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TEPCO using realtime information to help reduce energy consumption in Japan

TEPCO using realtime information to help reduce energy consumption in Japan

By Tom Raftery on July 29, 2011

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 […]

Posted in Technology / Software | Tagged greenmonk, Japan, Nuclear power, social sustainability, tepco

Is there really any need for baseload power?

Is there really any need for baseload power?

By Tom Raftery on March 17, 2010

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 […]

Posted in Trends & Concepts | Tagged baseload, coal, coal fired power, Electricity generation, ferc, Fossil fuel, Nuclear power, Renewable energy, renewables, solar, utilities, Wind power

Friday Morning Green Numbers round-up 02/05/2010

Friday Morning Green Numbers round-up 02/05/2010

By Tom Raftery on February 5, 2010

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 | Reuters
Temperatures in Tibet […]

Posted in Trends & Concepts | Tagged antarctic, arctic sea, ernest shackleton, extinction, global warming, GreenNumbers, Nuclear power, nuclear power plant, tibet, transportation, TreeHugger, tritium, wind energy

Tuesday Link Roundup

Tuesday Link Roundup

By Jeff Nolan on January 5, 2010

– The Merc takes a look at the diminished luster of stock options for compensation. There’s two things here, the first being that between AMT and option accounting rule changes the attractiveness of options for employees and employers has taken a big hit. Most people in Silicon Valley, and the tech industry more broadly, understand […]

Posted in Trends & Concepts | Tagged Bono, California, China, compensation, Energy, High-speed rail, led, MIT, Nuclear power, robotics, San Francisco Bay Area, stock options, thorium fuel

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