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Germany and India to enhance science alliance

November 3, 2007 – 3:57 am

T. V. Padma
31 October 2007
Source: SciDev.Net
[NEW DELHI] India and Germany have agreed to enhance scientific collaboration and networking, focusing on reducing the impact of climate change and developing clean energy technologies.
Yesterday (30 Oct) the two countries committed €10 million (US$14.5 million) each over the next five years to set up a joint science and [...]

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Academies: We must address energy imbalance

October 23, 2007 – 5:30 am

The world’s poor must have better access to energy, says the report
Jia Hepeng
22 October 2007
Source: SciDev.Net
[BEIJING] An energy report released today (22 October) by the world’s science academies has highlighted the need for sustainable energy projects to prioritise the basic energy needs of poor people.
The InterAcademy Council (IAC) [...]

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Scotland Approves Major Wind Farm

September 13, 2007 – 4:09 am

Climate Crisis Coalition
Scotland Approves Major Wind Farm
Reuters, September 10, 2007
“The Scottish Government has approved plans for the second largest wind farm in Scotland, capable of generating power for 120,000 homes. The project will be created at Harestanes, near Moffat in Dumfries and Galloway, and comprise of 71 turbines. The turbines will be built within the [...]

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Windspire: 1 kW Wind Turbine for Your Backyard

September 10, 2007 – 3:26 am

TreeHugger
With its sleek, bladeless design and capacity to produce nearly 2000 kilowatt hours per year, the Windspire might just inspire some YIMBYism — that’s Yes, In My BackYard — about wind power. At 30 feet tall and 2 feet wide, the propeller-less design is bird-safe, relatively quiet — it produces about 25 decibels of noise [...]

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Hydroelectric power: How it works

September 7, 2007 – 9:21 am

So just how do we get electricity from water? Actually, hydroelectric and coal-fired power plants produce electricity in a similar way. In both cases a power source is used to turn a propeller-like piece called a turbine, which then turns a metal shaft in an electric generator , which is the motor that [...]

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Tennessee Valley Authority Would Be Exempt From US House Energy Bill, Renewables Mandate

August 9, 2007 – 3:32 am

TreeHugger
How ironic that the TVA, long ago created by the US Congress to bring electricity to the rural South and encourage economic development, now serves a constituency that wishes to be excluded from incentives to develop more cost-effective, clean forms of energy. Maybe they think that climate change only applies ‘to the rest of [...]

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Sierra Club Hails Passage of Renewable Electricity Standard in House

August 6, 2007 – 6:59 pm

Sierra Club
August 4 , 2007
Speaker Pelosi Delivers Major Victory for Clean Energy
Today the House of Representatives passed a landmark national Renewable Electricity Standard by a vote of 220 to 190. It then went on to pass the energy bill itself on a final vote of 241 to 172.
Statement of Carl Pope, Sierra Club Executive Director
Last [...]