(PV Magazine) vis solis has installed seven 6000NT type DEGER tracking systems at the Heritage Center of Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee (USA). The Oak Ridge scientific and technological laboratory is under the authority of the United States Department of Energy. The German Energy Agency (dena) supports this research and development project involving DEGERtrackers as part of the dena Solar Roofs Program...2/14
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(PhysOrg) ..The dataset will provide opportunities for research across a broad spectrum of Earth sciences, including those analyzing the evolution in time and space of the greenhouse gases that affect global climate. Two websites, created by the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) Earth Observing Laboratory and the U.S. Department of Energy's Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center (CDIAC), debuted on November 30, 2012, to serve those interested in acquiring HIPPO data and documentation...2/14
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DOE
(HydroWorld) ...Developed in collaboration with the International Energy Agency's (IEA) Ocean Energy Systems Initiative (OES), the database has been named "Tethys" after the Greek titaness of the ocean...2/13
(Knoxville News Sentinel) A report released today by the House Appropriations Committee Democrats says sequestration spending cuts would require that the Y-12 nuclear weapons plant furlough 700 to 1,000 workers for six months...2/13
State & Regional
(Chattanooga Times Free Press) Someone at the Department of Children's Services redacted numerous pages of information about child fatalities in meeting minutes that were provided to the media...2/12
(NASA) NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala., is partnering with the Millard Oakley STEM Center at Tennessee Tech University in Cookeville to introduce area students and the community to the Space Launch System or SLS...2/13
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National
(New York Times) President Obama’s call for a free-trade agreement between the United States and the European Union has unleashed a wave of optimism on both sides that a breakthrough can be achieved that would lift trans-Atlantic fortunes, not just economically but politically...2/13
(Los Angeles Times) Republican senators hit Treasury secretary nominee Jacob J. Lew with tough questions about his tenure as a top executive at Citigroup Inc. in the years leading up to the financial crisis, but the former White House chief of staff appeared to avoid any major controversy that could derail his confirmation...2/14
East Tennessee
(Knoxville News Sentinel) Knoxville's mayor wants to give more public work to minority- and woman-owned businesses, but some local business owners said they've heard that before from previous administrations...2/14
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