 Tour aims to stoke ideas for renewable energy
(Kitchener/Waterloo Record: Thu, 17 Apr) WATERLOO REGION (Apr 17, 2008) -- See how a house can harness renewable energy on a Saturday tour of green homes. Visit local homes powered by solar, geothermal and wind energy and a house made with strawbales.
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 Massive turbine rotor replaced at Beaver Valley Nuclear Power Station
(The Beaver County Times: Sat, 19 Apr) SHIPPINGPORT — For a first time in 21 years, workers removed the massive rotor from a high-pressure steam turbine Thursday at the Beaver Valley Nuclear Power Station’s Unit 2 reactor as part of scheduled maintenance during a refueling outage.
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 PRESS: Hungary's PannErgy raises budget for geothermal projects to EUR500 mln
(Interfax: Fri, 18 Apr) BUDAPEST. APRIL 18. INTERFAX CENTRAL EUROPE - Hungarian listed alternative energy company PannErgy is planning to increase the budget of its program to build geothermal power plants from the original EUR 350 mln to EUR 500 mln, due to high demand experienced from cities across the country, the daily Vilaggazdasag reported Friday.
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 Renewable Energy facts - peak oil
(North Denver News: Tue, 15 Apr) Renewable Energy facts - 2007 year data • Renewable electricity generation capacity reached an estimated 240 gigawatts (GW) worldwide in 2007, an increase of 50 percent over 2004. • Renewables represent 5 percent of global power capacity and 3.4 percent of global power generation. Renewable energy generated as much electric power worldwide in 2006 as one-quarter of the world’s nuclear power ...
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 PPL seeks dismissal of nuclear power plant lawsuit
(Times Leader: Thu, 17 Apr) PPL has filed a motion seeking the dismissal of a lawsuit that challenges the electric company’s plans to increase the generation capacity of its nuclear power plant in Salem Township.
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 Self-Healing Ceramics for Nuclear Safety
(Slashdot: Sun, 20 Apr) Roland Piquepaille writes "Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) researchers have used supercomputers to simulate how common ceramics could repair themselves after radiation-induced damages. This is an important discovery because 'materials that can resist radiation damage are needed to expand the use of nuclear energy.' These ceramics, which are able to handle high-radiation doses, could ...
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