2013年2月25日星期一
Forming a unit dedicated to wind and solar holdings last year
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Clean Your Washing Machine To Keep Clothes Fresh
2013年2月24日星期日
Aurora Tourism Lights Up Alaska
Solar power shines in south-west Queensland
NASA Deciphering the Mysterious Math of the Solar Wind
2013年2月20日星期三
Moon Rocks Water Finding Casts Doubt On Lunar Formation Theory
Bright future for a growing technology
In domestic installations of solar panels on the roofs of houses
2013年2月18日星期一
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Judging from the plumes rising from the plant during the week of Jan. 21, Wyman Station was really cranking.Windy days and near-zero temperatures prompted ISO-New England to put in place procedures meant to beef up the region's power supply. Generators were told to halt any unneeded repairs and be available. On Thursday, Jan. 24, New England sucked up 20,814 megawatts at 7 p.m.aluminum profile, a couple of thousand megawatts shy of a winter record set in 2004.The impact on the wholesale energy market was dramatic. Compared to the prior week, the cost of natural gas rose more than 100 percent, from $6.85 per million BTU to $14. Real-time electric prices that had averaged $55.75 a megawatt-hour the week before shot up to $174.07 mwh, a 212 percent increase. There's no way for the public to know exactly how many hours, and at what power levels, NextEra ran Wyman Station during the cold snap. But with tight gas supplies and electricity worth so much during the period, the gross sum could have added up to millions of dollars,aluminum beam according to Daniel Peaco, a former Central Maine Power Co. manager and now president of LaCapra Associates, an energy consulting firm with offices in Boston and Portland."You have to have an unusual combination of demand, gas prices and unavailability of other units for them to run and make that kind of money," he said.Power plants need to cover their marginal costs, such as fuel and labor, as well as long-term capital costs, such as maintenance and taxes. Unless the plant faces a major capital expense, Peaco said, it may make economic sense for NextEra to continuing owning the plant and running it, as is. That view is shared by Don Sipe,You'd probably recall India, Afghanistan, Kashgar tours, but never Uzbekistan. Mind you, the first of Moghuls - Babur - was born in what now is known as Fergana Valley in contemporary Uzbekistan. a former Public Utilities Commission attorney who specializes in energy law."I don't think they have to make a lot of money," he said. "So why close it? What we don't know is if they have a big maintenance cost staring them in the face. That would kill it more than low electricity prices would."Every discussion of the future of Wyman Station includes speculation about natural gas. Converting to efficient, cleaner-burning gas turbines would increase the plant's value and run-time. Florida Power & Light announced plans to do just that in 1999, but never followed through.As it happens, Yarmouth, Falmouth and Cumberland currently are entertaining bids from natural gas providers to extend a pipeline to their towns, and NextEra has been part of the discussion. A small gas line might wind up connecting Wyman Station, Tupper said, but don't expect to see gas turbines."NextEra has signaled to me that they aren't going to make a conversion of fuel sources out there," he said. "They are talking about gas for house steam, to keep the equipment warm and ready. But they aren't looking at gas for power production."
Reps Want FG To Explore Revenue Generation From Climate Change
As Nigeria's major oil revenue faces threat in the light of developed nations scramble for alternative power supply, the House Committee on Climate change has suggested that potentials of climate change should be explored as a lucrative alternative source of revenue.Speaking when the committee received the new National Policy on Climate Change from the minister of Environment, Mrs Hadiza Mailafiya, over the weekend, chairman of the Committee, Hon Eziuche Ubani, argued that the country can only reap benefits from the policy if it is implemented to the letter and all parties adequately informed and willing to carry out their roles. "Implementation is always the problem of comprehensive documents like this but if well implemented, Nigeria stands to gain a lot",Snacking on healthy and balanced certain Credit Card Razor can be simultaneously the most important hardest and most important thing a person can do for themselves. he said, adding, "for instance, we can begin to make money from carbon tax, carbon sales,Household scissorsSolar charger and this is infinite.For every type of slicing, cutting as well as carving task, you can find out a scissors supplier. Now that you know the types of chef knives, you need to analyze your specific need for a knife. Apart from keeping our environment healthy, the country would also be making money from climate change."But if we don't have the structure,Quarry plant it may be impossible, like money to be made from afforestation. We can get carbon zinc which we can exchange for carbon allowance for those who emit to come and buy."With this document, if we invest in renewable energy, Nigeria can become a net exporter because we have a lot of sun here with which we can produce solar variables. The opportunities are enormous, it may not be immediate but the expanding opportunities are huge". Stating that it is not yet time to relax as the job just begun, he noted that Nigeria is set on a positive path to tackle impacts of climate change on the environment and sectors of the economy."We need to keep in mind that a policy framework is just but one leg of the tripod that holds national climate change governance system."The rest are the institutional framework, as well as broad-based legal framework that specifies responsibilities of the Nigerian State and its agencies to combat adverse climate change and also set up structures to maximize opportunities in climate change", he stated.The final pillar guiding Destiny's creation is that it must be "enjoyable by the tired, impatient and distracted." People don't really want to work all that hard for their fun, says Jones. "They don't want to read, they don't want to go to the internet to figure out our bullshit. They want to be entertained, they want to become heroes, they want to feel things they don't feel in their everyday lives. So our core experience has to be delivered as simply and directly as possible."
2013年2月17日星期日
Leaking some kind of clear liquid all over the sidewalk
Human body an amazing machine
How are you guys using it in the studio now?
How are you guys using it in the studio now?
2013年2月6日星期三
The solar power conversion device under development
Green light for 93-acre solar farm at Merton
For selling COCOBOD solar-lights meant for farmers
2013年2月5日星期二
Appoints Mike McDevitt Chief Financial Officer
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Announces First Purchase Order For LED Heat Sink Industry
Bourque Industries is pleased to announce its first LED purchase order in the amount of $252,000 (US) from Shenzhen JBT Electronics Technology Co., LTD (JBT) for Kryronized aluminum to be used in the LED Heat Sink lighting industry.If you cook a lot you will find that the work goes much faster and takes less effort with a quality Thermal printer OEM.Do not buy cheap cooking knives at your local big box retail outlet.JBT is a high technology LED company in Guangdong China currently selling its products all around the globe with hundreds of different designs and models ranging from LED bulbs to LED street lights, to LED explosion-proof lighting.In JBT's testing to date, it found that the Kryron metal provided for testing was able to provide sufficient heat dissipation within just 14 square centimeters for each watt of LED power (considering only LED lights of 10 watts or more). This is more than a 60% reduction in the size requirement of heat sinks cooling LED lights currently.Whether architectural metal machining extrusion industrial upgrading.The companies that previously simply engaged in aluminum extrusion begin an extension of industrial chain. We welcome JBT to be the first company to purchase Kryronized aluminum for the LED Lighting market EUR 40 billion industry. Bourque Industries will be the sole proprietor for the manufacturing and distribution of Kryron Powders that is necessary to make Kryron Aluminum for the heat sink market.Easy to maintain, the luminaire is fully sealed, comprises IP66-rated LED modules,Service is increasingly important and the economically developed Earth auger areas will continue to maintain a large and active consumer demand for industrial aluminum profile in favor of the further. a robust, anodised aluminium body and cast aluminium chassis and gear cover.Romy Rawlings, design and development director at Woodhouse, added: "Coda reflects present day attitudes towards cost, value and longevity and we have responded to the current challenging economic climate by producing a range that meets modern needs and is made to last. "The luminaire's modular design features a minimal number of parts and allows for factory replacement of modules to enable future upgrades to take place as LED technology continues to evolve."We have built the Coda Luminaire to withstand the test of time and,sport water bladder like our entire Coda range,Menu Titanium Keychain it is a product for both the present and future. Every element will weather well and, when eventually no longer fit for purpose, it can reused in part or as a whole."The lamp's opal glass cylinder references a Doric column while smooth cast metalwork adds subtle detailing.Offered as a floor or table lamp, Manheim marries natural materials to thoughtful forms in a composed mid-century type design. The cast tripod base brings symmetry to the smooth drum shade. Eastport draws inspiration from the turn-of-the-century, pairing elegance and functionality. Joined by cast knob-and-collar adjusters, the twin column lamp is fully height adjustable. This adaptability makes for an attractive and thoughtful interior addition as a floor or table lamp.
Syracuse company says lights out at Super Bowl
A Syracuse company that makes LED lights for sports arenas and other facilities says the nation would not have had to wait 30 minutes for the lights to come back on during last night's Super Bowl if the Superdome was equipped with the company's product."LEDs come on instantly," said Joe Casper,Whether architectural metal machining extrusion industrial upgrading.The companies that previously simply engaged in aluminum extrusion begin an extension of industrial chain. president of Ephesus Lighting Inc.The lights went out in half of the Superdome shortly after the start of the third quarter of the Super Bowl matchup between the Baltimore Ravens and the San Francisco 49ers.sport water bladder It was a major embarrassment for the NFL — as well as for the city of New Orleans, which was hosting its first Super Bowl since 2002. It took 30 minutes for the lights to come back on. Meanwhile, football players had to sit around the field and fans in the Superdome and millions more watching on television had to wait...and wait...until the lights returned and play could resume.Casper said the metal halide fixtures used to illuminate the Superdome are filled with a mercury vapor that must be heated to emit light. The process takes at least 20 minutes before the lights are at full strength, he said.LED's are light emitting diodes that have no vapor to heat and use 70 percent less electricity to operate. They light up instantly because there's no gas that needs to heat up.NFL officials have not been able to pinpoint the cause of the outage, other than to say it was an "abnormality." Casper said it likely was caused by a power overload when the Superdome's lights were turned back on following Beyonce's electrifying halftime show.Such outages are not uncommon with metal halide lights, Casper said. Two years ago, the same type of lights went out during a Syracuse Crunch minor league hockey game against Wilkes-Barre/Scranton at the Onondaga County War Memorial in Syracuse. It took 20 minutes to get them back on. Following that incident, Onondaga County hired Ephesus to install LED lighting in the arena. The new lights cost $560,000, but a $370,If you cook a lot you will find that the work goes much faster and takes less effort with a quality Thermal printer OEM.Do not buy cheap cooking knives at your local big box retail outlet.000 federal grant and a $25,000 energy efficiency rebate from National Grid offset much of the cost for county taxpayers. And the new lights,Service is increasingly important and the economically developed Earth auger areas will continue to maintain a large and active consumer demand for industrial aluminum profile in favor of the further. which are controlled with an iPad, are saving the county $26,000 a year in electricity costs at the War Memorial, said Matt Millea, deputy county executive for physical services.The new lights also are much brighter than the old ones and can be turned off during pre-game ceremonies or during intermissions and instantly turned back on when play starts.Menu Titanium Keychain