Mon, Oct 8, 2012
More U.S. coal-based power plants than predicted earlier could close due to environmental regulations and weaker-than-expected demand costing the industry up to $144 billion, according to a study from the Brattle Group, Reuters reported. The researchers forecast that up to 77,000 MW of coal plant capacity would likely retire in the next five years, 25,000 […]
Mon, Oct 1, 2012
In 2009, Andrea Conaway was an X-ray technician whose career plan was showing a few fractures. Hospitals were consolidating around Pittsburgh, so she went searching for oil, in a sense. She went back to school, got an associate’s degree in computer electronics, and in August, began a job as an associate systems analyst at EQT, […]
Tue, Sep 25, 2012
U.S. spot natural gas prices rose across the nation on Monday, lifted by the return of weekday industrial demand and a large number of nuclear power plant outages. But milder weather that pressured gas futures prices was also seen limiting more gains on the cash side, traders said. Gas for Tuesday delivery at benchmark supply […]
Mon, Sep 24, 2012
Support for nuclear energy in the USA is gradually approaching pre-Fukushima levels, a new public opinion poll shows. Some 65% of Americans now favour the use of nuclear, compared with 71% before the accident. A telephone survey of 1000 US citizens was carried out between 14 and 16 September by Bisconti Research in conjunction with […]
Thu, Sep 13, 2012
AUSTIN, Texas — University of Texas at Austin physicists have been awarded a U.S. patent for an invention that could someday be used to turn nuclear waste into fuel, thus removing the most dangerous forms of waste from the fuel cycle. Physicists Mike Kotschenreuther, Swadesh Mahajan and Prashant Valanju. Photo: Marsha Miller. The researchers — […]
Thu, Sep 13, 2012
Like many other states, Iowa is taking a hard look at its energy needs and potential solutions. While high gas prices are always on everyone’s mind — with good reason — our nation is also facing a growing need for electricity sources to meet future demand. In fact, America could experience as much as a […]
