Showing posts with label fuels. Show all posts
Showing posts with label fuels. Show all posts
Saturday, May 12, 2012
Energy Department Offers $5 Million to Spur EV and Alt Fuels Adoption
Saturday, May 12, 2012The Energy Department on May 8 announced that up to $5 million in funding is available this year to help expand the use of alternative fuel vehicles, including electric vehicles (EVs), in cities and towns across the country. The funding will help cut through red tape for homeowners and businesses, provide training for mechanics and first responders, and support community planning to expand fueling infrastructure. The Energy Department anticipates awarding 10 to 20 projects this year to be completed within two years. The support of alternative fuel vehicles is part of a strategy to increase energy security in the United States, reduce emissions, and help drivers save money.
This initiative will help communities streamline and quicken permitting processes, and coordinate alternative fuel vehicle and EV infrastructure deployment across state, regional, and local governments. Selected projects will also help communities build workforces with the skills to facilitate these vehicles and infrastructure by training first responders and mechanics. In addition, they will provide resources, such as educational materials and tools, to help consumers understand the economic and environmental benefits of alternative fuel vehicles, and to choose the right vehicle for their needs.
The Energy Department seeks proposals that address barriers to the adoption of these vehicles, provide safety training, coordinate initiatives, and drive market development and transformation to make alternative fuel vehicles and fueling infrastructure widely available. Proposed projects should cover each of these areas. This funding opportunity does not provide for the purchase or installation of vehicles or infrastructure. DOE strongly encourages organizations to form teams that include one or more active, designated Clean Cities coalition as well as other partners with relevant experience and expertise. Applications are due by June 18, 2012. See the Energy Department Progress Alert and the funding opportunity announcement.
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Tuesday, April 10, 2012
Problems at San Onofre nuclear power plant fuel pump concerns
Tuesday, April 10, 2012
In recent months, Southland have hammered by rising gas prices, residents, falling house prices and much uncertainty about the global economy.
These factors alone would be enough stress to someone. Southern California Edison San Onofre nuclear power plant has however about an another wrinkle to the equation.
The troubled plant on the California coast was for about two months was shut down. And it will remain by the Commission until investigators determine the cause of excessive wear on hundreds of pipes that carry the radioactive water in the plant.
You also want to ensure that there is no danger for public safety, federal regulators announced.
More than 300 of the pipes to be scrapped due to excessive wear and tear. At the end of March Edison announced that it had a confirmatory action of the nuclear regulatory Commission, letter the outlines actions of the Rosemead-based utility on San Onofre must be completed, before restart units 2 and 3 the permission of the Commission. These actions include:
SCE can be connected to all the pipes in units 2 and 3 for which tests specified wear industry guidelines, as well as all the pipes prone, because of their geographical location to wear.
SCE determines the causes for the tube-to-tube removal and set a protocol of control and/or limit values for both units, including plans for a mid-cycle shut down for further checks.
An NRC team of inspectors
The plant site is 19 conduct their own inspections and analysis of the plant since March.
NRC spokesman Victor Dricks said similar were problems found and corrected other nuclear installations.
He said "Other people already in a position to resolve these types of problems and to return to the service" on Thursday. "We have two resident inspectors are, and we have also another team."
NRC Chairman Gregory Jaczko was expected, that the site on Friday along with U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., and Rep Darrell Issa, R-Vista.
Dricks said that the plant is currently not a security risk, because he shuts down.
Still, residents and businesses are concerned about possible health risks. Are issues, such as the plant shut down - whether temporarily or permanently - supply and electricity will affect electricity costs for SCE customers.
"I have a client with a large printing company, which is 40,000 to 50,000 square meters," said Daniel lien, first Vice President and regional manager with inland Community Bank in Pasadena. "This would make a big difference if the prices be adjusted upwards when this stream from the network comes." "And it could cause a deficiency in the power supply."
Edison spokesman Scott Andresen said that the San Onofre plant 2,200 megawatts electricity, enough power supplied 1.4 million medium-sized apartments. But he refused to speculate how the plant would affect shutdown SCE customers.
"It is difficult, a precise context as a percentage of the pie and ripples to implement," he said. "Our top priority is now to units 2 and 3, as safe as possible." "We won't turn them back until we and the NRC holds, it is safe."
Andresen said that SCE has a contingency plan with the CAL ISO in the event that the work come back online. Cal ISO manages the provision of electricity on high-voltage, long-distance services makes 80 percent of the California power grid lines, from which.
"We have request / response programs for customers as the Flex switch off plan where you have your air conditioning opt can-in for two hours a day," Andresen said. "We do this every year."
State Energy officials warned already of rotating power outages in the region when a heat wave hits and San Onofre remains dark. The loss of the nuclear power plant makes it harder makes where reliable energy transfer long contested since import in the San Diego area.
It could take up to two months new start two former plants in Huntington Beach, localized, as the substitute makes an important source, officials said.
The twin rooms, natural gas-fired plants in Huntington Beach were retired earlier this year. Plant nutrition severed gas pipe and 3-foot holes were cut in the boiler.
San Onofre unit 3 closed was in January, after a leak in a pipe created with radioactive water as a precaution. Extensive wear and tear has been shut down on similar hoses in its twin, unit 2, for maintenance work was found.
"I am very concerned about the electric power," said Jim Randall, President and founder of Allfast fastening systems Inc. "we spend about $150,000 per month cost of electricity and in the summer, which will be doubled." And keep prices elevated.
Allfast makes the rivets that are used in the construction of civil and military aircraft.
"The State of California is very unfriendly with makes", Randall said. "If you... get them to places such as Alabama and Tucson have other places of friendly prices." That is, why businesses moving California. "
Verna Rollinger, Mayor of the provisional said of Laguna Beach, affecting them since Edison holding nuclear waste on-site at San Onofre instead of moving it somewhere else.
"If the plant was originally licensed the plan never was to keep the waste on the ground," she said. "There are 4,000 tons of radioactive nuclear waste in San Onofre sit." "I was told that if the waste was shut down Unit 1 was adopted, go on a barge somewhere, but apparently never happened."
Andresen said SCE little choice in the matter.
He said "Every nuclear power plant in the United States keeps its spent fuel on-site,". "We not everything with him until the Federal Government with a plan where comes this."
These factors alone would be enough stress to someone. Southern California Edison San Onofre nuclear power plant has however about an another wrinkle to the equation.
The troubled plant on the California coast was for about two months was shut down. And it will remain by the Commission until investigators determine the cause of excessive wear on hundreds of pipes that carry the radioactive water in the plant.
You also want to ensure that there is no danger for public safety, federal regulators announced.
More than 300 of the pipes to be scrapped due to excessive wear and tear. At the end of March Edison announced that it had a confirmatory action of the nuclear regulatory Commission, letter the outlines actions of the Rosemead-based utility on San Onofre must be completed, before restart units 2 and 3 the permission of the Commission. These actions include:
SCE can be connected to all the pipes in units 2 and 3 for which tests specified wear industry guidelines, as well as all the pipes prone, because of their geographical location to wear.
SCE determines the causes for the tube-to-tube removal and set a protocol of control and/or limit values for both units, including plans for a mid-cycle shut down for further checks.
An NRC team of inspectors
The plant site is 19 conduct their own inspections and analysis of the plant since March.
NRC spokesman Victor Dricks said similar were problems found and corrected other nuclear installations.
He said "Other people already in a position to resolve these types of problems and to return to the service" on Thursday. "We have two resident inspectors are, and we have also another team."
NRC Chairman Gregory Jaczko was expected, that the site on Friday along with U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., and Rep Darrell Issa, R-Vista.
Dricks said that the plant is currently not a security risk, because he shuts down.
Still, residents and businesses are concerned about possible health risks. Are issues, such as the plant shut down - whether temporarily or permanently - supply and electricity will affect electricity costs for SCE customers.
"I have a client with a large printing company, which is 40,000 to 50,000 square meters," said Daniel lien, first Vice President and regional manager with inland Community Bank in Pasadena. "This would make a big difference if the prices be adjusted upwards when this stream from the network comes." "And it could cause a deficiency in the power supply."
Edison spokesman Scott Andresen said that the San Onofre plant 2,200 megawatts electricity, enough power supplied 1.4 million medium-sized apartments. But he refused to speculate how the plant would affect shutdown SCE customers.
"It is difficult, a precise context as a percentage of the pie and ripples to implement," he said. "Our top priority is now to units 2 and 3, as safe as possible." "We won't turn them back until we and the NRC holds, it is safe."
Andresen said that SCE has a contingency plan with the CAL ISO in the event that the work come back online. Cal ISO manages the provision of electricity on high-voltage, long-distance services makes 80 percent of the California power grid lines, from which.
"We have request / response programs for customers as the Flex switch off plan where you have your air conditioning opt can-in for two hours a day," Andresen said. "We do this every year."
State Energy officials warned already of rotating power outages in the region when a heat wave hits and San Onofre remains dark. The loss of the nuclear power plant makes it harder makes where reliable energy transfer long contested since import in the San Diego area.
It could take up to two months new start two former plants in Huntington Beach, localized, as the substitute makes an important source, officials said.
The twin rooms, natural gas-fired plants in Huntington Beach were retired earlier this year. Plant nutrition severed gas pipe and 3-foot holes were cut in the boiler.
San Onofre unit 3 closed was in January, after a leak in a pipe created with radioactive water as a precaution. Extensive wear and tear has been shut down on similar hoses in its twin, unit 2, for maintenance work was found.
"I am very concerned about the electric power," said Jim Randall, President and founder of Allfast fastening systems Inc. "we spend about $150,000 per month cost of electricity and in the summer, which will be doubled." And keep prices elevated.
Allfast makes the rivets that are used in the construction of civil and military aircraft.
"The State of California is very unfriendly with makes", Randall said. "If you... get them to places such as Alabama and Tucson have other places of friendly prices." That is, why businesses moving California. "
Verna Rollinger, Mayor of the provisional said of Laguna Beach, affecting them since Edison holding nuclear waste on-site at San Onofre instead of moving it somewhere else.
"If the plant was originally licensed the plan never was to keep the waste on the ground," she said. "There are 4,000 tons of radioactive nuclear waste in San Onofre sit." "I was told that if the waste was shut down Unit 1 was adopted, go on a barge somewhere, but apparently never happened."
Andresen said SCE little choice in the matter.
He said "Every nuclear power plant in the United States keeps its spent fuel on-site,". "We not everything with him until the Federal Government with a plan where comes this."
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Sunday, March 04, 2012
DOE provides support for breakthroughs in alternative fuels
Sunday, March 04, 2012President Obama announced on 23 February new funding, to groundbreaking technologies for two alternative fuels to catalyze natural gas and bio-fuels. Office of energy efficiency and renewable energy will make DOE $ 14 million to support research and development in biofuels from algae. Also by using the advanced, research projects Agency - energy (ARPA - E), DOE is $ 30 million for a new research, scientists, engineers, and entrepreneurs find ways, to domestic natural gas for vehicles use involved is available make. Aims to stimulate American innovation and encourage scientific breakthroughs, energy portfolio, U.S. companies grow the diversification of the nation and the development of alternative vehicle technologies help.
DOE will seek proposals from small businesses, universities and laboratories to algae change existing facilities for long-term research and test new production processes, could lead to commercial bio-fuels from algae. Winners will erect and conduct research "Test bed" for algae biofuels, the development, test, new approaches for the production of algae and discover innovative ways to make water and nutrients needed to mass produce algae for commercial bio-fuels can minimize. This advanced research projects should significantly improve the sustainability of algae-based biofuels and accelerated technological breakthroughs. The prices make the first phase on $ 30 million investment in algae biofuels in fiscal year 2012. are applications by April 18. Find the algae biofuels possibility of funding opportunity Exchange Web site for more information.
ARPA-E is funding projects which develop light fuel tanks for cars that runs on natural gas, and can fit in modern cars. This approach includes to develop affordable natural gas compressors, which efficiently at home, fuel can a natural gas vehicle. ARPA-E is to finance projects which holds much like a sponge of water absorbing materials that are in the situation will develop, gas. Such materials could low pressure vehicle tanks that hold and release makes safer and more convenient for consumers gas, it. The ARPA-E natural gas opportunity, see the DOE press release and the funding opportunity Exchange Web site for more information.
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Friday, December 23, 2011
$9 for a gallon a gas in Alaska? What is the cost in your country?
Friday, December 23, 2011
A story last week reported that one might consider residents of Nome, Alaska, costly winter: $9 a gallon gasoline. The message has some 3,500 residents legally, in the coastal town of freaked out.
"It is going to kill us," said sunny song, owner of Mr.. cab, the children to school ferries, to give birth hospitals nurses of their houses and women patients.
According to the associated press report, a barge get usually carrying fuel from the banks prevents a winter storm. The most likely plan is it in fly, but it would be costly and could be a logistical nightmare.
A gallon gasoline was sold for $5.98 per gallon last week. Delivery on the next barge would be not until June of next year. In the meantime said flying fuel in the city that could increase costs per gallon from $3 to $4, officials.
Put that in context, the average price of a gallon gasoline in New York is about $3.60. In Missouri, it is only $3.017.
See what is the price at the pump in the neck of the Woods, AAA of the updated chart.
"It is going to kill us," said sunny song, owner of Mr.. cab, the children to school ferries, to give birth hospitals nurses of their houses and women patients.
According to the associated press report, a barge get usually carrying fuel from the banks prevents a winter storm. The most likely plan is it in fly, but it would be costly and could be a logistical nightmare.
A gallon gasoline was sold for $5.98 per gallon last week. Delivery on the next barge would be not until June of next year. In the meantime said flying fuel in the city that could increase costs per gallon from $3 to $4, officials.
Put that in context, the average price of a gallon gasoline in New York is about $3.60. In Missouri, it is only $3.017.
See what is the price at the pump in the neck of the Woods, AAA of the updated chart.
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Tuesday, September 20, 2011
Clean energy fuels receives $150 million investment
Tuesday, September 20, 2011
Clean energy fuels Corp. has collected $150 million in new investments as a trio of companies, including Singapore's sovereign wealth funds in the growth market of natural gas vehicle to participate.
Clean energy, a California company that builds said natural gas service stations for heavy goods vehicles, that the investment in the form of 7.5% convertible takes in the year 2016 due and are expected to end...
Clean energy fuels Corp. has collected $150 million in new investments as a trio of companies, including Singapore's sovereign wealth funds in the growth market of natural gas vehicle to participate.
Clean energy, a California company that builds said natural gas service stations for heavy goods vehicles, that the investment in the form of 7.5% convertible takes in the year 2016 due and are expected to end...
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