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ABB Expands Australian Motor & Generator - MarineLink

ABB Expands Australian Motor & Generator
MarineLink
With in-house specialist coil manufacturing, large motor and generator repairs and a high speed-balancing pit built to accommodate rotors up to 85 tonnes, Bob White Electrix has built a reputation as a leader in the field of generator and motor repairs .
ABB to acquire Bob White Electrix and LE JarvisFoodprocessing

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Boxer presses NRC on questions at Calif nuke plant
California Sen. Barbara Boxer asked federal regulators Tuesday for details about the troubled steam generators at the San Onofre nuclear power plant, where a long-running probe into tube damage has kept the reactors sidelined for months...

San Onofre's future hinges on finding cause of abnormal tube wear - Los Angeles Times

Los Angeles Times

San Onofre's future hinges on finding cause of abnormal tube wear
Los Angeles Times
31, alarms alerted the control room at the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station that a radiation leak was occurring in one of the nearly 39000 tubes that carry radioactive water in the steam generators. That failure led to an unparalleled shutdown of .
Senate panel eyes troubled CA nuke plant, as plan takes shape to get reactors .Washington Post
San Onofre Power Plant Study Finds That Running At Reduced Power Could Worsen .Huffington Post
Expert: San Onofre's Leak Problems Run DeepPatch.com
Insurance Journal -Houston Chronicle
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Terrytown Civic Association members learn about generator safety - NOLA.com (blog)

NOLA.com (blog)

Terrytown Civic Association members learn about generator safety
NOLA.com (blog)
Deubler gave residents electrical tips and advice for the upcoming hurricane season along with information about the new rules pertaining to generator usage. File photoRep. Ricky Templet spoke at the recent Terrytown Civic Association meeting.

New scrutiny for CA nuke plant, as restart looms - BusinessWeek

MiamiHerald.com

New scrutiny for CA nuke plant, as restart looms
BusinessWeek
The chair of the US Senate's environment committee pressed federal regulators Tuesday to disclose details about the design of the plant's troubled steam generators, in which hundreds of tubes that carry radioactive water have been damaged by unexpected .
Plan to cut tube wear falls short at Cal nuke sitemsnbc.com
Senator presses NRC on issues at Calif nuke plantFox News
Edison's San Onofre plan could make things worse, consultant says [Updated]Los Angeles Times
Power Engineering Magazine
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Scientists Generate Electricity from Viruses - Forbes

BBC News

Scientists Generate Electricity from Viruses
Forbes
That's the idea behind a new electric generator developed by scientists at the US Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. The scientists coated a postage-stamp-sized electrode with specially engineered, harmless viruses that, .
Berkeley scientists turn harmless virus into piezoelectric generatorExtremeTech
Viruses Harnessed to Create EnergyDiscovery News
Sick? Next-Gen Generators Are VirusesNewser
NewsFactor Network -Daily Star Online -BBC News
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Senator presses NRC on issues at Calif nuke plant
The chair of the U.S. Senate's environment committee pressed federal regulators Tuesday to disclose details about the design of the troubled steam generators at the San Onofre nuclear power plant, where a probe into tube damage has kept the reactors sidelined for months...

Electric Generators Direct Lists Best Automatic Transfer Switches - PR Web (press release)

PR Web (press release)

Electric Generators Direct Lists Best Automatic Transfer Switches
PR Web (press release)
When the power goes out, your automatic transfer switch will flip to power from your standby generator. "When the power goes out, your automatic transfer switch will flip to power from your standby generator," said Jim Baugher, resident product expert .

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San Onofre's future hinges on finding cause of abnormal tube wear
The root of the problem at the nuclear plant is still a mystery. A key issue is whether Edison or ratepayers will have to cover the cost of replacement power. On Jan. 31, alarms alerted the control room at the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station that a radiation leak was occurring in one of the nearly 39,000 tubes that carry radioactive water in the steam generators...

Electric Generators Direct Lists Best Automatic Transfer Switches
Electric Generators Direct Lists Best Automatic Transfer Switches -- Recommendations Based on Sales History and Customer ReviewsBolingbrook, IL (PRWEB) May 16, 2012 Today ElectricGeneratorsDirect.com announced its recommendations for best automatic transfer switches. "When the power goes out, your automatic transfer switch will flip to power from your standby generator," said Jim Baugher ...

Research and Markets: More than Government Directive Needed to Ease Coal Supply Shortage to Power Generators in India
Dublin - Research and Markets has announced the addition of GlobalData's new report "More than Government Dir..

Natural gas consumption reflects shifting sectoral patterns - NASDAQ

Natural gas consumption reflects shifting sectoral patterns
NASDAQ
The electric power sector has the flexibility to shift some amount of baseload power generation, much of which has traditionally been fueled by coal, to underutilized natural gas generators without requiring additional investments in infrastructure.

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Electric Generators Direct Lists Best Manual Transfer Switches
Electric Generators Direct Lists Best Manual Transfer Switches -- Recommendations Based on Sales History and Customer ReviewsBolingbrook, IL (PRWEB) May 09, 2012 Today ElectricGeneratorsDirect.com announced its recommendations for best manual transfer switches. "With a manual transfer switch, you can restore power to several circuits at once," said Jim Baugher, product expert at Electric ...

River Edge council mulls estrictions on generators - NorthJersey.com

River Edge council mulls estrictions on generators
NorthJersey.com
BY MEGAN BURROW As more River Edge residents purchase back-up home generators to keep their refrigerators and sump pumps going during power outages, the council is considering an ordinance to govern their placement and decibel level.

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River Edge council mulls estrictions on generators
As more River Edge residents purchase back-up home generators to keep their refrigerators and sump pumps going during power outages, the council is considering an ordinance to govern their placement and decibel level...

Global Motors and Generators Industry
NEW YORK, May 10, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue: Global Motors and Generators Industry http://www.reportlinker.com/p0157322/Global-Motors-and-Generators-Industry.html#utm_source=prnewswire&utm_medium=pr&utm_campaign=Automobil The ...

OC plant generators brought out of retirement to avert power shortage - Los Angeles Times

ABC News

OC plant generators brought out of retirement to avert power shortage
Los Angeles Times
California's energy grid operator announced Friday that two mothballed generators at a natural gas-powered plant on the Huntington Beach coastline have been put back in service, a critical piece of the plan to replace power from the shuttered San .
Retired power generators put back into serviceSan Francisco Chronicle
SCE plugs 1300 tubes in San Onofre steam generatorsReuters
More generator tubes plugged to shore up San OnofreU-T San Diego

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QuietFiber Used to Quiet Industrial Generator Noise at Galleria 360 in Santo Domingo
Industrial noise pollution from back-up generators is a growing problem in the Dominican Republic and throughout the world. One generator designer installed QuietFiber noise absorbing material to lower the decibel levels at the newly constructed Galleria 360 mall in Santo Domingo.SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (PRWEB) May 15, 2012 Installation of 18,000 square feet of non-fiberlass ...