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Extended nuclear generation outage increases Southern CA's energy prices relative to Northern CA

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Historically, wholesale power prices for Northern and Southern California tracked closely with one another, indicating minimal market differences between the two areas. However, after the shutdown of SONGS in early 2012, the relatively inexpensive nuclear generation produced by SONGS had to be replaced with power from more expensive sources. Consequently, since April 2012 Southern California power prices have persistently exceeded Northern California prices, with the spread averaging $4.15/MWh, or 12% of the Northern California price.

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Energy Storage Technologies & Their Role in Renewable Integration

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Andreas Oberhofer
Energy Storage Technologies & Their Role in Renewable Integration

The european Supergrid project

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This document is a presentation about the European Supergrid project, which consist in connecting all the Offshore wind farms together to provide electricity to all Europe.

Pollution in China: Man-made and visible from space

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“PM2.5” seems an odd and wonky term for the blogosphere to take up, but that is precisely what has happened in China in recent weeks. It refers to the smallest solid particles in the atmosphere—those less than 2.5 microns across. Such dust can get deep into people’s lungs; far deeper than that rated as PM10. Yet until recently China’s authorities have revealed measurements only for PM10. When people realised this, an online revolt broke out.

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http://www.economist.com/blogs/analects/2012/02/pollution-china

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Asia Report: After Quake, Japan Pushes for Asia Supergrid

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New Hampshire, USA -- Japan this week marks the one year anniversary of the devastating earthquake and tsunami that has since forced it to re-evaluate its nuclear strategy. In doing so, it also unveiled a plan that could have big implications for renewable energy across the continent.

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http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2012/03/asia-report-after-quake-japan-pushes-for-asia-supergrid?cmpid=WNL-Wednesday-March14-2012

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Access to energy - necessary but not sufficient to cut poverty

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Rachel Cernansky
Access to energy - necessary but not sufficient to cut poverty
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The UN estimates that 1.4 billion people have no access to electricity, hurting their ability to earn a living or educate their children. But connecting to an electric grid may not be the only solution.

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http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Making-a-difference/Change-Agent/2012/0320/Access-to-energy-necessary-but-not-sufficient-to-cut-poverty

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Energy ring best option to solve regional needs

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Shahiduzzaman Khan
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Energy demands in South Asia are growing at rate of over 6.0 per cent a year - a pace that is far in excess of the region's capacity to meet. The fact that a sizeable section of the population does not have access to electricity makes energy security a daunting challenge for the countries of this region.

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http://www.power-eng.com/news/2012/03/14/energy-ring-best-option-to-solve-regional-needs.html

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