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Alex Parker

Dealing with Corrosion - 1 views

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shared by Alex Parker on 20 Nov 14 - No Cached
  • Alex Parker on 20 Nov 14
     
    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

Did you ever imagine that a Coal-fired power station to be cleanest and most efficient ... - 0 views

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shared by Alex Parker on 06 Feb 14 - No Cached
  • Alex Parker on 06 Feb 14
     
    Labelled as the largest, cleanest and most efficient coal-fired power station in the UK, the 4,000MW Drax plant supplies around 7% of the UK's electricity needs.
Michael Stone

Help Save the Gray Wolf from Being Removed from the Endangered Species List! - 0 views

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  • Michael Stone on 10 Oct 13
     
    The Fish and Wildlife Service has decided to remove the Gray Wolf from the Endangered Species list...and we must stop them! Comment on the regulation now!!
Alex Parker

Teesside Energy-from-Waste (EfW) Facility - Power Technology - 1 views

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shared by Alex Parker on 23 Apr 14 - No Cached
  • Alex Parker on 23 Apr 14
     
    The upcoming Teesside energy-from-waste (EfW) plant at Teesside in the United Kingdom will use innovative technology to generate 49MW of green energy from residual municipal and commercial waste. The power project, whose groundbreaking is scheduled for 2014 and operation commencement scheduled for 2016, is being developed under a build, own, operate and transfer (BOOT) contract for Merseyside and Halton Waste Partnership (MHWP).
Alex Parker

Agua Caliente Solar Project - 1 views

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shared by Alex Parker on 07 May 14 - No Cached
  • Alex Parker on 07 May 14
     
    $1.8bn Agua Caliente Solar farm is a 290MW photovoltaic (PV) power project located in the east Yuma County of Arizona, US. It is owned by NRG Energy and MidAmerican Energy Holdings and is currently the world's biggest photovoltaic solar power plant.
eyal matsliah

The No Impact sustainable eating plan - 0 views

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shared by eyal matsliah on 08 Aug 07 - Cached
  • A diet that is local, unfrozen and unprocessed, seasonal, organic or near-organic, has no packaging and is based on mostly grain and vegetables, including little or no beef or dairy
  • Production has its impact by water use, land use, energy use, and herbicide and pesticide use:
  • Eat organic or close to it—to cut down on the chemicals.
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  • Eating seasonally—avoids carbon emissions produced by oil-guzzling boilers used to heat greenhouses and by power plants used to keep things frozen.
  • If  you’re veggie, eat more eggs than cheese—one pound of cheese takes ten pounds of milk to make. It has about the same impact as a pound of beef.  I’ve read that far-away beans as a protein source may be better than local cheese. Eat fresh and seasonal—freezing and keeping food frozen is not so low impact.
  • Bring your own cloth shopping bags and buy loose produce.
  • Distribution means transportation and the average piece of American food has traveled 1500 Miles to get to your plate. I emphasize local because: A regional and local food system would release five to seventeen times less carbon dioxide into the atmosphere than our current national and international model (according to this Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture study).
Benno Hansen

Americans must diet to save their economy - earth - 23 July 2008 - New Scientist Enviro... - 0 views

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shared by Benno Hansen on 27 Jul 08 - Cached
  • The average American consumes about 3747 kcal per day
  • accounts for about 19% of US total energy use
  • 6 kilograms of plant protein are needed to produce 1 kg of high quality animal protein
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  • the average American consumes one third of their calories in junk food
  • the equivalent of 2100 kcal go into producing a can of diet soda which contains a maximum of 1 kcal. About 1600 kcal go into producing the aluminium can alone
  • food travels 2400 km on average to its consumer in the US. This requires 1.4 times the energy actually contained in the food
Benno Hansen

IRIN Middle East | Middle East | Lebanon | LEBANON: Climate change and politics threate... - 0 views

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shared by Benno Hansen on 02 Feb 09 - Cached
  • rising temperatures, spiralling population growth and inefficient irrigation are severely straining resources and threatening renewed economic and social breakdown.
  • Lebanon has the highest annual rainfall in the region, averaging 827mm compared to 630mm in Israel, 252mm in Syria and just 154mm in Iraq
  • Yet experts estimate that demand for water in Lebanon will have increased by more than 80 percent by 2025 as Lebanon’s population is expected to grow from four to 7.6 million. In the same period, as a result of climate change, average summer temperatures in the country are predicted to increase by 1.2 degrees centigrade.
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  • Across areas of the northern Bekaa with better irrigation, many farmers have turned land over to growing water-thirsty but economically lucrative hashish plants – totalling some 16,000 acres of land
  • The valley is an economically underdeveloped area where more than 40 percent of residents are dependent on agriculture as their main source of living
Benno Hansen

British coal industry flack pushes geo-engineering "ploy" to give politicians... - 0 views

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shared by Benno Hansen on 13 Aug 09 - No Cached
  • The geo-engineering option provides the needed viable reason to do nothing about AGW now….
  • “The ‘geo-engineering’ approaches considered so far appear to be afflicted with some combination of high costs, low leverage, and a high likelihood of serious side effects.“
  • they simply omit the costs of many of the potential negative aspects of producing a stratospheric cloud to block out sunlight or cloud brightening
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  • That the second author works for the American Enterprise Institute, a lobbying group that has been a leading global warming denier, is not surprising, except that now they are in favor of a solution to a problem they have claimed for years does not exist.
  • The American Meteorological Society (AMS) has just issued a policy statement on geoengineering, which urges cautious consideration, more research, and appropriate restrictions.
  • ignore the effects of ocean acidification from continued CO2 emissions
  • do not even mention several potential negative effects of SRM, including getting rid of blue skies, huge reductions in solar power from systems using direct solar radiation, or ruining terrestrial optical astronomy
  • cloud brightening would mainly cool the oceans and not affect land temperature much
  • cloud brightening over the South Atlantic would produce severe drought over the Amazon, destroying the tropical forest
  • Whose hand would be on the global thermostat? Who would trust military aircraft or a multi-national geoengineering company to have the interests of the people of the planet foremost?
  • threat to the water supply for agriculture and other human uses
  • benefits from SRM, including increased plant productivity and an enhanced CO2 sink from vegetation that grows more when subject to diffuse radiation
  • The real consensus, as expressed at the National Academy conference and in the AMS statement, is that mitigation needs to be our first and overwhelming response to global warming, and that whether geoengineering can even be considered as an emergency measure in the future should climate change become too dangerous is not now known.
Benno Hansen

Solar, Wind-Power Plans Stir Conflict - WSJ.com - 0 views

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shared by Benno Hansen on 08 Sep 09 - Cached
  • some residents are fighting proposals to build vast solar-energy plants in the Mojave Desert, one of the most remote and reliably sunny spots in the U.S.
  • Up and down the East Coast, meanwhile, residents are opposing plans for wind farms, fearing they will mar views and lower property values.
Benno Hansen

Coal Mining Costs Appalachia $9-$76 Billion per Year More Than it Brings In: New Study ... - 0 views

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shared by Benno Hansen on 13 Jul 09 - Cached
  • illness and premature death in coal mining regions far outweigh any economic benefits
  • though coal mining brought in about $8 billion to the state coffers of Appalachian states, the costs of the shorter life-spans associated with coal mining operations were nearly $17 billion to $84.5 billion
  • Everyone who lives near the mines or processing plants or transportation centers is affected by chronic socioeconomic weakness that takes a toll on longevity and health.
Skeptical Debunker

Delivering Health, Wealth and Water, Drip by Drip - 0 views

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shared by Skeptical Debunker on 03 Mar 10 - Cached
  • Solar-powered drip irrigation enhances food security in the Sudano–Sahel documents a field research project which found that: "solar-powered drip irrigation significantly augments both household income and nutritional intake, particularly during the dry season, and is cost effective compared to alternative technologies" Over the decades, irrigation has been shown to greatly increase agricultural productivity. Drip irrigation is spreading rapidly in Africa, with significant benefits. "Drip irrigation delivers water (and fertilizer) directly to the roots of plants, thereby improving soil moisture conditions; in some studies, this has resulted in yield gains of up to 100%, water savings of up to 40–80%, and associated fertilizer, pesticide, and labor savings over conventional irrigation systems" The solar-powered systems, however, look to offer the potential for even better results. From the study on impacts of PVDI systems it was reported: "The women’s agricultural group members utilizing the PVDI systems became strong net producers in vegetables with extra income earned from sales, significantly increasing their purchases of staples, pulses, and protein during the dry season, and oil during the rainy season. Finally, survey respondents were asked how frequently they were unable to meet their household food needs. Based on the frequency and most recent incident, households were assigned a food insecurity score ranging from zero (no problems during the previous year) to one (perpetually unable to meet food needs). This score changed significantly for project beneficiaries, as they were 17% less likely to feel chronically food-insecure. In short, the PVDI systems had a remarkable effect on both year-round and seasonal food access."
  • Skeptical Debunker on 03 Mar 10
     
    Several weeks ago, a group of researchers published an article in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences documenting how relatively low-powered solar systems offer the potential to increase food supplies in impoverished arid regions while reducing demands for fertilizers and other costly (in fiscal and other terms) additives.
Alex Parker

Celebrating Surya - India's lofty solar ambitions - 1 views

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shared by Alex Parker on 20 May 14 - No Cached
  • Alex Parker on 20 May 14
     
    In line with their ambitious Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission, the Indian government has recently announced plans for what could become the world's most powerful solar plant.
Alex Parker

European Commission gives green light to state backing Hinckley Point - 1 views

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shared by Alex Parker on 15 Oct 14 - No Cached
  • Alex Parker on 15 Oct 14
     
    The European Commission has given the UK Government the go ahead to offer EDF a guaranteed price per unit of electricity generated for a 35-year period for the purpose of incentivising investment. Ever since it was first proposed in October 2013, the proposed deal between the UK government and French nuclear power company EDF for the financing of a new nuclear plant has courted controversy.
Alex Parker

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

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shared by Alex Parker on 06 Jan 15 - No Cached
  • Alex Parker on 06 Jan 15
     
    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.
Richard Parker

Cargill India to begin production at first maize unit - 1 views

www.food-business-review.com/...irst-maize-unit-051214-4480817

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shared by Richard Parker on 05 Jan 15 - No Cached
  • Richard Parker on 05 Jan 15
     
    FBR Staff Writer Published 05 January 2015 Cargill India is set to commence production at its INR5bn ($78.8m) maize milling unit in Karnataka in June 2015. Construction work on the maize plant is currently underway, reports fnbnews.com.
Alex Parker

El Arrayán Wind Farm - Power Technology - 1 views

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shared by Alex Parker on 11 Sep 14 - No Cached
  • Alex Parker on 11 Sep 14
     
    The 115MW El Arrayán wind power plant will be the largest wind energy facility in Chile once complete. Located about 400km north of Santiago in the coastal zone of Ovalle, the project was developed by Parque Eolico El Arrayan, a joint venture between Pattern Energy and Antofagasta Minerals.
Alex Parker

Mildura Solar Power Station - Power Technology - 1 views

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shared by Alex Parker on 11 Sep 14 - No Cached
  • Alex Parker on 11 Sep 14
     
    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

Onshore power for offshore platforms - 1 views

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shared by Alex Parker on 01 Aug 14 - No Cached
  • Alex Parker on 01 Aug 14
     
    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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