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Siemens, the German energy and engineering giant, has been slower to move into the smart grid than fellow competitors like GE and Swiss-based ABB. But over the past year Siemens has seemed to be making up for lost time, announcing a flurry of new projects and partnerships, and saying that it wants to double its […]

There are a lot of similarities between the build out of telecom and Internet infrastructure, and the current rollout of the smart grid. But here’s one major, and very important, difference between the construction of communications and energy networking, which the President and Chief Operating Officer of utility ComEd, Anne Pramaggiore, mentioned on a panel […]

“It is the first time [for a Korean company] to go into bioethanol production in the Philippines. [The plant] is the biggest ethanol plant in the Philippines so far,” Agbon told reporters in an interview. …

The Blue whale–the largest animal ever to inhabit our planet–has been tracked by researchers since its numbers were perilously close to extinction in the 1960’s. Much of this tracking has been accomplished through underwater monitoring of whale “songs”, which are sung exclusively by male whales. These long, and fairly complex, sonic compositions are believed to be the means by which these whales attract mates. Over the past several years, the world’s blue whales have begun singing a different tune, of sorts; the frequency range of their songs has gotten significantly lower. And, this is happening, “in concert” all over the world–where ever these massive Cetacea migrate, feed, congregate and mate.

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NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — On a mountain top 80 miles northeast of Bangor, Maine, in country where houses and gravel pits are mere pinpricks on a map green with forest, Paul Gaynor is making stimulus work. Gaynor, chief executive of First Wind, is …

Wind Site Assessments are the initial step taken when considering wind energy. Wind site assessments extrapolate available data to predict the amount of energy that can be captured by a wind turbine at a specific height and location. This data is …

The Guardian yesterday reported that a leaked government document contained recommendations to negotiate a reduction in the 2020 European Union target that 20% of all UK energy must come from renewable sources. Campaigners in support of the renewable …

Potential urban farming opportunitiesSalt Lake Tribune… to put dozens of future parks and unused government properties to use by opening them to community gardening, commercial farming and biofuel production. …

Gov't eyes American technology for nonfood bioethanolGMA news.tvThe government is wooing American investors who will bring in the technology for biofuel production using wood, grasses, or the nonedible parts of plants, …RP eyes US investments for…

Corn growers produce more on less in 2009North Texas e-News… crop on record (13.0 billion bushels) in 2007. Such productivity gains undermine claims that US biofuel production will require new lands in other nations.and more »

The large-billed reed Warbler is a bird species that is thought to thrive in significant numbers, but it’s also one that’s very rarely spotted, with it’s last known recorded sighting taking place in 2006. Some researchers have indicated that perhaps the reed Warbler is spotted more often than some realize, because it’s often mistaken for other birds, but nonetheless, it does manage to allude scientists and bird-watchers alike.

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Researchers, economic development experts excited about potential for plantKnoxville News SentinelThese materials would be derived from the same primary ingredients as required for biofuel production. Of a plant's three primary ingredients – cellul…

The Clodius Parnassian butterfly is more common at the top of its elevation range in the California mountains than in the past.

Climate change is making things rough for many vertebrate and invertebrate species. But add to this a steady loss of habitat, and many species just can’t adapt successfully to the combined stresses.

From the coastal lowlands to the coniferous tree lines of Northern California’s Sierra Nevada Mountains, scores of species of butterfly are in an existential fight for their evolutionary futures. The survival challenge seems to be most impacting those species whose preferred habitats lay in the lower elevations, but the effects are being felt further up as well, as more butterfly species are moving into higher-elevated habitats. This evolutionary struggle might have gone unnoticed but for the diligent work of one research team, lead by butterfly expert Arthur Shapiro of the University of California at Davis.

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COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. (WKTV) – Templeton Hall was standing room only on Saturday morning for the Otsego County Conservation Association’s first ever Renewable Energy Workshop. At the event, OCCA’s President Martha Clarvoe said, “I was really expecting it …