Snake-like robotic crawlers to Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant to damage from 2011 tsunami What started as a fun project for two Canadian techies more than 25 years ago has now become an industry leader in robotic crawlers. Inuktun Services Ltd.’s remotely operated vehicles, or ROVs, have combed through the radioactive wreckage of a tsunami-hit […]
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Internal rates of return are still excellent despite low oil prices, says Pioneer Natural Resources Pioneer Natural Resources isn’t backing down from its plan to significantly increase drilling in the Permian Basin, despite a drop in the price of oil by 20 per cent in recent weeks. “[I]nternal rates of return are most important in
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SunRun IPO raised $250M, but shares fell 13 per cent Wednesday NEW YORK – A string of deals involving rooftop solar companies has shown both the appeal and potential of the business, and limits to investor enthusiasm. SunRun, the San Francisco-based solar financing pioneer, raised $250 million in an initial public offering Wednesday, but shares fell 13
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HitchBOT destroyed in Philadelphia TORONTO – Collapsed among trash and dead leaves, its arms ripped off and its skull and brain nowhere in sight, the talking and tweeting hitchhiking robot from Canada met its untimely end in Philadelphia over the weekend. But there may be another chance at life for the child-sized travelling robot. HitchBOT’s co-creators Frauke
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HitchBOT, a hitchhiking robot that captured the hearts of fans worldwide, met its demise in the U.S. The Canadian researchers who created HitchBOT as a social experiment told The Associated Press that someone in Philadelphia damaged the robot beyond repair early Saturday, ending its first American tour after about two weeks. “Sadly, sadly it’s come to
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Advanced nuclear reactor innovations could be key source of American clean energy American Department of Energy is funding a series of investments in advanced nuclear reactor concepts it hopes will be demonstrated 20 years from now. The Energy Department released a funding opportunity announcement Friday. Acting Assistant Secretary for Nuclear Energy John Kotek says the funding
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Biofuels help limit global aircraft emissions NEW YORK – The number of global fliers is expected to more than double in the next two decades. In order to carry all those extra passengers, airlines are turning to a technology very few can make work on a large scale: converting trash into fuel. They have no other choice.
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Tidal energy deal will bring together public, private stakeholders HALIFAX, NOVA SCOTIA – Two Canadian sea-side provinces, Nova Scotia and British Columbia, are partnering to develop tidal energy on Canada’s Atlantic and Pacific coasts. A memorandum of understanding, signed by representatives from both provinces today at a conference bringing together provincial energy and mines ministers in Halifax, says the provinces
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Pilot project led by Suncor could dramatically reduce carbon emissions, costs for in situ bitumen production Suncor Energy is testing a new radio frequency technology combined with solvent that could eliminate steam from its oil sands production and reduce energy use by 75 per cent, the company announced Tuesday. Suncor, Canada’s largest energy company, says
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More efficient water use is win-win-win for oil and gas producers, communities Once considered hopelessly dependent on foreign imports, the United States has recently emerged as the world’s largest oil and gas producer. The “shale revolution”—made possible by technologies such as horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing (fracking)—has changed not only America’s energy landscape, but also
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