Sentences with phrase «in plant energy»

Winthrop Professor Steven Smith, Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence in Plant Energy Biology, UWA

Dr Oliver Berkowitz, a Research Associate in the ARC Centre for Excellence in Plant Energy Biology and the School of Plant Biology at the University of Western Australia was also involved in the research.

The researchers, also from the ARC Centre of Excellence in Plant Energy Biology and in collaboration with the University's School of Medicine, have discovered that a protein known to control salt balance in animals works the same way in plants.

With funding from Wine Australia, a team of scientists from the ARC Centre of Excellence in Plant Energy Biology at the University of Adelaide and CSIRO Agriculture and Food identified genes expressed in grapevine roots that limit the amount of sodium — a key component of salt — that reaches berries and leaves.

Researchers at the ARC Centre of Excellence in Plant Energy Biology at the University of Adelaide's Waite campus then investigated the function of this gene.

Not exact matches

Research also has to continue in biofuel, turning plants into energy.

DELTA TOWNSHIP, Mich. — Michigan regulators on Friday cleared DTE Energy's request to build a near - $ 1 billion natural gas power plant, the first approval of such a large facility for a regulated utility in decades and a move that coincides with the retirement of coal - fired plants.

However, the development of two other LNG plants already granted export permits by the National Energy Board has been slow, especially compared with competing projects in Australia.

Toronto's Brookfield Renewable Energy Partners (BEP.UN) has spent most of its existence operating power plants in North America and Brazil.

New Energy Corporation has had another win in its proposal to build a $ 200 million waste - to - energy plant near Port HeEnergy Corporation has had another win in its proposal to build a $ 200 million waste - to - energy plant near Port Heenergy plant near Port Hedland.

Much of the energy surrounding the plant - based movement in Hong Kong started in 2011 when Sonalie Figueiras began the personal blog Green Queen which quickly turned into a trusted media source for healthy eating.

And 2.9 gigawatts of new renewable energy projects were initiated last year, while 12.5 gigawatts worth of coal plants are set to shut down in 2018 — also part of an accelerating trend.

In Southern California, a company called Advanced Microgrid Solutions is spearheading a project that involves replacing the energy that was once provided by a large (now decommissioned) nuclear power plant with a series of solar arrays and batteries that AMS can turn on and off based on when the prices for conventional energy are low and when there's the most demand.

A bolder bet is Shell's effort to build solar farms near gas - fired power plants, constructing hybrid generating systems that allow Shell to do what amounts to new - energy arbitrage: tap different energy sources at different times and in different amounts to maximize profits.

Perth - based Pacific Energy has acquired the 10 - megawatt Nova gas - fired power generation plant in Victoria for $ 7.5 million.

If they can use battery energy during peak grid times, instead of turning to this expensive so - called speaker power plants, they can save money in the long run.

In fact, the situation already leads to «curtailment» of solar production during peak hours, with thousands of megawatt - hours of potential energy simply getting turned off, even as other plants continue to produce.

H2 Energy, together with IBAarau, has been working on the installation of a hydrogen generation plant at a hydropower facility in Aarau, in the country's north.

The government of India's plan of shutting down thermal power plants in the country is going to give a major push to solar and wind energy businesses in the space.

Swiss voters rejected a plan to force their government to accelerate the country's exit from nuclear energy in a referendum Sunday, turning down an initiative that would have seen the last plant shut in 2029.

First Solar has awarded contracts to Perth - based construction company WBHO Civil for structural and electrical work at Australia's largest solar energy plant, near Nyngan in New South Wales.

Energy Secretary Rick Perry commissioned the study in April to evaluate whether «regulatory burdens» imposed by past administrations — including that of President Barack Obama — had forced the premature retirement of baseload power plants that provide nonstop power, like those fired by coal and nuclear fuel.

Listed Perth company AnaeCo has achieved a significant milestone at its waste - to - energy plant in Shenton Park, with Western Power approving its connection to the electricity grid.

Energy giant Woodside Petroleum has signed a project development agreement with US - based Sempra Energy for a potential liquefied natural gas plant in Texas.

Perth - based New Energy Corporation has signed a contract to manage waste in the Town of Port Hedland utilising its $ 200 million waste - to - energy plant, which is due to open inEnergy Corporation has signed a contract to manage waste in the Town of Port Hedland utilising its $ 200 million waste - to - energy plant, which is due to open inenergy plant, which is due to open in 2018.

Beyond using this clean electricity to power homes, offices and manufacturing plants, the Chinese also view it as the fuel of choice for the growing number of vehicles hitting the road, setting a goal of putting five million «new energy» vehicles (EVs, plug - in hybrids and fuel - cell cars) on the road by 2020.

Paladin Energy has backed its decision to place its Kayelekera uranium plant on care and maintenance in February and says the market fundamentals needed to restore it to economic production are now heading in the right direction.

The federal Energy Information Administration expects 1,900 utility - scale solar photovoltaic (PV) power plants in all will be affected.

French energy giant Engie SA bought the cargo to meet high gas demand during freezing weather in the northeast U.S.. Although not completely unheard of (Norway has previously sent LNG to the U.S.), this would have been the first time that the country imported a cargo from northwest European storage tanks, some of which undoubtedly came from the $ 27 billion Yamal LNG plant Russia started a month ago.

Schneider confirmed that the incident had occurred and that it had issued a security alert to customers of the technology, which cyber experts said is widely used in the energy industry, including at nuclear facilities, and oil and gas plants.

Between high costs, high energy use, and even the possibility of environmental destruction — seawater treatment plants can accidentally take in and kill small marine animals — continued research is needed to make the technology safer and more efficient.

Modern Water reported that its Al Khaluf plant showed a 47 % reduction in energy use compared to reverse osmosis.

And if we waited until the end of each power plant's lifespan to replace it with clean energy, we could be done in 25 to 50 years.

Western Australians could be using energy converted from municipal solid waste in less than two years if companies proposing waste - to - energy plants achieve their timeframes.

Ken Bone (C), a power plant employee from Belleville, Illinois, waits in the audience to ask a question about energy policy and jobs during the presidential debate between Republican U.S. presidential nominee Donald Trump and Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri, October 9, 2016.

Despite a 34 % jump in revenues, the New Jersey - based energy company slid to a loss from a year - ago profit due in large part to impairment charges on plants in Delaware and Australia.

Clients who have become friends tell countless tales of meeting him at the end of one of his 12 - hour seminar days — Robbins exhausted from giving out as much energy as a nuclear power plant to a room of thousands of acolytes — because he wanted to help with a project or problem, even at 2 a.m. «The secret sauce with Tony is that he recognizes that he's not in the transaction business,» says Guber.

To drive down energy costs for businesses and families, we've focused on inexpensive and cleaner - burning natural gas, and last month, Calpine Corporation broke ground on a new power plant in Dover that is expected to serve about a quarter of a million homes.

The energy company operates electric and natural gas utilities in San Diego and Southern California, clean energy plants across the U.S., and energy distribution systems across the Americas.

Obama's climate - change initiative charges the U.S. Department of the Interior, which protects America's natural resources, with permitting enough renewable energy — in the form of solar panels, wind farms and geothermal plants — to power millions of homes.

If you're simply looking for the opportunity to make money or build a career in this space, but don't believe in the plant and all it can do, I suggest you save yourself time and energy.

Nestlé contracted Kleenheat to deliver its energy requirements and this was done through the first simulated natural gas (SNG) base - load industrial gas plant ever commissioned in Australia.

And with BrightSource Energy, it constructed the Ivanpah solar electric complex, a landscape of 350,000 heat - generating mirrors in California's Mojave Desert that's the largest solar - thermal plant on the planet.

Just days after JPMorgan paid $ 410 million to the nation's energy regulator to resolve claims the bank devised «manipulative schemes» to transform «money - losing power plants into powerful profit centers,» federal prosecutors in Manhattan opened an investigation into the same activity.

Traders searching for cheap, renewable energy have been flooding into the island in recent months to take advantage of its geothermal and hydroelectric power plants.

Founded in 2006, Recurrent Energy has developed, originated and constructed 2 GWp of projects ranging from commercial rooftop installations to utility - scale ground - mounted power plants.

Advances in building energy efficiency, enhanced farm yields and power plant performance would pay immediate domestic dividends.

According to the companies, EON buys RWE's shares in Innogy, a subsidiary with both a strong renewable energy portfolio and distribution grids and power retail, while RWE gets EON's renewable business, including minority interests in two nuclear power plants.

Along with advanced manufacturing and international trade, the energy sector — which includes oil refineries and petrochemical plants — is a big part of the economy in New Orleans, according to the Greater New Orleans Regional Economic Development.

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