ZIMBABWE will experience more power outages in the next three weeks due to low energy supplies and maintenance work being carried out at Kariba South power station, the power utility said on Thursday. Maintenance works at Kariba South’s generator number five has resulted in power supply being reduced by 125MW, the energy company said. Zimbabwe […]
September 30, 2014 Source: (CAISO) On October 1, the grid operator for most of California will begin simulating the balancing of subhourly electricity supply and demand for (CAISO) to meet subhourly electricity imbalances, PacifiCorp anticipates enhanced reliability and cost savings, particularly in the face of higher levels of renewable energy generation in the West. This […]
document Brussels — Friends, Ladies and Gentlemen, Let me begin by extending a very warm welcome to you all. I’m delighted to see so many of you here at this meeting of the Sustainable Energy for All Access Committee. Our task today is an important one: to build on the crucial recommendations put forward in […]
October 3, 2014 Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, based on U.S. Census Bureau data Republished October 3, 2014, 12:35 p.m., to clarify graph units. U.S. coal exports have continued to decline from their record volumes in 2012. During the first half of 2014, coal exports totaled 52.3 million short tons (MMst), 16% below the same […]
By Alvar Mwakyusa THE first shipment of petroleum products for the long-awaited Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) is expected in the country between the end of this year and early 2015, it has been revealed. Creation of the SPR will help the country cushion itself from both local and global unexpected shocks which could lead to […]
October 2, 2014 Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Petroleum Marketing MonthlyNote: These data measure primary petroleum product deliveries in the states where they are locally marketed and consumed. Republished at 8:30 a.m. to correct an error in the text. The U.S. Department of Agriculture expects this to be slightly larger than last fall’s record harvest. […]
By Rose Athumani ZAMBIA, Tanzania and Kenya will soon enjoy reduced electricity costs following the envisaged completion of the ZTK interconnection power project. Three energy ministers from Zambia, Tanzania and Kenya signed a Cooperation Agreement in Dar es Salaam on Tuesday, binding their respective countries to the implementation of the power project which will also […]
October 1, 2014 Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, In natural gas markets, analysts refer to the storage injection season as running from April 1 through October 31 of each year, but these dates are not strict cutoff points. In each of the past 11 years, going back to the first full year of EIA’s weekly […]
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At the end of the last post I mentioned the benefits that could occur if two jets were directed to intersect at a distance from the nozzle. Marian Mazurkiewicz did a lot of early work on this, and it was written up in an ASTM STP.* Because it has a couple of applications that include […]
SENATOR Chris Adighije has dissociated himself from a congratulatory message rejoicing with Senator Nkechi Nwaogu on the conferment on her of the national honours of Commander of the Order of the Niger, CON. Senator Adighije, a former member of the Senate and member representing Abia State in the Revenue Mobilisation, Allocation and Fiscal Commission, RMAFC, […]
Egypt is committed to supporting efforts aiming to achieve nuclear disarmament, said Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry. Shoukry made the remark before the ministerial meeting of the general assembly of the International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons, according to a statement issued by Egypt’s Foreign Ministry. The meeting was held on the sidelines […]
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A single waterjet, whether with or without abrasive, will cut a tapering slot as it penetrates into a target material. This is because, as the jet penetrates into the surface, the outer edges of the jet lose their energy in cutting, and the narrower central core remains capable of cutting, on a continually narrowing path, […]
The inter-governmental agreement regarding nuclear energy signed between South Africa and Russia is one of over 60 different energy related co-operation agreements signed by the Department of Energy on behalf of government. The agreements address different aspects of energy and the usage of different energy sources. “The Intergovernmental Agreement on Strategic Partnership in Nuclear Energy […]
