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Archive for July, 2008

MIT Research May Bring Down Cost of Solar Energy

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Imagine windows that not only provide a clear view and illuminate rooms, but also use sunlight to efficiently help power the building they are part of. MIT engineers report a new approach to harnessing the sun’s energy that could allow just that.

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News in brief

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July 22, 2008: The world’s second-largest utility company GDF Suez was formed by the merger of Gaz de France and Suez. July 11, 2008: The world largest LNG carrier Q-Max Mozah was named by and after Mozah Nasser al-Misnad, Sheikha of Qatar. July 1, 2008: Russian electricity holding company RAO UES completed the corporate reorganization [...]

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Energy facts

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Due to the vast quantity of coal burnt in fossil fuel power plants, they cause more radioactive contamination than nuclear power plants?

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SET 2008: Notification of Accepted Full Papers

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Notification of accepted full papers is now uploaded on the website of SET 2008. You can see the list here. The official letters of the accepted full papers were mailed to the corresponding authors.

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News in brief

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- Two large scale community-owned wind projects are being set up in Minnesota with a planned output of 500 MW. National Wind along with local landowners and community leaders provided the funding capital to establish the Root River Energy, LLC and Lake Country Wind Energy, LLC, which are to run the projects. 

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SET 2008: Full Paper Submission

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All paper submissions are peer reviewed by the members of the technical program committee. Each paper should not exceed more than 8 pages inclusive of diagrams, graphs, and tables. The paper submissions must use the exact templates provided. Please find the template here.

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Solar Tower Energy

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This is the future project in Australia. It will be ready in 2012.

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20% renewable energy by 2020

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Raising the share of renewable energy from 8.5% to 20% in the overall energy consumption is a necessary contribution to the global fight against climate change and towards better control over our energy dependence.

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