April 23, 2009
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Monitoring & Testing Newsletter April 23, 2009 |
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March 2009: 10th warmest on record for global temperatures
The combined global land and ocean surface average temperature for March 2009 was the 10th warmest since records began in 1880, according to an analysis by NOAA’s National Climatic Data Center in Asheville, N.C. The analyses in NCDC’s global reports are based on preliminary data, which are subject to revision. Additional quality control is applied to the data when late reports are received several weeks after the end of the month and as increased scientific methods improve NCDC’s processing algorithms. Temperature Highlights The combined global land and ocean surface temperature ... |
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Could space solar power beam its way to Earth by 2016?
It might sound like the start of a 1950s B movie, but US energy giant PG&E has this week thrown its considerable weight behind a US startup that plans to begin transmitting usable power from orbiting solar satellites within the next seven years. The utility has requested approval from regulators in its home state of California for a power purchase deal that from 2016 would see PG&E agree to buy 200MW of renewable power over a 15-year period from space solar technology startup Solaren Corp. Speaking to BusinessGreen.com, PG&E spokesman Jonathan Marshall said that while the project presented ... |
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