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Global geothermal industry passes 12,000 MW operational

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New geothermal power came on line in Kenya, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Turkey, and Mexico, as well as Oregon, Nevada and Utah in the United States. The international geothermal power industry is poised to place between 500 and 1,000 MW on line per year for the rest of the decade, said GEA. Ormat Technologies, and AltaRock Energy.

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Study Finds Unexpected Decadal Decline in Global Evapotranspiration, Links It to Moisture Limitation in Southern Hemisphere

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The soils in large areas of the Southern Hemisphere, including major portions of Australia, Africa and South America, have been drying up in the past decade, according to the first major study of evapotranspiration on a global basis. —Beverly Law, a professor of global change forest science at Oregon State University. Jung et al.

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DARPA SubT Finals: Meet the Teams

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Australia, USA. Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Australia. Emesent, Australia. Oregon State University. Robotika International, Czech Republic and United States. Kind of like the old British empire: the sun never sets on the geographic expanse of Team CoSTAR. Team CSIRO Data61.

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Nissan signs electric car alliance with Europcar

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Electric vehicles will be rolled out in France, Germany, Belgium, Spain, Italy, Portugal, the United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand and will be subsequently extended to other countries, as part of the alliance.

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Electric Car Makers: Oregon Wants You - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

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Mr. Kulongoski wants to make Oregon the go-to state for electric vehicle production. In a flurry of electric vehicle activity, three back-to-back announcements this week have placed a spotlight on Oregon’s plans to be the friendliest state in the nation in which to build, sell and buy electric cars.

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Where Plug-In Hybrid Conversions (mostly Priuses) Are

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National Rural Electric Cooperative Association / Salem Electric PHEV Escape by Hybrids Plus , Sept 25, 2007, (Salem, Oregon). NYSERDA (New York State Energy Research and Development Authority) PHEV Escape by Hybrids Plus , Sept 2007, (Albany, NY). Contact Roger Kuhlman, PE. Full size photo. mark.lister@. Full size photo.

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