Spanish nuclear plant closed after fire in electrical generator
Madrid (AFP) Aug 24, 2008
A Spanish nuclear power plant shut down after an electrical generator fire Sunday, safety officials said, the latest incident at a reactor that has already been hit with record fines for its safety record. The incident came just weeks after the government vowed to take action against another nuclear station over a radioactive leak last year. In Sunday's leak environmental group Greenpeac ... read more
Nuke plant increases NYC earthquake risk
New York (UPI) Aug 23, 2008
Seismologists said nuclear power plants located 24 miles north of New York increase the risk of serious damage from earthquakes.
Columbia University researchers said the Indian Point nuclear power plants sit astride the previously unidentified intersection of two active seismic zones, making the risk of earthquake substantially greater than formerly believed.
The findings, publis ... more
Nuclear suppliers fail to reach consensus on US-India deal
Vienna (AFP) Aug 22, 2008
Nuclear supplier nations ended a two-day meeting here Friday without reaching agreement on lifting a 34-year-old embargo on nuclear trade with India. The Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG), which controls the export and sale of nuclear technology worldwide, convened for two days "to discuss a US draft proposal on a statement on civil nuclear cooperation with India." Following a full session a ... more
Academy Awarded Funding For Wave Energy Research
US Air Force Academy CO (AFPN) Aug 22, 2008
The next source of alternative energy could come from ocean waves, and Air Force Academy professors have been granted funding to dive into this research. The National Science Foundation has awarded the Academy's Aeronautics Department $285,619 to support a cyclodial propeller wave energy converter research project to harness the ocean's power. The concept of ocean waves turning power ... more
Analysis: Iraq Energy Roundup
Baghdad, Iraq (UPI) Aug 25, 2008
Iraq said it planned to sign a $1.2 billion deal with China's state-run oil firm, marking the first major oil deal since the U.S.-led invasion in 2003.
Baghdad officials said the deal with China National Petroleum Corp. could come as early as next week, Abu Dhabi's The National reported. The deal replaced a contract with the Chinese ... more
Titan Oil And Gas Has Commenced Operations In Pennsylvania
Austin TX (SPX) Aug 25, 2008
Titan Oil and Gas commenced operations at the Crows Run Oil Field as scheduled during the month of August. Titan's plan for the project has consisted of reworking and performing maintenance on all of its 61 wells in PA. With the help of Titan Board member Jon Bialy, Dennis Getty (Getty Well Services) and Chuck Brown (Petroleum Service Partners), Titan has formatted a plan and started the ... more
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ENERGY TECH
Linde To Fuel Missouri's First Hydrogen Refuelling Station
ENERGY TECH
Genomics Of Plant-Based Biofuels Highlighted In Journal Nature
CIVIL NUCLEAR
American Centrifuge Project Creating Thousands Of US Jobs
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A Better Way To Make Hydrogen From Biofuels
Columbus OH (SPX) Aug 25, 2008
Researchers here have found a way to convert ethanol and other biofuels into hydrogen very efficiently. A new catalyst makes hydrogen from ethanol with 90 percent yield, at a workable temperature, and using inexpensive ingredients. Umit Ozkan, professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering at Ohio State University, said that the new catalyst is much less expensive than others being ... more
Agresti Biofuels Gets Okay For First Trash To Gas Facility In US
Indianapolis IN (SPX) Aug 25, 2008
Agresti Biofuels has announced that it will begin contract negotiations with Pike County, Ky. for the first commercial municipal solid waste (MSW) to cellulosic ethanol production facility in the United States. The facility and process are completely clean -- air and water will not be polluted -- and waste materials like plastics, rubber and metal will be separated from the MSW for ... more
Atlantic Energy Completes Energy Efficiency Project At Local School
Saratoga Springs NY (SPX) Aug 25, 2008
Atlantic Energy Solutions, Inc has entered into a contract to provide a comprehensive turn key energy efficiency solution at the Mechanicville Central School District located in Upstate New York. Atlantic Energy Solutions was in direct competition for this project with at least two other very reputable NAESCO accredited companies, Siemans, and Johnson Controls. Atlantic Energy Solutions' ... more
Russian military cooperation with NATO 'frozen'
Brussels (AFP) Aug 21, 2008
Russia informed NATO Thursday that it is halting military cooperation, an Alliance spokeswoman said, announcing the latest twist in deteriorating relations between Moscow and the West. "We have received the notification from the Russians though military channels and they say that they have decided to halt international military cooperation events between Russia and NATO countries until further ... more
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WATER WORLD
Warming threatens crucial Himalayan water resources, forum told
FARM NEWS
Signals From The Atlantic Salmon Highway
DISASTER MANAGEMENT
Florida asks for disaster declaration due to Tropical Storm Fay
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Foot And Mouth Disease Outbreak Model Takes Shape
Canberra, Australia (SPX) Aug 22, 2008
Developed by CSIRO in collaboration with the Commonwealth Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF) and Meat and Livestock Australia, the model combines data on several other countries' experience of FMD outbreaks with actual animal movements within Australia to create a realistic population epidemiology. CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research scientist Dr David Miron said ... more
Greenland Ice Core Reveals History Of Pollution In The Arctic
Las Vegas NV (SPX) Aug 22, 2008
New research, reported this week in the online early edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, finds that coal burning, primarily in North America and Europe, contaminated the Arctic and potentially affected human health and ecosystems in and around Earth's polar regions. The study, titled "Coal Burning Leaves Toxic Heavy Metal Legacy in the Arctic," was conducted by ... more
Getting poor to use toilets a major health conundrum, forum told
Stockholm (AFP) Aug 21, 2008
More than one billion people worldwide have no toilet and defecate outside, while some have to be shamed into changing their habits when presented with conveniences, a conference was told. Humanitarian organisations have for decades tried various ways -- be it new systems, pumps or subsidies -- of getting people in developing countries to stop defecating outdoors due to the serious health ... more
Intel cuts electric cords with wireless power system
San Francisco (AFP) Aug 21, 2008
Intel on Thursday showed off a wireless electric power system that analysts say could revolutionize modern life by freeing devices from transformers and wall outlets. Intel chief technology officer Justin Rattner demonstrated a Wireless Energy Resonant Link as he spoke at the California firm's annual developers forum in San Francisco. Electricity was sent wirelessly to a lamp on stage ... more
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CIVIL NUCLEAR
No green light for US-India nuke deal just yet: diplomat
ENERGY TECH
Analysis: Energy crisis in the Caucasus
ENERGY TECH
Analysis: Oil prices hit U.S. military
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