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| 2009 Workforce Education Conference Being Planned |  |
| Plans are underway for the third national conference on New Ideas in Educating a Workforce in Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency. This event will be held in the fall of 2009 in Albany, New York. |
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| Many could be living off the grid soon | |
| In a revolutionary leap that could transform solar power from a marginal, boutique alternative into a mainstream energy source, MIT researchers have overcome a major barrier to large-scale solar power: storing ... |
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| Geoff Ballard, Canadian pioneer of fuel-cell industry once named `Heroes of the Planet,` dies | |
| Geoff Ballard, a Canadian pioneer of the fuel cell industry and an entrepreneur Time Magazine once named one of its "Heroes for the Planet," has died. |
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| Dell`s plan to help save Earth | |
| Dell is announcing Wednesday that it has become carbon neutral by turning out the lights in its offices, buying wind power and protecting endangered forests in Madagascar.
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| Plans for First CSP Plant in Asia | |
| Yee Fong Chemical and Everphoton have announced plans to set up the first Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) plant power plant in Asia. The first phase of 200 kilowatts will be completed at the beginning of 2009 and will be located at southern Taiwan. |
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| Beijing Olympics Show China`s Renewable Energy Aspirations | |
| From the standpoint of energy and the environment, the Summer Olympics in Beijing, a city of 15 million people, pose a stark juxtaposition of the reality of China today and the vision of its future: a China characterized by wise environmental and energy stewardship. |
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| Lagunitas School District to Host West Marin`s Larges Solar Energy Facility | |
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| Bella Energy`s solar generator electrifies 5430 Sports race | |
| Boulder, CO 2008 – Bella Energy, a solar energy company that designs and installs renewable energy systems in Colorado and the Rocky Mountain Region, has designed a portable solar generator that will provide power at the Pearl Street Mile race on July 31st. It is part of 5430 Sports` Tri-Sustainability Program to reduce the carbon footprint of their Triathlon Series at the Boulder Reservoir and three running-race events in downtown Boulder. |
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| NASA Plans Test of New Plasma Drive | |
| Sallust writes "Flight international has an interesting article about the testing of a new electrically powered plasma engine called the Vasimir. It`s being developed by former astronaut Franklin Chang-Diaz and promises to greatly reduce the time and fuel required for interplanetary journeys. According to the article: `The Vasimir involves the injection of a gas such as hydrogen into an engine that turns it into a plasma. That plasma is then energised further using radio signals as it flows through the engine, a process controlled by electromagnetic waves from superconducting magnets. Accelerated and heated through this process the plasma is focused and directed as exhaust by a magnetic nozzle. Vasimir is many times more efficient than conventional chemical rockets and far less fuel is needed.` The developers are finalising an agreement with NASA to fit a scaled-down version of the engine to the ISS to conduct operational tests. There is also a concept video on YouTube suggesting a journey time for a manned craft to Mars on the order of 60-70 days."Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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