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Nuclear Progresses In Some Countries Despite Fukushima Fears
Germany’s decision to close its reactors rejected as unrealistic Since the March 11 earthquake and tsunami hit the six TEPCO reactors at Fukushima Japan, anti-nuclear groups have been on a roll. Germany’s panic attack which will result in closing 17 reactors accounting for a quarter of its electricity is widely touted as a... [read more]
Small Modular Reactors: Miracle, Mirage, or Between?
In his February TED talk “Innovating to Zero,” Bill Gates voiced his concern for our inability to meet growing world energy demand while simultaneously limiting our effect on the environment. He observed that we badly need “miracles” in low and zero-emission power generation technology in order to stabilize the earth’s mean surface... [read more]
Turkey switches horses for second round of reactors
South Korea worries about risks related to Turkey’s long term stability A month ago the buzz was that Turkey would ink a deal for its second nuclear power station. News media reports from South Korea and Turkey suggested another victory for the same consortium that won a $20 billion contract with the United Arab Emirates just a year ago... [read more]
IBM AsiaPac Smart Grid announcements
Photo credit pgegreenenergy IBM seems to be making big moves in AsiaPac! IBM made two significant announcements last week about projects it is involved in in South Korea and Shanghai. In the South Korean project, IBM is partnering with POSCO ICT “to develop South Korea’s first renewable energy management system for a smart grid.” When... [read more]
South Korea to enter small reactor business
South Korea is panning to enter the small reactor market. The South Korean Ministry of Education, Science and Technology announced on Monday that a consortium of South Korean corporations is developing a small (100 MWe) reactor design, intended primarily for under industrialized nations. The system integrated modular advanced... [read more]
S.Korea to invest $1 billion in tidal power plants
Reuters has a report on South Korean plans to build 520 MW of tidal power generation over the next 4 years - S.Korea to invest $1 billion in tidal power plants. Korea Western Power Corp (WP) will invest a total of 1.22 trillion won ($1.07 billion) to build 20 tidal power plants likely from next year through 2014, the government and... [read more]
Opportunities and Ironies: Climate Policy in Tokyo, Seoul, Brussels, and Washington
As I write this, I’m on board a flight from Seoul, South Korea, to San Francisco, California, on my way home to Boston, having spent the week of Harvard spring break meeting with senior government officials, academics, and leaders of civil society in Tokyo and Seoul on behalf of the Harvard Project on International Climate Agreements.... [read more]
Open, Direct Competition Between Natural Gas and Nuclear Energy In UAE
The UAE is one of the world's most richly endowed oil and gas producers, but it has recently signed a contract with a consortium of South Korean manufacturers to build 4 large (1400 MWe) nuclear power plants to supply the electricity baseload in the country. This decision is completely rational. The UAE has a growing, energy intensive... [read more]
Samsung, Ontario ink $7 billion solar/wind manufacturing and development deal
They’re calling it the largest integrated solar-wind deal of its kind in the world. Whether or not it’s true, there’s no question that this one ranks high. South Korean industrial giant Samsung Group signed a deal today with the Ontario government that will see 2,500 megawatts of solar and wind developments and construction of four... [read more]
AEHI will compress space/time for reactor projects
Faster than light travel claimed for Idaho nuclear new build Alternative Energy Holdings Inc. (PK:AEHI) wasted little time issuing a press release in an effort to ride the coat tails of the $20 billion award by the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to a consortium of South Korean, Japanese, and American firms. The Idaho company claims that it... [read more]
The Atomic Show Podcast #146
Want to know how South Korea won the $20 billion UAE nuclear energy contract? Tune in here Details Below. The Atomic Show #146 - South Korea Nuclear Technology Development The United Arab Emirates has recently selected a consortium that includes Korea Electric Power Corp., Westinghouse Electric, Hyundai Engineering and Construction,... [read more]
South Korean Consortium Wins UAE Reactor Deal - Bid Was $16 Billion (40%) Lower Than Areva Led Consortium
The United Arab Emirates UAE announced today that it had chosen a South Korean consortium that includes Korea Electric Power Corp., Westinghouse Electric, Hyundai Engineering and Construction, Samsung C&T Corp and Doosan Heavy Industries to supply four nuclear power plants, each producing approximately 1400 MW of electricity. The... [read more]
South Korea wins UAE $20.4 billion nuclear contract
Award is based on commercial and safety merits of the bid The Wall Street Journal reports Dec 27 that a consortium led by South Korean companies has won a $20.4 billion contract to build four new nuclear reactors in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The newspaper reported that the announcement was made in Abu Dhabi by UAE... [read more]
VIDEO: Is America Losing the Clean Energy Race?
The United States is quickly falling behind Asian rivals in the race to corner the burgeoning global clean energy market, according to a report released last week by the Breakthrough Institute and the Information Technology and Information Foundation. The new report, "Rising Tigers, Sleeping Giant," is the first to thoroughly benchmark... [read more]
U.S. Business Leaders Urge America to Get Serious about the Clean Energy Race
By Leigh Ewbank, originally posted at the Breakthrough InstituteIn Monday's Washington Post, prominent U.S. business leaders John Doerr (from Kleiner Perkins, pictured left) and Jeff Immelt (CEO of GE) joined the growing chorus calling on the nation's leaders to prepare America for the clean-energy race. They warn that the U.S. is... [read more]
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Baby You Can Drive My (Electric) Car
Posted May 11, 2012 by Scott Edward Anderson
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Siemens develops ABS plastic alternative
Posted May 9, 2012 by Doris de Guzman
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Reduce CO2 and Slow Global Warming?
Posted April 30, 2012 by Willem Post
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Hidroenergia 2012
May 25, 2012, Wroclaw, Poland
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WGC 2012 - 25th World Gas Conference
June 4, 2012, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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Ecwatech 2012
June 4, 2012, Moscow, Russia
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Hidroenergia 2012
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NESCO Town Hall: Security Risk Management Practices for Electric Utilities
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“Cities will need to be retrofitted, as a whole. There's much work to be done. Vertical farming and other forms of energy/space/agriculture integration will be necessary to further sustain how humans live on this planet.”
“David,Reserves, potential resources and production are not interchangeable, and apocalyptic statements that depend on conflating them are thus fundamentally flawed. Your cogent analysis makes this crucial distinction well. It just needs a bigger audience.”