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South Wake landfill waste to be reborn as electricity
Feb 21 - The News & Observer, N.C. - The South Wake landfill in Apex entombs waste from all over the county to the grinding roar of earth movers and the scream of wheeling seagulls More...
For Prairie Woods, energy goal is now a reality
Feb 21 - McClatchy-Tribune Regional News - Tom Cherveny West Central Tribune, Willmar, Minn. - The first step toward energy independence was taken by the Prairie Woods Environmental Learning Center in 2004, when it added a corn-burning stove to the lobby of its education building. More...
$23M green energy project proposed
Feb 21 - McClatchy-Tribune Regional News - Tiffeny Owens The Decatur Daily, Ala. - A green energy company wants to build a $23 million facility at the Decatur-Morgan County Regional Landfill to convert plastics from the city's residential garbage into fuel. More...
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Natural gas power plant appearing more likely for Interstate Power
Feb 21 - McClatchy-Tribune Regional News - Dave DeWitte The Gazette, Cedar Rapids, Iowa - Interstate Power and Light Co.'s tentative plan to build a $700 million natural gas combined cycle power plant is looking less and less tentative. More...
Developers withdraw tire-burning plan
Feb 21 - McClatchy-Tribune Regional News - Evamarie Socha The Daily Item, Sunbury, Pa. - The developers proposing to build a $30 million generator in Union County running on fuel derived from rubber tires withdrew their application with the state, saying they've changed their plans and didn't want the state to make a ruling based on outdated information. More...
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ENERGY BLOGS

Are You REALLY Prepared for Your Outage?

Blogger Photo By Peter Hessler - How many of you think that you’ll “just know” if you’ll be ready or not when the unit comes off more...

"Shale Gas Wars: From Pennsylvania to North Carolina." Dr. Daniel Fine will speak on Shale Gas in NC

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The bigger problems were the PTCs and cash grants

By Mark Wooldridge - ACCCE Statement on U.S. Senate Effort to Restrain EPA's Job-Destroying Regulation - The United States Senate today took the first more...

Nuclear Reconsidered

Blogger Photo By Martin Rosenberg - The federal government has - after decades - green-lighted a nuclear project. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has approved two Southern more...

Officials Return From Western Gas Fields ‘Invigorated’

By Da Roberts - Participants in a recent shale gas energy conference held in Hobbs, New Mexico, referred to a whirlwind trip to Lea more...
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Shale Gas -- Friend or Foe

By Richard Goodwin
Since I reside in Palm Beach County, FL, I pay attention to my local electricity rates, provided by Florida Power & Light [FPL] -- a regulated utility. Recently, FPL lowered its rates by about 2% more...
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Trillion Dollar Opportunities

By Jim Hartung
During the last decade, technologies have been developed and demonstrated at scale to economically produce natural gas from shale rock formations. As a result, the Energy Information Administration (EIA) estimates that the US has about more...
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Natural Gas...A Game Changer?

By Sam Mutasem
There is certainly an abundance of advocates for renewable energy; Wind, Solar, and Nuclear, which I support as an important part of the power supply portfolio. At the same time we have a shortage of more...
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Prevention and Control Module for Spontaneous Combustion of Coal at Coal Yards

By S. Deepak Kumar
Spontaneous combustion of coal is a common concern within the coal stockyard of thermal power plants due to the direct effect that energy losses have on financial performance. As coal is the primary fuel for more...
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The Oil Price Closely Observed

By Ferdinand E. Banks
When recently asked why the (West Texas Intermediate) oil price at the end of June (2011) had declined from 112 dollars per barrel (=$112/b) to almost 90$/b in a fairly short time, I informed some more...
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