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Britain poised to lose jobs as £10bn nuclear power plant contract goes to US
London :: United Kingdom | 1 day ago
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S Nuclear firm Westinghouse expected to appoint Shaw Group to lead its construction programme Thousands of jobs that were to have been created in Britain to build the next generation of nuclear power plants could be heading overseas instead, after Westinghouse...
Tags: Shaw Group, Westinghouse, power plant, Toshiba, nuclear power, 10bn nuclear, United Kingdom, London, Mitsui Sumitomo, Turbines, AP1000, Areva, Nuclear technology, Nuclear energy in the United States, Energy conversion
Nuclear project still alive
Bay City :: MI :: USA | 6 days ago
Credibility CPS Energy's Board of Trustees won't decide whether its nuclear plans are alive or dead until Jan 15. Interim General Manger Steve Bartley, who recently returned from Japan where he discussed cost estimates with contractor Toshiba Inc., requested the...
Tags: Steve Bartley, cost estimate, CPS, Toshiba Inc., Bay City, CPS Energy, South Texas Nuclear Generating Station, Mitsui Sumitomo, Toshiba, Turbines
Italy's birds-of-prey being lost to wind farms
In Italy, sprawling prop-style wind turbine ‘farms’ are sprouting up in ever-increasing numbers and, as they do, the death toll soars for thousands upon thousands of birds of prey. As concern about climate change and sustainable, eco-friendly...
Tags: alternative energy, wind energy, turbines, wildlife
Why not manufacture wind turbines in Pakistan?
By:- Air Commodore Azfar A Khan (Retd) We have known for decades that our survival depends on finding new sources of energy. Yet we import more oil today than ever before. ...
Tags: wind, turbines, manufacture, rotor, blades, gear, box, shaft, PAC, Kamra, HMC, HEC, tower, alternate, energy
Las Vegas Sun: Nevada lagging in the race to a green future
Reno :: NV :: USA | 9 months ago
Credibility As state leaders tell it, companies like Mariah Power should be the future of Nevada’s “green jobs” economy. The Reno-based wind turbine maker will this year ship $9 million worth of its innovative wind turbines, which quietly power homes and businesses.
Tags: power, green, green jobs, jobs, wind, economy, turbines
Many home turbines fall short of claims, warns study
London :: United Kingdom | 10 months ago
Credibility On average the turbines surveyed provided enough electricity to light an energy-efficient house, but this still only represented 5%-10% of the manufacturers' claims, said consultants Encraft. The findings will be an embarrassment for an industry which...
Most Neb. senators support wind power incentives
Omaha :: NE :: USA | 10 months ago
Credibility Several wind farm projects are in development across the state, but Nebraska has relatively few wind turbines at work, even though it is one of the windiest states in the nation. In a pre-session survey of state senators and senators-elect by The Associated...
Renewable energy order is absolutely' achievable, Real Goods founder says
Berkeley :: CA :: USA | 12 months ago
Credibility An executive order issued last week by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger calls for sellers of electricity in the state to have at least 33 percent of the electricity they make generated by renewable sources within 12 years. A portion of the Executive Order states...
Tags: renewable, energy, power, wind power, turbines, green, renewable energy
Today’s Inbox: Farm-based renewable energy must have stimulus package to grow
Grinnell :: IA :: USA | about 1 year ago
Credibility As a farmer, Ive seen how clean-energy technology helps rural America. In 2008, 113 new wind turbines were installed in Iowa, and 900 are in or near construction. Each creates income to landowners and jobs for construction workers, technicians and truckers....
NBC 4 Sioux City (KTIV): Wind turbines power new homes
Rapid City :: SD :: USA | about 1 year ago
Credibility Several houses east of Box Elder and near Piedmont are getting their electrical power from 30-foot-tall wind turbines. Developers says the three 6-foot-long turbine blades are designed to survive 140 mile-an-hour winds and can produce 2.4 kilowatts of...
Tags: turbines, power, energy, winds turbines
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