Tag: Nuclear power

TEPCO using realtime information to help reduce energy consumption in Japan

Jul 29, 2011

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Tom Raftery

in Technology / Software

TEPCO, the Japanese power company who own the Fukushima nuclear power plant, are in an unenviable position. Their Fukushima nuclear power plant is the site of one of the world’s worst industrial accidents, they have been accused of not just incompetence but of falsifying safety records and yet they have to continue to supply power…
Is there really any need for baseload power?

Mar 17, 2010

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Tom Raftery

in Trends & Concepts

Photo credit wonderferret The electricity grid may not need “baseload” generation sources like coal and nuclear to backup the variability of supply from renewables. Jon Wellinghof is the Chairman of the US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). FERC is an independent agency that amongst other things, regulates the interstate transmission of electricity, natural gas, and…
Friday Morning Green Numbers round-up 02/05/2010

Feb 5, 2010

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Tom Raftery

in Trends & Concepts

Photo credit arekiiu Here is this week’s Friday Green numbers round-up: Scant Arctic ice could mean summer double whammy | Reuters Scant ice over the Arctic Sea this winter could mean a “double whammy” of powerful ice-melt next summer tags: greennumbers, arctic sea ice, arctic ice, ice melt Tibet temperatures hit record high in 2009…