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For Several Hours, the U.K. Glimpses a Coal-Free World

Edit The Atlantic 18 May 2016
This week, it happened in the United Kingdom, whose coal-fired power plants generated no electricity for several multi-hour spans. As far as anyone can tell, it was the first time this happened since 1882, the year that the country constructed its first coal plant ... just uses less power during the summer, so many coal plants go offline for maintenance ... China appears to have cancelled the construction of about 200 coal plants....

New Job Posting - Wastewater Treatment Operator (City of Redmond, OR)

Edit Public Technologies 18 May 2016
Records daily operational information regarding electrical consumption, equipment run time meters, totalizer readings, lab analysis data and other related plant equipment and machinery ... Records daily operational information regarding electrical consumption, equipment run time meters, totalizer readings, lab analysis data and other related plant equipment and machinery....

The Fading Meaning of ‘GMO'

Edit The Atlantic 18 May 2016
Each novel plant—produced by conventional breeding or newer techniques—warrants careful consideration and safety testing ... Emerging technologies stand to only further challenge existing definitions and regulation by blurring the distinction between genetic engineering and conventional plant breeding, the scientists argue, while enabling ever more profound alterations of plant metabolism, composition, and ecology....

FPL will pause Turkey Point expansion but wants to keep charging customers for it

Edit The Miami Herald 18 May 2016
Florida Power & Light has told state officials that it will put a four-year pause on its construction plans for two proposed nuclear power plants at its troubled Turkey Point site but it wants the state to waive a requirement that it prove the project is still “feasible” in order to charge customers in advance for it....

Iraq resumes work at gas plant 2 days after IS attack

Edit Topix 18 May 2016
Iraqi oil workers resumed work at a natural gas plant north of Baghdad on Tuesday, two days after a co-ordinated dawn assault by Islamic State militants left at least 14 people dead there, a senior Oil Ministry official said ... IS fighters breaking into the plant where they clashed with security forces for hours before the attackers were repelled....

Thermal Power in Brazil, Market Outlook to 2030, Update 2016 - Capacity, Generation, Power Plants, ...

Edit PR Newswire 18 May 2016
NEW YORK, May 17, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Thermal Power in Brazil, Market Outlook to 2030, Update 2016 - Capacity, Generation, Power Plants, Regulations and Company ProfilesSummary"Thermal Power in Brazil, Market Outlook to 2030, Update 2016 - Capacity, Generation, Power Plants, Regulations ... ....

Midwest Energy Dedicates Goodman Energy Center Expansion (Midwest Energy Inc)

Edit Public Technologies 18 May 2016
The $30 million expansion began in spring 2015, increasing the number of electric generating engines at the plant from nine to twelve, while increasing capacity from 76 Megawatts to 102 Megawatts, enough to power more than 15,000 homes ... The plant expansion entered commercial service on April 1, 2016....

Students receive award for tar oil conversion project (Dakota Gasification Company Inc)

Edit Public Technologies 18 May 2016
The project is of interest to Dakota Gas as it would better position the Great Plains Synfuels Plant for product sales and allows better marketing opportunities ... The project, 'Carbon Black from Coal Tars,' is of interest to Dakota Gas as it would better position the Great Plains Synfuels Plant for ......

Repurposing instruments yields Dakota Gas recognition (Dakota Gasification Company Inc)

Edit Public Technologies 18 May 2016
(Source. Dakota Gasification Company Inc) ... Dakota Gasification Company recently received an award from Automation Service for recycling old instrumentation from various areas across the Great Plains Synfuels Plant's operation ... 'We give Automation Service obsolete or damaged instrumentation used at the Synfuels Plant instead of throwing it away ... Automation Service, St....

National Trust offers farm tenancy for £1 a year

Edit The Guardian 18 May 2016
The move aimed to protect the habitats of unique and rare plants and animals and save fragile grasslands from being turned into a golf course ... Related. Brexit could spell end for farming and car industry, says transport secretary ... Its limestone grasslands are home to Kashmiri goats, subspecies of silver-studded blue and grayling butterflies, and a plant, the wild cotoneaster, found nowhere else on earth. ....

Keep green metal transformer boxes clear of obstructions (SMUD - Sacramento Municipal Utility District)

Edit Public Technologies 18 May 2016
(Source. SMUD - Sacramento Municipal Utility District). For Immediate Release. May 17, 2016. Warm spring weather heralds yard work season ... When planting trees and shrubs or building fences and other structures, remember to keep eight feet of space around this equipment, especially in front of any access doors ... For safety's sake, never climb on, plant or dig around neighborhood electrical transformers ... (noodl. 33605411) ....

No added health risks from modified crops, according to new study

Edit Sydney Morning Herald 18 May 2016
It reviewed epidemiological data from the US and Canada, where food made with genetically engineered (GE) plants has been consumed for the past two decades, and compared it with information from Western Europe, where such foods aren't widely eaten ... The committee recommended that new crop varieties be regulated based on a plant's characteristics, rather than the process by which it was created....

Share Purchase Plan Result and EGM Date (UraniumSA Limited)

Edit Public Technologies 18 May 2016
(Source. UraniumSA Limited) OVERVIEW. 18 May 2016 ASX RELEASE. 18 May 2016. UraniumSA Limited ("UraniumSA"). ASX Code. USA. ABN 48 119 978 013. Ground Floor. 28 Greenhill Road. Wayville SA 5034. Phone +61 8 8132 0577. Fax +61 8 8132 0766 ... PROJECTS. South Australia ... owner and operator of plant and equipment ... 100% Angus Resources Pty Ltd (owner of plant & equipment) ... Backfill And rehabilitation plant, down hole geophysical logging plant....
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