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Download the mp3 File HereListen online hereI am about to head out on a little adventure that I’ll tell you more about in a few minutes. My bags are packed and I need to be out the door in 55 minutes.We may be seeing the early beginnings of a fundamental shift in the commercial nuclear industry away from the one-size-fits-all approach where bigger is better. In the last few weeks there have been some interesting developments associated with small reactors and at the same time more large reactor projects are being put on hold.About two weeks ago I told you about the announcement by B&W …
Fuente Original: thisweekinnuclear.blogspot.com

4th July , 2009| energyblog | Comments (0) @ 23:36

Small Reactor Licensing - A Letter to the NRC

The NRC is considering a change to their fee structure for small reactors, and invited public comment. Here is a copy of the letter I sent.Attention: Rulemakings and Adjudications Staff Subject: Comments on the Proposed Changes to Licensing Fees for Small ReactorsTo Whom It May Concern:I graduated from the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy with a Bachelors Degree in Marine Engineering with a concentration in Nuclear Engineering. I have more than 20 years of experience operating nuclear reactors for the US Navy and in the commercial power industry. I was Engineering Office of the Watch and Plant…
Fuente Original: thisweekinnuclear.blogspot.com

4th July , 2009| energyblog | Comments (0) @ 23:35

And you thought nuclear engineering & science was all about energy? Guess Again! (Podcast Episode #69)

While at the American Nuclear Society Annual Conference last week I had the opportunity to speak with several students about their interests and fields of study. The broad range of responses is insightful and serves to illustrate that commercial energy generation is just one of many career options related to nuclear engineering, science, and technology.The students also help dispel the myth that nuclear careers are only for technical specialists. The industry needs people who focus on business, communications, government affairs and many other non-technical disciplines!Watch the video and you…
Fuente Original: thisweekinnuclear.blogspot.com

4th July , 2009| energyblog | Comments (0) @ 23:32

Will Exelon Job Cuts Derail Long Term Workforce Planning Strategies?

This past Monday an Exelon representative at the ANS Annual Conference in Atlanta provided a compelling description of efforts they have underway to attract and retain nuclear talent. Three days later the company announced they will eliminate 500 jobs, including 400 from their corporate staff. It raises eyebrows because the company is viewed by others in the industry as already “lean” and very effective at corporate oversight of their nuclear operations.John Rowe, Chairman and CEO of Exelon”]Having been through several reorganizations in three different nuclear companies, I certainly underst…
Fuente Original: thisweekinnuclear.blogspot.com

4th July , 2009| energyblog | Comments (0) @ 17:24

A Student Conference for Young People Interested in Nuclear Careers

“Live” from the 2009 ANS Conference in Atlanta, GA.Download the Video File HereJohn Wheeler and guest co-host Rod Adams of “The Atomic Show” meet with a group of students from the University of Michigan to discuss the ANS Student Conference. The student conference will be held in April 2010 at the University of Michigan. For more info go to the conference web site at http://www.studentans2010.org. Watch the video below or download the clip using the link above.Featured are (left to right):Guest co-host Rod Adams of “The Atomic Show”Mahima Gupta - Activities ChairMichaela Eddy - General Chai…
Fuente Original: thisweekinnuclear.blogspot.com

4th July , 2009| energyblog | Comments (0) @ 17:20

Sonoma County Welcomes Electric Vehicles With Plans For 200 Charging Stations

Image via: Coulomb Technologies Sonoma County, CA is preparing to install 200 new ChargePoint electric vehicle charging stations throughout the county. The infrastructure is being installed in preparation of electric vehicles being sold like hot cakes starting over the next few years, but the plan hinges on a little thing calle……
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4th July , 2009| energyblog | Comments (0) @ 0:49

Turning plastic bottles into a source of renewable energy

The weekend is upon us and it’s great to have something cheerful to take with us to our leisure time. In my view, nothing more uplifting than a great green idea. So meet Plastic Plan. The project, still in paper, aims at ridding landfills of plastic bottles while using them to generate clean energy offshore. […]…
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3th July , 2009| energyblog | Comments (0) @ 19:25

DrumBeat: July 3, 2009

Green Power Takes Root in the Chinese Desert
DUNHUANG, China — As the United States takes its first steps toward mandating that power companies generate more electricity from renewable sources, China already has a similar requirement and is investing billions to remake itself into a green energy superpower.

Through a combination of carrots and sticks, Beijing is starting to change how this country generates energy. Although coal remains the biggest energy source and is almost certain to stay that way, the rise of renewable energy, especially wind power, is helping to slow China’s stee…
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3th July , 2009| energyblog | Comments (0) @ 16:18

Green Ink: Off for the July 4th Weekend

Green Ink and Environmental Capital will be off until Monday. …
Fuente Original: feeds.wsjonline.com

3th July , 2009| energyblog | Comments (0) @ 13:00

VC Investment in Green Tech Up to US $1.2B in Q2

Greentech Media Inc. this week released quarterly data showing that venture capital investment in green technologies totaled US $1.2 billion in 85 deals in the second quarter of 2009. This is up from $836 million in 59 deals in the first quarter of 2009….
Fuente Original: www.renewableenergyworld.com

3th July , 2009| energyblog | Comments (0) @ 7:00

Drill Bits: Rig Count Picks Up Again. Why?

U.S. oil drilling is picking up and natural gas drilling is flattening off. With oil and gas prices so weak, why is this happening? …
Fuente Original: feeds.wsjonline.com

2th July , 2009| energyblog | Comments (0) @ 21:18

Renewable Energy Financing Rebounds, in Europe, if not U.S.

Renewable energy projects — wind farms, solar parks, etc. — are getting funding again after a long freeze in the markets. But the pace of financing in Europe is well ahead of the U.S. …
Fuente Original: feeds.wsjonline.com

2th July , 2009| energyblog | Comments (0) @ 19:56

Fair and Unfair Assessments

Seed Magazine has an interesting set of articles that roost under the title: The Lesser Evil: Nuclear or Coal? Well, you have to give a magazine room to gin up its content. Gwyneth Cravens, author of the Power to Save the World: The Truth About Nuclear Energy, offers an entry: Wind and solar are too diffuse and intermittent to provide baseload, and they require backup, mainly from fossil fuels. Nuclear has about the same carbon footprint as wind but is astronomically more compact and efficient and operates at 90 percent capacity (coal: 53 percent capacity; wind: 34 percent). Nuclear waste…
Fuente Original: neinuclearnotes.blogspot.com

2th July , 2009| energyblog | Comments (0) @ 18:24

Energy clock is back!

I’ve just uploaded beta version 0.0.1 of “Lou’s Energy and Environmental Clock”. It’s now a fully self-contained HTML + CSS + JavaScript page, which means it should (he typed nervously) run on Windows, Linux, Macs, or any other system that has browser released in this century.
Get it here.
This version is a complete re-write of the energy clock Windows program I released some time back that I know was popular with quite a few people.
Please note that this is a beta version, and beta comes from the Latin for “guaranteed to be so riddled with bugs and stupid …
Fuente Original: www.grinzo.com

2th July , 2009| energyblog | Comments (0) @ 16:50

Risk Assessments: Playing the “What If?” Game

I spend a lot of time playing “What if?” It is an important aspect of my line of work, but we all do this to some extent. I do it when I am driving - “What if that car at the next intersection pulls out in front of me?” - when I am working “What if that high pressure line ruptures?” - and at home - “What if I wake up and find the house is on fire?” I also spend a lot of time pondering the “What if there are energy shortages in the near future?”
When we do this, we are generally trying to understand the potential consequences of various responses to a given situation. This sort of exercise i…
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2th July , 2009| energyblog | Comments (0) @ 16:15

Blogs are out of beta, but bloggers should always be in beta

Polizeros has a post on evolving online media forms - Blogs are out of beta, but bloggers should always be in beta.Steve Rubel on how social networking sites and lifestreams are the next indicated thing.The image above is one of the most important graphics I have ever seen. In fact I stare at it every day on my desktop to remind me that a) there will always be shifts in media and b) one format never supersedes another.The blog is at a critical stage in its evolution. Blogs are out of beta. Blogs are the new normal. Everything is a blog. So what’s next? Well, the format will indeed evolve int…
Fuente Original: peakenergy.blogspot.com

2th July , 2009| energyblog | Comments (0) @ 14:51

As Iraq Stabilizes, China Eyes Its Oil Fields

The NYT has an article on the recent auction of Iraqi oil rights - As Iraq Stabilizes, China Eyes Its Oil Fields.As the world’s second-largest and fastest-growing consumer of oil, China is showing increasing interest in oil fields in a country that has until very recently seemed to be firmly in the American sphere of influence for natural resources: Iraq.Chinese oil companies are expected to bid for the rights to develop Iraq’s oil fields in auctions that are set to start Tuesday, although Sinopec, the China National Petroleum Corporation and the China National Offshore Oil Corporation all…
Fuente Original: peakenergy.blogspot.com

2th July , 2009| energyblog | Comments (0) @ 14:47

Keep on Driving: The Greening of Texas’ Tollways

You can no longer stop to pay cash on a Dallas-area tollway. And that may make it greener. …
Fuente Original: feeds.wsjonline.com

2th July , 2009| energyblog | Comments (0) @ 13:30

Iberdrola Sells Chilean Hydro Stakes

Chilean energy company CGE, through its CGE Generación subsidiary, is to acquire stakes in two hydroelectricity companies in Chile as part of an asset divestment programme by Spanish group Iberdrola….
Fuente Original: www.renewableenergyworld.com

2th July , 2009| energyblog | Comments (0) @ 7:00

Oregon Bans Topping Off

Benzene in a known carcinogen and can be reduced from a ban on topping off.Oregon is one of the few states that have their gasoline fuel pumped for them instead of the much more popular self serve. One might ask what does a ban on topping off on gasoline have to do with the environment? To which I might answer that it has everything to do with the environment and more.The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality said in a news release today that levels of a known carcinogen benzene will decrease with this new ban effective today (07/01/09). Since Oregonions have their fuel pumped by a gas st…
Fuente Original: www.theenvironmentalblog.org

2th July , 2009| energyblog | Comments (0) @ 6:43

Obama Administration Offers $59 Million in Conditional Loan Guarantees to Beacon Power and Nordic Windpower, Inc.

WASHINGTON, DC — Secretary Steven Chu today announced $59 million in conditional loan guarantees from the Department of Energy for Nordic Windpower, USA, and Beacon Power….
Fuente Original: www.energy.gov

2th July , 2009| energyblog | Comments (0) @ 6:00

Wells Fargo in $100 million deal with SunPower

Wells Fargo and SunPower today announced a new collaborative effort to fund up to $100 million in SunPower commercial-scale solar systems.

Under the financing program, SunPower will enter into power purchase agreements with qualified customers and Wells Fargo will finance the solar power systems that SunPower will design, build, operate, and maintain. That means customers […]…
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2th July , 2009| energyblog | Comments (0) @ 3:32

Denial of a Clear and Present Danger

A rise in global temperatures over the past 50 years is due primarily to human-induced emissions of heat-trapping gases. These emissions come mainly from the burning of fossil fuels (coal, oil, and gas), with additional contributions from the clearing of forests and agricultural activities. The arrogant denial by our corrupt “representatives” of this knowledge will have far reaching consequences, both spatially and temporarily….
Fuente Original: jcwinnie.biz

1th July , 2009| energyblog | Comments (0) @ 23:42

ExxonMobil Found to Still Fund Climate Skeptic Groups, After Pledges to Stop

photo: Colin via flickr Despite pledges from ExxonMobil that it would cease funding groups which question the scientific validity of global climate change, last year the company “handed over hundreds of thousands of pounds” to climate skeptic groups, The Guardian reports:……
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1th July , 2009| energyblog | Comments (0) @ 23:20

Seattle and The Potential of Gasified Coal

Seattle? Nuclear energy? We think of Seattle – and Washington state -as hydro, wind, perhaps coffee – but not really nuclear. But of course, Washington has a nuclear plant – Columbia Generating Station – and nothing really stops any state from using nuclear energy. Still, we were a bit surprised to find in the Seattle Times a pretty clear-eyed article. Demand can easily rise 10 to 15 percent over the several years it takes to permit and build a substantial power-generation facility. So, by all means continue to implement conservation and support all the wind, biomass, solar,…
Fuente Original: neinuclearnotes.blogspot.com