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Wind parks in Spain, a world leader in the renewable energy source, are increasingly being disconnected due to a fall in power demand caused by the economic slowdown, a report said Monday. "Due to the fall in demand, it has become necessary to disconnect the wind parks which already produce more electricity than the system can absorb," business daily Expansion reported without citing sources ... read more
Chicago IL (SPX) May 12, 2009Siemens Energy has announced that it has selected Hutchinson, Kansas, for its first U.S. nacelle production facility. The 300,000-square-foot nacelle facility and an adjacent 80,000-square-foot service and repair facility will be built on more than 100 acres in Reno County, which is located northwest of Wichita on the Arkansas River. The operation is expected to create an estimated 4 ... more
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Heavy rain, snow disrupts transport in Spain Washington slaps fee on plastic shopping bags Vietnam says parched Red River at record low Philippine volcano darkens New Year for 50,000 villagers Shocked residents survey Australia wildfire wreckage Honduras declares state of emergency amid drought Residents flee terrifying Australian wildfires Sarkozy scrambles to salvage carbon tax Thrill-seeking tourists flock to Philippine volcano 
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Chicago IL (SPX) May 12, 2009GE Drivetrain Technologies has announced that the Company has launched a wind generator and control systems division to serve its wind turbine customers around the globe. Following the success of GE Drivetrain Technologies' wind gearbox business, the Company will immediately offer doubly fed induction and permanent magnet generators in the 2 - 6 megawatt (MW) power range. GE Transpor ... more 
Barre VT (SPX) May 12, 2009Northern Power Systems has unveiled a Wind for Schools package that will help more schools produce their own wind power and engage their students and communities in realizing the benefits of renewable energy. Announced at WINDPOWER 2009, the package outfits educational institutions with a Northwind 100 wind turbine, standards-based K-12 curriculum that is customized and linked to real-time ... more 
Chicago IL (SPX) May 12, 2009Nordic Windpower USA has announced that it has been awarded contracts for 19 of its N1000 one-megawatt wind turbines for public- and private-sector community wind projects in North and South America. The 70 meter high N1000 turbine, with blades 59 meters in diameter, will provide clean and renewable wind energy for schools, wind farms, a military base, a municipal utility, and a sustainabl ... more 
Chicago IL (SPX) May 12, 2009GE Energy and WSI Corporation are joining forces to launch more accurate forecasting tools for wind farm owner/operators and transmission/distribution providers. GE Energy and WSI have announced that they have formed an alliance. "This relationship brings together two technology platforms to further the science of wind forecasting and its use in wind farm operations," said Victor Abate ... more |
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SwRI tests rooftop solar fire behavior and mitigation optionsLos Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 13, 2026 Southwest Research Institute has carried out a series of large scale fire tests to examine how flames spread beneath photovoltaic panel installations on flat commercial and industrial rooftops. The ... more 
Theory links photon condensation and heat engine physicsLondon, UK (SPX) Jan 13, 2026 Physicists at Trinity College Dublin have developed a new theoretical framework that connects photon condensation in optical microstructures with the fundamental limits of heat engines, potentially ... more
  
EAST experiments point to density free regime for fusion plasmasTokyo, Japan (SPX) Jan 05, 2026 Researchers working on China's fully superconducting Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (EAST) have experimentally accessed a theorized density-free regime for fusion plasmas, maintaining ... more 
Volvo Cars pauses battery factory after fruitless partner searchStockholm (AFP) Jan 13, 2026 Swedish automaker Volvo Cars said Tuesday that it was pausing operations at a battery factory under construction, dismissing all 75 workers there, after failing to find a partner for the business. ... more 
Perovskite betavoltaic cell sets record efficiency using carbon 14 sourceTokyo, Japan (SPX) Jan 13, 2026 A research team at DGIST has developed a perovskite based self powered betavoltaic battery that achieves what they report as the worlds highest conversion efficiency for this class of device while m ... more |
Boston MA (SPX) May 08, 2009A majority of the members of the Massachusetts Legislature, 107 in total, representing Democrats and Republicans in the House and Senate, including 28 Committee Chairmen, have signed onto a letter to Interior Secretary Ken Salazar urging him to approve Cape Wind "as soon as possible." This announcement coincides with an event in Newark, Delaware where Vice President Biden and Interior Secr ... more 
West Lafayette, Ind. (UPI) May 6, 2009 Purdue University and Sandia National Laboratory scientists say they've developed a technology designed to improve the efficiency of wind turbine blades. The researchers said the technology uses sensors and computational software to constantly monitor forces exerted on wind turbine blades. "The ultimate goal is to feed information from sensors into an active control system that ... more 
Washington DC (SPX) May 05, 2009The wind energy industry installed over 2,800 megawatts (MW) of new generating capacity in the first quarter of 2009, with new projects completed in 15 states and powering the equivalent of 816,000 homes, the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) has announced in its first quarter market report. Commented AWEA CEO Denise Bode, "These brand new wind projects shine a ray of hope on our eco ... more |
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Netanyahu says Israel won't let Iran restore ballistic missile programmeJerusalem (AFP) Jan 5, 2026 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Monday that Israel would not allow arch-foe Iran to restore its ballistic missile programme, just days after US President Donald Trump issued a similar threat. ... more 
Germany puts ballistic missile defence shield into serviceBerlin (AFP) Dec 3, 2025 Germany's military put into service Wednesday the first part of a roughly $4 billion ballistic missile defence system, to better protect Europe at a time of high tensions with Russia. ... more 
What is Taiwan's T-Dome?Taipei (AFP) Nov 30, 2025 Taiwan's government has proposed $40 billion in extra defence spending over several years, with the focus on developing a multi-layered air defence system dubbed "T-Dome". ... more
  
Bayesian neural net sharpens thorium 232 fission yield dataBerlin, Germany (SPX) Jan 13, 2026 A research team led by Chun-Wang Ma has developed a Bayesian neural network framework to predict independent and cumulative fission product yields for thorium 232 under neutron irradiation across a ... more 
Meta partners with US nuclear companies to power AI data centersSan Francisco, United States (AFP) Jan 9, 2026 Tech giant Meta announced Thursday major agreements with three US nuclear energy companies that it says will add up to 6.6 gigawatts of clean power by 2035. ... more 
Microbes join forces to quickly clean up uranium pollutionTokyo, Japan (SPX) Nov 27, 2025 Chinese scientists have discovered a quick and effective way to remove toxic uranium from water using helpful bacteria that work together. These bacteria can change uranium from a dangerous form tha ... more
  
Sri Lanka seeks Chinese aid to rebuild after deadly cycloneColombo (AFP) Jan 12, 2026 Sri Lanka asked China to help rebuild key infrastructure damaged by Cyclone Ditwah, which killed at least 641 people and caused extensive damage, the island's foreign minister said on Monday. ... more 
'Are You Dead?': Chinese app for solo dwellers goes viralBeijing (AFP) Jan 13, 2026 "Are You Dead?", an app that sounds the alarm if a user doesn't check in every 48 hours, was one of China's top-selling paid apps on Tuesday as the country's growing class of solo dwellers flocked to download it. ... more 
Japan nuclear plant operator may have underestimated quake risksTokyo (AFP) Jan 6, 2026 A Japanese nuclear plant operator said it may have presented data underestimating earthquake risks to regulators, as Japan moves to revive nuclear power nearly 15 years after the Fukushima disaster. ... more |
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