Nov
22
A Thanksgiving Day For One Small Nuclear Reactor
November 22, 2012 | 1 Comment
The Obama Administration’s Energy Department has announced an award to support a project to design, license and help commercialize a small modular reactor (SMR) in the United States. The lucky partnership members are Babcock & Wilcox with the Tennessee Valley Authority and Bechtel who will receive a dollar for dollar cost match in funding to […]
Nov
9
Fusion vs. Fission and Fission Won
November 9, 2012 | Leave a Comment
Hurricane Sandy offers an intense comparison between fusion an fission. The region’s only functional fusion plant, the Sun, handicapped by distance, stunted by late season daylight hours and limited by the sunlit area of the North Atlantic still sent massive energy into the northeast coast of the U.S. hammering the area with rain, winds and […]
Sep
17
How to Lose the CO2 War
September 17, 2012 | 3 Comments
How to Lose the CO2 War In an article by Mark Lynas out of UK’s The Guardian is a summary of last week’s nuclear news. If one is CO2 concerned, the news is very bad indeed. In a strong motivator for the environmentalists the week also saw the Arctic ice cover is recorded at its […]
Sep
14
$2.5 Million Net-Zero Energy Home for the Middle Class
September 14, 2012 | 1 Comment
The U.S. Commerce Department’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) unveiled a new home laboratory designed to demonstrate that a typical-looking suburban home for a family of four can generate as much energy as it uses in a year. It cost $2,590,110.00. OK, that’s a firm-fixed-price contract, and how much profit is in the […]
Jul
30
The Changed US Patent Law – America Invents Act
July 30, 2012 | 2 Comments
The following is a Guest Post by David J French, an Ottawa patent attorney with 35 years experience practicing before the Canadian and United States Patent Offices. I have written this posting for NewEnergyandFuel in response to Mr. Westenhaus’ post July 24th entitled, US Patent Office Starts Regulations From New Patent Law. Here is my […]
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