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Spain shuts down nuclear reactor after blackout

February 4, 2015

Spain shuts down nuclear reactor after blackout A Spanish nuclear power plant was shut down following an electricity failure, local media reported late on Tuesday. Strong winds reportedly caused the blackout in the northeast of the country. Operations at the Vandellos II 1,000-megawatt nuclear power station, located in Catalonia, Spain, were brought to a halt […]

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Electric Utilities Face A Disruptive Future

January 28, 2015

Electric Utilities Face A Disruptive Future Cheap gas and oil aren’t the only forces disrupting the U.S. electric system. Solar is already wreaking havoc, and large-scale batteries are looming. What Uber and Lyft have done to the taxi industry worldwide is just beginning to happen to the electricity industry; and it could shock consumers – […]

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Coal Casts Cloud Over Germany’s Energy Revolution

January 25, 2015

Coal Casts Cloud Over Germany’s Energy Revolution The energy market in Germany saw a spectacular change last year as renewable energy became the major source of its electricity supply—leaving lignite, coal and nuclear behind. But researchers calculate that, allowing for the mild winter of 2014, the cut in fossil fuel use in energy production meant CO2 […]

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Nebraska’s Community-Owned Electricity System

January 15, 2015

Nebraska’s Community-Owned Electricity System In Nebraska, 121 publicly-owned utilities, 10 cooperatives, and 30 public power districts provide electricity to a population of around 1.8 million people. In the United States, there is one state, and only one state, where every single resident and business receives electricity from a community-owned institution rather than a for-profit corporation. It is […]

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Russia says to supply coal, electricity to Ukraine | Reuters

December 27, 2014

Russia says to supply coal, electricity to Ukraine | Reuters. (Reuters) – Russia has agreed on a new deal to supply coal and electricity to Ukraine, which is struggling with a lack of raw fuel for power plants due to a separatist conflict in the industrial east, Russian officials said on Saturday. The move comes a day after […]

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RESOURCE CRISIS: The Olduvai cliff: are the lights going out already?

November 13, 2014

RESOURCE CRISIS: The Olduvai cliff: are the lights going out already?.     Image from Li and Li, “international journal of remote sensing.” h/t Colonel Cassad“. The image shows the nighttime light pattern in Syria three years ago (a) and today (b). Those among us who are diehard catastrophists surely remember the “Olduvai Scenario” proposed by Richard Duncan in 1989. The […]

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