Finnish researchers have called for a revision of climate change estimates after their findings showed emissions from soil would contribute more to climate warming than previously thought.
A recently published report is exposing some shocking exploitation of the Amazon''s natural resources--and this times it''s water being stolen. Where is this water headed? According to the report, "tankers are quietly removing water" to be bottled and sold in Europe and the Middle East.
A new experimental setup using algae photosynthesis proteins shows that, when they are stimulated with light, they exchange energy via quantum interactions.
Migrating insects have evolved to take advantage very efficiently of high speed winds (up to 60 MPH, possibly more) to travel hundreds of kilometers in relatively short periods of time, all that while correcting for crosswinds taking them off-course, and expanding as little energy as possible.
Scientists from the University of Essex in England have developed schools of robotic fish that look exactly like real fish. Except that real fish don?t have built-in GPS tracking systems and wi-fi sensors that detect areas of pollution in the water. These fish do, and are being used to detect particular pollutants in the depths of the River Thames.
Dan Jones writes "As discussed here last year, IBM has made good on its promise to release the Power7 processor (and servers) in the first half of 2010. The Power7 processor adds more cores and improved multithreading capabilities to boost the performance of servers requiring high up-time, according to Big Blue. Power7 chips will run between 3.0GHz and 4.14GHz and will come with four, six, or eight cores. The chips are being made using the 45-nm process technology. New Power7 servers (up to 64 cores for now) are said to deliver twice the performance of older Power6 systems, but are four times more energy efficient. Power7 servers will run AIX and Linux." And reader shmG notes Intel''s release of a new Itanium server processor after two years of delays. The Power7 specs would seem to put the new Intel chip in the shade.Read more of this story at Slashdot.
Enerji''s waste heat adds 4.5MW turbine to 24 hour gas stack heat.
The Victorian Government announced the first grants from Energy Technology Innovation Strategy (ETIS) fund for new large-scale, pre-commercial Carbon Capture Storage (CCS) demonstration projects in Victoria. This was connected to the seven CO2 dump exploration licences opened for bid in March 2009, and not yet concluded. One of the offshore Release areas GIPP-01, GIPP-02 and GIPP-03: Gippsland Basin, appears above.
The study will be based on Mitsubishi Heavy Industries'' latest technologies.
MikeChino writes "As battery manufacturers race to produce more efficient lithium-ion batteries for electric vehicles, some scientists are looking to make the cars themselves a power source. Researchers are currently developing a new auto body material that can store and release electrical energy like a battery. Once perfected, scientists hope the substance will replace standard car bodies, making vehicles up to 15 percent lighter and significantly extending the range of electric vehicles."Read more of this story at Slashdot.
Environmentalists have praised Olympic organizers for building energy-efficient venues, using clean-energy sources, relying on public transit during the Games, and offsetting part of the event''s emissions. But a report released this week from the David Suzuki Foundation highlights ''missed opportunities'' and areas where the Games ''fell short.''
A toxic liquid has been creeping through the soil of cities in the mid-Hudson Valley for more than a century. From the 1800s to the 1950s, manufactured gas plants provided light and heat to thousands who walked city streets and lived in city homes. But an industrial byproduct from those plants, coal tar, has been leaking into the ground since then.
Victorian small consumer tariffs would increase about 3 per cent on top of other rises, after a 25 January ruling by the Australian Competition Tribunal overuled a determination by the Australian Energy Regulator (AER) and allowed an untendered internal contract between related firms (AIMRO Services Requirements) for Advanced Interval Meter Rollout (AIMRO) to Alinta Asset Management, to get billed to end customers. This decision allowed fees of $13.1 million by United Energy Distribution Pty Ltd (UED) to be billed to end users.
The Australian Competition Tribunal has overruled the Australian Energy Regulator and ruled the AER had had failed to prove that an untendered self-contract to mamage metering develpment was not a device to increase4 determination to refuse self-contracts fees was based;
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A gas line exploded on Sunday at a power plant in Middletown, Connecticut and police said there were "mass casualties." Media reported two people dead and at least a hundred injured.||The local CBS station WFSB...
The Competition Tribunal accepted the bulk of claims against the Australian Energy Regulator by two related Victorian electricity distributors; United Energy Distribution Pty Ltd and JEN with shared ownership, and the same self-owned meter contract.
A couple hit with a $55,000 power bill after being undercharged for years say Mercury Energy is bullying them to pay. Adding to the confusion was the fact their account had been credited more than $9000 a month earlier - for overcharging.
Scientists at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory reported they have taken a major step toward harnessing the forces that power the sun in an effort to create unlimited energy on Earth.
BRISBANE - Australian company Resourcehouse says it has struck a A$60 billion ($75.69 billion), 20-year agreement to supply coal to China Power International Development, calling it Australia''s biggest export contract.The deal,...
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