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Automation/Monitoring |
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ABB drive and motor helps Narec to develop new marine renewable energy systems
An ABB medium voltage drive and 12-pole motor are providing the motive power for a new test facility for proving marine energy generating systems. Project Nautilus, constructed at the National Renewable Energy...
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Global Energy Watch
Global Energy Watch
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JinkoSolar Introduces New Series of Highly Efficient Modules at SNEC
JinkoSolar Holding Co., Ltd, a leading global PV solar power product manufacturer, today unveiled its new series 'Eagle II' solar modules at the 7th SNEC International Photovoltaic Power Generation Conference & ...
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Global Energy Watch
Global Energy Watch
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SkyWave SCADAconnect Enables 360 Degree Visibility Between Field Equipment And Enterprise
SkyWave Mobile Communications, a global provider of satellite based wireless data communications for the machine-to-machine (M2M) market, has announced the introduction of SCADAconnect, an end-to-end connectivity ...
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New Technology Magazine
New Technology Magazine
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Northwest Analytics Launches Next Generation EMI Solution For Oil And Gas Applications
Northwest Analytics, a leader in manufacturing intelligence solutions for process industries, has announced the launch of NWA Focus EMI, a next-generation enterprise manufacturing intelligence (EMI) solution that ...
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New Technology Magazine
New Technology Magazine
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ORBCOMM Launches Its First Self-Powered M2M Tracking And Monitoring Device
ORBCOMM Inc., a global provider of satellite and cellular-based machine-to-machine (M2M) solutions, has announced the availability of the ORBCOMM GT 1100, a self-powered M2M asset tracking and monitoring device ...
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New Technology Magazine
New Technology Magazine
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Drones and Robots |
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http://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/robotics-hardware/robot-octopus-shows-off-new-sculls
Octopi are pro swimmers, thanks (at least in part) to that octet of arms they've got going on. They've adopted a particular swimming gait called sculling, which works great for them, but until they start publishing ...
Spectrum Ieee
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JPL BioSleeve Enables Precise Robot Control Through Hand and Arm Gestures
No matter how capable you make a robot, its effectiveness is limited by how well you can control it. And until we've got this whole general autonomy thing nailed down (better not hold your breath), that means a lot of...
Spectrum Ieee
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Ball State to introduce seminar on digital storytelling with UAS
Now is a great time to be a Ball State student who's interested in getting hands-on experience with a "drone." A new course featuring unmanned aircraft systems will be introduced at Ball State University in Fall 2013,...
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Matthew Schroyer
dronejournalism.org
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OSU Students Design Storm-Penetrating Drones
Engineering students at Oklahoma State University have designed storm-penetrating unmanned aircraft. School officials say the drones are designed to fly into thunderstorms, including the super cells that spawn ...
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Press
suasnews.com
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Environment |
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Study: Most shipwrecks a minor US pollution threat
Shipwrecks lying deep off America’s coasts are more often historical artifacts than present-day threats from leaking old oil tanks, a new federal report says. While 87 of the ships — most sunk during World War II by ...
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The Associated Press
Fuel Fix
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Alaska announces plan to assess oil, gas in Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
The state of Alaska on Monday proposed a multiyear, multimillion-dollar plan aimed at determining the true oil and gas potential in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. State officials hope the plan will reinvigorate...
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BECKY BOHRER
The Globe and Mail
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National Grid Unveils Future Home of Sustainability Hub
National Grid today unveiled plans for the future home of its Sustainability Hub, a 2,200 square-foot facility centrally located within the company’s smart grid pilot area in Worcester, Mass. The space, located at 912...
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Global Energy Watch
Global Energy Watch
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Human Interest News |
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Young & sleepless
When Robin Greschner, the chair of the Youth Committee of the Canadian Association of the World Petroleum Council (WPC), asked Cody Parrish to help out with the 2013 WPC Youth Forum held in Calgary, the 28-year-old ...
Oil Week
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Smart Grid Program Created Nearly 2,700 Jobs in First Quarter 2013
ComEd announced that work related to the Smart Grid program created nearly 2,700 full-time equivalent jobs in the first quarter of 2013. These include nearly 900 direct full-time equivalent jobs at the utility and its...
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Global Energy Watch
Global Energy Watch
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Former Hibernia Holding Corp. CEO Murray Todd recalls working offshore
It was 1994 or 1995 and I had recently retired as president of Crestar Energy. I was approached at a cocktail party by a senior government official. He said the government had put together this little oil company to ...
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Darren Campbell
Alberta Oil Magazine
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Paul MacKay looks to turn tiny Shale Petroleum into an unconventional oil player
Paul MacKay is apologizing for “geeking out” as he talks about his approach to looking for oil. He’s a geologist and, when he’s talking about the pores and fractures in rocks, he just can’t help himself. But a healthy...
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Geoffrey Morgan
Alberta Oil Magazine
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Chesapeake to Aid Tornado Relief Efforts in Oklahoma
Chesapeake Energy Corporation announced it will make a cash donation of $1 million to the American Red Cross to be used in the rescue and recovery efforts to aid the victims of the devastating tornadoes that hit ...
Rigzone
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Industry News |
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Five US States Help Boost US Oil Production
While Texas and North Dakota's boom in oil production have been well-publicized, five other western U.S. states made a notable contribution to the growth in U.S. oil production since 2010, the U.S. Energy Information ...
Author:
Karen Boman
Rigzone
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US Judge Dismisses Obstruction Charge Against Former BP Executive
A federal judge has dismissed a criminal charge against a former BP PLC executive that alleged he tried to obstruct a Congressional investigation into the Deepwater Horizon incident by lying about the amount of oil ...
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Dow Jones Newswire
Rigzone
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Could Philadelphia Become 'Cushing East'?
When two executives of a Philadelphia-based petroleum midstream and processing company last year proposed developing a crude-by-rail terminal to deliver domestic light sweet crude oil to five area refineries ...
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Matthew V. Veazey |
Rigzone
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