by Ben Kenney, theWatt.com, theWatt Podcast In 2005, China added 170 GW of coal power generating capacity. That's the equivalent of a new 1GW coal power plant every 2 days. Coal now supplies 70%...
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Dateline China - China is damming the Yangtze river with a 24 billion dollar hydroelectric dam. The yet to be Three Gorges Dam, scheduled for completion in 2009, will produce over 18,000 MW of power...
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When it comes to a living system the nuclear submarine is the pinnacle of technology. In a strong sense any nuclear submarine mimics a living system. I.e. the submarine must provide energy to...
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This week I participated in a popular podcast sponsored at the The Watt.com The panel included: Ben Kenny phd - The Watt Ed Thomas - The Watt Jeff McIntire-Strasburg - Treehugger Michael Olivo -...
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Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratories' Advanced Energy Technologies Department conducts research focusing on converting and storing energy (batteries and fuel cells), processes to reduce the...
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The energy field has it's basis in physics. Most to the time physics has it's basis in natural law. One of the more simplistic yet elegant laws is Zipf's law. Zipf's law states that...
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Eric Lerner and his team of leading scientists say they are five years away from having a fusion reactor capable of a 5 Mega Watt (MW) or greater output at a estimated cost of $1,000,000 per...
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The International Whaling Commission is meeting later this week , and one of the items on their agenda is the development of 'whalanol' , a gasoline additive derived from whale blubber....
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by michael on June 14, 2006
We all are aware of the well-funded campaigns to discredit the science of global warming, and I'm the last one who wants to add more uncertainty to the mix. However, as someone who is not a...
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by michael on June 11, 2006
Typically I write articles about energy related subjects; however, today I will diverge from the main thread of energy topics and discuss my other interest which is management theory. When it comes to...
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The list below as summarized by sealnet.org shows some of the major energy accidents that have occurred within the last 30 years. The full 7 page report assesses risk associated with energy sector:...
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Nikola Tesla, Serbian inventor and researcher who discovered the rotating magnetic field, the basis of most alternating-current machinery. Quotes on: Bohemian Rhapsody "We are confronted with...
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*Light Water Reactor (LWR) - Boiling Water Reactor Purpose - electricity Coolant Type - water (H2O) Moderator Type - water - Pressurized Water Reactor (PWR) Purpose - electricity; nuclear powered...
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by: Salitica Let me ask you a question; Is today's energy needs and with it pollution control being met? All around us we see many examples of a grandfathered concept that fossil fuels are the...
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by michael on May 17, 2006
The world's largest solar thermal power plant has been in operation for 2 decades in the California Mojave desert. Nine plants with a total capacity of 350 MWe providing enough electricity to meet...
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As announced last week, Qatar plans to invest $5 billion through 2010 in an attempt to increase the production of crude oil. Qatari Energy Minister Abdullah Bin Hamad Al Attiyah stated that the record...
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by michael on May 13, 2006
We place quite an importance on our visitors to every creative weblogging sponsored blog site. We have over 60 blogs in 11 separate categories so we get many visitors from all over the world. While we...
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The debate on climate change is taking a more serious edge as the scientific community is solidifying their revised stand on the 'climate change' issue for official reporting. While the...
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Beginning in 2007, a group of Danish developers will build the worlds first hydrogen city complete with residential houses, businesses, shops, cars, and roads so that ordinary citizens may enjoy life...
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With the potential of a pending energy crisis on many peoples minds here are several select excerpts reporting what people are saying about the energy crisis across the Internet: "I am trying to...
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by michael on May 02, 2006
Independent from any publisher or author, SEAL introduces its overview of 10 books that all have merit to broaden and deepen the energy debate: 3 books on the role of carbon energy (1-3), 3 books on...
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