Utility Pulls Plug On World's Largest Biomass Plant
RWE npower has pulled the plug on its UK biomass plant at Tilbury - the largest 100 percent biomass plant in the world.
View ArticleSoros' Partner Favored As Egypt's Interim Prez
He is a former United Nations nuclear agency chief and a Nobel Prize winner for his work as head of the International Atomic Energy Agency. ElBaradei was also a longtime member of the ICG board...
View ArticleReturn Of Deepwater Rigs Bodes Well For Growth In Gulf Of Mexico
"After essentially being left for dead following the devastating (BP) blowout, we believe the deepwater Gulf of Mexico is in the early stages of an extended growth cycle," a report from the...
View ArticlePipeline Leaks Gas On Montana's Crow Reservation
The pipeline transports finished petroleum products such as gasoline and diesel from a Billings refinery to Wyoming, Utah and Colorado. ... However, we reserve the right to delete inappropriate...
View ArticleChina Breaks Guinness World Record
Guinness World Records also recognized the world record for the Largest solar powered building, set in China which unveiled an office building in Dezhou, Shangdong province, that meets almost all of...
View ArticleNew Safety Plan To Boost China's Nuclear Power Industry
The State Council's approval of a nuclear emergency plan this week has lifted the last major shadow of Fukushima from China's nuclear industry, letting it return to fast-track development, according to...
View ArticleTDEC Reports More Problems With Piedmont Pipeline Project
The Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation reports more environmental problems for Piedmont Natural Gas crews who are installing a new pipeline in south Nashville.
View ArticleChinook Energy Provides Update On Tunisia Drilling
The Foradex 14 drilling rig will move back to the BBT Concession where it will perform completion and workover operations for approximately ten days prior to moving to the next drilling location at...
View ArticleDrilling Material Spills Into Sevenmile Creek
Tennessee environmental officials said non-toxic drilling material from a Piedmont Natural Gas pipeline construction project has spilled into Sevenmile Creek in south Nashville.
View ArticleTexas Biodiesel Plant Back In Operation
Renewable Energy Group said this week that its biodiesel plant in northeastern Texas has begun production. Iowa-based Renewable Energy acquired the biorefinery in New Boston after it had been down for...
View ArticleLNG Accuses NIMASA Of Scuttling Out Of Court Settlement
The Nigerian Liquefied and Natural Gas (NLNG) Limited has accused the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) of frustrating its move to amicably resolve the protracted dispute...
View ArticleCanada Receives Another LNG Export Application
A project backed by Malaysia's Petronas has applied for a permit to export liquefied natural gas from British Columbia, becoming the sixth such planned facility on Canada's Pacific Coast.
View ArticleState, Vermont Yankee Enter Homestretch In Relicensing Process
The Public Service Board last week held its final day of hearings on whether the Vermont Yankee nuclear plant's continued operation is in the best interest of the public and therefore merits a new...
View ArticlePacific Energy Development Drills Two Niobrara Wells
Pacific Energy Development Corp ., Danville, Calif., has drilled two wells on its Niobrara holdings in northeastern Colorado. Pacific Energy Development focuses on shale oil and gas development and...
View ArticleMinor Blast Reported At Palo Verde Nuclear Plant
APS spokesman Betty Dayyo said the explosion consisted of arcing inside a cabinet, called a "load center," that routes electricity to equipment in a turbine building. "This is really a minor incident,"...
View ArticleObama's War On Coal Attacks All Of Us
According to the EPA and other sources, coal - fueled power plants are capable of reducing up to 98 percent of sulfur dioxide emissions, 90 percent of nitrogen oxide emissions and 90 percent of mercury...
View ArticleAfDB Boosts Geothermal Development In East Africa
Djibouti is however blessed with substantial geothermal potential, capable of meeting the country's energy needs and possibly exports to neighboring countries, while reduce CO2 emissions from thermal...
View ArticleFeds Bar New Mining Claims In Solar Energy Zones
Federal officials have taken another step toward establishing 17 new "solar energy zones" on public lands in the West by barring new mining claims that could impede renewable energy development on the...
View ArticleWill BP Be Freed Of Bogus Damage Claims?
BP's being hit by both public and private damage claims relating to its 2010 Gulf of Mexico tragedy. The latter includes a host of claimants with no real ties to the Macondo gusher....
View ArticleAguirre Tells CPUC To Refund San Onofre Ratepayers
Attorney Mike Aguirre has filed a motion with the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) demanding refunds to ratepayers who he says have paid for nuclear power they never received.
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