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Alex Parker

Onshore power for offshore platforms - 1 views

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    Supplying power to offshore platforms from land-based plants could have a major impact on the industry's carbon emissions. Norway is the world leader in the laying of subsea cables to power offshore facilities, but a recent disagreement over the electrification of the Utsira High region has sparked a new debate over how and where to make use of this promising technology.
Alex Parker

Serrote da Laje Project - Mining Technology - 1 views

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    The Serrote da Laje deposit owned by Aura Minerals is located in Alagoas, Brazil, which hosts five of the world's biggest iron ore mines. The installation license (LI) authorising the project construction was obtained in August 2009 and the definitive feasibility study was completed in September 2012.
Alex Parker

Leading the way - CCS fitted coal-fired power stations now a reality - 1 views

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    Despite being touted as the best way to clean up dirty fossil fuels, commercial deployment of carbon capture storage (CCS) in the power industry has been near non-existent. Now, for the first time ever, a coal-fired power plant is being retrofitted with CCS.
Alex Parker

Behind the US EPA's 'war on coal' - Industry squares up for a fight - 1 views

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    The US Environmental Protection Agency has been accused of 'waging a war' on coal after announcing proposals to reduce CO2 emitted by coal-fired power plants. Industry has called the proposals "extreme" and "ill-advised" and it is poised for a fight. But should the EPA be the coal industry's only concern?
Alex Parker

Moapa Southern Paiute Solar Project - 1 views

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    Moapa is the first large-scale solar power project to have gained construction approval on a tribal land in North America.
Alex Parker

Dealing with Corrosion - 1 views

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    Alstom recently announced it was installing a new flue gas corrosion protection system at the Weiher coal power plant in Germany to protect its boiler evaporator walls against corrosion by reduced oxygen potential. With plants expected to run for decades
Alex Parker

Tidal power: Florida's ocean current potential - 1 views

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    As a largely unexplored renewable source, marine and hydrokinetic energy - or ocean power - is gaining traction as the next best thing in the power industry.
Alex Parker

Fuelling solar power through photosynthesis - 1 views

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    Scientists working on an international collaboration to mimic the process of photosynthesis have reached a significant milestone in the quest to develop an efficient and abundant alternative fuel. The results could bring us one step closer to matching plants in their ability to exploit the Sun's energy
Sean Stewart

eNature: America's Wildlife Resource - 2 views

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    A user-friendly site where students can see a picture and read about plant and animal species found in different habitats of North America (scroll down to the "Habitat Guides" section). Teachers can also create a classroom species list.
Sean Stewart

Ocean Tipping Point? . NOW on PBS - 2 views

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    A video demonstrating the importance of polar ice to the health of the oceans.
cativaladao

Climate Change: Vital Signs of the Planet: For Educators - 0 views

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    Resource for educators abot global climate change, NASA.
cativaladao

MetEd ยป Home - 0 views

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    Teaching and training for geoscience community from COMET progam - UCAR Community Programs.
cativaladao

ELI: Climate Change: Home - 0 views

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    ELI: Environmental Literacy & Inquiry.
Sean Stewart

Teachers Guide on Climate Change and Global Warming - 2 views

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    A lot of good background reading on global climate change.
cativaladao

AR5 GCM Data - 0 views

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    IPCC data distribution centre.
Sean Stewart

Global Climate Change Impacts in the United States - 4 views

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    A report on the impacts of GCC in the United States.
Alex Parker

CSP energy storage may provide stable, scalable and reliable power. - 1 views

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    Concentrated solar power (CSP) with energy storage is an upcoming renewable technology that promises to provide cost-effective power generation with improved efficiency.
cativaladao

Short Answers to Hard Questions About Climate Change - The New York Times - 0 views

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    Short Answers to Hard Questions About Climate Change
Alex Parker

iraq solar energy: nation has largest power deficit in the region - 1 views

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    The decision by Iraq to invite interest in a number of solar independent power producer (IPP) projects is not the first time that Baghdad has sought to push ahead with competitively tendered IPP schemes.
Sean Stewart

Global Warming Simulation, Global Warming Interactive, Climate Change Interactive - Nat... - 3 views

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    An interactive map showing likely effects of continued GCC.
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