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Gina Krog (formerly Dagny) Oil and Gas Field, North Sea - Offshore Technology - 1 views

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    Gina Krog (formerly Dagny) oil and gas field is located in Blocks 15/5 and 15/6 of production licenses (PL) 303, PL 048, PL 029C and PL 029B of the North Sea, Norway. It lies in water depth of 120m about 10km away from the Sleipner West field.PL...
Alex Parker

Video - Hollywood-style deepwater diving suit set for offshore oil & gas industry - 1 views

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    Canada-based Nuytco Research's Exosuit, which enables deep-water diving without the need for risky decompression, could make subsea construction safer and cheaper for offshore oil and gas companies. Nuytco Research is best known for its futuristic-looking submersible technology used to film blockbuster movies such as James Cameron's Titanic and The Abyss movies.
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Top Five things learned at today's London data centre summit - 1 views

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    Public cloud acceptance by the Enterprise means more not fewer challenges... Today in London Gartner held day one of its two day Data Centre, Infrastrucuture and Operations Management Summit. Here is what we learned this morning: 1) Public cloud acceptance by enterprise means more not fewer challenges 2) Asked if security breaches will slow public cloud adoption the consensus was that the answer was no.
Alex Parker

The Alternative Power Dock - 1 views

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    Alternative maritime power for docked container vessels has made steady progress throughout the decade. But isn't it time more ports and shipping lines adopted the technology? asks Alex Hawkes. As the climate talks in Copenhagen draw to a close and the International Maritime Organization (IMO) comes under increasing pressure to address the shipping industry's carbon emissions, alternative maritime power (AMP) is looking an increasingly obvious solution.
Alex Parker

Surmont Phase 2 Oil Sands Project, Alberta - Hydrocarbons Technology - 1 views

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    Surmont Phase 2 Oil Sands project involves the expansion of the Surmont steam-assisted gravity drainage (SAGD) plant to increase its production capacity from the existing 27,000 barrels of bitumen a day to 136,000 barrels of bitumen a day. The Surmont site is located approximately 60km south-east of Fort McMurray, Alberta, in the Athabasca oil sands region.
Alex Parker

The UK - a role to play in developing clean African energy? - 1 views

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    While sub-Saharan Africa has seen robust economic growth, access to electricity is lagging behind. Shadow Business Secretary Chuka Umunna has called on British industry to support the development of renewable energy in Africa, highlighting the economic value of establishing a firm base in the continent.
Alex Parker

Demolition of power plant deepens humanitarian crisis in Gaza - 1 views

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    The Gaza Power Plant exploded into flames on 29th July. It is believed to have been hit by multiple shells fired by an Israeli tank, though Israel have yet to accept responsibility for it.
Alex Parker

Record-breaking solar plane inspires cleantech development - 1 views

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    A plane powered entirely by the sun is to embark on a 35,000km journey around the world in 2015. If successful, it will see the established boundaries of solar power stretched to an unprecedented level, potentially inspiring cleantech innovation across the globe.
Alex Parker

Mildura Solar Power Station - Power Technology - 1 views

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    Mildura Solar Power Station is a concentrating photovoltaic (CPV) project being built in Carwrap, south of Mildura in the state of Victoria, Australia. The project will use high performance solar cells used to power satellites. The plant was proposed to have an installed capacity of 100MW initially to reduce the annual greenhouse gas emissions by 396,000t.
Alex Parker

2014: The year's biggest Offshore Technology stories - 1 views

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    Norway-based oil exploration and development firm Det norske oljeselskap has agreed to acquire Marathon Oil Norge for NOK12.6bn ($2.1bn) and Total is set to sell its 15% participating interest in the Angola offshore block 15/06 for $750m to Sonangol.
Alex Parker

Huawei at MWC: 7 rumours and revelations - 1 views

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    Conference starts next week in Barcelona. CBR rounds up some of the products Huawei has confirmed for MWC, as well as the rumours and cryptic hints. 4.5G is what Huawei calls an evolution of existing 4G, rather than a new generation of connectivity in itself.
Alex Parker

5 expert insights on cloud from Cloud Expo - 1 views

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    Industry experts weigh in on all things cloud. CBR headed to this year's Cloud Expo at the Excel centre in London to ask those in the know their opinion regarding key topics in the world of cloud. "Disruption of most enterprises is no respecter of legacy and people that have been in the business for thirty years, a hundred years.
Alex Parker

Power surge: developing the next generation of nuclear batteries - 1 views

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    Researchers in the US are using pioneering technology to create long-lasting, more efficient nuclear batteries. We talk to Patrick J Pinhero, Alan K Wertsching and Jae Wan Kwon of the University of Missouri about pushing the boundaries of betavoltaic electricity generation. The University of Missouri (MU) is pushing boundaries in betavoltaic electricity generation.
Alex Parker

UK election 2015: all quiet on the energy front? - 1 views

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    The upcoming UK general election promises to be the most unpredictable in decades, but how could it affect Britain's energy future? Labour's energy price freeze has sparked debate, but uncertainty and ambiguity is rife in British energy policy, threatening the country's transition to a low-carbon energy mix.
Alex Parker

5 tech take-aways from the 2015 Budget - 1 views

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    Internet of Things, broadband, renewable energy - the government is embracing technology and realising its economic potential. Between the jokes tailored to evoke the maximum jeering from backbenchers, Chancellor George Osborne delivered the 2015 Budget.
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.
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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.
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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

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

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.
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