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First reported May 17 2013 - Updated 5 hours ago - 7 reports

European Construction Production Declines in March

Europe / Economic Trends / Building Materials/Construction DistributionA ASeasonally adjusted production in Europe's construction sector fell by 1.7 percent in the euro area (EA17) and by 1.1 percent in the EU27 in March 2013, compared with the previous ... [Published Modern Distribution Management - 18 hours ago]

Entities: Construction, Civil Engineering, Czech Republic, Portugal

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated 5 hours ago - 7 reports

Greenpeace International

Belgium may face legal battle after 2 nuclear reactors get green…

hreatening to sue the Belgian government. The leading environmental activist network is threatening legal action after Belgium?s nuclear safety regulator gave the green light to GDFHowever, during a news conference, the Belgian Interior Minister, Joelle ... [Published EuroNews - 5 hours ago]

Entities: Belgium, Nuclear Reactor, Greenpeace International, Joelle Milquet, Nuclear

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated 10 hours ago - 16 reports

SSE Plc

SSE to invest £200m in Dunmaglass wind farm project

Energy group SSE has agreed to buy a controversial Highlands wind farm project, in which it will invest about £200 million.The project, near Loch Mhor and the Monadhliath mountains, sits on the 13,000-acre Dunmaglass estate owned by Sir Jack Hayward, ... [Published NewsRT.co.uk - 17 hours ago]

Entities: SSE Plc, Wind Farms, Jack Hayward

First reported 14 hours ago - Updated 13 hours ago - 5 reports

Underwater batteries are making a splash for energy storage

Hydroelectricity generation exploits the tremendous height differential that occurs naturally at waterfalls or artificially at dams as water flows through the system. Now, efforts are underway to harness a differential of another sort for both energy ... [Published GigaOM - 13 hours ago]

Entities: Battery, Power Grid, Hydro Power, Atmosphere

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated 17 hours ago - 6 reports

Siemens AG

Massive SoCal Wind Turbine Blade Breaks Off

A massive blade broke from a Siemens wind turbine this week – and it’s not the first time this has happened. The latest incident, which took place at Pattern Energy’s Ocotillo wind power plant in Imperial County, Calif., and caused no injuries, has ... [Published EarthTechling - 17 hours ago]

Entities: Ocotillo, Wind Turbine, Destruction, Siemens AG

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated 18 hours ago - 7 reports

Shut Monju down permanently

T he Nuclear Regulation Authority on Wednesday decided to order the Japan Atomic Energy Agency to not engage in further preparatory work to restart the trouble-plagued Monju prototype fast-breeder reactor until the operator improves its safety management ... [Published Japan Times - 18 hours ago]

Entities: Reactor, Reprocessing, Plutonium, Nuclear Fuel

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated 20 hours ago - 8 reports

Nanoscale artificial leaf can extract hydrogen from water with just sunlight

Science / BiomimicryPublic Domain LBNLThere's been a lot of news about artificial photosynthesis lately (here and here), and while I think it's probably more useful to generate electricity via solar photovoltaic and solar thermal technology, there will ... [Published Treehugger - 20 hours ago]

Entities: Hydrogen, Nanoscale, Berkeley Lab, Photosynthesis, Solar Thermal

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated 21 hours ago - 9 reports

Goldman Invests in Solar

Wall Street’s major banks continue investing in the clean energy sector, with The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (GS) the latest to jump on the bandwagon. Goldman entered into a deal to finance approximately 110 megawatts (MW) rooftop solar power generators ... [Published Yahoo! Finance - 21 hours ago]

Entities: SolarCity, Goldman Sachs Group Inc, US Bancorp, Down Payment, Clean Technology

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated 21 hours ago - 13 reports

Duke Energy shuts down Harris reactor near Raleigh

Duke Energy Progress has shut down the Shearon Harris nuclear plant after discovering corrosion and signs of cracking in in a nozzle in the vessel head for the nuclear reactor.Duke spokeswoman Rita Sipe says there was no indication of any leak and the ... [Published Charlotte Business Journal - May 17 2013]

Entities: Duke Energy Corporation, Reactor, Raleigh (North Carolina, United States)

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated 22 hours ago - 8 reports

Donald Trump starts legal battle over wind farm

US billionaire Donald Trump has launched a legal case to challenge the Scottish Government’s approval to build an offshore wind farm in Scotland.The Trump Organisation lodged a petition seeking a judicial review of the Government’s decision to approve ... [Published Energy Live News - 22 hours ago]

Entities: Donald Trump, Wind Farms, Offshore Wind, Scottish Government

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated 23 hours ago - 9 reports

China give the go-ahead for tallest dam

It will serve the Shuangjiangkou hydropower project on the Dadu River Beijing: China?s environment ministry has given the go-ahead for the construction of what will become the country?s tallest hydroelectric dam despite acknowledging it will have an impact ... [Published Gulf News - 23 hours ago]

Entities: China, Construction, Hydroelectric Dam

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 20 reports

China warns EU on planned solar duties

PUNITIVE duties on Chinese solar panels proposed by the European Union would "severely impair" bilateral trade ties, Ministry of Commerce spokesman Shen Danyang warned yesterday. His remarks at a press conference came after the European Commission agreed ... [Published Shanghai Daily - May 16 2013]

Entities: European Union, China, Solar Panels, Bilateral

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Munich Re continues investing in solar parks [Published MEAG - 32 mins ago]

During the April 25 Board of Education Meeting Chief Financial Officer Noel Knobloch said the solar panels have already "generated a small amount of savings” during their first 90 days in operation, though he advised staff to wait until later this fall to determine how much the solar panels will save the district in the long-term."

Solar Panels Mean Savings for Mehlville Schools [Published Mehlville Patch - 35 mins ago]

...to fill the jobs - there is employment here for people who want to have a go," he says as he prepares to take supplies to a wind farm canteen. "Snowtown became infamous through no fault of its own. Something like this which puts this great town in a positive light is certainly welcome. "Tourists still ask about the barrels but the town moved on a long time ago. The wind farm has put a fantastic new focusfocus on the area and I have not heard a single complaint about it. "There is even talk of making Snowtown a completely green-powered town from the wind farm - that would require new infrastructure but it would be a great symbolic point." For the optimistic people of Snowtown embracing the breeze, it appears the answer for an image make-over was blowin' in the wind."

Turbines blow away ghosts of Snowtown [Published Adelaide Now - 36 mins ago]

"Without that, it just creates a tremendously chilling environment where nuclear workers don't feel comfortable coming forward - and that is very frightening for all of us, especially people who live anywhere near nuclear power plants" Katz said

OSHA rules for Kansas whistleblower at Wolf Creek nuclear plant [Published Wichita Eagle - 42 mins ago]

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Audio/Video

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