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California Offers Up to $5000 Rebates For Alternative Fuel VehiclesSan Diego, California, USA - California is offering rebates of up to US$5000 to consumers who purchase alternative fuel vehicles between May 24, 2007 and March 31, 2009 or until funding runs out. |
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First S Korean astronaut launches
South Korea's first astronaut, Yi So-yeon, blasts off for a sojourn on the International Space Station.
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World’s Largest Tidal Turbine Successfully Installed
The world's largest tidal turbine, weighing 1000 tonnes, has been installed in Northern Ireland's Strangford Lough. The tidal turbine is rated at 1.2 megawatts, which is enough to power a thousand local homes. It was built by Marine Current Turbines, and it will be the first commercial tidal turbine to produce energy, when it begins operation later this year.
The turbine has twin rotors measuring 16 meters in diameter. The rotors will operate for up to 18-20 hours per day to produce enough clean, green electricity.
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UN links up with Google Earth to help refugees
GENEVA (AFP) - The United Nations refugee agency on Tuesday unveiled a new partnership with Internet giant Google to help track refugees from Iraq to Darfur and raise public awareness of its work.
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‘Darwin chip’ brings evolution into the classroom
A device has been developed that can control Darwinian evolution in molecules - it could one day be used to evolve molecules to sense pollutants
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Scotland Launches World’s Biggest Prize for Marine Renewable EnergyEdinburgh, Scotland, UK - Move over, Richard Branson: Alex Salmond, Scotland's first minister, has just announced the Saltire Prize, a £10m (or $20m) award aimed at jump-starting research in marine renewable energy. |
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Companies making a beeline for solar energy plantsHyderabab, India - Enthused by the potential market for solar energy which is projected to grow to $70-100 billion up from $15 billion in 2007, more domestic firms have begun to foray into this segment. |
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Floating Wind Turbines May Cause Happiness To Return To Cape CodCape Cod, Masschusetts, USA - There's been plenty of opposition over the proposed ocean wind farm off the shores of Cape Cod. |
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Saved by trivia text serviceKoh Phangan, Thailand - Brit holidaymakers Ian Lawler and girlfriend Ranelle Chapman got lost in a Thai jungle -- and were rescued after sending an SOS to a London text service 6,000 miles away. |
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Frederick May be Target For Clean Energy CenterFrederick, Maryland, USA - Frederick could be home to a state economic development corporation aimed at bringing renewable energy industries to Maryland. |
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- Fire From the Dragon: Green Entrepreneur Harnesses Truck Energy
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