San Onofre nuclear plant testing reveals problems
• http://abclocal.go.com, Eileen FrereNew problems at the San Onofre nuclear plant: Four more tubes that carry radioactive water have failed pressure tests, bringing the total number to seven.
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Q&A: What's Going on With Gasoline Prices?
• By Kevin DrumGasoline prices are on the rise! How come? And what does it mean? Let's do a Q&A.
The Big Fracking Bubble: The Scam Behind the Gas Boom
• Common Dreams staffA report from Rolling Stone about the financial disaster that lingers beneath the environmental one
Battery-Boosted Quick-Charger Doesn’t Shock System
• Keith Barry via WIRED.comThe battery buffer EV charger, manufactured and installed by Kanematsu, includes a battery pack that allows EV drivers to charge up in 30 minutes or less with minimal impact to the grid and their wallet.
A Big Jump in Battery Capacity
• Kevin Bullis via TechnologyReview.comIf Envia can overcome some key problems, its technology could cut the cost of electric-car batteries in half.
Virginia Says No to Lawless Imprisonment
• by E. IsmayilovAzerbaijan, Turkmenistan and the EU are preparing two documents that will allow them to take delivery of the Caspian and in particular Turkmen gas to Europe
What Happens If The Keystone XL Pipeline Isn't Built?
• by Guy Raz and Brent BaughmanGas isn't like a rare bottle of wine that fetches a high price just because it's rare. But at the same time, no one can agree what drives gas prices.
Making Solar Power Competitive with Coal
• Kevin Bullis via TechnologyReview.comA study identifies early-stage technologies that could be combined to cut the cost of solar panels in half.
Solar-Panel Giant Poised to Get Even Bigger
• Kevin Bullis via TechnologyReview.comSolar Frontier, which opened the world's largest CIGS solar-panel plant, makes plans for more factories.
Ranchers' Land Becomes Ground Zero In Energy Fight
• Guy Raz and Brent BaughmanGas prices are spiking once again; the cost of a gallon of regular unleaded is about 12 percent higher than it was a year ago.
Minister praises plan to heat swimming pool from fires of crematorium
• Daily TelegraphA money-saving plan to heat a swimming pool with energy from the cremation of dead bodies has been backed by a senior Government minister.
Oil rises to fresh 9-month high near $109 in Asia
• By ALEX KENNEDYOil prices rose to a fresh nine-month high near $109 a barrel Friday in Asia amid signs the U.S. economy is improving against a backdrop of elevated tensions in the Middle East over Iran's nuclear program.
How the US Shale Boom Will Change the World
• Oilprice.comA funny thing is happening on the way to the clean energy future–reality is setting in.
How Will Increased Iranian Sanctions Affect South Africa
• Oilprice.comThe Iranian sanctions’ fallout is now hitting South Africa, Africa's biggest economy, which receives nearly 25 percent of its needs from Iran, roughly 98,000 barrels per day (bpd), or about 4 percent of Iran’s total exports.
US Grid Energy Storage Poised for Exponential Growth
• arcleinThough all sectors of the energy storage market show strong potential, from an application perspective distributed generation devices, renewable systems, and ancillary services show the greatest near term growth potential. Global opportunity over the
Energy Conversion Devices files for bankruptcy as solar energy lags
• www.freep.comIn the latest setback for the solar energy industry, Auburn Hills-based Energy Conversion Devices said today that it has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy and intends to sell its assets, including its main subsidiary United Solar Ovonic.
Canadian Prime Minister Shills Alberta Oil Sands in China
• News LinkCanadian Conservative Prime Minister Stephen Harper is in the midst of an official visit to China. His mission? To convince Beijing’s mandarins to buy Canada’s Alberta oil sands hydrocarbon production
Shale Gas Continues Expansion
• arcleinBut environmental concerns about the technology behind the boom - specifically hydraulic fracturing - receive near daily news coverage, with opponents saying that toxic additives in the water used for the fracturing have found their way into househol
Precious 'fire-ice' fuel may lie under Scottish coast
• Terrence AymWhat caused no end of trouble to BP and the Deepwater Horizon platform in the Gulf of Mexico during the spring of 2010 may become a huge boon for the Scottish economy. Dubbed by some a wonder fuel, "fire ice" an abundant energy source that's more
Thousands rally against nuclear power in Japan
• The RawStory.comThousands demonstrated in Tokyo on Saturday against nuclear power generation, 11 months after a massive earthquake and tsunami sparked reactor meltdowns at the Fukushima nuclear power plant.
Amyris Gives Up Making Biofuels
• Kevin Bullis via TechnologyReview.comHumbled by production challenges, the company plans to scale back production goals, it told investors Thursday.
Charge Your Phone (and Your Car) from Afar
• Kevin Bullis via TechnologyReview.comEric Giler points a remote control and three lamps instantly light up and a tablet computer starts charging. The funny thing is, the devices all sit several feet away from the black pad, which provides power, and aren't plugged in.
Russia Behind Bulgarian Anti-Fracking Protests?
• Oilprice.comBulgaria remains dependent on the Russian Federation for the majority of their oil and gas needs, and the new capitalists in Moscow do not hesitate to charge the highest prices possible.
In the Developing World, Solar Is Cheaper than Fossil Fuels
• www.technologyreview.comAdvances are opening solar to the 1.3 billion people who don't have access to grid electricity.
Concentrated Solar Startup Sets a New Efficiency Record
• www.technologyreview.comSemprius makes solar modules using tiny cells that need less cooling.
Paint Your Roof With Working Solar Cells Made from Grass Clippings
• www.popsci.comInstalling a solar roof on your home could one day be as simple as mixing your yard clippings into a stew of inexpensive chemicals and painting the resulting mixture right onto your rooftop
San Onofre Nuclear Plant Closed After Radiation Leak
• www.abcnews.go.comA small quantity of radioactive gas leaked inside one of the buildings at San Onofre nuclear power plant north of San Diego, according to a spokesman for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Brain cells killed by solar power and TV news
Menckens GhostIn one of the rare times that I have risked brain damage by watching television news, I recently watched a chirpy segment on the local Fox affiliate about a high school in Buckeye, Ariz. that has installed acres of solar panels to generate its own el
Is Deepwater Horizon the New Ecuador?
• Oilprice.comNearly two years after the worst accidental offshore oil spill in the history of the energy industry, some of the biggest companies in the world are busy pointing their legal fingers at one another in court over who has to pay what
Are Expensive Batteries Worth the Extra Cost?
• Rhett Allain via WIRED.comFor me, I have found the best place to pick up batteries is at one of these “dollar” stores. Sure the batteries are cheaper, but are they any good? Who knows. Let’s find out.
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