US government and utilities revive California solar project
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The US Dept of Energy has approved the reconstruction of one of the world's largest solar power plants located in Barstow, CA. Dubbed as the Solar Two project, the plant stands to benefit from an increase in budget for solar energy research proposed by Pres Bill Clinton for fiscal year 1994. The $39 million project cost will be split between the Dept of Energy and an industrial consortium led by Southern California Edison Co. The plant is scheduled to become operational by 1996 with hopes of generating commercial quantities of electricity by 1998.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 1993
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California looks to science partnerships...
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California needs partnerships between local government, science, and industry, to continue the recovery following its longest recession since World War II. The California Coalition for Science and Technology Summit failed to reach a consensus on ways to strengthen its science and technology base, currently focused on biotechnology, computers and entertainment. Proposed cuts in the research activities of the federal government will affect the state, which gets one quarter of the present federal research and development spending.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 1996
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SSC spectre hovers over neutron project
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The project to build a neutron source at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee has fallen behind schedule and may face funding problems. The Department of Energy is seeking support for the Spallation Neutron Source (SNS) from Congress. Senator Bill Frist has condemned recent threats by James Sensenbrenner, chair of the House Science Committee, to suspend construction funds.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 1999
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