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Automation Update
Solar power system gets redesign
Four newly designed solar power collection dishes have a refined design that will be ready for commercial-scale deployments starting next year. More...
Solar cell recipe: Aluminum foil, nano pillars
Beginning with low-cost, aluminum foil substrates, there is now a way to fabricate efficient solar cells from low-cost and flexible materials. More...
Real power plants via virtual reality
Photovoltaic and wind energy plants, hydroelectric power stations, and biogas plants supply energy without polluting the environment. However, how do you go about designing and maintaining the plants? More...
Saudi Electricity looking for more power
State-run Saudi Electricity Company (SEC) needs more power and now wants bidders for a 2,000 megawatt power plant project in Riyadh. More...
GE building smart grid on military base
With the goals of increasing energy security, energy efficiency, and promoting cleaner, alternative energy at U.S. military bases, GE will build a smart micro grid demonstration project at Twentynine Palms Base, California. More...
Japanese brewers working on merger deal
What is on tap in the Japanese beer market? It could be the merger of two of the country's biggest brewers as Suntory Holdings Ltd said it was considering a merger with larger rival Kirin Holdings Co. More...
Global perspectives: Petrochem plant going up on Russia's Pacific coast
In Russia's far east, Rosneft plans to start building a $14 billion petrochemicals plant near the Pacific Ocean coast this year as Russia's largest oil producer aims to export more to Asia. More...
Market Research
Geometry brings new sensor possibilities
Miniature devices for trapping ions (electrically charged atoms) are common components in atomic clocks and quantum computing research. More...
People in Automation
Nano sensors that detect toxic chemicals
There is now a new method to make extremely pure, very small metal-oxide nanoparticles, which may end up detecting toxic industrial chemicals (TICs) and biological war agents. More...
Calendar of Events
4-6 AUGUST
NIWeek 2009, Austin, Tex. http://www.ni.com/niweek/.
6-8 OCTOBER
ISA EXPO, Houston. http://www.isa.org/expotemplate.cfm. Additional Calendar Events
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What's Inside
 The Pickens Plan teams up natural gas and wind power to wean America from foreign oil. Pickens believes he has the money, expertise, and arm-twisting ability to make it happen. As Pickens put it, "my father told me 'a man with a plan can beat a genius with no plan.' " More...
Different levels of redundancy are necessary for each target SIL (Safety Integrity Level), depending on certain calculations. The data input for those calculations is imperative but it is not always easy to procu. More...
A properly designed process system that optimizes reliability and safety can be a true money maker for any manufacturer. That is why the industry is experiencing such dynamic growth in functional process safety applications. More...
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