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Gaza power plant runs out of smuggled fuel, shuts down

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Gaza's Energy Authority, which is run by the Islamist Hamas group, said “measures taken” on the Egyptian side of the border meant not enough fuel was entering the territory. Related Israel braces for wave of terror after bomb blasts: national media …
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Court settlement mandates Salem power plant to stop burning coal by 2014

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By Justin A. Rice, Town Correspondent Dominion Energy Inc., the current owner of the power plant, reached a settlement yesterday in a federal lawsuit with the Conservation Law Foundation and North Shore-based HealthLink. The agreement states that the …
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NRC approval paves way for CENG merger

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Neuroscience the new face of warfare: experts

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By Kate Kelland | LONDON (Reuters) – Directed energy weapons that use wave beams to cause pain, and electrical brain stimulation that boosts a soldier's combat ability – it may sound like science fiction warfare, but experts say advances in …
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Ocean energy test rig testing get programmable power

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O'Sullivan explains that, with the imminent requirement to connect more offshore devices and arrays to the grid, research and development has focused on the control and performance of electrical components in the power train – including generators, …
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Shelters report a growing need amid challenges SHELTER FACTS

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The application included a proposal that would replace two older buildings with new energy efficient structures, according to housing services officials. "We weren't happy," Morole said. "We thought going into it we had support.
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Why the Republican War on Science?

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With more heat energy in the atmosphere, chaotic weather patterns are becoming routine. An estimated 15000 people died in the Moscow heat wave of 2010. Thailand experienced the worst flooding in its history with Bangkok, its capital city of 10 million, …
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Plans would bring hydro power | ATC, partner working on link to proposed dam …

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Finally, ATC and Minnesota Power will work together to study other transmission upgrades in Wisconsin "that would allow for the movement of more renewable energy in the Upper Midwest while at the same time strengthening electric reliability in the …
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Opposing winds in turbine use

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Although the fight with opponents rages on, work is well under way for the installation of two 397-foot turbines made by Chinese manufacturer Sinovel. The SL1500 model turbines will have a rated power of 1.5 megawatts each and will be located off …
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Alstom attaque la Mecque de l'énergie des vagues

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… et du fabricant de bouées Pelamis Wave Power. Aux côtés d'Alstom, la petite société AWS Ocean Energy, créée en 2004 (27 salariés) et basée à Inverness (Ecosse), est soutenue par Shell Technology Ventures Fund 1 et la Scottish Investment Bank.
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Americans Gaining Energy Independence

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… which provides electricity to Sacramento County and a small portion of Placer County, is one of the ten largest publicly owned utilities in the US, generating the bulk of its power through natural gas and large hydroelectric generation plants.
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Too much power? BPA looks at ways to store excess energy

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"You would use it essentially as a load to soak up and store excess wind energy." Excess energy has been a problem in the past. Just last year, unusually high flows in the Columbia River Basin put the region's hydroelectric dams at maximum capacity.
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