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India inaugurates one world's biggest solar rooftop power plants
2016-05-23 09:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mashable: The north Indian state of Punjab has inaugurated what it claims is the world's largest rooftop solar power plant. Spread over eight rooftops across 82 acres, it can produce up to 11.5 MW of electricity. SEE ALSO: Futuristic device is helping scientists break solar-efficiency record The Rs 1.35 billion project is expected to have significant environmental benefits, reducing 400,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide over the next 25 years. The Punjab government says that the project will generate enough...
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VIDEO: Meet the world's first contactless dog
2016-05-21 07:31:00| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
What's thought to be the first dog to accept payments from contactless cards is starting work - taking donations for the pet charity, Blue Cross.
Norwegian Company Building The Worlds Largest Floating Wind Farm
2016-05-20 13:06:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Yale Environment 360: The Worlds Largest Floating Wind Farm Statoil ASA Artist's rendering of the floating wind farm. Scotland is about to get the worlds largest floating wind farm, with five 6-megawatt turbines bobbing 15 miles offshore in the North Sea. The project--which is being developed by Statoil, a Norwegian energy company--marks a shift in offshore wind technology. Most ocean-based turbines to date have been rooted to the sea floor by concrete and steel foundations, similar to oil and gas rigs. But this...
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Scientific discovery could revolutionize one of world's most important crops
2016-05-20 09:04:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Phys.Org: A team of researchers, including FIU biology professor Eric von Wettberg, has identified the gene responsible for giving white chickpea its light seed and flower color. This genetic finding can help breeders create varieties of chickpea that will fare better against debilitating diseases, yield a higher number of seeds on the same amount land, and fetch a higher price per seed. In developing countries in Africa and Asia, farmers earn more money for selling light chickpea for their desired appearance...
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Nissan lands worlds largest electric taxi fleet deal; 110 new LEAF 30 kWh units to Madrid
2016-05-19 16:56:17| Green Car Congress
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