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Protesters rally against power plant – The Toronto Star
The government showed no sign of backing down on a new natural gas-
fired power plant near homes and a school in Oakville as the area’s MPP
proposed a law forcing a new location and protesters flocked to the
Legislature’s front lawn. Chanting “Kids first, safety first,” about 600 opponents
Bloom Box: What is it and how does it work? – The Christian Science Monitor
It’s being hailed as the Holy Grail of clean energy: a refrigerator-sized personal power plant that produces energy cheaply and cleanly and may one day replace the traditional power grid. Its inventor
wants to put one in every home by 2020. Bloom Box is the creation of Bloom Energy, a Sunnyvale,
Bloom box: An energy breakthrough?
K.R. Sridhar of secretive Bloom Energy shows “60 Minutes” his company’s little power-plant-in-a-box, already in use by Google and eBay.
Wood-fired power still on horizon ; Company hopes to begin this year – Concord Monitor (Concord, Nh)
First, it required winning over the neighbors, who several years
earlier had stood up against plans to build a shopping mall on the same piece
of land. So shortly after announcing plans to build a state-of-the-art, wood-
fired power plant in the South End, Concord Steam held a series of meetings
Drax halts switch to biomass hours after plans for city plant unveiled ; HULL: Power station owners suspend green move – Hull Daily Mail (Hull, Uk)
INSHORT The huge Drax power plant at Selby has put plans to switch to
biomass on hold just hours after proposals for a new biomass plant in Hull were
announced. THE owners of Britain’s biggest power station have suspended plans to
replace coal with greener fuel. The move by Drax came just hours
Docks site where green jobs will blossom ; E YORKS: Could renewable energy be key to region’s future employment? – Hull Daily Mail (Hull, Uk)
WITH unemployment in Hull spiralling, proposals to build a huge new
bio-mass power plant are well-timed. If the new Dong Energy plant near Queen Elizabeth Dock, in east Hull, gets
the go-ahead, it could transform the region’s prospects by creating hundreds of
jobs and making East Yorkshire a
Westar $500 million settlement to reduce emissions – The Wichita Eagle
Westar Energy has agreed to pay a $3 million penalty and spend about
$500 million to upgrade a power plant to settle a federal air pollution
complaint. The settlement will lower sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxide emissions by
thousands of tons at the coal-fired Jeffrey Energy Center near St.
The true meaning of COP15 – The Jerusalem Post
As the debate over construction of a new power plant in Ashkelon
escalates, it is becoming clear that the government simply has not done its
homework on global warming and the legislative framework it demands. As of today, the country has no effective legislation, no real policy, nor
agreed-upon
U.S. eyes new nuclear plants in climate battle
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Obama administration wants to help the nuclear industry build a power plant for the first time in years to help diversify U.S. energy supplies and fight climate change, the White House said on Monday.
Real-life situations challenge students – Western Mail (Cardiff, Uk)
STAFF from a South Wales power plant are guiding pupils on the path
to engineering. Sixth form students from Llantarnam School in Cwmbran have enrolled on a six-
month project at Uskmouth Power Station, near Newport. Operators from Scottish and Southern Energy have challenged youngsters
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