon Energy Ltd. are facing mounting problems.
The Indian company -- the world´s fifth-largest wind-turbine maker by sales -- earlier this year acknowledged that 65 giant blades on turbines it had sold in the U.S. Midwest were cracking because of the extreme gusts in the region. The company is reinforcing 1,251 blades, almost the total it has sold in the U.S.
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TOKYO, June 23 (Reuters) - Sharp Corp (6753.T: Quote, Profile, Research) and Kansai Electric Power Co said on Monday they have agreed to join forces in a solar power generation project that involves the construction of two power plants in Sakai, western Japan.
Soaring crude oil prices and growing concerns about climate change have boosted energy consumers´ and producers´ interest in renewable energy such as solar cell and wind power.
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US President George W. Bush has ignored environmental concerns after asking members of Congress to allow oil drilling off the coast of California.
Drilling has been banned for decades, however Mr Bush wants to allow oil companies access to the resources in order to ease the current petrol burden.
Petrol in Australia hit $1.70-a-litre overnight, while gas prices in the US have reached over $4.00-a-gallon.
Mr Bush ignored key environmental advice over drilling near... |
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TAKANEZAWA, Japan — It looks like an ordinary family sedan, costs more to build than a Ferrari and may have just moved the world one step closer to a future free of petroleum.
On Monday, Honda Motor celebrated the start of production of its FCX Clarity, the world’s first hydrogen-powered fuel-cell vehicle intended for mass production. In a ceremony at a factory an hour north of Tokyo, the first assembly-line FCX Clarity rolled out to the applause of hundreds of Honda employees wearing... |
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Small and medium-sized businesses producing biomass fuel for use in heat and electricity generation can apply for grants of up to £200,000 from the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, environment minister Phil Woolas, has today announced.
The Bio-energy Infrastructure Scheme is open to projects based in England that supply biomass to renewable energy plants.
The grants are open to firms producing any number of a wide range of energy crops, including willow,... |
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Tetra Tech, Inc. (NASDAQ: TTEK) announced today that The Delaney Group, its recent acquisition, has been awarded three new wind energy projects valued at more than $30 million. The project owner/developer is Noble Environmental Power. Tetra Tech will develop civil infrastructure to support the Noble Altona, Chateaugay, and Bellmont windparks in northern New York. These new projects support clean energy infrastructure development with the potential to provide more than 231 megawatts of power.... |
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As energy prices soar, fund companies are rushing to roll out new products focused on alternative energy sources.
Small investors getting squeezed at the pump may see such funds as a good hedge against higher energy costs. But alternative-energy investments can be extremely volatile. And, as investors have seen this year, high oil prices don´t always translate into great performance for wind- or solar-power stocks.
In April, Claymore Securities launched the first solar-energy... |
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Willis E. Lamb Jr., who shared the 1955 Nobel Prize in Physics for the discovery of a slight and subtle discrepancy in the quantum theory describing how electrons behave in the hydrogen atom, died on Thursday in Tucson. He was 94.
The cause was complications of a gallstone disorder, according to the University of Arizona, where Dr. Lamb was an emeritus professor of physics and optical sciences.
Although the discrepancy, which became known as the Lamb shift, in the hydrogen... |
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Consensus is growing on the fact that there is a direct relationship between Acute Respiratory Infections (ARIs) and biomass energy utilisation among rural households. For instance in 1997, the World Health Organisation (WHO) concluded that the greatest global burden of air pollution exposure occurs not outdoors in the cities of the developed world, but indoors in poor rural communities of many developing countries especially in Africa.
In 1999, it was estimated that ARIs accounted... |
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It would supply all the electricity needs for the station and surplus power would be sent to the national grid.
The firm has lodged a planning application for the 6kw turbine, which it said was part of its strategy to reduce its carbon footprint.
Transport Scotland has funded the £29,000 scheme, which may be rolled out at other stations if successful.
The planning application submitted to Fife Council states that the turbine would be mounted on a 15m mast at... |
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ORLANDO, Florida (CNN) -- Some Florida amusement park visitors may enjoy space-themed roller-coasters, but the first vehicle they board at Orlando International Airport may be the most futuristic ride of their vacation.
The airport is testing four Ford shuttle vans equipped with internal combustion engines modified to run on hydrogen instead of gasoline.
"It´s quiet, it doesn´t shake like diesel, it doesn´t have that diesel smell," said Rafael Sanchez,... |
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