Alternate Energy

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2012 Summer Olympics: The Greenest Games Ever?
Last Friday kicked off the beginning of the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, England.  Nine years of planning went towards minimizing the carbon output of this event.  An all-encompassing goal of “s…..

Triple Win for Biofuels on Capitol Hill
In Washington, the US Senate Committee on Appropriations and the Senate Finance Committee handed the advanced biofuels industry three of its most significant wins on Capitol Hill this year. …..

Next Economy and Faith for Empiricists
Let’s be clear: Justice is not an immutable law of nature. Neither math nor physics nor chemistry recognizes justice as one of the universe’s governing principles. The strong, rich, and powerful have…..

How to Make a Parking Garage Energy Efficient
It’s no secret that researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) do cool things — including finding new ways to capture energy from the sun and w…..

Western Wind Energy: A Matter of Trust and Value
I recently wrote about Western Wind Energy’s (TSXV:WND, OTC:WNDEF) plans to increase the 1603 cash grant for their Windstar wind farm. But that was not the only thing discussed in the conference cal…..

U.S. Senate Finance Committee Passes PTC Extension Plan
The U.S. Senate Finance Committee voted to extend dozens of tax breaks, including those for wind energy, corporate research and financial services companies’ overseas operations. …..

Video Reveals Truth about Smart Grid
We don’t think about energy until something goes wrong, and this week things went wrong on an historic level. As a result, the public and pundits are again focusing on the fragility of big electric…..

First Solar Profit Surges 81% on Shift to Sales of Power Plants
First Solar Inc., the world’s biggest maker of thin-film panels, said profit jumped 81 percent after it recognized revenue for selling power plants, validating a strategic shift to building solar far…..

Sunlight Goes To Waste: India’s Grid Failure
India’s recent electric grid failure on July 30 and 31 has been determined the world’s largest blackout. This event will no doubt spur some movement toward efficiency and discipline. India requires n…..

Aerographite: The World’s Lightest Material Could Advance EVs
Weighing in at only 0.2 milligrams per cubic centimeter, a new material called Aerographite is now the world’s lightest. Electrically conductive and highly compressible, the material could one day be…..

Drone to probe Sellafield silos
A small ‘hexacopter’ drone is being developed for use at some of the oldest radioactive silos at the Sellafield nuclear reprocessing site. …..

Russia’s claim on safety of nuclear power plant questioned
The anti-Nuclear movement People’s Movement Against Nuclear Energy today said any blanket waiver to the suppliers would make the Indian liability act a ‘cruel joke and sought to know why is Russia shy…..

Bulgarian Energy Minister: N-Plant Is Unbearable Burden
Bulgaria’s Economy and Energy Minister, Delyan Dobrev, is a strong opponent of the project to build a second NPP. …..

South Korea To Restart Old, Faulty Nuclear Reactor Despite Protests
It seems many countries in Asia are making dramatic U-turns when it comes to nuclear energy . …..

Appeals court puts off ruling on Yucca Mountain as nuclear dump
An appeals court has put off deciding whether to force the government to act on a license for a proposed nuclear waste dump in Nevada. …..

Underground nuclear dump in west Cumbria ‘not done deal’
Allerdale council has hit back over claims it said a nuclear dump being built in west Cumbria was a done deal. …..

Nuclear energy wild card in Japan poll which Democrats likely to lose
Growing Japanese opposition to nuclear energy after the Fukushima disaster will be a wild card in a general election many expect within months, but politicians on both sides of the aisle agree on one …..

Financial probe delayed at damaged Cal nuke plant
The head of the California Public Utilities Commission recommended Thursday that the agency delay for several months an investigation into soaring costs tied to the damaged San Onofre nuclear power pl…..

How to Completely Protect Yourself from Increasing Fukushima Radiation Dangers
Experts predict the worst radiation is coming to the American West Coast, and it’s potentially worse than Japan’s radiation levels. …..

Japan prosecutors initiate criminal investigation into Fukushima nuclear disaster
The Fukushima Nuclear-Plant Plaintiffs residential group named at least 33 individuals as defendants [Bloomberg report] in the complaint, including Tsunehisa Katsumata, the chairman of TEPCO, Masataka…..

Duke Energy 2Q earnings up, Progress Energy slips
Duke Energy reported strong earnings for the second quarter on higher electric rates, but newly acquired subsidiary Progress Energy saw earnings plummet as a result of planned refueling shutdowns at t…..

South Korea To Restart Its Oldest Nuclear Reactor
The Kori-1 reactor in Busan was shut down on 13 March, after it was revealed that the reactor and its emergency generator had temporarily lost power during routine maintenance the month before, causin…..

Millstone Looking To Vastly Increase Its Nuclear Waste Capacity
Thanks to the continuing non-action by the federal government, Dominion is taking steps to drastically increase the amount of nuclear waste it can store at Millstone Power Station . …..

IMAGES: India among biggest nuclear-power generators
There is no shortage of uranium on the planet. According to a report form the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency and International Atomic Energy Agency, identified resources should provide some 100 years’ wor…..

For Nuclear Power This Summer, It’s Too Darn Hot
You know that expression, “Hotter than July?” Well, this July, July was hotter than July. …..

Oi reactors will be idled if fault under them is active, new nuclear safety chief warns
The man nominated to head the new atomic regulatory authority said Wednesday he expects the two reactors at the Oi nuclear plant in Fukui Prefecture to halt operations should there be any active fault…..