Turkey cancels nuke plant tender
Boston Globe (Free subscription) | yesterday
Turkish energy officials say they have canceled a tender to construct the country's first nuclear power plant.
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The future of electric vehicles: electrification roadmap
Seeker Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday
Seekerblog has been following developments in the emerging electrical vehicle industry for some two years now. We believe that clean electrical generation (primarily new nuclear power) and grid enabled electric vehicles (GEV) are the only practical way to radically reduce transportation sector carbon emissions. The Electrification Coalition is a consortium of venture capital, electric utilities, battery...
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Nuclear Reaction - A Greenpeace blog about nuclear power: Nuclear expert warns of safety flaws in EPR reactors being built in Finland and France
The Greenpeace weblog (Free subscription) | yesterday
An independent expert commissioned by Greenpeace has found the two nuclear reactors currently being built in Finland and France have serious safety flaws in their design. Dr. Helmut Hirsch, Scientific Consultant for Nuclear Safety says the design of AREVA’s...
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Skills shortage dents UK's green credentials
The Guardian (Free subscription) | yesterday
• Shortage threatens low-carbon targets, argues business group • Gap comes as demand for scientists and engineers increasing Britain lacks the skills or training facilities to make the successful transition to a low-carbon economy that its international commitments require, an influential group of businesses and non-governmental organisations warns today. In a report that will dent Britain's...
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Country Could Have First Nuclear Plant By 2020
All Africa (Free subscription) | yesterday
South Africa could have its first nuclear power plant by the year 2020 if Cabinet approves a proposal expected to be put forward by the Ministry of Energy.
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Liberals call for lower taxes at party congress
The Local (Free subscription) | yesterday
Liberal party leader Jan Björklund has rallied members during a speech at the party conference in Växjö calling for lower taxes, developments in nuclear power production and for Sweden to adopt the euro as its currency.
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Nuclear Reaction - A Greenpeace blog about nuclear power: Nuclear News: Peak Uranium? Our nuclear future might be shorter than we thought
The Greenpeace weblog (Free subscription) | yesterday
Today's big stories from the nuclear industry: Peak Uranium? Our nuclear future might be shorter than we thought ‘We’ve all heard of Peak Oil (even if there’s some doubt about whether we’ve heard the truth over when it’s going to...
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Does anyone want to be Mr Obama's new friend?
BBC - Radio 4 - The World Tonight (Free subscription) | yesterday
When you were at school, did you ever want to be friends with someone who just didn't want to be your friend? However nice you were to them, they simply ignored you? Now, I wouldn't dream of comparing Barack Obama to a friendless school-child - after all, he's probably one of the most popular men in the world, and a former Harvard law professor as well - but he doesn't seem to be having too much luck...
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Plane Stupid's shock ads linking flights with polar bear deaths could fall flat | Ed Gillespie
The Guardian (Free subscription) | yesterday
High-octane drama of polar bears tumbling to a bloody death may leave viewers feeling manipulated by propaganda The high-pitched whine of a low-flying jet engine fills the air as the camera tracks across images of shimmering glass buildings, the Towers of Mammon in an unidentified urban CBD. No, this is not the opening credits of The Apprentice , and dropping out of the sky is not UK Business Czar...
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SA plans new nuclear power station by 2020
Mail & Guardian (Free subscription) | yesterday
South Africa, plagued by chronic power shortages, plans to have the country's new nuclear power plant up and running by 2020.
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Neutron Doodle - a 2002 Song Whose Time Has Come to Go Viral
Atomic Insights Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday
Gail Marcus, who blogs at Nuclear Power Talk , shared a story on Saturday November 14, 2009 about a song contest that she supported during her tenure as president of the American Nuclear Society . It was inspired by memories of the artistic work produced during the Great Depression with government support that was designed not just to provide jobs to singers and song writers, but also to help educate...
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FedEx Establishes First All-Hybrid Facility in NYC
Alternative Energy News (Free subscription) | yesterday
Now the prestigious and successful business units are competing to become green in their operations. FedEx Express which is a subsidiary of FedEx Corporation expressed its commitment to purchase 51 extra gasoline-electric hybrid vehicles from Azure Dynamics Corporation. Scott Harrison, CEO of Azure Dynamics says, “We applaud FedEx for its continuous effort to [...] Posted in: Hybrid Cars , Industry...
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DF Cast: Crunching the Renewable Identification Numbers
Domestic Fuel (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
A big issue is the current Renewable Fuels Standard … as well as the new RFS2 under consideration by the EPA … is the Renewable Identification Numbers (RINs). In this edition of the Domestic Fuel Cast, we listen in on the conversation from the recent 2nd Annual RINWorld Summit held in Dallas, TX where the EPA’s [...]
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The No-Brainer Push for Wind Power from T. Boone Pickens
Mother Earth News Latest 10 Articles (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
T. Boone Pickens is the very embodiment of the Texas oil tycoon. He's also, arguably, the world's leading advocate for wind energy.
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Solar Power: Types Of Constructions
Alternative Energy HQ (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
In this article we will discuss some themes related to different types of constructions used to produce solar power. We will begin from the grid-tied systems. A utility-interactive solar power system makes electricity, which is put directly to the grid. The word grid-tied means, that the system is tied, verbatim, to the grid. This system will accumulate the energy even when you are absent, when you...
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Acquiring Uranium Power Corp. to give Diversified Uranium Exploration Portfolio to Titan---Aarkstore Enterprise
aarkstore | 11/19/2009
Acquiring Uranium Power Corp. to give Diversified Uranium Exploration Portfolio to Titan Summary Titan Uranium, Inc., a uranium mining company, entered into an agreement with Uranium Power Corporation, a uranium exploration company, to acquire the latter. According to the deal announced by Titan Uranium, Inc on May 8th, 2009, all the outstanding shares of Uranium Power Corporation will be acquired...
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Global Nuclear Heat Exchanger Market Analysis and Forecasts to 2015--Aarkstore Enterprise
aarkstore | 11/19/2009
Global Nuclear Heat Exchanger Market Analysis and Forecasts to 2015 Summary Nuclear industry plays a vital role in global power generation. While the demand for nuclear power generation has been growing worldwide, concerns about supply of critical nuclear equipment is one of the key areas which supports the growth of the nuclear industry. The new report from GlobalData on ‘Global Nuclear Heat Exchangers...
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Malaysian nuclear energy safe, says agency head | Malaysia in Focus
crompt | 11/18/2009
Using nuclear energy to generate electricity is safe and will increase Malaysia’s long-term national energy security, says Director-General of the Malaysian Nuclear Agency (Nuclear Malaysia) Datuk Dr Daud Mohamad. “We know that nuclear technology is a clean and safe technology which had been developed over 50 years ago. Besides, it does not release the greenhouse gas effects,” he told reporters. However,...
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