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Lasting impact - NWF discuss effects of Deepwater Horizon four years on - 1 views

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    On the fourth anniversary of the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill, the National Wildlife Federation (NWF) released a report detailing the spill's ongoing impacts.
Alex Parker

Territorial tensions in offshore waters - global flashpoints in the quest for oil - 1 views

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    With dwindling oil and gas reserves growing more valuable every year, blurred boundaries are ripe for dispute. We profile territorial tensions over oil hot spots, from open aggression emerging in the South China Sea to long-simmering tensions in the Falklands and the Arctic.
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

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

Fort Wayne International Airport - 1 views

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    Fort Wayne International Airport is located in the city of Fort Wayne in Indiana
Alex Parker

Rodenhuize Power Station - 1 views

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    Rodenhuize power station is an 180MW biomass-fuelled plant located in Ghent, Belgium. The plant was converted from a coal-fired unit called Rodenhuize 4 into a 100% biomass unit.
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

Why has wave power lagged behind other renewable energy sources? - 1 views

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    With the UK going coal-free for a record-breaking 90 hours over the weekend, energy sources such as solar and onshore wind now play a key role in generating electricity. However, with the urgent need for new energy sources to replace the 60% of the electricity produced worldwide by fossil fuel combustion, it has become necessary to look further afield to alternative energy sources.
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.
Alex Parker

Power Generation: The top ten power generations influencers to follow - 1 views

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    GlobalData researchers have found the top ten influencers in Power Generation, based on their performance online in the last 90 days.
Alex Parker

Hornsea one kicks into life: will it electrify the UK wind market too? - 1 views

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    Electricity has begun to flow at Hornsea 1, a wind array that will become the world's biggest offshore wind farm off the coast of the UK. This milestone makes the UK's offshore wind sector arguably the best in the world, and with significant investment recently announced it looks set to maintain that position.
Alex Parker

Bright futures: efficiency versus cost in solar cell production - 1 views

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    While the use of solar cells is become increasingly widespread, the silicon technology used in many types is becoming obsolete. JP Casey looks at concentrated solar power, micro-trackers and perovskite compounds as innovations that could potentially improve solar efficiency.
Alex Parker

Dams be damned: is hydropower holding countries back? - 1 views

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    A 2000 report by the World Commission on Dams showed a huge fall in popularity, leading some to declare the era of the dam was over. Almost two decades on and they are enjoying something of a renaissance. Andrew Tunnicliffe speaks with Professor Benjamin Sovacool about the impact dams have on the socioeconomics of a country and why corruption is often rife.
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Sustainable pool cleaning service - 0 views

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    If anybody's in the southern California area and are looking for a sustainably sourced pool cleaning service.
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