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Worlds biggest solar thermal power plant fired up in California
2013-09-25 19:04:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: The 3,500-acre Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System is a startling sight in the Mojave Desert. Three sprawling units each contain a circular array of mirrors reflecting rays from the sun toward a 459-foot central tower. Water in the tower is heated by the rays to produce steam, which spins turbines and - voila - electricity is produced. It all seems a bit magical, but as of Tuesday, the world`s largest solar thermal power plant began feeding energy into a power grid for the first time. How...
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Japan's Chubu Electric to apply for nuclear plant safety approval
2013-09-25 08:50:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Japan's Chubu Electric Power Co said on Wednesday it will apply for safety approvals of the No. 4 reactor at its sole Hamaoka nuclear plant by the end of March 2014, aiming to restart the facility which was shut after the Fukushima crisis due to fears it was vulnerable to earthquakes and tsunamis. Japan's third-biggest utility, serving the heart of Japan's auto industry in central Japan, shut the Hamaoka plant, located in a higly earthquake-prone region 200 km (120 miles) southwest of Tokyo, in...
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ACEC Awards Tighe & Bond For Plant Upgrade With Innovative Siemens BioMag And CoMag Water Treatment Systems
2013-09-25 07:41:51| plantautomation News Articles
The American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC) of Massachusetts has awarded Tighe & Bond its prestigious Gold Award for its work at the Town of Sturbridge, MA wastewater treatment plant using an innovative combination of Siemens Water Technologies BioMag® and CoMag® Systems.
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DTE Energy restarts Fermi 2 nuclear power plant
2013-09-24 19:01:22| Energy - Topix.net
DTE Energy Co. has restarted its Fermi 2 nuclear power plant after reinstalling a reactor cooling water pump that had failed and limited power output.
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Honda starts construction of new CVT plant in Mexico
2013-09-24 12:30:44| Green Car Congress
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