From the Momo Challenge to Porn Laws, We Clearly Need Digital Natives in Charge
Credit to Author: Tom Whyman| Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2019 12:02:38 +0000
Numerous recent stories have shown how much harm people who don’t get technology can do.
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First Gas Turbine Upgrade Blending GE and Alstom Technology Unveiled
Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Mon, 25 Mar 2019 10:43:37 +0000
GE introduced its GT26 HE (high efficiency) gas turbine upgrade on March 25 by announcing Uniper would be the first to install the new technology at the company’s Enfield Power Station in London, England. “We’re proud to launch our new GT26 HE upgrade with Uniper—it’s the most advanced solution we’ve ever introduced on a GT26 […]
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Read moreTrump Ended War on Fossil Fuels, but Focus Needed on CCS [PODCAST]
Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Fri, 22 Mar 2019 20:21:15 +0000
The United States Energy Association (USEA) is an association of public and private energy-related organizations, corporations, and government agencies that helps increase understanding of the world’s energy issues. Barry Worthington has been the executive director of the USEA for more than 30 years. During that time, he has seen the association grow from a two-person, […]
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Read moreActually, Cellphones Can be a Good Thing in the Classroom
Credit to Author: Sherina Harris| Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2019 16:35:01 +0000
My high school was paperless. Instead of banning cellphones, why don’t we work to create an engaging classroom environment?
Read morePOWER Notebook: ‘Coal on Way Out’, Theme Parks Embrace Renewables
Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Sun, 17 Mar 2019 16:13:55 +0000
The chief executive of Vistra Energy Corp. last week said coal is not likely to regain market share in the U.S. power market. Curtis Morgan, in a panel discussion March 14 at the CERAWeek event in Houston, Texas, said “coal is on its way out. More and more plants are being retired.” It’s not the […]
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Read moreThis Short Film Will Make You Realize You’re Addicted to Your Phone
Credit to Author: Ebony-Renee Baker| Date: Fri, 15 Mar 2019 15:49:49 +0000
‘POCKET’ is a coming of age story told through the lens of a teenager’s smartphone.
Read moreMyhrvold Pushes Advanced Nuclear at NRC Conference
Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2019 21:34:15 +0000
Nathan Myhrvold, the long-time polymath idea man for Bill Gates, his former boss at Microsoft, on March 12 told the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s (NRC’s) annual regulatory information conference, “Energy is the fulcrum that gives leverage to human ingenuity.” Nuclear, he said, must be a large part of providing that leverage to the world. Myhrvold, speaking […]
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Read moreVIDEO: Progress and Challenges to Decommission Fukushima Daiichi
Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2019 00:18:48 +0000
Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO), the Japanese utility that took on the behemoth task of controlling and decommissioning the six-unit Daiichi nuclear power plant in Fukushima prefecture after the March 11, 2011, accident, recently released a video showing progress at the site. Source: https://www4.tepco.co.jp/en/news/library/archive-e.html?video_uuid=t820ghcq&catid=61795 The disaster began as a 15-meter (49-foot) tsunami inundated and disabled the […]
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Read moreEU offers PH ‘eye in the sky’
Credit to Author: NEIL JAYSON SERVALLOS| Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2019 10:11:14 +0000
THE European Union (EU) has introduced to the Philippines its satellite surveillance and monitoring system in a bid to address environmental and security issues in the country. British geographer Allan Mills, European…READ
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Read moreThe Line Blurs Between Small Cogen Plants and Large Combined Cycles
Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Wed, 06 Mar 2019 00:39:54 +0000
When U.S. President Jimmy Carter signed into law the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (PURPA), he unintentionally ignited the worldwide deregulation of electricity markets, which in turn began a worldwide technology race between two distinct types of power plants: the newly created, industrial-scale plant that PURPA dubbed “cogeneration” and the traditional, utility-scale power […]
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