SOME businesses turn to sun for power sinesses turn to sun
Las Vegas Review-Journal, NV
Las Vegas Solar Electric recently completed installing the state's largest
ever solar photovoltaic system, which converts sunlight directly into
direct current ...
<http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2004/Jan-09-Fri-2004/business/22940358.html>
UNEP: Solar Power Gift Brings Ray of Sunshine to India's Rural ...
Environmental News Network, CA
... These solar photovoltaic modules, amounting to 635 kilowatts and equivalent
to 10 per cent of India's current solar market, will not only help overcome
this ...
<http://www.enn.com/direct/display-release.asp?objid=D1D1366D000000F9FB052EAAA96B735E>
GLOBAL Resource Options, LLP is appointed BP Solar Distributor
SolarAccess.com News, NH
... GRO will be a single-line BP Solar Distributor for photovoltaic modules,
as well as retaining their commercial and residential direct reseller
and installation ...
<http://www.solaraccess.com/news/story?storyid=5850>
FIXING Global Warming
SciScoop, United States
... Technology incentives to prove its capabilities seem warranted - investments
and demonstration projects at least for photovoltaic capabilities, light-weight
...
<http://www.sciscoop.com/story/2004/1/8/204529/3366>
NASA Space Station On-Orbit Status 8 Jan 2004
Space Ref
... to begin at ~3:00pm with a 5-min burn to produce 1.4 m/sec delta-V.
In support of the maneuver, BGA (beta gimbal assembly) 2B and 4B of the
US P6 photovoltaic ...
<http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewsr.html?pid=11483>
OIL and natural gas prices continue their ascent
San Francisco Chronicle, CA
Oil prices climbed well above $34 a barrel on Friday as traders responded
to colder weather in the Northeast, tight supplies and the high cost of
natural gas. ...
<http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/news/archive/2004/01/09/financial1442EST0157.DTL>
STATE'S natural gas costs up this winter
San Francisco Chronicle, CA
... than the rest of the country. Natural gas prices have spiked as much
as 50 percent nationally. Frigid temperatures on the East Coast ...
<http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2004/01/09/BUGB146DNT1.DTL>
NATURAL-GAS prices won't increase soon
Olney Daily Mail, IL
While the new year is bringing higher utility bills for some natural-gas
customers across the state, Illinois Gas Company customers will not be
seeing higher ...
<http://www.olneydailymail.com/articles/2004/01/09/news/news02.txt>
OIL and natural gas prices continue their ascent
CBC News, Canada
... prices climbed well above $34 US a barrel on Friday as traders responded
to colder weather in the US Northeast, tight supplies and the high cost
of natural gas ...
<http://www.cbc.ca/cp/business/040109/b010974.html>
PETROLEUM Development Adds to Natural Gas Commodities Option ...
Yahoo News (press release)
9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Petroleum Development Corporation (Nasdaq:
PETD - News) today announced that it has added to previously announced
natural gas ...
<http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/040109/clf033_1.html>
RISING Nat`l Natural Gas Prices
KTAL-TV, LA
Colder weather across the country has caused people to become concerned
about rising natural gas prices. But no need to worry in our area just
yet. ...
<http://www.newschannel6.tv/news/default.asp?mode=shownews&id=5222>
TVA dredging lake to improve rowing course
Knoxville News Sentinel, TN
... The city of Oak Ridge will pay half of the $100,000 cost for the work,
which began Tuesday and is expected to take 10 days. "Through great partnership
with TVA ...
<http://www.knoxnews.com/kns/local_news/article/0,1406,KNS_347_2562459,00.html>
TVA turns down powerboard request
Scottsboro Daily Sentinel, AL
However, TVA agreed to only one of the its proposals. SEPB Manager Jimmy
Sandlin discussed the meeting he and Board Chairman Grady ...
<http://www.thedailysentinel.com/story.lasso?wcd=299>
HEAVY-HAUL deliveries to affect Observatory Drive traffic
University of Wisconsin-Madison University Communications, WI
Deliveries of some very heavy equipment will be made next week for the
West Campus Cogeneration Facility now under construction on the UW-Madison
campus. ...
<http://www.news.wisc.edu/9290.html>
YENAGOA Blackout Enters Second Week
AllAfrica.com, Africa
YENAGOA, the Bayelsa State capital and its environs have been thrown into
darkness for the second consecutive week following the breakdown of the
state ...
<http://allafrica.com/stories/200401090097.html>
GRID Operator Says System Worked During Blackout
WXXA, NY
(Albany, NY) AP 01/09/04Â -- Protections built into New York's electrical
grid worked as designed during last summer's massive blackout. ...
<http://www.fox23news.com/news/state/story.aspx?content_id=44CE2B5E-C1C8-48B4-81D7-96863A0F524D>
ANOTHER blackout has shops seeing red
Port Macquarie News, Australia
... One sandwich shop owner, who didn't wish to be named, said he was disgusted
he experienced another blackout during the busy lunch rush. ...
<http://portmacquarie.yourguide.com.au/detail.asp?class=news&subclass=local&category=general%20news&story_id=278135&y=2004&m=1>
POWER prices soar as inter-island link fails
Stuff.co.nz, New Zealand
Power prices in Auckland, reached $435.85 a megawatt-hour at 10.30am, six-times
yesterday's average, Bloomberg news service reported. ...
<http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,2778941a13,00.html>
PENNSYLVANIA business news in brief
Miami Herald, FL
... The two-unit, boiling water reactor plant generated more than 18 million
megawatt-hours, breaking its generation record of 17.8 million set in
2001. ...
<http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/business/7672929.htm>
FUEL, energy crisis plague Baghdad
Tri-Valley Herald, CA
... In the power sector, Bechtel is responsible for projects that together
should add almost 1,000 megawatts to the 4,400-megawatt capacity the country
now has. ...
<http://www.trivalleyherald.com/Stories/0,1413,86~10669~1880495,00.html>
PPL'S Susquehanna Nuclear Plant Sets Generation Record
Yahoo News (press release)
The two-unit, boiling water reactor plant generated 18,007,000 megawatt-
hours, breaking its generation record of 17,810,000 mwh set in 2001. ...
<http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/040109/phf008_1.html>
UPDATE 2-Duke sees Oconee 1 SC nuke back shortly
Reuters, United States
NEW YORK, Jan 9 (Reuters) - Duke Energy Corp. (DUK.N: Quote, Profile, Research)
unit Duke Power said Friday it expects to return its 846 megawatt Oconee
1 ...
<http://www.reuters.com/financeNewsArticle.jhtml?type=governmentFilingsNews&storyID=4102021>
FERC puts utility market power on front burner
Reuters, United States
... FERC aims to stop vertically integrated utilities from using control
of grid networks to discriminate against other firms that ship power to
market across ...
<http://www.reuters.com/financeNewsArticle.jhtml?type=governmentFilingsNews&storyID=4103150>
DAM decision expected soon
Beacon Villager, MA
... FERC planned to release its final plan at the end of that nine-month
period, which is July 29, but now plans to release the document in March.
...
<http://www.townonline.com/maynard/news/local_regional/bv_newbvfercnb01082004.htm>
US, Japan to Work Together on Fuel Cell and Hydrogen Research; ...
U.S. Newswire (press release), DC
... of economy, trade and industry of Japan today signed a joint statement
of intent to pursue pre-competitive research and development in the field
of fuel cell ...
<http://releases.usnewswire.com/GetRelease.asp?id=108-01092004>
MERCEDES-BENZ F-Cell makes fuel cell power a reality
AWKnowledge (subscription), UK
Mercedes-Benz is displaying the latest DaimlerChrysler fuel cell vehicle
at the Los Angeles Auto Show from 4-11 January in the LA Convention Center.
...
<http://www.awknowledge.com/AEA/content.asp?contentid=24888>
BLOCKED US energy bill slows wind power projects
Reuters AlertNet, UK
WASHINGTON, Jan 9 (Reuters) - The battle in Congress over an energy bill
has delayed about $1 billion in investment in planned wind power projects
this year ...
<http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N09385301.htm>
PERKASIE to tap into hydroelectric
Allentown Morning Call, PA
... announced this week it has been invited to join fellow municipal and
private electricity systems that receive a small allocation of cleaner
hydroelectric ...
<http://www.mcall.com/news/local/all-b1_2nypajan09,0,200090.story?coll=all-newslocal-hed>
MALAYSIA PM Hints Sarawak Aluminum Proj May Be Canceled
Yahoo News
... Bhd.) have a proposal to set up an aluminum plant, which would consume
a lot of energy, electricity that is going to be produced by Bakun (hydroelectric
dam ...
<http://sg.biz.yahoo.com/040109/15/3h5lb.html>
DAM decision expected soon
Beacon Villager, MA
... received from FERC in 1983. Under the license, Digital was allowed
to use the dam to generate hydroelectric power. Since buying ...
<http://www.townonline.com/maynard/news/local_regional/bv_newbvfercnb01082004.htm>
DAWN of a new era for South Asia
Business Times Singapore (subscription), Singapore
... Bhutan and Nepal have tremendous hydroelectric potential which, too,
could be exploited if the vast Indian market were opened up. ...
<http://business-times.asia1.com.sg/story/0,4567,104728,00.html>
WINDMILL power generates interest Village of Elmore
Port Clinton News Herald, OH
... residences. "Ohio uses net metering, meaning excess electricity can
be pumped back and stored for later use," Erickson said. "It's ...
<http://www.portclintonnewsherald.com/news/stories/20040109/localnews/197346.html>
THE media, nuclear power, and failed peace: An interview with ...
Electronic Intifada, IL
"It seems to me clear that a great many Israelis, ideally, would like to
see an Arab-free West Bank and Gaza. The statistics seem to show that.
...
<http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article2335.shtml>
FIXING Global Warming
SciScoop, United States
... the potential from various renewable sources in a table on p. 145:
current global renewable use is about 8,000 TWh (electric)/yr - mostly
from biomass burning ...
<http://www.sciscoop.com/story/2004/1/8/204529/3366> |
