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Smoke rises from Japan nuclear plant

AFP Global Edition 5 days ago

Smoke rose on Thursday from the world's largest nuclear power plant in Japan, which was shut down by an earthquake two years ago, but the operator said no-one was injured and there was no radiation leak. The smoke was caused by friction ...

Japan nuke plant smoke, no radiation says operator

AFP Global Edition 5 days ago

Smoke rose Thursday from the world's largest nuclear power plant in Japan, which was hit by a deadly earthquake two years ago, but the operator said no-one was injured and there was no radiation leak. "A worker at our company spotted smoke ...

Wind farm to be dedicated in northern Indiana

AP News 6 days ago

New wind farm to be dedicated Thursday in northwestern Indiana; will power 60,000 homes A wind farm capable of generating enough power to light 60,000 average homes will be dedicated this week in northwestern Indiana. State and local officials are to take ...

One Smart Building

AP News 7 days ago

In this Oct. 14, 2009 photo, Philip A. Macey, senior associate of RNL Design of Denver, left, and Carl Cox, senior construction manager for the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, talk about the materials used in building the Research Support Facilities Project for ...

Talk of Wyoming wind tax whips up debate

AP News 7 days ago

Talk of wind tax in Wyoming Legislature whips up debate Wyoming lawmakers will soon take up the thorny issue of whether to impose new taxes on wind energy development, a proposal that developers say could stunt the fledgling industry's growth in Wyoming. ...

Blackout mystery casts shadow on Brazil's Olympics

AFP Global Edition 9 days ago

A massive blackout that plunged half of Brazil into the dark days ago remains a mystery, casting a shadow over the country's energy policy and its plans to host the 2016 Olympics, experts say. The outage Tuesday night, which affected up to ...

PSE&G cleared for additional NJ solar projects

AP News 13 days ago

PSE&G cleared to finance additional solar energy projects in New Jersey New Jersey's largest utility has received permission from state regulators to finance another 51 megawatts of solar power — enough energy for more than 45,000 homes. The Garden State is second ...

ONE STATEÕS TRASH ...

Las Vegas Sun 13 days ago

Promisingly for Nevada, planned show plant aims to turn waste from other places into energy Californians are planning on dumping more of their garbage in Nevada, and federal law says Nevada cant simply ban it, officials say. So Gov. Jim Gibbons and ...

Kenya's wind power project snagged

AFP Global Edition 14 days ago

A Kenyan wind power project aiming to be the biggest in sub-Saharan Africa suffered a setback Tuesday after talks with one of the key investors foundered, an official said. Consortium chief of the Lake Turkana Wind Project in northern Kenya said British ...

Wash. state wind facility adds another 22 turbines

AP News 14 days ago

Wild Horse wind farm in central Washington state adds another 22 turbines producing power Puget Sound Energy says its Wild Horse wind farm in the hills of Central Washington has added another 22 turbines producing power. The new turbines went online Monday ...

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