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GE unveils LNG In A Box system

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The first unit will be installed near the border of Italy and Slovenia, with the potential for an additional 25 units for expansion into Europe and the CIS countries. Gasfin signed a memorandum of understanding with GE to install five LNG In A Box units serving “clusters” of LNG fueling stations.

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Thermal Transistors Handle Heat With No Moving Parts

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The UCLA device, by comparison, achieves a 13-fold difference. “It The transistors are especially promising for semiconductors because they use a small amount of power to control the heat flow, compared with other routes of active energy dissipation. With these improvements, the device could be important for cooling processors.

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Emissions of Air Pollutants down in EU-27

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In 2007 the top polluting sources in the EU-27 were fuel combustion in households, passenger cars, heavy duty vehicles, and in power plants. Power plants producing heat and electricity have reduced emissions significantly since 1990 by improving abatement equipment, switching to cleaner fuels and through improved energy efficiency.

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