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Researchers work to capture electrical energy from plants

UPI May 09, 07:56 PM

Researchers at the University of Georgia, looking to nature for inspiration, say they're developing a new technology to use plants to generate electricity. The sun provides the most abundant source of energy on the planet and plants are the undisputed champions of solar power, they said, operating...

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Refiners benefit from domestic oil boom

Daily Oklahoman (Oklahoma City) May 10, 03:09 AM

May 10--The flood of domestic oil produced over the past five years has boosted jobs, royalty payments and contributions to tax coffers. It also has led to higher profits, and not just for the oil producers. It's quarterly earnings season, the time when publicly...

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North Dakota, Montana's oil potential revised even higher

Daily Oklahoman (Oklahoma City) May 01, 02:15 PM

May 01--The U.S. Geological Survey on Tuesday nearly tripled its estimate of recoverable oil and natural gas in the Bakken Formation of North Dakota and Montana. While the gain makes the Bakken the fastest-growing oil field in the world, the new numbers are still lower than Oklahoma...

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Feds probe nuclear contractor over allegations

Associated Press/AP Online May 08, 04:18 PM

By RAY HENRY ATLANTA - Federal regulators are investigating whether workers at a factory that supplies parts to nuclear plants broke quality control rules and falsified records, according to regulatory filings. A dozen workers at the Shaw Modular Solutions facility in Lake Charles, La.,...

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Utility to inject water in ground for preservation

Albuquerque Journal (NM) May 10, 08:08 AM

May 10--An Albuquerque supply well that long pumped water up from underground will reverse direction next week in an experiment to pump some of the metro area's water supply underground for later use. At Webster Well No. 1, housed in a small concrete building off Paseo del...

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Iowa utility announces $1.9 billion wind energy investment [Telegraph-Herald (Dubuque, IA)]

"Telegraph-Herald (Dubuque, IA)" May 09, 11:13 PM

DES MOINES - Iowa's largest energy company announced plans Wednesday to spend $1.9 billion to install hundreds of wind turbines by the end of 2015, marking what the governor described as the largest economic development project in the state's history. Officials with Des Moines-based MidAmerican Energy made...