Wednesday, 2 January 2013

Energy


Energy stories – January 1



"If you are sweating over power bills this winter, get ready to sweat more. State-run Mahagenco has told Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory Commission (MERC) that the generation cost in 2013-14 will increase by over 30% due to various reasons."



"South Korea will restart one of two nuclear reactors this week after being shut for nearly two months to replace parts which were found to have forged documents, easing power supply concerns as winter bites, the nuclear regulator and operator said."


"Shortage of garbage forces Scandinavian country to take neighbours' help to run its power plants."
Trash-to-energy schemes were a loser from the get-go. -- RF

Building up large renewable-energy capacity is certainly a good thing. Something to keep in mind is that solar panels and other renewable-energy hardware embody an enormous amount of fossil-fuel energy in various forms. -- RF

It doesn't matter, because as the industrial infrastructure crumbles, renewable-energy hardware will become impossible to maintain and eventually break down completely. Build all you can now, but don't expect it to last forever. -- RF

"Spanish utility Iberdrola is selling its French wind park unit to a consortium including General Electric for about 400 million euros ($529 million) in its drive to cut debt and keep an investment grade credit rating."






2 comments:

  1. Sweden's trash importing system is one of the, if not, the best energy and garbage policy. Its very powerful.

    -Land Source Container Service, Inc.
    Rubbish Removal NYC

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  2. Trash-to-energy schemes were a loser from the get-go. -- RF

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