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What would a Clinton presidency mean for the oil and gas industry?
Lucy Wallwork Natural ResourcesIn July, Hillary Clinton released a climate change "fact sheet" that set out ambitious goals for a makeover of the North American economy in the name of solar power. She also has set a more aggressive target for carbon emissions reduction than her former boss Barack Obama.
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Solar energy expanding plastic application development
Don Rosato EngineeringFinancial incentives, government renewable energy targets and technology cost reductions remain the three forces driving the adoption of solar power. Photovoltaic (PV) energy devices produce electricity that requires little or no maintenance, causes no pollution and does not deplete natural resources. Let's take a look at a few new solar energy plastic application developments.
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Air pollution and its effect on the heart
Dorothy L. Tengler Medical & Allied HealthcareSmog in urban areas has been a concern for a long time because of the problems it can cause for our lungs. As it turns out, tiny pollution particles in the air can lead to big problems for our hearts as well.
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Pressure mounts on UK cooling industry
Andrew Gaved ManufacturingI have written before about the sort of pressures the revised F-Gas regulations are putting on the European cooling industry, as F-Gas requirements start to change the way the industry works. Prime among the pressures is the cost and availability of the higher-GWP refrigerants that the program of proposed refrigerant bans and phasedowns aims to ultimately remove from use. These are pressures that will ultimately be faced by the U.S. as it undergoes its own cap and phase-down program.
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Is solar energy viable for manufacturing plants?
Alan Kelsky ManufacturingLess than 1 percent of energy used in the United States comes from solar power, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. On a commercial level, there are a number of businesses, including manufacturers, who are using solar power as part of their operations, including Wal-Mart, Costco, Apple and Ikea.
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Solar energy market-ready materials and processing
Don Rosato EngineeringFor polymer-based organic photovoltaic (PV) cells, scientists have long believed the key to high efficiencies rested in the purity of the cell's two domains, namely acceptor and donor. To improve cell efficiency, many researchers have focused on tweaking the backbones of existing donor and acceptor materials or on designing new ones.
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Hotels are showing they can be eco-friendly and successful
Bambi Majumdar Travel, Hospitality & Event ManagementLegendary hotelier Barry Sternlicht and his 1 Hotels chain have been making waves recently. Not because the chain is so chic, but because it has taken the concept of going "green" to another level — designed with the specific agenda of protecting the environment.
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Working together on a license to chill
Andrew Gaved ManufacturingThe announcement last month that AHRI and the United Nations Environment Program had agreed on co-operative development of the so-called "refrigerant driving license" (RDL) has been greeted favorably in Europe.
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3 areas to save on energy costs in the warehouse
Piyush Bakshi Distribution & WarehousingWarehouses are no longer just storage spaces meant for holding goods. Smart warehouses today have evolved into centers of sophisticated operations, and the energy requirements of these huge spaces have consequently gone up.
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Solar energy trends pushing renewable energy forward
Don Rosato EngineeringMost people no longer ask whether solar energy/photovoltaics (PV) will be a success, the question is now rather which forms of PV will be successful. PV will become cost competitive with a significant portion of new total electricity generation worldwide by 2020. The total global installed PV capacity is fast approaching 100 gigawatts (GW) — up from 1.5 GW in 2000 to 92 GW at mid-year 2015.
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