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Plasma Device Developed at MU Could Revolutionize Energy Generation and Storage

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Storing large quantities of energy is one of the greatest challenges facing utility-scale renewable sources like wind and solar. Battery technology has significantly advanced in recent years, but still remains relatively expensive. Researchers have been working on various methods of storing energy, like vanadium flow batteries, and now engineers at the University of Missouri have made a breakthrough that allows them to create and control plasma, which could have wide-ranging implications for generating and storing energy.

“Besides liquid, gas and solid, matter has a fourth state, known as plasma. Fire and lightning are familiar forms of plasma. Life on Earth depends on the energy emitted by plasma produced during fusion reactions within the sun,” MU said in a statement. Keep reading →

 /  Published April 18, 2013 at 11:00 AM

Carnival Will Upgrade Ships’ Power Systems

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Carnival Corp., whose customers suffered through a high-profile nightmare cruise in February, said it will spend between $600 million and $700 million to upgrade its fleet’s power systems.

Earlier this year, a fire aboard the Carnival Triumph caused the ship to lose power in the middle of the Gulf of Mexico. It took five days to tow the ship to shore. During the ordeal, passengers said raw sewage from non-working toilets was sloshing through hallways and running down the walls of the cabins. They also reported stifling heat due to loss of air conditioning and limited food availability. A month later, another ship lost power when it was docked in the Caribbean, and Carnival had to fly all of its passengers home. Keep reading →

 /  Published April 17, 2013 at 3:30 PM

Good News From the IRS on the PTC for Wind and Geothermal

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The IRS has clarified the “under construction” provision in the production tax credit.

Some good news from the IRS on April 15. Keep reading →

 /  Published April 17, 2013 at 12:30 PM

Southwestern Energy on Industry Outlook, EPA Methane Regulations and US LNG Exports

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One of the largest independent natural gas producers in the US, Southwestern Energy, is optimistic about the US natural gas industry outlook despite anticipated cost increases associated with upcoming EPA rulemaking.

Southwestern President and CEO Steve Mueller said his company was not concerned about fracking regulations, but described methane emissions as a “big concern” when fielding questions from Wall Street analysts at the Independent Petroleum Association of America’s Oil & Gas Investment Symposium in New York on Monday. Keep reading →

 /  Published April 17, 2013 at 8:30 AM

Brent Trades Below $100/Barrel, As Demand Worries Weigh

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North Sea Brent crude oil futures were lower for a fifth day on Tuesday, trading at a nine-month low below $100 a barrel.

U.S. benchmark crude, down for a fourth day, was at its lowest level so far in 2013, as the market remained under pressure from signs of weak oil demand growth. Keep reading →

 /  Published April 16, 2013 at 12:00 PM

Video: German City Lowers Emissions With Combined Heat and Power Technology

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Power generation technology giant GE is getting into the combined heat and power game in Germany, where they are looking to maximize use and efficiency of intermittent renewable sources like wind and solar with the help of natural gas. However, burning natural gas to generate power generates lots of heat energy that is wasted by traditional gas power plants.

“Our flexible J920 technology offers both high efficiency and reliability levels, which makes it the ideal large gas engine distributed power solution for industrial and grid stabilization applications while also minimizing the customer’s carbon footprint,” said Karl Wetzlmayer, general manager of gas engines for power generation – GE Power & Water. Keep reading →

 /  Published April 16, 2013 at 8:30 AM

Major Asia Pacific LNG Deal in the Works

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Papua New Guinea is set to join the global LNG game in 2014 when the ExxonMobil-led PNG LNG project is scheduled to ship its first deliveries, but a major announcement today by InterOil suggests an additional LNG export project could come on stream in the Asian Pacific island nation not long after.

InterOil has been active in PNG since the late 1990’s and operates the country’s only refinery which supplies about 65% of domestic refined product demand. Profits from InterOil’s downstream operations are often used to offset the costs of the company’s LNG export project, a major long-term strategic objective for the independent firm. Keep reading →

 /  Published April 15, 2013 at 12:00 PM

Enhanced Geothermal Breaks Through In Nevada

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Breaking new ground – literally – enhanced geothermal system technology is unlocking heat trapped deep beneath Earth’s surface and, for the first time, turning it into electricity on the U.S. grid.

The U.S. Department of Energy said an Ormat Technologies EGS project that it backed with $5.4 million (to go along with $2.6 million in private sector money) had boosted production at a Churchill County, Nev., geothermal field by 38 percent, pumping 1.7 megawatts of new power to the grid. Keep reading →

 /  Published April 15, 2013 at 9:00 AM

You’ll Pay Less at the Pump this Summer, But Not Much

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Summer driving season is officially underway and the good news is Americans look set to save on gasoline compared with last summer, but not by much.

The US Energy Information Administration just released their Summer Fuels Outlook and expect “that regular‐grade gasoline retail prices, which averaged $3.69 per gallon last summer, will average $3.63 per gallon during the current summer (April through September) driving season.” Keep reading →

 /  Published April 12, 2013 at 4:45 PM

Video: ‘James Hansen on NASA Retirement and Climate Action We Need’

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James Hansen was a NASA scientist for 46 years and a prominent climate change critic credited with being one of the first to speak out about the issue. He recently left his position at the government space agency so he could freely address climate change on a full-time basis.

In this brand new video, he discusses his decision to leave NASA and suggests increasing the price of fossil fuels at the policy level can help accelerate a transition to cleaner energy solutions. Keep reading →

 /  Published April 12, 2013 at 3:15 PM
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