Magnets For EnergyFusion: Nature’s Fundamental Energy Source 1/3
Written by admin on August 2, 2009 – 3:52 pm -
Part 1 of a video by General Atomics Fusion Energy Research. Source- http://fusion.gat.com/global/Movies
Duration : 0:4:11
Tags: energy, fusion, nuclear, plasma
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A Pathway for Widespread Geothermal Energy
Written by admin on August 2, 2009 – 3:52 pm -
February 11, 2009 lecture by Jefferson Tester for the Woods Energy Seminar (ENERGY301). In his talk “A Pathway for Widespread Utilization of Geothermal Energy–the Roles of Multi-scale Resource and Technology Research and Systems Analysis,” Tester talks about the benefits and challenges of harnessing geothermal energy, and he asserts that it is a large resource that complements solar and wind energy and is both carbon free and scalable.
The Woods Energy Seminar is an interdisciplinary series of talks primarily by Stanford experts on a broad range of energy topics. Jefferson Tester is the David Croll Chair for Sustainable Energy Systems and Associate Director for the Cornell Center for a Sustainable Future in the School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at Cornell University.
Woods Institute for the Environment
http://woods.stanford.edu/
Stanford Channel on YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/stanford
Duration : 0:58:17
Tags: biology, capital, combustion, Conversion, drilling, earth, Electric, energy, environmental, gas, geothermal, heat, Hydrogen, hydrothermal, iceland, intensive, natural, nuclear, power, Research, science, studies, Technology, thermodynamic, utility, vent, waste
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Sustainability, climate change and crazy biofuels policy
Written by admin on May 11, 2009 – 10:11 am -
http://www.globalchange.com Sustainability and global economic growth, climate change and global warming. Limits to water, food, minerals, energy and natural resources. Scandal of biofuels policy converting food into biodiesel or ethanol for vehicles / cars / aviation. Challenge of demographics and population growth, plus growth of economy in emerging nations. Africa and Asia urbanisation into megacities with huge infrastructure challenges. Global warming science is it correct? Truth about carbon dioxide and global temperature records. Ice cap gas analysis and future predictions for sea level rises, glacier melting, break up of ice caps, changes in Antactica and North Pole. Energy saving innovation and new business opportunities. Electric vehicles, low energy street lighting, carbon capture and sequestration, nuclear fusion, solar, wind, wave and tidal power generation. Changes in EU and US regulation on use of biofuels. Energy subsidies and government policy conforming with Kyoto commitments. Lecture by physician and futurist keynote conference speaker Patrick Dixon for 2008 Stein Am Rhein leadership summit – facilitated by Professor Prabhu Guptara.
Duration : 0:8:41
Tags: biodiesel, biofuels, carbon, climate change, economic, Economy, energy, Global-Warming, government, nuclear, power generation, regulation", science, solar, sustainability, Technology
Posted in Bio-fuels | 3 Comments »
Nuclear vs. Renewable: Drawbacks?
Written by admin on March 2, 2009 – 6:08 pm -
A video comparing nuclear energy to renewable energy, and comparing the various practical drawbacks to implementing these technologies on a large scale. I hope it’s clear why I say there is no silver bullet, and why we can’t rely on any single technology–nuclear OR renewable–for our energy generation.
I also added a fun little segment at the end for a particular Youtube user–you know who you are.
Duration : 0:9:21
Tags: a, am, clean, energy, i, lobbyist, not, nuclear, renewable
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Sirex GEOthermic 1.mov
Written by admin on February 20, 2009 – 9:06 pm -
An introduction to GEOthermic (not geothermal) energy as the ONLY sustainable alternative energy source for the future and the plans that SIREX and Turbojack International Corporation have for implementing GEOthermic Power Plants (GPPs) around the world.
Duration : 0:3:42
Tags: energy, geothermal, geothermic, Helmut, nuclear, Obama, pickens, pollution, Sieke, solar, sustainable, wind
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Infinite and clean energy resources – Artificial Sun
Written by admin on February 16, 2009 – 5:45 pm -
KSTAR (Korean Superconducting Tokamak Advanced Research) celebrated of the completion of the framework of an ‘Artificial Sun’ on Jan.11.2007
The KSTAR is a magnetic fusion device being built at the Korea Basic Science Institute in Daejon, South Korea. It is intended to study aspects of magnetic fusion energy which will be pertinent to the ITER fusion project as part of that country’s contribution to the international ITER effort. The project was approved in 1995 but construction was delayed by the East Asian financial crisis which weakened the South Korean economy considerably; however the project is now back on track and construction is expected to be completed in August 2007. Commissioning will begin once construction is completed, and first plasma is expected in early 2008.
KSTAR will be one of the first research tokamaks in the world to feature fully superconducting magnets, which again will be of great relevance to ITER as this will also use SC magnets. The KSTAR magnet system consists of 16 niobium-tin direct current toroidal field magnets, 10 niobium-tin alternating current poloidal field magnets and 4 niobium-titanium alternating current poloidal field magnets. It is planned that the reactor will study plasma pulses of up to 20 seconds duration until 2011, when it will be upgraded to study pulses of up to 300 seconds duration. The reactor vessel will have a major radius of 1.8 m, a minor radius of 0.5 m, a maximum toroidal field strength of 3.5 teslas, and a maximum plasma current of 2 megaamperes. As with other tokamaks, heating and current drive will be initiated using neutral beam injection, ion cyclotron resonance heating (ICRH), RF heating and electron cyclotron resonance heating (ECRH). Initial heating power will be 8 megawatts from neutral beam injection upgradeable to 24 MW, 6 MW from ICRH upgradeable to 12 MW, and at present undetermined heating power from ECRH and RF heating. The experiment will use both hydrogen and deuterium fuels but not the deuterium-tritium mix which will be studied in ITER.
http://tempest.das.ucdavis.edu/pdg/KSTAR1/KSTAR!.htm
Duration : 0:2:23
Tags: Artificial, clean, energy, fusion, Future, infinite, ITER, kstar, nuclear, resources, sun, tokamak
Posted in New energy sources | 25 Comments »
Hawaii Biofuels
Written by admin on February 3, 2009 – 12:36 am -
Interview with Mililani Trask
henry.lifeoftheland@gmail.com
www.lifeofthelandhawaii.org
Duration : 0:6:41
Tags: agrofuel, alm, alternative, biofuel, biofuels, Center, Change, clean, Climate, coal, Company, Curtis, DBEDT, east, education, Electric, energy, fuel, gas, geothermal, ghge, global, google, Governor, Hawaii, Hawaiian, heco, Henry, Ho, Indonesia, Kasha, KIUC, Land, Life, Linda, Lingle, MECO, nuclear, of, oil, Orangutan, palm, Parsons, peat, rainforests, renewable, Rob, robbie, soil, the, video, warming, West, www.heco.com/, YOUTUBE
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Guangdong Province 3rd Gigawatt Nuclear Power Plant| 100% Chinese Techonolies 岭澳核电站二期
Written by admin on January 30, 2009 – 2:48 am -
The Ling’ao No.2 nuclear power plant (岭澳核电站二期) is being built by China Guangdong Nuclear Energy Consortium (CGNEC) with 100% Chinese technologies, CPR1000, and constructions are contracted out to 100% Chinese engineering firms. This is the 3rd gigawatt nuclear power plants in Guangdong province, targeted operational date is 2010.
The first NPP, the Dayawan NPP 大亚湾核电站 was built in 1987 using 100% French technologies and engineering know-how’s. It attained gigawatt capacity in 1994… CGNEC built The Ling’ao No.1 nuclear power plant 岭澳核电站一期 in 1997 using Dayawan NPP as their technological platform with only about 50 modifications/improvements by Chinese scientists and engineers.
From 1994 to 2008, CGNEC invested approx. $15 million USD/year in R&d and had made 700 technical improvements/advancements on the old French technologies and contributed to national affords with other Chinese institutions to develop Chinese own nuclear energy technologies called CPR1000.
At the end of 2008, there are 10 gigawatt class nuclear power plants built with CPR1000 technologies and are in operational. 12 more CPR1000 nuclear power plants have been approved by Chinese government and at least three of these NPP’s were nealy completed in 2008.
Duration : 0:2:15
Tags: china, Chinese, Consortium), CPR1000, energy, Guangdong, nuclear, plant, power, technologies, 中国广东核电集团有限公司, 岭澳核电站二期
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Fusion: Nature’s Fundamental Energy Source 3/3
Written by admin on January 23, 2009 – 11:43 pm -
Part 3 of a video by General Atomics Fusion Energy Research. Source- http://fusion.gat.com/global/Movies
Duration : 0:7:27
Tags: energy, fusion, nuclear, plasma
Posted in New energy sources | 11 Comments »
Nuclear Halloween
Written by admin on January 11, 2009 – 8:56 pm -
SEED Coalition, Public Citizen, Sierra Club and numerous other organizations held a Halloween-themed press conference outside the headquarters of energy companies that are proposing new nuclear plants for Texas.
Numbering 8 units total, this is the largest amount of new reactors planned anywhere in the country.
They are unnecessary, incredibly expensive and extremely dangerous. The future of energy generation lies in true renewable energy sources and our bridge to that technology is energy efficiency.
There is no need for new power plants whether they be coal-fired or nuclear powered.
For more information on stopping the nuke plants go to:
http://www.NukeFreeTexas.org
Duration : 0:9:11
Tags: Amarillo, Austin, Citizen, conference, Exelon, halloween, Luminant, nrg, nuclear, nuke, plant, press, protest, public, SEED, Texas, TXU
Posted in New energy sources | 4 Comments »