Topic: Engineering
USING WATER, USING POWER
Las Vegas Sun
When you use water, youÕre also using lots of electricity, most of it generated with fossil fuels, contributing to global warming Southern Nevada has gained a reputation as the future of clean, renewable energy and for its aggressive outdoor water conservation campaigns. But behind this apparently eco-friendly exterior is an ...
2 electric utilities in Maine to merge
AP News
Maine's 2nd- and 3rd-largest electric utilities agree to mergerTwo of Maine's larger electric utilities would merge under an agreement announced Friday, creating a greater impetus for a north-south power transmission line for wind farms. In a deal valued at about $108 million, BHE Holdings Inc., the parent company ...
Shell shuts down two gas plants in Nigeria
AFP Global Edition
Shell said Thursday it had closed down two gas plants feeding Nigeria's power stations so that it could carry out repairs on a damaged supply pipeline in the restive oil-producing region. "We have closed down Sapele and Oben gas plants for technical reasons. The closure will be temporary as ...
FRANCE ISRAEL NUCLEAR ENERGY
AP News
Israeli Infrastructure Minister Uzi Landau speaks to media during an international conference on civilian nuclear energy, in Paris, Tuesday, March 9, 2010. Mideast rivals Israel and Syria on Tuesday each announced ambitions to develop nuclear energy, with Israel facing the prospect that its plan could bring new attention to its ...
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