Before breaking ground, wind farm selling power In one sign that wind energy is gaining more juice, a company that supplies power to rural electric cooperatives in four Western states said it will buy electricity from a new wind farm on Colorado's Eastern Plains. More...

High capacity hydrogen storage in reverse There is now a reversible route to generate aluminum hydride, a high capacity hydrogen storage material. More...

Fiat signs pact with China carmaker Fiat is on a roll. First it inks a pact with Chrysler to grow in the U.S., and now it signs a deal with China's Guangzhou Automobile Group Co. (GAC) to produce cars in a joint venture beginning in the second half of 2011. More...

Boeing deals for 787 assembly plant Boeing Co. will pay $580 million to Vought Aircraft Industries for its South Carolina plant where they build the company's Boeing 787 Dreamliner. More...

China's economy grows in second quarter … China's economy is on the rise, and growth might top 7.5% for the quarter that ended in June, a central bank researcher said in an official journal. More...

… While U.K.'s manufacturing output down While China's economy is showing some growth, the U.K.'s manufacturing output fell by 1.2% in the second quarter compared to the previous three months. More...

Process Automation feature: Hot oil, cool control A mile beneath the hills of western New Zealand lies a vast reserve of solid, waxy oil. Unlike the familiar smooth, dark liquid that gushes from the ground, this oil requires heating and softening before extraction. Austral Pacific Energy Ltd., owner of the Cheal oil field, wanted to build a production station that would speed time-to-first-oil, one of the industry's most important metrics. This begins with the initial decision to drill and culminates when the station begins pumping crude oil. More...

HART loop converter
The HART Loop Converter (HLC) allows users to access the digital information from HART-enabled field devices and makes it available to the analog world of process control.

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6-8 OCTOBER
ARC Asset Lifecycle Management at ISA EXPO 2009, Houston. http://www.arcweb.com/Events/Pages/Houston09.aspx.  

6-8 OCTOBER
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