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Wind Power Wars: What Hope Now For Technology Transfers

Posted on 28. May, 2010 by Ross.

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Hopes of top corporations sharing patent information with developing countries in climate change technology transfers seem more remote this week after a war has broken out in the US wind power market between two of the world’s biggest engineering brands.
Two years ago General Electric (GE) filed two patent infringement claims against Mitsubishi in the US, [...]

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UK Needs To Build Two New Nuclear Power Stations Every Year… Forever!

Posted on 19. Mar, 2010 by Ross.

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In order to meet its carbon reduction targets, the UK must build two new nuclear or CCS-equipped coal power stations every year, starting right now and continuing indefinitely - and do a whole lot more besides.
UK energy policy is failing by not facing up to the realities that its aim of an 80% reduction in [...]

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US Renewable Energy Drive Will Aid Drought-Stricken South

Posted on 05. Jun, 2009 by Ross.

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Continual droughts across the southern states of the US will be lessened by the same projects which will secure America’s low-carbon future - wind and solar power stations.
Water supplies across much of the American south have been pushed to breaking point from a combination of inefficient usage, increased agricultural and industrial demand, and poor rainfall [...]

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Scottish Wind Turbines Providing Energy In Extreme Antarctica

Posted on 18. Feb, 2009 by Ross.

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The extreme weather conditions of Antarctica were always thought to be prohibitive to the use of wind turbines to generate energy for the 60+ scientific research stations littering the white continent. Around 4,000 personnel man the stations during the winter, with a quarter of that number also braving the -60 degrees Celcius temperatures and gusting [...]