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ACT defends solar tariff scheme - Australian Broadcasting Corp.

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 02:44:00 GMT

The ACT Opposition says its warnings about the cost of the ACT's solar feed-in tariff have been vindicated. The tariff came into effect in March and subsidises households with solar panels for the extra energy they produce. The Independent pricing ...

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Meltdown 101: Where are the renewable energy jobs? - Columbia Missourian

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 05:00:00 GMT

Everywhere you turn, there is talk of a shift to renewable energy, of building wind farms and solar plants, of making buildings more efficient, of developing biofuels. And of billions in federal funding to help make it all happen. This should mean a ...

Solar energy to cook 30k meals at university - Times of India

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 02:30:00 GMT

CHENNAI: Here is food for thought on energy conservation. About 15,000 students staying in the hostel of Sathyabama University will now have food cooked exclusively using solar energy. Spread over 1,100 square feet (largest surface area given to any ...

Solar Racing Champs Roll Out New Car - Wired

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 21:13:00 GMT

Delft University is the Brawn GP of solar-car racing, an outfit so singularly successful that it has won the World Solar Challenge four times in a row. The Dutch team is back with its newest car, Nuna 5, and has its sights set on a fifth title when ...

TechNet Asserts Innovation and Green Tech Central Component to America ... - TradingMarkets.com

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 22:18:00 GMT

TechNet Policy Board Member Michael Splinter, President and CEO of Applied Materials, attended today's meeting with President Obama. The President met with a group of eight CEOs, including Mr. Splinter, to discuss ongoing economic recovery efforts ...

Solar Generator Providing Instant Electrical Power During Outages and ... - Transworld News

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 00:12:00 GMT

A solar powered backup system that will provide instant and continuous electrical power during any outage or disaster is now available through MySolarBackUp.com. These emergency backup systems provide more than just power they provide peace of mind ...

Ulysses Provides 12 Extra Months Of Valuable Science - Space Daily

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 00:12:00 GMT

During its life, Ulysses made nearly three complete orbits of the Sun. The probe revealed for the first time the three-dimensional character of galactic cosmic radiation, energetic particles produced in solar storms and the solar wind. Not only has ...

China hikes 2011 solar power target - People's Daily Online

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 01:17:00 GMT

China is aiming for an installed solar power capacity of 2 gW by 2011, nearly a 15-fold jump from the 140 mW capacity it had at the end of last year, according to people familiar with the matter. The National Energy Administration has decided to ...

Businessman fulfills his dream of harnessing sun - Journal-News

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 05:34:00 GMT

HANOVER TWP. ? Nathan Chamberlin has always been fascinated by the power of the sun. The 33-year-old business owner said he has always been interested in solar energy, citing a project he did in the third grade as his first step toward the industry ...

Jobless data squash Dow - Raleigh News & Observer

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 06:03:00 GMT

NEW YORK -- A dour report on job losses in June sent stocks sharply lower Thursday. Major stock indexes fell more than 2.6 percent after the government said the U.S. unemployment rate hit a 26-year high. The Dow Jones industrials closed at their ...

Caller.com Corpus Christi News and Information - Corpus Christi Caller

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 21:27:00 GMT

PORT ARANSAS ? The scientists at the Mission-Aransas National Estuarine Research Reserve in Port Aransas plan to ditch the garage space where they are housed in exchange for a new state of the art, multi-million dollar lab and headquarters. The ...

Solar panel project first to receive Yuma stimulus - Yuma Daily Sun

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 22:31:00 GMT

The first of $6.4 million in funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, also known as the stimulus package, is making its way to Yuma this summer in the form of solar paneling for a building at the Marine Corps Air Station. On ...

Seasons are not confined just to Earthy - Carroll County Online

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 00:25:00 GMT

Each year on our world marks another cycle of the four seasons. A couple other planets in our solar system have seasons as well, but the seasons there are not at all like the ones we?re used to. Furthermore, the causes for the changes are different ...

Chris McGrath: Winkle value to eclipse The Stars

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 23:45:14 GMT

Horses that harness the breed's most exotic virtues to the more mundane ones of consistency and reliability come along about as often as a solar eclipse.

Building a secure future in Bangladesh

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 00:14:09 GMT

Bangladesh is the most crowded place on Earth and will become even more impossibly packed in the next 30 years.

Be There Or Be Stuck on this Dirt Ball Forever

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 01:08:08 GMT

The design of our next generation flight and space systems will be dependent more than ever on high performance, increasingly efficient, reliable and affordable propulsion systems.

This truck runs on wood and waste

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 01:33:41 GMT

From the first time he saw Emmett "Doc" Brown fire up the Mr. Fusion home energy reactor in the "Back to the Future" movies, Dave Nichols has always wanted to make a vehicle run on garbage.

Manager Selected - The Greatest All Time MLB Team

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 01:37:27 GMT

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Far Out, Man: Measuring Astronomical Distances

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 02:13:39 GMT

Centuries ago the stars were believed to reside just beyond the planets of our solar system.

Could we Garden on Mars?

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 02:27:36 GMT

Category: Environment Solar System biology Posted on: July 3, 2009 2:05 AM, by Ethan Siegel Earlier this week, the most obvious scientific news in recent memory was reported: there's Uranium on the Moon .

Comment on Nanotech and climate change by Trent Waddington

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 02:44:48 GMT

Eric Drexler is apparently at the Renaissance Weekend with the intent to speak to the assembled interesting people about how "advanced nanotechnology can address the climate change problem providing low-cost solar energy and by removing accumluated CO2 from the atmosphere." In the same spirit, for the rest of us, here's how I think we should go ...

Down

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 02:54:17 GMT

This tutorial will demonstrate how to set up a Squid Proxy server on Ubuntu 9.04 Server with DansGuardian and ClamAV ; in addition, we will set up Web Proxy AutoDetection through DHCP or DNS so that the only configuration necessary on the client side is to check "Auto-detect proxy settings for this network" in Firefox or Internet Explorer.

Government to seek aid without debt

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 02:58:07 GMT

MALE: The government is working to secure development loans and get debts cancelled, according to Foreign Minister Ahmed Shaheed.

LETTERS:

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 03:08:58 GMT

Post letters to Letters to the Editor, The Daily Times, 41-N, Industrial Area, Gulberg II, Lahore, Pakistan Phone: 92-42-5878614-19; Fax: 92-42-5878620 E-mail: letters@dailytimes.com.pk . Letters may be edited for length and clarity Improving the media Sir: There is a real need for the media groups in Pakistan to form an ethical committee that can ...

World-class meeting hub by 2011

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 03:46:00 GMT

An artist's impression of the entrance of the Qatar National Convention Centre, which will open in 2011.

Chris Barnes, NEPTUNE project director, stands next to one of the seafloor

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 04:34:44 GMT

Keeping watch on the planet from the bottom up Chris Barnes, NEPTUNE project director, stands next to one of the seafloor "nodes" housed inside its trawl-resistant frame at CFB Esquimalt in Victoria.

Break Ground For Wrightwood Senior Complex

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 05:38:06 GMT

Developers, city officials and neighborhood residents gathered June 25 for the groundbreaking for the 85-unit Wrightwood Senior Apartments being built at 2801 W. 79th St.

On This Day in Science History - July 4

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 06:32:17 GMT

July 4th is the American Independence Day typically celebrated with firework displays.

Solar orbiter Ulysses ends mission after 18 years - Tehran Times

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:28:00 GMT

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) ? The interplanetary space probe Ulysses officially ceased operations on Tuesday after an 18-year voyage of roughly 5.5 billion miles (8.85 billion km) and nearly three complete orbits around the sun, NASA said. Radio contact ...