Nuke reactor designated historic landmark
Washington (UPI) Aug 25, 2008
U.S. officials Monday officially designated the "B reactor" at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation as a historic landmark. The reactor was the world's first industrial-scale nuclear reactor. Located at the Hanford site in south-central Washington state, the reactor was, among other things, used to produce plutonium for the atomic bomb that was dropped on Nagasaki, Japan, to end World War II ... read more
F-15 Tests Alternative Jet Engine Fuel
Robins Air Force Base GA (SPX) Aug 26, 2008
An aviation first was accomplished when an F-15E Strike Eagle flew here Aug. 19 using an alternative fuel. Engineers from the 830th Aircraft Sustainment Group, maintainers with the 561st Aircraft Maintenance Squadron and pilots from the 339th Flight Test Squadron joined with the Air Force Alternative Fuels Certification office for the first airborne test of the F-15 using a 50-50 mix of ... more
Researchers Look For Ways To Bring Hydrogen Technology Home
Rolla MO (SPX) Aug 26, 2008
You probably won't be able to drive down the highway in your own non-polluting vehicle that runs on hydrogen power any time soon. And don't start making plans to power your whole house with expensive hydrogen-based technology in the coming years. But, some day in the not-too-distant future, you might own a cell phone equipped with a hydrogen-powered fuel cell instead of a battery. ... more
Jordan to buy French nuclear reactor
Amman (AFP) Aug 25, 2008
Energy-poor Jordan said on Monday it plans to buy a nuclear reactor from a French firm to help the tiny desert kingdom generate power. "Jordan is in the process of signing an agreement with a French company to purchase a nuclear reactor," Prime Minister Nader Dahabi told a French parliamentary delegation. "The reactor will provide Jordan with electricity and enriched uranium for peaceful ... more
Japan-Australia nuclear group to look at India deal
Tokyo (AFP) Aug 25, 2008
Japanese and Australian politicians said Monday that a new nuclear body would meet for the first time in October and discuss a controversial India-US atomic energy pact. Former Japanese and Australian foreign ministers Yoriko Kawaguchi and Gareth Evans are co-chairs of the new body, which Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd proposed earlier this year to bolster anti-nuclear efforts. ... more
EDSA Introduces Power Industry's First Real-Time Crystal Ball
San Diego CA (SPX) Aug 26, 2008
It's a Hollywood staple in many Sci-Fi and action movies: the hero is scrambling to defuse an explosive device connected to a digital timer before it explodes. Two wires - one red, one blue - appear to trigger the device; cutting one wire detonates the bomb, the other defuses it. As the suspense reaches a crescendo and the final few seconds tick away, he wipes the sweat from his forehead ... more
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ENERGY TECH
GWS Tech Partners With Microgeneration Innovator Urban Green Energy
SOLAR DAILY
Helios Technology's New 30MW Line Up And Running
CAR TECH
Cornell Shows Off 100-mpg Car-In-Progress At New York State Fair
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Progress Energy Carolinas, SunEdison Plan New Solar Project
Wilmington NC (SPX) Aug 26, 2008
Progress Energy Carolinas and SunEdison have signed an agreement under which SunEdison will build, own and operate a 1.2-megawatt solar photovoltaic (PV) plant on the site of the Progress Energy L.V. Sutton Plant near Wilmington and sell the energy produced to the utility for distribution to customers. SunEdison will build the solar PV array on about 10 acres at the existing power plant ... more
Scientists Work To Convert Sunlight To Cheaper Energy
Brookings SD (SPX) Aug 26, 2008
Scientists work to convert sunlight to cheaper electricity at South Dakota State University. Research scientists are working with new materials that can make devices used for converting sunlight to electricity cheaper and more efficiently. Assistant professor Qiquan Qiao in SDSU's Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science said so-called organic photovoltaics, or OPVs, are ... more
Heads of Spain's nuclear plants to meet after fire: watchdog
Madrid (AFP) Aug 25, 2008
Spain's nuclear watchdog Monday called an extraordinary meeting of the heads of the country's nuclear plants to discuss safety issues following the latest incident at a reactor. It also sent a team of investigators to the Vandellos II complex near Tarragona in northeastern Spain, where an electrical generator fire broke out on Sunday. The Spanish Nuclear Safety Authority (CSN) said the ... more
Yingli Green Energy To Construct Solar Plant In Beijing
Baoding, China (SPX) Aug 26, 2008
Yingli Green Energy has announced that it has entered into a framework agreement with the local government of a county in Beijing regarding the proposed construction of a 10 MW solar power plant. Under the framework agreement, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Yingli Green Energy and an entity controlled by the county government would establish a new company to construct the plant. Subject to ... more
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SOLAR DAILY
Appalachian Energy Inks Largest Contract In Its History
SUPERPOWERS
India Set To Ramp Up Air Force Part One
FARM NEWS
Tracking A Crop Disease Could Save Millions Of Lives
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Trees Kill Odors And Other Emissions From Poultry Farms
Philadelphia PA (SPX) Aug 25, 2008
Planting just three rows of trees around poultry farms can cut nuisance emissions of dust, ammonia, and odors from poultry houses and aid in reducing neighbor complaints, according to scientists from the University of Delaware. Some of the emissions were cut by almost half, George W. Malone, Ph.D., and colleagues said here at the 236th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society (ACS ... more
Japanese scientists seek quake secrets in Parthenon design
Athens (AFP) Aug 22, 2008
Japanese scientists will next month look into seismic resistance secrets in the design of the 2,500-year-old Parthenon which has withstood scores of quakes, a senior Greek archaeologist said on Friday. "The Parthenon had great resilience to earthquakes, as did most classical Greek temples," Maria Ioannidou, the archeologist in charge of conservation on the ancient Acropolis citadel where ... more
Student study unmasks sushi scandal in New York
New York (AFP) Aug 22, 2008
A fourth of the fish for sale in New York City markets and sushi restaurants is mislabeled, a study launched by two high school students has found. Cheap fish masquerading as fancy and endangered species disguised as eco-friendly have both been busted by the enterprising young scientists and a new technique called DNA bar coding, the New York Times said Friday. Kate Stoeckle, 19, and ... more
Drier, Warmer Springs In US Southwest Stem From Human Effect On Winds
Washington DC (SPX) Aug 25, 2008
Human-driven changes in the westerly winds are bringing hotter and drier spring weather to the American Southwest, according to new research. Since the 1970s, the winter storm track in the western U.S. has been shifting north, particularly in the late winter. As a result, there are fewer winter storms that bring rain and snow to Southern California, Arizona, Nevada, Utah, western Colorado ... more
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WOOD PILE
Conference splits over deforestation emission cut
FARM NEWS
Biofuels, food crops straining world water reserves: experts
CIVIL NUCLEAR
Spanish nuclear plant closed after fire in electrical generator
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