Energy
Federal Government Opens More Ocean to Wind Projects
Originally Published by NY Times
– The Interior Department says that offshore wind farms pose no significant threat to the environment off the coasts of Maryland, Virginia, New Jersey and Delaware.
A Battery as Big as the Grid
Originally Published by IEEE Spectrum – 2012 could mark the arrival of utility-scale battery storage.
Posted on
February 2nd, 2012
Energy, Technology
Gulf of Mexico oil spill: BP loses bid to make others pay compensation
Originally Published by The Guardian
– Judge rules contractors Transocean and Halliburton are not liable for compensation but they still face fines and lawsuits.
POET and Royal DSM Partner to Produce Cellulosic Bio-ethanol
Originally Published by ENS Headlines
– An American ethanol producer and a Dutch life and materials sciences company Monday announced a joint venture to demonstrate commercial cellulosic bio-ethanol production and license the technology by 2013.
Posted on
January 26th, 2012
Energy
Mysterious flotsam in Gulf of Mexico came from Deepwater Horizon rig
Originally Published by ScienceDaily
– Using state-of-the-art chemical forensics and a bit of old-fashioned detective work, it has been confirmed that mysterious material found in the Gulf of Mexico came from the Deepwater Horizon rig.
Is the battle over Keystone XL actually over?
Originally Published by Washington Post
– President Obama announced Wednesday that he was rejecting a Canadian firm’s application for a permit to build and operate the Keystone XL pipeline.
Rescue struggles towards Alaska’s frozen-in village
Originally Published by New Scientist
– What happens if the rescue attempt to get oil to the icebound village of Nome, Alaska fails?
Posted on
January 16th, 2012
Energy, Would You Believe?
Ohio city questions future fracking wells
Originally Published by ENN
– Alarmed over a string of earthquakes linked to deep wells in nearby Youngstown, authorities in Mansfield, Ohio have threatened to block construction of two similar waste disposal wells planned within their city limits.
Posted on
January 16th, 2012
Energy
Fukushima’s Impact on the Ocean Analyzed
Originally Published by IEEE Spectrum
– No danger from water, but marine sediments are the big question.
New Atlas Maps Renewable Energy
A Renewable Energy Atlas has been released by the Department of Energy to map the potential of renewable power in the U.S.
Wanda Archy, posted on
January 11th, 2012
Earth Observation, Energy, Quick Look
NASA Daily Image
Panorama of the East Coast
This Jan. 29 panorama of much of the East Coast, photographed by one of the Expedition 30 crew members aboard the International Space Station, provides a look generally northeastward: Philadelphia-New York City-Boston corridor (bottom-center); western Lake Ontario shoreline with Toronto (left edge); Montreal (near center). An optical illusion in the photo makes the atmospheric limb and light activity from Aurora Borealis appear "intertwined." Image Credit: NASA