Space Daily articles from December 2008

Space Daily archives from December 2008

A Quicker, Easier Way To Make Coal Cleaner.
December 1, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Washington DC (SPX) Nov 28, 2008 Construction of new coal-fired power plants in the United States is in danger of coming to a standstill, partly due to the high cost of the requirement - whether existing or...

Acid Soils In Slovakia Tell Somber Tale.
December 1, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Washington DC (SPX) Nov 27, 2008 Increasing levels of nitrogen deposition associated with industry and agriculture can drive soils toward a toxic level of acidification, reducing plant growth and polluting surface...

Avago Technologies Simplifies GPS Designs.
December 1, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers San Jose CA (SPX) Nov 28, 2008 Avago Technologies has announced a highly integrated GPS low noise amplifier (LNA) with high performance levels. The ALM-1712 effectively integrates a sophisticated GPS LNA and two...

Boosting The Power Of Solar Cells.
December 1, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Cambridge MA (SPX) Nov 27, 2008 New ways of squeezing out greater efficiency from solar photovoltaic cells are emerging from computer simulations and lab tests conducted by a team of physicists and engineers at MIT....

Burying The Greenhouse Gas.
December 1, 2008... Byline: Deborah Halber Boston MA (SPX) Nov 28, 2008 To prevent global warming, researchers and policymakers are exploring a variety of options to significantly cut the amount of carbon dioxide that reaches the atmosphere. One possible...

CCID Consulting Predicts China's PND Market To Grow.
December 1, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Beijing (SPX) Nov 27, 2008 CCID Consulting recently analyzed China's PND market. CCID Consulting's data shows that the sales volume of China's PND market in the first three quarters in 2008 reached 1.172 million sets,...

Climate Change Wiped Out Cave Bears 13 Millennia Earlier Than Thought.
December 1, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Vienna, Austria (SPX) Nov 28, 2008 Enormous cave bears, Ursus spelaeus, that once inhabited a large swathe of Europe, from Spain to the Urals, died out 27,800 years ago, around 13 millennia earlier than was previously...

Coming Soon: Improved Lithium Ion Batteries.
December 1, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Seoul, South Korea (SPX) Nov 27, 2008 Rechargeable lithium ion batteries provide portable devices that require a lot of energy, such as mobile telephones, digital cameras, and notebook computers, with power. However,...

Dazzling Planet Duo Beckons In Evening Twilight.
December 1, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Palm Coast FL (SPX) Dec 01, 2008 "What's that!?" Billions of people will be asking this question over the next few days when they look southwest after the Sun sets and evening twilight deepens. What they'll be...

Enceladus Jets: Are They Wet Or Just Wild.
December 1, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Pasadena CA (SPX) Nov 28, 2008 Scientists continue to search for the cause of the geysers on Saturn's moon Enceladus. The geysers are visible as a large plume of water vapor and ice particles escaping the moon. Inside...

Enhanced R And D In Biofuel Production Attracts Investors To Latin America.
December 1, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Buenos Aires, Argentina (SPX) Nov 27, 2008 Latin America is all set to make a splash in the global biofuels market, thanks to its inherent advantages of land availability, technological developments, agricultural...

EPIC Joins Growth Energy.
December 1, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Washington DC (SPX) Nov 28, 2008 Statement from Toni Nuernberg, Executive Director, Ethanol Promotion and Information Council: I am proud to announce that the Ethanol Promotion and Information Council (EPIC) Board of...

European Ministers Affirm Space As A Key Asset In Facing Global Challenges.
December 1, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers The Hague, Netherlands (SPX) Nov 27, 2008 The Ministers in charge of space activities in the European Space Agency's 18 Member States and Canada today concluded a successful two-day Council meeting in The Hague,...

European Ministers Ensure Space's Role As Key Asset In Facing Global Challenges.
December 1, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers The Hague, Netherlands (SPX) Dec 01, 2008 The Ministers in charge of space activities in the European Space Agency's 18 Member States and Canada have concluded a successful two-day Council meeting in The Hague,...

Fish Technology Draws Renewable Energy From Slow Water Currents.
December 1, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Ann Arbor MI (SPX) Nov 28, 2008, 2008 Slow-moving ocean and river currents could be a new, reliable and affordable alternative energy source. A University of Michigan engineer has made a machine that works like a fish...

Flies May Reveal Evolutionary Step To Live Birth.
December 1, 2008... Byline: Susan Brown La Jolla CA (SPX) Nov 27, 2008 The fly is one of a dozen species of Drosophila to have recently had their genomes sequenced, information that should provide abundant opportunities for identifying genetic changes that...

Green Star Announces Odessa Biodiesel Plant Completed.
December 1, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Odessa WA (SPX) Nov 28, 2008 Green Star Products has announced that the Inland Empire Oilseeds Biodiesel Facility in Odessa, Washington is completed. Its initial continuous acceptance run produced 36,000 gallons of...

Hoping For Europa.
December 1, 2008... Byline: Leslie Mullen for Astrobiology Magazine Moffett Field CA (SPX) Dec 01, 2008, 2008 There is an ocean beneath the icy crust of Jupiter's moon Europa. Strange creatures could be swimming in these alien waters, but so far no missions...

Hornet Celebrates 30th Anniversary Of First Flight.
December 1, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Patuxent River MD (SPX) Nov 27, 2008 The F/A-18 Hornet community celebrated the 30th anniversary of the legacy aircraft's first flight Nov. 18. The Hornet, introduced as a multimission aircraft, was designed to...

India Can Send Manned Mission To Moon By 2020.
December 1, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Ahmedabad, India (SPX) Dec 01, 2008 India will be able to send a manned mission to moon by the year 2020 if everything goes as planned, Indian Space Research Organisation Chairman G Madhavan Nair has said. Nair...

Life Is A Highway: Study Confirms Cars Have Personality.(Report)
December 1, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Tallahassee FL (SPX) Nov 28, 2008 No one needs to tell Disney, which brought the likes of Herbie the Love Bug and Lightning McQueen to the big screen, that cars have personality. Now a study co-authored by a...

Light Pollution Offers New Global Measure Of Coral Reef Health.
December 1, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Los Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 27, 2008 We've all seen the satellite images of Earth at night--the bright blobs and shining webs that tell the story of humanity's endless sprawl. These pictures are no longer just symbols of...

Lindes Major Gases Supplier In Global PV Industry.(Industry overview)
December 1, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Beijing (SPX) Nov 28, 2008 Technology company The Linde Group announced the award of three new multi-million US-dollar (USD) contracts to capture more than 50 percent of the thin film photovoltaic (PV) market in...

Local Election Processes Improved With ESRI GIS.
December 1, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Redlands CA (SPX) Nov 27, 2008 The Registrar of Voters (ROV) of Alameda County, California, used ESRI's geographic information system (GIS) software to simplify precinct analysis and polling station siting processes...

Meteorite Search Update: 10 Tonne Rock Responsible For Fireball.
December 1, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Calgary, Canada (SPX) Nov 28, 2008 Investigation of the fireball that lit up the skies of Alberta and Saskatchewan on November 20 has determined that an asteroid fragment weighing approximately 10 tonnes entered the...

New Material Could Make Gases More Transportable.
December 1, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Liverpool, UK (SPX) Nov 27, 2008 Chemists at the University of Liverpool have developed a way of converting methane gas into a powder form in order to make it more transportable. Scientists have developed a...

NLOS-LS Team Completes First Test Of Missile Fired From Container Launch Unit.
December 1, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers White Sands NM (SPX) Nov 28, 2008 NetFires completed the first guided test flight of the Non Line-of-Sight-Launch System's Precision Attack Missile. "The PAM missile, launched from a Container Launch Unit, used its...

Nokia Studies How People Find Their Way Around Planet Earth.
December 1, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Espoo, Finland (SPX) Nov 28, 2008, 2008 Getting lost in London is inevitable. According to new research commissioned by Nokia, the world's leading supplier of map- enabled devices, there are more people getting lost...

Nutrients In Water May Be A Bonus For Agriculture.
December 1, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Vernon TX (SPX) Nov 27, 2008 Agriculture producers may find they don't have to bottle their water from the Seymour Aquifer in the Rolling Plains to make it more valuable, according to Texas AgriLife Research...

Ocean Growing More Acidic Faster Than Once Thought.
December 1, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Chicago IL (SPX) Nov 28, 2008 University of Chicago scientists have documented that the ocean is growing more acidic faster than previously thought. In addition, they have found that the increasing acidity correlates...

Phoenix Lander Winds Up Its Astonishing Summer On Mars.
December 1, 2008... Byline: Lori Stiles Tempe AZ (SPX) Nov 27, 2008 Mars has slipped far enough behind the sun today that signals from Mars-orbiting spacecraft are effectively blocked until mid-December. This solar conjunction happens every two years. ...

Polymer Solar Cells With Higher Efficiency Levels.
December 1, 2008... Byline: Wileen Wong Kromhout Los Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 01, 2008 Currently, solar cells are difficult to handle, expensive to purchase and complicated to install. The hope is that consumers will one day be able to buy solar cells from their...

PolyU Gears Up For Sino-Russian Interplanetary Space Mission.
December 1, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Hong Kong (SPX) Dec 01, 2008 The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) is working closely with the well-established Russian Space Agency in designing a state-of-the-art space tool which will be carried onboard a...

Public Presentation About Mars Orbiter Images And Findings.
December 1, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Pasadena CA (SPX) Nov 28, 2008 Mars scientists will present dramatic images and key findings from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter at a free evening program in Pasadena on Thursday, Dec. 4, celebrating completion of...

Putting A Green Cap On Garbage Dumps.
December 1, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Rockhampton, Australia (SPX) Nov 27, 2008 Landfill sites produce the greenhouse gases, methane and carbon dioxide, as putrescible waste decays. Growing plants and trees on top of a landfill, a process known as...

Rescue Robot Exercise Brings Together Robots, Developers, First Responders.
December 1, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Disaster City TX (SPX) Nov 28, 2008 The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) held a rescue robot exercise in Texas last week in which about three dozen robots were tested by developers and first...

Researchers Say Tides Can Cut Life Short On Planets Orbiting Smaller Stars.
December 1, 2008... Byline: Lori Stiles Tempe AZ (SPX) Dec 01, 2008 Planet hunters searching for planets suitable for life will likely find them first around low-mass stars because it's technically easier than finding such planets around hotter, more massive...

Researchers To Develop Novel Method Of Storing Thermal Energy In Concrete.
December 1, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Fayetteville AR (SPX) Dec 01, 2008 Engineering researchers at the University of Arkansas will receive a $770,000 award from the U.S. Department of Energy to develop a novel method of storing thermal energy in...

Rheinmetall Develops USV For German Navy.
December 1, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Bonn, Germany (SPX) Nov 27, 2008 The German Navy has contracted with Rheinmetall Defence to retrofit and supply it with a robotic boat capable of carrying out a variety of missions. In developing the Unmanned Sea...

Royal Netherlands Navy Launches Harpoons From New Frigate.
December 1, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers St. Louis MO (SPX) Nov 28, 2008 Boeing has announced that the Royal Netherlands Navy has successfully test-launched two Boeing Harpoon missiles from air defense and command frigate (LCF) HMS De Zeven Provincien. The...

Saying Cheese For More Effective Border Security.
December 1, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Washington DC (SPX) Nov 27, 2008 Facial recognition systems perform some very challenging tasks such as checking an individual's photo against a database of known or suspected criminals. The task can become nearly...

Second Group Of Mercury Craters Named.
December 1, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Washington DC (SPX) Nov 28, 2008 The International Astronomical Union (IAU) recently approved a proposal from the MESSENGER Science Team to name 15 craters on Mercury. All of the newly named craters were imaged during...

SES Announces Multi-Year Agreement With Echostar.
December 1, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Betzdorf, Luxembourg (SPX) Nov 27, 2008 SES has announced a multi-year agreement to provide satellite capacity to EchoStar. It is expected that capacity on QuetzSat-1, a new satellite, will be used by Dish Mexico, an...

Solar-Powered Sea Slugs Live Like Plants.
December 1, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers College Station TX (SPX) Nov 28, 2008 The lowly sea slug, "Elysia chlorotica," may not seem like the most exciting of creatures, but don't be fooled: it behaves like a plant and is solar-powered, says a Texas A and M...

Solar Thermal Market Growing.
December 1, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers London, UK (SPX) Nov 27, 2008 The Solar Thermal Systems (STS) market for hot water and heating has changed considerably over the past few years in Europe as market shares spread into new countries. In 2003, close to...

Source Of Geysers On Saturn's Moon May Be Underground Water.
December 1, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Orlando FL (SPX) Nov 28, 2008 Saturn's moon Enceladus may indeed hide an underground reservoir of water. Scientists at Jet Propulsion Lab in California, the University of Colorado and the University of Central Florida...

Thales WATCHKEEPER Successfully Passes First System Flight Trial.
December 1, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers London, UK (SPX) Nov 27, 2008 Thales UK has announced the successful first system flight trials of the WATCHKEEPER unmanned air vehicle (UAV), with the autonomous flight taking place under the system guidance of the...

ATK Awarded Contract For Space Threat Assessment Testbed System.
December 2, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Minneapolis MN (SPX) Dec 02, 2008 Alliant Techsystems has announced that it has been awarded a $26.1 million contract by the U.S. Air Force's Arnold Engineering Development Center (AEDC) for the design, fabrication,...

Clean Coal Supporters Applaud Illinois Senate.
December 2, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Springfield IL (SPX) Dec 02, 2008 The Illinois Senate has passed SB 1987, the Clean Coal Portfolio Standard legislation, which will enable development of coal gasification with carbon capture and storage projects in...

Dawn Set For Mars Flyby.
December 2, 2008... Byline: Dr. Marc Rayman Pasadena CA (SPX) Dec 02, 2008, 2008 The Dawn spacecraft is healthy and on course for its flyby of Mars early next year. The planet's gravity will help boost the probe on its way to rendezvous with Vesta. While the...

Dolphin Population Stunted By Fishing Activities.
December 2, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers La Jolla CA (SPX) Dec 02, 2008 Despite broad "dolphin safe" practices, fishing activities have continued to restrict the growth of at least one Pacific Ocean dolphin population, a new report led by a researcher at...

F135 Successfully Completes First Supersonic Flight.
December 2, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers East Hartford CT (SPX) Dec 02, 2008 Pratt and Whitney's F135 engine successfully completed its first supersonic flight, reaching a top speed of Mach 1.05, or about 680 miles per hour. The first supersonic flight is a...

Goodrich To Supply Integrated Imaging Satellite For Operationally Responsive Space.
December 2, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Charlotte NC (SPX) Dec 02, 2008 Goodrich has received a contract from the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) for the first operational satellite system in support of Operationally Responsive Space (ORS). The...

National Wind Solutions Faces The Wind Of Economic Uncertainty.
December 2, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Houston TX (SPX) Dec 02, 2008 Reports have begun to surface this week of canceled alternative energy projects including up to $1 Billion in wind power projects. With Wall Street in a panic, credit sources are...

New Project Targets Organic Poultry.
December 2, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Fayetteville AR (SPX) Dec 02, 2008 Organic food is all the rage, but despite popular opinion it's not automatically safer than conventionally grown foods. A team from several institutions led by University of Arkansas...

Opportunity Set For Two Weeks Of Operational Independence.
December 2, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Pasadena CA (SPX) Dec 02, 2008, 2008 Opportunity is getting ready for solar conjunction, the time when the Sun is in the line of sight between Earth and Mars. During this two-week period, from Nov. 30, 2008 to Dec....

ORBITEC Forms Of Five Strategic Business Units.
December 2, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Madison WI (SPX) Dec 02, 2008 Orbital Technologies has announced that its Board of Directors has approved a plan to issue new common stock to accredited investors for selected near-term growth opportunities from its...

Plate Tectonics Started Over Four Billion Years Ago.
December 2, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Los Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 02, 2008 A new picture of the early Earth is emerging, including the surprising finding that plate tectonics may have started more than 4 billion years ago - much earlier than scientists had...

QNA Rolls Out Field-Transformable Dragon Runner Robot.
December 2, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers McLean VA (SPX) Dec 02, 2008 QinetiQ North America's Technology Solutions Group has launched its new Dragon Runner Small Unmanned Ground Vehicle (SUGV). Dragon Runner SUGV is the first fully modular ground robot...

Researchers To Develop National Energy/Transportation Model And Plan.
December 2, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Ames IA (SPX) Dec 02, 2008 James McCalley likens the task ahead to a major machinery rebuild. You're starting with working equipment full of expensive parts. So you don't want to throw everything away and start over....

SES ASTRA To Broadcast MTVNHD In France.
December 2, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Betzdorf, Luxembourg (SPX) Dec 02, 2008 SES ASTRA has announced the signature of a long term contract for the broadcast of MTVNHD, MTV Networks High Definition, in France. MTVNHD is the first international high...

SkyTrac Systems Adds Another Helicopter Fleet.
December 2, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Bethesda MD (SPX) Dec 02, 2008 SkyTrac Systems has been selected to provide satellite communication and flight following systems for the helicopter fleet operated by the Ontario-based electrical utility company Hydro...

Sleep Helps People Learn Complicated Tasks.
December 2, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Chicago IL (SPX) Dec 02, 2008 Sleep helps the mind learn complicated tasks and helps people recover learning they otherwise thought they had forgotten over the course of a day, research at the University of Chicago...

Spidertracks To Distribute Products Through Cessna Dealers.
December 2, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Bethesda MD (SPX) Dec 02, 2008 New Zealand-based Spidertracks has announced an agreement with Cessna Aircraft Company to have its new Iridium-based automatic flight following (AFF) products distributed through...

Spirit Drained As Martian Dust Storms Continue.
December 2, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Pasadena CA (SPX) Dec 02, 2008, 2008 Spirit's condition has improved during the past week, though skies remain fairly dusty after the recent Martian dust storm. Since sol 1730 (Nov. 14, 2008), solar-array energy has...

Stanford Researchers Investigate How Plants Adapt To Climate.
December 2, 2008... Byline: Kayvon Sharghi Stanford CA (SPX) Dec 02, 2008 Stanford researchers have found that the formation of microscopic pores called stomata (derived from the Greek word stoma, meaning mouth) is controlled by a specific signaling pathway...

Thuraya To Exhibit At OSEA 2008.
December 2, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Abu Dhabi, UAE (SPX) Dec 02, 2008 Thuraya is participating in OSEA 2008, Asia's largest oil and gas event. Thuraya has numerous voice and data solutions catering to the high value asset oil and gas industry that is...

Westinghouse To Pursue Nuclear Power Market In India.
December 2, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Pittsburgh PA (SPX) Dec 02, 2008 Westinghouse Electric has announced that its expects its participation in a nuclear-focused trade mission to India next week to be the beginning of a long and mutually rewarding...

An Ocean On Enceladus.
December 3, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Moffett Field CA (SPX) Dec 03, 2008 Scientists at Jet Propulsion Lab in California, the University of Colorado and the University of Central Florida in Orlando teamed up to analyze the plumes of water vapor and ice...

Anti-Ship Missile Defence Project Achieves Milestone.
December 3, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Canberra, Australia (SPX) Dec 03, 2008 The ASMD project involves a comprehensive upgrade of the ANZAC Frigates including the addition of new phased array radar technology designed by local Australian company CEA...

Army To Equip National Guard Unit With FCS Aerial Robots.
December 3, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Huntsville AL (SPX) Dec 03, 2008 The gMAV is a precursor technology to the FCS program's Class I Unmanned Air Vehicle (UAV) that will be fielded to Infantry Brigade Combat Teams starting in 2011. The Class I UAV is...

Bacteria Preserve Fossils.
December 3, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Moffett Field CA (SPX) Dec 03, 2008 Bacterial decay was once viewed as fossilization's mortal enemy, but new research suggests bacterial biofilms may have actually helped preserve the fossil record's most vulnerable...

Biofuel Plantations On Tropical Forestlands Bad For Biodiversity.
December 3, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Washington DC (SPX) Dec 03, 2008 Keeping tropical rain forests intact is a better way to combat climate change than replacing them with biofuel plantations, a study in the journal Conservation Biology finds. The...

Boeing To Study ICBM Communications Security Enhancements.
December 3, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Ogden UT (SPX) Dec 03, 2008 This contract is the second phase of risk-reduction work being done in advance of a major ICBM modification program planned for 2010. Under this phase of the Master Code Cartridge...

Central Florida Pipeline System Begins Ethanol Transport.
December 3, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Houston TX (SPX) Dec 03, 2008 Kinder Morgan Energy Partners has announced it is now transporting commercial batches of denatured ethanol along with gasoline shipments in its 16-inch Central Florida Pipeline (CFPL)...

Frost And Sullivan Lauds Rainbow Nation Renewable Fuels.
December 3, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers London, UK (SPX) Dec 03, 2008 The 2008 Frost and Sullivan South Africa Biofuel Feedstock Market Share Advancement Award is presented to Rainbow Nation Renewable Fuels (RNRF). The company is building the biggest...

Garmin Aids AA Fleet Rapid Response.
December 3, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Southampton, UK (SPX) Dec 03, 2008 The AA has reintroduced motorbikes to its fleet equipped with Garmin's motorcycle sat-nav the zumo 550, after testing in London showed that up to 50% was cut off breakdown waiting...

Global Warming Is Changing Organic Matter In Soil.
December 3, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Toronto, Canada (SPX) Dec 03, 2008 New research shows that we should be looking to the ground, not the sky, to see where climate change could have its most perilous impact on life on Earth. Scientists at the...

GreenHunter BioFuels Resumes Production At Houston Biodiesel Refinery.
December 3, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Grapevine TX (SPX) Dec 03, 2008 Greenhunter Biofuels gas announced that startup of biodiesel production at the Company's biodiesel refinery in Houston has been initiated following repairs and recovery from Hurricane...

Grupo Abril Of Brazil Launches Third Channel On SES NEW SKIES.
December 3, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers The Hague, Netherlands (SPX) Dec 03, 2008 SES NEW SKIES announces that Grupo Abril, one of the largest diversified media groups in Latin America, has launched MTV Brasil, its main TV channel for cable distribution in...

Hospital On A Chip Could Revolutionize Treatment Of Battlefield Wounds.
December 3, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Potsdam NY (SPX) Dec 03, 2008 Impossible? Not if researchers at universities on opposite sides of the country succeed in creating a "field hospital on a chip" - a system worn by every soldier that would detect an...

ICP Solar Wins Business In Africa.
December 3, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Montreal, Canada (SPX) Dec 03, 2008 "We are very pleased to announce our first sales to Africa in years, where demand for solar systems has climbed rapidly in the past twelve months," said Sass Peress, Chairman and...

Indy Racing Turns Its Back On US Energy.
December 3, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Des Moines IO (SPX) Dec 03, 2008 The American Future Fund (AFF) has launched "Race," a radio ad which urges Hoosiers to call the Indy Racing League (IRL) and tell them to continue using American ethanol in its race...

Largest Installation Of Solar Meca Trackers In USA.
December 3, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers El Dorado Hills CA (SPX) Dec 03, 2008 Much of the Richmond water district land is highly corrosive and contaminated and can not be disturbed during installation. Premier's proprietary engineering solution allowed an...