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New Technology Allows Solar to Float on Water | American Solar Energy Society

New Technology Allows Solar to Float on Water | American Solar Energy Society | Energy, water, oil | Scoop.it
DNV develops a solar-array offshore floating device to generate solar energy.
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Chopping Down Rainforests Could Endanger Energy Supply

Chopping Down Rainforests Could Endanger Energy Supply | Energy, water, oil | Scoop.it
A new scientific study suggests that the well-publicized loss of rainforests, whose clearing has occurring in developing the country's infrastructure, could mean a significant reduction in the amount of energy that hydroelectric projects can provide.
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World's Oldest Water Discovered Deep Underground

World's Oldest Water Discovered Deep Underground | Energy, water, oil | Scoop.it
By: Charles Q. Choi, OurAmazingPlanet Contributor Published: 05/15/2013 01:06 PM EDT on LiveScience A pocket of water some 2.6 billion years old — the most ancient pocket of water known by far, older even than the dawn of multicellular life — has...
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The Asset - Magazine-Asia’s urbanizing countries urged to focus on energy, water infrastructure

The Asset - Magazine-Asia’s urbanizing countries urged to focus on energy, water infrastructure | Energy, water, oil | Scoop.it
Transportation infrastructure continues to take priority in Asia-Pacific's rapidly urbanizing countries such as China and India, but more emphasis needs to be placed on energy, water and waste...
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The Promise of the New Energy ROI (Resilience, Optionality, Intelligence) - Triple Pundit: People, Planet, Profit

The Promise of the New Energy ROI (Resilience, Optionality, Intelligence) - Triple Pundit: People, Planet, Profit | Energy, water, oil | Scoop.it
Last month, BNEF introduced the concept of New Energy ROI: Resilience, Optionality and Intelligence.
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Desalination Special Issues

Desalination Special Issues | Energy, water, oil | Scoop.it
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Study of the performances of different configurations of seawater desalination with a solar membrane distillation

Study of the performances of different configurations of seawater desalination with a solar membrane distillation | Energy, water, oil | Scoop.it
(2013). Study of the performances of different configurations of seawater desalination with a solar membrane distillation. Desalination and Water Treatment. ???aop.label???.
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Does water power hurt the environment? | Germany | DW.DE | 06.05.2013

Does water power hurt the environment? | Germany | DW.DE | 06.05.2013 | Energy, water, oil | Scoop.it
Water power could play a large role in future energy production, and there certainly is a lot of potential in Germany and in the EU. But while hydropower is a renewable, it's also a highly contested form of energy.
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Good tech getting better

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Researchers at IIT-Madras have developed a hybrid solar-powered desalination plant that can serve areas suffering from severe drinking water shortage but have sea or brackish ground water.

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Qatar Challenges Way of the Desert - Circle of Blue WaterNews

Qatar Challenges Way of the Desert - Circle of Blue WaterNews | Energy, water, oil | Scoop.it
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MIT’s Innovative Floating Wind Energy Storage Technology

MIT’s Innovative Floating Wind Energy Storage Technology | Energy, water, oil | Scoop.it
Following up on an innovative floating wind energy storage technology we covered some time back, here's a post from MIT itself on details and news about this technology.

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The Natural Gas Boom: Cheap Energy, but at What Cost? - Knowledge@Wharton

The Natural Gas Boom: Cheap Energy, but at What Cost? - Knowledge@Wharton | Energy, water, oil | Scoop.it
The Natural Gas Boom: Cheap Energy, but at What Cost? by Knowledge@Wharton, the online business journal of the Wharton School.
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Treated wastewater blending in

Treated wastewater blending in | Energy, water, oil | Scoop.it
Usually the saying goes “out with the old, in with the new” but with the Colorado River Municipal Water District it’s “in with the old, mixed with the new.”
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Alleviating Energy Poverty in South Africa’s Slums

Alleviating Energy Poverty in South Africa’s Slums | Energy, water, oil | Scoop.it
The sweeping slums of Khayelitsha outside Cape Town are a stark reminder of the endemic inequality that continues to haunt South Africa almost twenty years since the end of apartheid.
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Cost-Effective Way to Generate Hydrogen Directly from Water and Sunlight

Cost-Effective Way to Generate Hydrogen Directly from Water and Sunlight | Energy, water, oil | Scoop.it
Using a powerful combination of microanalytic techniques that simultaneously image photoelectric current and chemical reaction rates across a surface on a micrometer scale, researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)...
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A storage power plant on the seabed

A storage power plant on the seabed | Energy, water, oil | Scoop.it
Norwegian research scientists will contribute to realising the concept of storing electricity at the bottom of the sea. The energy will be stored with the help of high water pressure.
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Ecoiko

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energy Cyprus, renewable energy Cyprus, green energy Cyprus, alternative energy Cyprus, energy efficiency Cyprus, wind energy Cyprus, solar energy Cyprus, planet saving Cyprus, renewable energy companies Cyprus, renewable energy technology Cyprus,...
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Water increasingly crucial in energy policies, experts say

Water increasingly crucial in energy policies, experts say | Energy, water, oil | Scoop.it

Energy policymakers worldwide should look beyond supply security and environmental questions and consider water resource availability if they expect to succeed, experts said May 3 during a forum at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.

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MIT engineering students tour Swansea desalination facility

MIT engineering students tour Swansea desalination facility | Energy, water, oil | Scoop.it
A group of MIT engineering students talked molecules, membranes and saline levels in a “high science” talk with Swansea Water Superintendant Robert Marquis.
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A Video Primer On The Power Of Marine Energy | EarthTechling

A Video Primer On The Power Of Marine Energy | EarthTechling | Energy, water, oil | Scoop.it
An emerging clean energy technology called marine and hydrokinetic energy -- or ocean power -- uses water to generate electricity in a different way, and has yet to get on many people’s radar.
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Bahrain EWA accelerates move towards smart grid and smarter energy and water services | Bahrain Electricity and Water Authority

Bahrain EWA accelerates move towards smart grid and smarter energy and water services | Bahrain Electricity and Water Authority | Energy, water, oil | Scoop.it
The Kingdom of Bahrain Electricity and Water Authority (EWA)announced a radical IT system overhaul as it eyes a new era of efficient energy management.
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Water firm uses wind to reduce energy cost | Herald Scotland

Water firm uses wind to reduce energy cost | Herald Scotland | Energy, water, oil | Scoop.it
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Doha's Toybox Skyline - Circle of Blue WaterNews

Doha's Toybox Skyline - Circle of Blue WaterNews | Energy, water, oil | Scoop.it
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INFOgraphic: Wind on the Water - Pennenergy

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Saudi Arabia to invest $133 b. in energy, water projects

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HU students develop solar powered water desalination plant | The News Tribe

HU students develop solar powered water desalination plant | The News Tribe | Energy, water, oil | Scoop.it
Karachi: To tackle problem of Drinking water shortage, students of Energy Engineering department, Hamdard University have introduced a solar powered water
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