Archive for the 'Energy' Category
Australia’s Largest Ever Export Deal: Coal to China
February 8th, 2010Via: ABC:
Queensland billionaire Clive Palmer has signed a deal to sell millions of tonnes of coal to China in what’s believed to be Australia’s largest export contract.
Mr Palmer says the $69 billion, 20-year offtake deal was signed last Friday with China Power International.
Another $8.6 billion agreement was signed with the Metallurgical Corporation of China to [...]
DOE Lends Nissan $1.4 Billion to Produce Electric Vehicles in U.S.
January 29th, 2010Via: Wired:
At today’s press conference at The Washington Auto Show, Department of Energy Secretary Steven Chu had something to say about electric vehicles, and how the U.S. government would approach aiding EV manufacturers. Although it was originally thought that announcement would concern the loans that Tesla, Fisker et al have received, the surprise announcement concerned [...]
City Condems House Because Woman Was Trying to Save Money By Using Solar Panels and Batteries Instead of Utility Power
January 28th, 2010Via: Arizona Republic:
An Avondale woman who spent 11 days sleeping in her car said the city treated her unfairly when her home was condemned in December for lack of electricity.
But city officials said Christine Stevens violated building codes, a health and safety concern because Avondale homes are required to have heating systems and a running [...]
Can You Do This With Your Tap Water?
January 19th, 2010Via: GaslandMovie:
CAN YOU DO THIS WITH YOUR TAP WATER? from JOSHFOX on Vimeo.
When filmmaker Josh Fox discovers that Natural Gas drilling is coming to his area—the Catskillls/Poconos region of Upstate New York and Pennsylvania, he sets off on a 24 state journey to uncover the deep consequences of the United States’ natural gas drilling boom. [...]
Former Morgan Stanley Infrastructure and Energy Specialist, Who Was Also Director of Private-Equity Firm EQT Partners, Found Dead in Back of Delivery Van in Munich
January 18th, 2010Via: Bloomberg / Business Week:
A director of private-equity firm EQT Partners AB who previously worked for Morgan Stanley may have been murdered as he was trying to sell his Audi A8 luxury sedan, Munich police said.
Dirk von Poschinger-Camphausen, 36, was killed by 10 to 13 gunshots, detective Markus Kraus said at a press conference in [...]
Record Electricity Demand in Florida as People Try to Stay Warm
January 11th, 2010Via: Florida Today:
Demand for electricity across the bitterly cold Sunshine State has shattered Florida Power and Light’s all-time record.
“This morning, we set a new all-time record peak load on the electrical system, with customers drawing more than 23,500 megawatt-hours of power,” said Sarah Marmion, FPL spokeswoman. “This breaks FPL’s previous peak record, which occurred on [...]
British Pensioners Are Buying Cheap Used Books to Burn for Heat?
January 5th, 2010Via: CNBC:
Some cash-strapped British pensioners are buying books from charity shops and burn them to keep warm as freezing temperatures gripped the UK, a London newspaper reported Tuesday.
Workers at a charity shop in Swansea, in south Wales, told London newspaper Metro that pensioners were looking for thick books such as encyclopedias — which are sold [...]
China Clamps Down on Rare Earth Elements Exports
January 2nd, 2010Via: Independent:
Britain and other Western countries risk running out of supplies of certain highly sought-after rare metals that are vital to a host of green technologies, amid growing evidence that China, which has a monopoly on global production, is set to choke off exports of valuable compounds.
Failure to secure alternative long-term sources of rare earth [...]
Murder of Antonio Ferrigno
December 28th, 2009Update 2: 1/1/2010: Trying to Get Reuters to Cover It
I sent Reuters a note, letting them know about this and how there’s no mainstream coverage of the story in English.
—End Update—
Update 1: Cryptogon Reader Contributes English Translation of the Story Below:
Thanks Domi:
Murdered inhabitant of Rijswijk appears to be nuclear physicist
monday december 28 2009 11:59
The 54 [...]
Naudin Confirms Some of Steorn’s Claims
December 28th, 2009No generator coils yet, but this is very interesting.
Via: JNL Labs:
A reversal of the polarity of the coils does not change the direction of rotation,
When the rotor is manually braked, the supply current in the toroidal coils remains constant,
There is no counter electromotive force (Back EMF) induced in the stator coils when the rotor is [...]
