Thursday, October 10, 2013

Agreement opens US-Vietnam nuclear trade

Agreement opens US-Vietnam nuclear trade (http://www.world-nuclear-news.org/NP-Agreement_opens_US_Vietnam_nuclear_trade-1010134.html)
The signing of a 123 Agreement between the USA and Vietnam will allow US exporters access to the growing nuclear market, put at a value of $50 billion by 2030.

Indictments for South Korea forgery scandal

Indictments for South Korea forgery scandal (http://www.world-nuclear-news.org/RS-Indictments_for_South_Korea_forgery_scandal-1010137.html)
One hundred people have been indicted for their part in falsifying safety documents affecting South Korean nuclear power plants, the country's government has announced.

U.S. natural gas flows, price spreads changing

http://www.fierceenergy.com/story/us-natural-gas-flows-price-spreads-changing/2013-10-10?utm_medium=nl&utm_source=internal

Prospects and challenges for a global expansion of Nuclear Energy

Prospects and challenges for a global expansion

of Nuclear Energy

http://assets.fiercemarkets.com/public/sites/energy/reports/HeckerPresentation.pdf

Asia-Pacific to lead new nuclear capacity

http://www.fierceenergy.com/story/asia-pacific-lead-new-nuclear-capacity/2013-09-23

Worldwide nuclear stagnates

October 10, 2013 | By Barbara Vergetis Lundin

Expansion of nuclear power generating capacity has slowed considerably -- just 75 GW were added in the last 25 years, compared to 296 GW during the preceding quarter century, according to Worldwatch Institute. Today, nuclear power is the only mainstream energy technology that does not show significant growth with its share of global primary energy supply falling from 6.4 percent in 2002 to just 4.5 percent in 2012.

http://www.fierceenergy.com/story/worldwide-nuclear-stagnates/2013-10-10?utm_medium=nl&utm_source=internal

$207 Million In Venture Capital For Solar In Third Quarter of 2013

$207 Million In Venture Capital For Solar In Third Quarter of 2013
Read more at http://cleantechnica.com/2013/10/09/207-million-venture-capital-solar-third-quarter-2013/#vXFORsEpuCe4XvOK.99

$207 Million In Venture Capital For Solar In Third Quarter of 2013
http://cleantechnica.com/2013/10/09/207-million-venture-capital-solar-third-quarter-2013/?utm_source=Cleantechnica+News&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=00833af2dc-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_term=0_b9b83ee7eb-00833af2dc-331974829

A brief history of oil prices and Middle East tensions: Fear of a black gold shortage

http://www.pennenergy.com/articles/pennenergy/2013/10/a-brief-history-of-oil-prices-and-middle-east-tensions-fear-of-a-black-gold-shortage.html?cmpid=EnlDailyPetroOctober102013

OIG: 6,400 Foreigners Had Access to Nuclear Lab’s Restricted Areas

OIG: 6,400 Foreigners Had Access to Nuclear Lab’s Restricted Areas - See more at: http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/alissa-tabirian/oig-6400-foreigners-had-access-nuclear-lab-s-restricted-areas#sthash.poIQnRzB.dpuf

OIG: 6,400 Foreigners Had Access to Nuclear Lab’s Restricted Areas
http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/alissa-tabirian/oig-6400-foreigners-had-access-nuclear-lab-s-restricted-areas

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission Temporarily Closes by Geoff Brumfiel

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission Temporarily Closes

by Geoff Brumfiel

http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2013/10/09/231014820/the-nuclear-regulatory-commission-temporarily-closes

Shell Exec Says Oil Companies Might Become Carbon Capture Ones

An expert from Shell says that oil companies, with their deep knowledge of geophysics, are well-suited to pioneer carbon capture and storage technology.

http://www.technologyreview.com/news/519436/shell-exec-says-oil-companies-might-become-carbon-capture-ones/?utm_campaign=newsletters&utm_source=newsletter-daily-all&utm_medium=email&utm_content=20131010

Energy Quote of the Day: ‘The US has the Rigs, Rednecks and Pipes’ By Jared Anderson

Energy Quote of the Day: ‘The US has the Rigs, Rednecks and Pipes’

By Jared Anderson
http://breakingenergy.com/2013/10/09/energy-quote-of-the-day-the-us-has-the-rigs-rednecks-and-pipes/?utm_source=Breaking+Energy&utm_campaign=7787588a20-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f852427a4b-7787588a20-407304281

Is US Gas Headed Towards a Tighter Supply-Demand Balance? By Conway Irwin

Is US Gas Headed Towards a Tighter Supply-Demand Balance?

By Conway Irwin
http://breakingenergy.com/2013/10/09/is-us-gas-headed-towards-a-tighter-supply-demand-balance/?utm_source=Breaking+Energy&utm_campaign=7787588a20-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f852427a4b-7787588a20-407304281

AVEVA announces speakers and sponsors for AVEVA World Summit 2013

http://www.aveva.com/en/News-Events/Press-Releases/Press-Releases-2013/Corporate/AVEVA-announces-speakers-for-AVEVA-World-Summit.aspx#!

Checking the Record: US vs Opec Since 1973 Oil Embargo By Jared Anderson

Checking the Record: US vs Opec Since 1973 Oil Embargo

By Jared Anderson
http://breakingenergy.com/2013/10/09/checking-the-record-us-vs-opec-since-1973-oil-embargo/?utm_source=Breaking+Energy&utm_campaign=7787588a20-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f852427a4b-7787588a20-407304281

Renewable Energy Mid-Year Report: 10% US Energy Consumption, 14% Net Electrical Generation

Kenneth Bossong, SUN DAY Campaign
http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2013/09/renewable-energy-mid-year-report-10-us-energy-consumption-14-net-electrical-generation?cmpid=GeoNL-Thursday-October10-2013

Fukushima Update 10/10

Fukushima updates for today –

Tepco has detected elevated Cesium levels at the barricaded shoreline of F. Daiichi... Tepco also reports that they have found barely-detectible Cs-137 in one open-sea sample... Contract workers at F. Daiichi caused a spill inside a temporary warehouse... NRA Chair Shunichi Tanaka says the latest human error incidents are due to low worker morale... Fukushima bulls show no radiation-induced abnormalities... Japan and South Korea will co-study the effects of Fukushima leaks on the Pacific Ocean... Former PM Junichiro Koizumi’s recent antinuclear turn “shows clear lack of perspective”... A Tokyo citizens group says some of Japan’s 2020 Olympic venues have high radiation.

http://www.hiroshimasyndrome.com/fukushima-accident-updates.html

THE TENTH ANNUAL WNU SUMMER INSTITUTE 5 July - 16 August 2014 Christ Church, Oxford University, UK

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Wednesday, October 9, 2013

In a Hot, Thirsty Energy Business, Water Is Prized

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/09/business/energy-environment/in-a-hot-thirsty-energy-business-water-is-prized.html?_r=0

IAEA Mission Concludes Peer Review of UK’s Nuclear Regulatory Framework

http://nuclearstreet.com/pro_nuclear_power_blogs/b/iaea-alert-log-nuclear-communications/archive/2013/10/09/iaea-mission-concludes-peer-review-of-uk-s-nuclear-regulatory-framework.aspx

IAEA Completes First Ever Corporate Safety Review, at Czech Republic’s ČEZ

http://nuclearstreet.com/pro_nuclear_power_blogs/b/iaea-alert-log-nuclear-communications/archive/2013/10/09/iaea-completes-first-ever-corporate-safety-review-at-czech-republic-s-ez.aspx

How Our Inability to Calculate Risk Opened the Doors for Fukushima

http://oilprice.com/Alternative-Energy/Nuclear-Power/How-Our-Inability-to-Calculate-Risk-Opened-the-Doors-for-Fukushima.html

Nuclear Reactors 61 - Nuclear Breeder Reactors 2

http://nucleotidings.com/article/nuclear-reactors-61-nuclear-breeder-reactors-2

Video: Construction of New Vogtle Reactors 50 Percent Complete

http://nuclearstreet.com/nuclear_power_industry_news/b/nuclear_power_news/archive/2013/10/09/video_3a00_-construction-of-new-vogtle-reactors-50-percent-complete-100902.aspx#.UlYaIBCE5ac

Why Are U.S. Nuclear Plants Better Prepared for Emergencies Than Fukushima? Here's a Checklist.

http://neinuclearnotes.blogspot.com/2013/10/why-are-us-nuclear-plants-better.html

Komarov: Rosatom leads the world’s NPP construction market

http://news.belta.by/en/news/society?id=728885

Karl Grossman: Through Fukushima Lense, a Look at Looming US Nuclear Crisis

Karl Grossman: Through Fukushima Lense, a Look at Looming US Nuclear Crisis
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/10/09-7

Are Utility Companies Out to Destroy Solar's 'Rooftop Revolution'?

Are Utility Companies Out to Destroy Solar's 'Rooftop Revolution'?
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/10/09-0

Distributed generation a disruptive force to utility business model

http://www.fierceenergy.com/story/distributed-generation-disruptive-force-utility-business-model/2013-10-09?utm_medium=nl&utm_source=internal

ANS Update Washington offers great dining for ANS members at Winter Meeting

Washington offers great dining for ANS members at Winter Meeting

By ansnuclearcafe on Oct 09, 2013 10:57 am

By Mimi Limbach Among my circle of friends, I’m known as someone who enjoys great food and wine. And for those who will be participating in the ANS Winter Meeting, there are some great possibilities. Savor a Top Chef’s cuisine … Continue reading →
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NRC Blog Update 10/9 From the Chairman: An Update on the NRC Shutdown

From the Chairman: An Update on the NRC Shutdown

3 Comments Posted by Moderator on October 9, 2013

Allison Macfarlane

NRC Chairman

Despite our best hopes, the NRC on Thursday will be joining the rest of the federal government in shutting down due to a lapse in appropriations. I believe we all share a deep disappointment that this action has become necessary.
By using “carryover” funds, we’ve been able to stay open, but those funds have now been depleted. Wednesday is the last full day that the NRC will be operating normally until we receive an appropriation. Beginning on Thursday, we will not conduct non-emergency reactor licensing, reactor license renewal amendments, emergency preparedness exercises, reviews of design certifications or rulemaking and regulatory guidance.
Also suspended for now will be routine licensing and inspection of nuclear materials and waste licensees, Agreement State support and rulemakings, including Waste Confidence. This is just a short list of the actions we are prohibited from performing under Anti-deficiency Act restrictions.
Let me stress, however, that all of our resident inspectors will remain on the job and any immediate safety or security matters will be handled with dispatch. We can — and will without hesitation — bring employees out of furlough to respond to an emergency. We must, in this regard, err on the side of safety and security.
Finally, the shutdown will negatively impact our ability to be transparent. The NRC website will remain available to the public, but it will not be updated until we return fully to work. In addition, routine press releases, meeting notices, plant status and event reports, or other information will not be available. The backlog of normally reportable information will be posted to the website once we are again fully functioning. Updates on the NRC status and the status of upcoming meetings will however continue to be made here, on the NRC blog, and via Twitter.
And, importantly, during the shutdown, we will continue to receive safety and security concerns via the web page and the hotlines listed here. The Inspector General’s Office will also be fully functional.
Some people are confused about why the lapse of appropriations is affecting the NRC when we collect fees for 90 percent of our budget. The bottom line is this: the NRC is not funded directly by the fees we collect. Fees collected by the NRC must be deposited in the U.S. Treasury, and the Congress provides us an appropriation.
We are mindful of the impact the shutdown will have on the public, our licensees, our staff and contractors and others who count on us. We are a proud agency with a serious, important mission and talented, dedicated people who make that mission a reality every day. The NRC staff deserves an enormous amount of credit for continuing to fulfill its normal responsibilities for the past week under very challenging circumstances.
We hope this interruption is as brief as possible and we look forward to being back at our desks, hard at work, doing what we do best here at the NRC in service to the nation.

Latest IPCC Climate Assessment Reaffirms Previous Findings

http://spectrum.ieee.org/energywise/energy/environment/latest-ipcc-climate-assessment-reaffirms-previous-findings/?utm_source=energywise&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=100913

What Is the Actual Status of Carbon Capture Technology?

http://spectrum.ieee.org/energywise/green-tech/clean-coal/what-is-the-actual-status-of-carbon-capture-technology

Opinion: What Does Shell’s North America Shale Reversal Really Mean? By Peter Gardett

Opinion: What Does Shell’s North America Shale Reversal Really Mean?

By Peter Gardett
http://breakingenergy.com/2013/10/08/opinion-what-does-shells-north-america-shale-reversal-really-mean/?utm_source=Breaking+Energy&utm_campaign=f336f896db-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f852427a4b-f336f896db-407304281

B&W begins FEED work for FutureGen 2.0 Carbon Capture Project

The Babcock & Wilcox Company (B&W; Charlotte, N.C.; www.babcock.com) has announced that its subsidiary, Babcock & Wilcox Power Generation Group, Inc. (B&W PGG), has signed an agreement with the FutureGen Industrial Alliance to perform full front-end engineering and design (FEED) work on the FutureGen 2.0 carbon capture and storage (CCS) project in Meredosia, Ill. [more]

20000 Russian warheads fuelling US nuclear power

20000 Russian warheads fuelling US nuclear power Straits Times

NEW YORK (AFP) - Uranium fuel from 20,000 disarmed Russian warheads is now generating about half of US nuclear power in a spin-off from a landmark ...http://www.straitstimes.com/breaking-news/world/story/20000-russian-warheads-fuelling-us-nuclear-power-20131010

U.S. Nuclear Power Struggles to Turn Profit


U.S. Nuclear Power Struggles to Turn Profit National Journal While coal is often talked about as the victim of new Environmental Protection Agency regulations and the shale-gas boom, many U.S. nuclear-power-plant ...http://www.nationaljournal.com/energy/u-s-nuclear-power-struggles-to-turn-profit-20131009

Rightsizing the U.S. Nuclear Arsenal

http://www.armscontrol.org/act/2013_09/Rightsizing-the-US-Nuclear-Arsenal

Small Nuclear-Fossil Fuel Reactors Are Attracting Attention But Not Capital

http://www.forbes.com/sites/kensilverstein/2013/10/09/small-nuclear-fossil-fuel-reactors-are-attracting-attention-but-not-capital/

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Report Says a Shortage of Nuclear Ingredient Looms By MATTHEW L. WALD

Report Says a Shortage of Nuclear Ingredient Looms

By MATTHEW L. WALD

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/09/business/energy-environment/report-says-a-shortage-of-nuclear-fuel-looms.html

Why China & Japan Need American Shale

Why China & Japan Need American Shale EconomyWatch.com

Thanks to the advent of hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, the U.S. is expected to be the world's largest producer of oil and natural gas next year, eclipsing ...http://www.economywatch.com/features/china-japan-us-shale-energy-exports.09-10.html

China and the US: A Happy Symbiotic Relationship

China and the US: A Happy Symbiotic Relationship Wall Street Journal (blog)

Importing so much energy also disturbs China's balance of payments. Meanwhile state-run Cnooc Ltd., an emblem of the new Chinese energy age, has been ...http://blogs.wsj.com/moneybeat/2013/10/09/the-happy-symbiotic-relationship-between-china-and-the-u-s/

The China dilemma: cheap coal energy v. clean water

The China dilemma: cheap coal energy v. clean water Washington Times

Person walking next to the polluted Yellow River / Associated Press; Workers repair a diesel pipeline in Shaanxi Province in China on Sunday. The oil spilled ...http://communities.washingtontimes.com/neighborhood/world-our-backyard/2013/oct/9/china-dilemma-cheap-coal-energy-v-clean-water/

Nuclear Power Through the Fukushima Perspective

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/karl-grossman/nuclear-power-through-the_b_4069712.html

Extended Wylfa 1 operation proposed

Extended Wylfa 1 operation proposed (http://www.world-nuclear-news.org/RS-Extended_Wylfa_1_operation_proposed-0910134.html)
Electricity generation from the UK's last operating Magnox reactor could be extended by 15 months to the end of 2015 under a proposal submitted to the nuclear regulator.

US Scientists Notch Nuclear Fusion Milestone – Report

US Scientists Notch Nuclear Fusion Milestone – Report RIA Novosti

This image shows the preamplifiers of the National Ignition Facility in California. The unified lasers deliver 1.8 megajoules of energy and 500 terawatts of power ...http://en.ria.ru/science/20131009/184014321/US-Scientists-Notch-Nuclear-Fusion-Milestone-Report.html

Storage questioned at Vt. Yankee, other plants

http://www.businessweek.com/ap/2013-10-07/storage-questioned-at-vt-dot-yankee-other-plants

Former NRC Chairman Dale Klein Blasts Fukushima Panel for Comparing Fukushima to Indian Point

http://neinuclearnotes.blogspot.com/2013/10/former-nrc-chairman-dale-klein-blasts.html

Oceanus Magazine: Assessing the Health Risks of Fukushima’s Radiation

Click through to page 21 for the full infographic.

Understanding the full range of the effects of low-level radiation exposure is increasingly important in the aftermath of the Fukushima Daiichi disaster, according to a recent article in Oceanus Magazine from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.

http://forumonenergy.com/2013/10/08/oceanus-magazine-assessing-the-health-risks-of-fukushimas-radiation/

Iran: We can 'clearly prove' nuclear program isn't for bomb

http://www.jpost.com/Iranian-Threat/News/Iran-We-can-clearly-prove-nuclear-program-isnt-developing-bomb-328211

The Renewable Energy Reality Check

http://theenergycollective.com/schalk-cloete/228151/renewable-energy-reality-check

Apparent breakthrough in nuclear fusion silenced by shutdown

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-205_162-57606588/apparent-breakthrough-in-nuclear-fusion-silenced-by-shutdown/

Nuclear Plants Vexed at Prices That Shift as Demand Does

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/09/business/energy-environment/nuclear-plants-vexed-at-prices-that-shift-as-demand-does.html?pagewanted=all

New York - The Fukushima Nuclear Accident:...

http://new.livestream.com/accounts/5618637/events/2441546

Title: The Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Accident: Ongoing Lessons for New York
Source: Samuel Lawrence Foundation
Date: Oct 8, 2013

At 1:27:00 in
Dr. Gregory Jaczko, former chairman of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission:
There will be the removal of the melted fuel, or perhaps the inability to remove the fuel and the need to simply leave it in place.
And then ultimately some type of decommissioning of these reactors, a process that will take probably my entire life […]
See also: UC Berkeley Nuclear Professor: Work to go on for thousands of years at Fukushima site if they can't retrieve melted fuel (AUDIO)

Iran Readies Offer to Limit Its Nuclear Program

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304441404579123593924760138.html

Weekly Intelligence Brief 2 – 9 October 2013 By K. Steiner-Dicks on Oct 9, 2013

http://analysis.nuclearenergyinsider.com/new-build/weekly-intelligence-brief-2-%E2%80%93-9-october-2013?utm_source=http%3a%2f%2fuk.nuclearenergyinsider.com%2ffc_nei_decomlz%2f&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=NEI+e-brief+0910&utm_term=Why+nuclear+has+to+gear+up+its+communications+efforts&utm_content=115420

Milestones, challenges and forward strategies at Humboldt Bay and Zion

http://uk.nuclearenergyinsider.com/fc_nei_decomlz/lz.aspx?p1=05024511S9442&CC=&p=13&cID=0&cValue=1

Why nuclear has to gear up its communications efforts

Why nuclear has to gear up its communications efforts - See more at: http://analysis.nuclearenergyinsider.com/operations-maintenance/why-nuclear-has-gear-its-communications-efforts?utm_source=http%3a%2f%2fuk.nuclearenergyinsider.com%2ffc_nei_decomlz%2f&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=NEI+e-brief+0910&utm_term=Why+nuclear+has+to+gear+up+its+communications+efforts&utm_content=115420#sthash.C50vMjWK.dpuf

http://analysis.nuclearenergyinsider.com/operations-maintenance/why-nuclear-has-gear-its-communications-efforts?utm_source=http%3a%2f%2fuk.nuclearenergyinsider.com%2ffc_nei_decomlz%2f&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=NEI+e-brief+0910&utm_term=Why+nuclear+has+to+gear+up+its+communications+efforts&utm_content=115420

Bentek: U.S. Natural Gas in the Midst of a Sea Change That Will Alter Flows, Prices

Platts/Bentek Report: Utica Shale Play Triggering Regional Role Reversal

http://media.prnewswire.com/en/jsp/latest.jsp?resourceid=7268918&access=EH

Latest Developments in Climate Change Mitigation Technology

http://media.prnewswire.com/en/jsp/latest.jsp?resourceid=7269798&access=EH

Uncertainty Looms Large For Southern Company, Investors Advised To Wait

http://seekingalpha.com/article/1736322-uncertainty-looms-large-for-southern-company-investors-advised-to-wait?source=email_rt_article_readmore

Fukushima Fallout Does Not Endanger US Seafood

Radiation Levels in Fish No Higher Than Average Bananahttp://thebreakthrough.org/index.php/programs/conservation-and-development/fukushima-fallout-does-not-endanger-us-seafood/

Tuesday, October 8, 2013

ANS Update: 10/8 The Challenge Continues

The Challenge Continues

By ansnuclearcafe on Oct 08, 2013 09:57 am

By Howard Shaffer The fall in New England brings crispness to the air, beautiful mountainsides covered with leaves turning color, and a spur to activity before the coming winter. The nuclear debate continues to be spurred on as well. Some … Continue reading →
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Indian Point Nuclear Plant Should Be Shut, Jaczko Says

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-10-08/indian-point-nuclear-plant-should-be-shut-jaczko-says.html

Amid shutdown, forum nixed on nuke plant

NRC to reschedule when government operational again

http://www.seacoastonline.com/articles/20131008-NEWS-310080348

NRLB Cancels Hearings, NRC Warns of Budget Shortfall in Shutdown’s Second Week

NRLB Cancels Hearings, NRC Warns of Budget Shortfall in Shutdown’s Second Week - See more at: http://www.executivegov.com/2013/10/nrlb-cancels-hearings-nrc-warns-of-budget-shortfall-in-shutdowns-second-week/#sthash.KKh1tPAM.dpuf

http://www.executivegov.com/2013/10/nrlb-cancels-hearings-nrc-warns-of-budget-shortfall-in-shutdowns-second-week/

Former NRC Chair: Emergency Plans Won't Protect Residents from Radiation ...

newjerseynewsroom.com

The former head of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission said yesterday that emergency plans for a catastrophic event at the Indian Point nuclear power plant are not designed to ensure that residents will escape unhealthy doses of radiation and it would be ...http://www.newjerseynewsroom.com/science-updates/former-nrc-chair-emergency-plans-wont-protect-residents-from-radiation-and-indian-point-should-be-closed

Indian Point Nuclear Plant Should Be Shut, Ex-Regulator Says (1)

http://www.businessweek.com/news/2013-10-08/indian-point-nuclear-plant-should-be-shut-ex-regulator-says

Suzuki's Fukushima updates

http://thebulletin.org/suzukis-fukushima-updates

The FLEX Solution: America's Nuclear Industry Responds to Fukushima

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ezlL46mCRjg

North America Water Storage Systems Market, By End Use, Application, Material Type & Country (U.S., Canada, Mexico) – Trends & Forecasts to 2018

http://www.marketsandmarkets.com/Market-Reports/north-america-water-storage-systems-market-1184.html#!

Top 10 Features of the New NEI Website

http://www.slideshare.net/NEIslideshare/slideshare-top-10-list#!

Europe’s Largest Energy Storage Trial Launched

By Andrew Jones, Managing Director, EMEA at S&C Electric Company The commercial future of energy storage was recently invigorated with the launch of Europe’s largest intelligent network storage project by S&C Electric Europe, Samsung SDI, and Younicos, onto a UK Power Networks substation. The $28.6 million project will store as much as 10 megawatt-hours of power, and save over £6 http://cleantechnica.com/2013/10/07/europes-largest-energy-storage-trial-launched/?utm_source=Cleantechnica+News&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=61aca70253-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_term=0_b9b83ee7eb-61aca70253-331974829

Radioactive Water From Fracking Found In Pennsylvania Streams (Duke University Research)

Radioactive Water From Fracking Found In Pennsylvania Streams (Duke University Research)
http://cleantechnica.com/2013/10/07/pennsylvania-streams-contaminated-radioactive-water-fracking-research-finds/?utm_source=Cleantechnica+News&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=61aca70253-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_term=0_b9b83ee7eb-61aca70253-331974829

Why The Hot Money Is Chasing Energy Storage

Why The Hot Money Is Chasing Energy Storage
Read more at http://cleantechnica.com/2013/10/07/hot-money-chasing-energy-storage/#vs1BluMKj1fbdIBi.99

Why The Hot Money Is Chasing Energy Storage

Why The Hot Money Is Chasing Energy Storage
Read more at http://cleantechnica.com/2013/10/07/hot-money-chasing-energy-storage/#vs1BluMKj1fbdIBi.99

http://cleantechnica.com/2013/10/07/hot-money-chasing-energy-storage/?utm_source=Cleantechnica+News&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=61aca70253-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_term=0_b9b83ee7eb-61aca70253-331974829

California and Quebec Sign Cap-and-Trade Linkage Agreement

By Conway Irwin

Starting January 1, 2014, California and Quebec have signed an agreement to integrate their cap-and-trade programs. On October 1, 2013, the California Air Resources Board (CARB) and the Government of Quebec signed an agreement defining the steps and procedures to link California and Quebec cap-and-trade programs. The agreement, a result of more than five yearshttp://breakingenergy.com/2013/10/07/california-and-quebec-sign-cap-and-trade-linkage-agreement/?utm_source=Breaking+Energy&utm_campaign=7593935d80-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f852427a4b-7593935d80-407304281

Nuclear power support from former sceptic Mark Lynas

Nuclear power support from former sceptic Mark Lynas BBC News

Environmentalist Mark Lynas said he "grew up hating nuclear power" but later realised that "continuing to oppose nuclear was a mistake". His set out the ...http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-24445371

Slow progress in Israel-Turkey talks threatens gas pipeline plan

Slow progress in Israel-Turkey talks threatens gas pipeline plan
Tel Aviv, Israel (UPI) Oct 2, 2013 - The pace of the supposed rapprochement between one-time strategic allies Israel and Turkey is almost glacial, casting doubts on prospects the Jewish state may build a $2 billion gas pipeline under the eastern Mediterranean to feed the European market. That could complicate efforts by Israel, transformed since 2009 from resource-poor into a major regional energy power, to start exporting ... morehttp://www.energy-daily.com/reports/Slow_progress_in_Israel-Turkey_talks_threatens_gas_pipeline_plan_999.html

No Keystone XL pipeline approval this year: company

No Keystone XL pipeline approval this year: company
Ottawa (AFP) Oct 02, 2013 - TransCanada said Wednesday it has given up on a White House nod by year's end to proceed with construction of the northern leg its proposed Keystone XL pipeline. In a securities filing, the company said it "no longer expects that the decision on the presidential permit required for the project will be made by year end and the corporation anticipates that its previously disclosed expected in- ... more http://www.energy-daily.com/reports/No_Keystone_XL_pipeline_approval_this_year_company_999.html

Beijing aims to switch from coal to natural gas

Beijing aims to switch from coal to natural gas
Beijing (UPI) Oct 7, 2013 - Beijing plans to build four natural gas power-generating stations by the end of next year to replace coal-fired plants, the municipal government said. The initiative is expected to cost $7.8 billion, the state-run Xinhua News Agency reported Monday. The switch to gas, says Beijing's Municipal Commission of Development and Reforms, will reduce sulfur dioxide emissions by 10,000 tons. ... morehttp://www.energy-daily.com/reports/Beijing_aims_to_switch_from_coal_to_natural_gas_999.html

Selon l’ASN, la France ne doit pas compter sur ses réacteurs nucléaires au-delà de 40 ans

EDF a fait une demande de prolongation de la durée de vie de ses réacteurs au-delà de 40 ans. L’Autorité de sûreté nucléaire n’exclut pas de s’y opposer. Et prévient : il faudrait alors compenser l’arrêt de 5 à 6 réacteurs par an à partir de 2020.
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Consumers want utilities to support EV infrastructure

Doubts linger over utilities' technical EV capabilities

http://www.fiercesmartgrid.com/story/consumers-want-utilities-support-ev-infrastructure/2013-10-02

Israel seeks U.S. funds for Arrow-2 to counter Iran
Tel Aviv, Israel (UPI) Oct 4, 2013 - Even as Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu seeks to stymie U.S. efforts to negotiate a reconciliation with Iran, his government is trying to persuade Washington to boost U.S. military aid to ensure funding for the Arrow-3 anti-ballistic weapon intended to counter Iranian missiles. The mass-circulation Maariv daily reported this week Israel faces losing $55 million in U.S. funding for Arr ... morehttp://www.spacewar.com/reports/Israel_seeks_US_funds_for_Arrow-2_to_counter_Iran_999.html

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Thursday, October 10, 2013

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