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U.S. Companies See Growth Potential in Turkey
Strategically positioned at the crossroads of Europe, Asia and the Middle East, Turkey has embarked on a major renewable energy and energy efficiency program. The country aims to increase its clean energy share to 30 percent of its power supply by 2023 — the 100th anniversary of the Turkish republic. With over $40 billion in investment expected in this area by 2020, U.S. companies will see major business development opportunities in solar, wind, geothermal, hydro and all elements of energy efficiency.
More: www.renewableenergyworld.comby joniver 8/11/2011 6:21:54 PM
@joniver they are planning two nukes in turkey !by Edano 8/11/2011 6:22:56 PM- @Edano I know and it makes my brain twist.by joniver 8/11/2011 6:27:21 PM
Tepco has launched a large-scale solar power plant on Tokyo Bay
The Ukishima power plant, situated on an 11-hectare site in Kawasaki City near Haneda airport, will generate electricity from approximately 38,000 solar panels made by Sharp.
It produces up to 7,000 kw, enough to power 2,100 households, and it's expected to reduce CO2 emissions by 3,100 tons per year.
As Tepco struggles to contain the Fukushima nuclear crisis following the March 11 earthquake and tsunamis, it posted a record quarterly group net loss for the April-June period.
With power-generating capacity diminished, Japanese are continuing to conserve electricity, with some companies shutting down for part of the week.
The utility is also planning to launch a second solar plant nearby. The Ohgishima power plant, under construction on a 23-hectare site, will incorporate some 64,000 solar panels made by Kyocera and generate 13,000 kw.
The combined output of the plants, about 20,000 kw, is enough to meet the electricity needs of 5,900 households, and will be one of the largest solar projects in Japan.
At a ceremony marking the 66th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima August 6, Prime Minister Naoto Kan pledged to reduce the country's reliance on nuclear power, the source of about a third of its electricity before the crisis.
news.cnet.comby joniver via I1235.photobucket 8/11/2011 6:29:01 PM- Legal challenge to licensing of U.S. nuclear plants
A group of 25 anti-nuclear organizations will file legal challenges today that aim to slam the brakes on licensing actions at the nation's commercial nuclear plants, based on preliminary reviews of the disaster at Japan's Fukushima plant this year.
The legal challenges contend that the Nuclear Regulatory Commission can't legally issue or renew reactor licenses until it has strengthened rules to protect the public from an accident or conducted detailed reviews of the environmental impacts of not doing so.
The groups include Friends of the Earth, Public Citizen, National Parks Conservation Assn. and two Sierra Club chapters, including others.
More: latimesblogs.latimes.comby joniver 8/11/2011 6:41:11 PM 
I just reported ICRP I will let you know when I get a replyby elainekirk 8/11/2011 6:50:40 PM- Solar to power soldiers in combat
Australian soldiers could soon be using the sun to power their devices in the field.
Wearable lightweight solar panels developed by the Australian National University (ANU) convert light directly into electricity via SLIVER solar cell technology.
More: news.ninemsn.com.auby joniver 8/11/2011 6:51:15 PM - @joniver oh i am glad. when the army needs it it lots of money go into it.by Edano 8/11/2011 6:53:14 PM
- @Edano You are so right.by joniver 8/11/2011 6:54:12 PM
- imagine electric driven tanks will need many batteries .....by Edano 8/11/2011 6:55:30 PM
- @Edano can they run tanks on methane?by elainekirk 8/11/2011 6:57:19 PM
- @Edano They'll have to come up with a smaller storage system if they haven't already.by joniver 8/11/2011 7:01:22 PM
- @joniver that is my hope.by Edano 8/11/2011 7:02:19 PM
- we have to convince the army of renewables. then everything gets a push.by Edano 8/11/2011 7:03:17 PM
@Edano According to Chernobyl studies, evacuation in itself was bad. Stop with the absolute opinions.
\by RBeaner 8/11/2011 7:05:46 PM- Thursday August 11 2011, 18:22:04 UTC 45 minutes ago near the east coast of Honshu, Japan 5.9 38.0 quakes.globalincidentmap.comby Edano 8/11/2011 7:15:58 PM
- @RBeaner would that be economically/politically/geographically or should we really be extreme and throw in the future physical and emotional health of the evacuees?
nukes are new in the scheme of things and nobody knows what would have become of those people if they hadnt evacuatedby elainekirk 8/11/2011 7:16:41 PM 
by Edano via Jma.go.jp 8/11/2011 7:16:56 PM- @Edano 5.9 ain't a quiver is it that is quite strongby elainekirk 8/11/2011 7:17:11 PM
- @Edano Put a figure on the risk. No one is happy that these figures need to be calculted, but that is todays realities. Stress is again the killer www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov and the WHO says the (basically) the same www.who.intby RBeaner 8/11/2011 7:17:23 PM
www.jma.go.jp 5 lower in fuku
by Edano via Jma.go.jp 8/11/2011 7:17:46 PM- @Edano that will have shaken Daiini tooby elainekirk 8/11/2011 7:18:25 PM
- by Edano 8/11/2011 7:19:07 PM
- jma lists 3 eq:
03:25 JST 12 Aug 2011 03:22 JST 12 Aug 2011 5-
03:24 JST 12 Aug 2011 03:22 JST 12 Aug 2011 5-
03:23 JST 12 Aug 2011 03:22 JST 12 Aug 2011 5-by Edano 8/11/2011 7:20:54 PM 
www.jma.go.jp
5- Fukushima-ken Hamadoriby Edano via Jma.go.jp 8/11/2011 7:21:32 PM- @elainekirk Rad Released is a nightmare. I have no argument against that concept,.. But needless (at what level) evacuation causes death quickly. Especially for elderly people.by RBeaner 8/11/2011 7:22:06 PM
- by Edano via Jma.go.jp 8/11/2011 7:23:49 PM
- M6.0 quake jolts Fukushima, no tsunami warning issued 03:52 12 August [kyodo]by Edano 8/11/2011 7:28:31 PM
- Natural energy bill discussed
The governing Democratic Party of Japan has agreed to accept opposition-proposed changes to a bill to promote renewable energy, including reducing the burden on large-lot electricity users.
The bill would compel power utilities to buy solar, wind and other forms of natural energy generated at private residences at fixed prices for certain periods.
The DPJ held working-level talks with the main opposition Liberal Democratic Party and the New Komeito party in the hopes of the bill swiftly passing the Lower House after revision.
The DPJ accepted proposals from the 2 opposition parties. They include establishing a third-party panel to fairly decide purchasing prices of electricity and introducing measures to curtail the burden on large-scale power users.
The policy chiefs of the 3 parties agreed to revise the bill and have it enacted as quickly as possible.
However, they failed to set a date for a Lower House committee to vote on the legislation as the LDP shifted the discussion to criticizing the DPJ's handling of a postal reform bill.
The passage of the renewable energy promotion bill is one of the conditions cited by Prime Minister Naoto Kan for his resignation.
Friday, August 12, 2011 02:41 +0900 (JST)
www3.nhk.or.jpby Edano 8/11/2011 7:30:50 PM 
www3.nhk.or.jp
Decontamination not successful at nuke plant
5 months after the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant crisis started, workers are still struggling to decontaminate large amounts of highly radioactive water.
The plant's operator, Tokyo Electric Power Company, has now restored all circulating cooling systems for spent-fuel storage pools at 4 of its reactors, after the system was restored at the Number One unit on Wednesday.
Cooling of 3 reactors has been continuing since late June, by decontaminating highly radioactive stagnant water and then circulating it.
The Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency says the temperatures of the reactors have been relatively stable at around 100 degrees, lowering the risk of another hydrogen explosion.
But the filtering equipment -- the key part of the system -- has been plagued with problems. Repeated suspension of the equipment's operation has slowed down the water decontamination process.
In the week until Tuesday, the filtering equipment ran at 77.4 percent of its capacity, the largest-ever. But the overall figure stands at 66.4 percent, failing to achieve the initial target of 90 percent.
The utility is now at stage two of its timetable to end the nuclear crisis, which aims to reduce the amount of contaminated water to curb the risk of radioactive releases from the plant.
The stage also calls for achieving a cold shutdown with reactor temperatures being kept stable and below 100 degrees.
TEPCO is reducing the amount of water injection into the reactors to prevent an increase in the amount of contaminated water, but the effort could be a hurdle in achieving a cold shutdown.
Friday, August 12, 2011 02:06 +0900 (JST)
www3.nhk.or.jpby Edano via Www3.nhk.or.jp 8/11/2011 7:31:46 PM- mama kaputt.by Edano 8/11/2011 7:33:09 PM
- Tomari No.3 nuclear reactor restart not decided
Japan's industry ministry has deferred a final decision on restarting a nuclear reactor in Hokkaido following local government criticism.
The No.3 reactor at the plant in Tomari Village operated by Hokkaido Electric Power Company has been undergoing trial runs for 5 months.
Trials usually last about a month in the final phase of regular checkups by the Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency, the organization controlled by the ministry, before commercial operations are resumed.
The agency told the Nuclear Safety Commission on Thursday that no abnormalities were found in the reactor during a 2-day final check that ended the previous day. The commission endorsed the view that the reactor can restart commercial operations.
But Hokkaido's prefectural government has criticized the operator for applying final tests of the reactor before it has reached its own decision on restarting.
Industry minister Banri Kaieda told Governor Harumi Takahashi on Wednesday that the prefecture's consent is vital, and that he intends to wait for that.
Since the nuclear disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi plant in March, nuclear reactors in Japan are struggling to resume operations after regular checkups.
Friday, August 12, 2011 02:06 +0900 (JST)
www3.nhk.or.jpby Edano 8/11/2011 7:33:56 PM - hmm, didn't kan say noone is to be restarted before the "stress test" ?by Edano 8/11/2011 7:35:42 PM
@Edano the link to the decon and cooling says on Wednesday all sfp cooling systems were working they missed the fact that today #4 sprang a leak www.tepco.co.jp
by elainekirk 8/11/2011 7:36:13 PM- @elainekirk ooopsi...by Edano 8/11/2011 7:37:31 PM
- "The bill would compel power utilities to buy solar, wind and other forms of natural energy generated at private residences at fixed prices for certain periods."
this is a very important detail !by Edano 8/11/2011 7:38:38 PM - Japan to provide nuke plants for Vietnam
Japan and Vietnam have agreed that Japan will continue with a plan to support Vietnam by building 2 nuclear reactors in the country.
State Secretary for Foreign Affairs, Chiaki Takahashi, met Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai in the capital Hanoi on Thursday.
The governments of the two countries reached an agreement last October under which Japan would build 2 reactors in 2021. Vietnam plans to build a total of 14 nuclear reactors by 2030 to meet the country's growing demand for electricity.
Takahashi said Japan will learn from the Fukushima Daiichi accident and provide assistance with higher safety standards than ever before.
Hai said he trusts Japan's technology and wants Japan to keep providing help.
Since the Fukushima Daiichi accident, Prime Minister Naoto Kan has called for Japan to reduce its dependence on nuclear power generation.
But Japan's government has decided to honor contracts that have already been concluded, or are under negotiation, for exporting nuclear plants.
Friday, August 12, 2011 02:06 +0900 (JST)
www3.nhk.or.jpby Edano 8/11/2011 7:40:03 PM - @Edano oo @lillymunster was saying the utilities there won't buy so she will be interested in that one
by elainekirk 8/11/2011 7:41:00 PM - 14 nukes ??? this sounds irreal to me.by Edano 8/11/2011 7:41:54 PM
- @Edano the group of companies and Japan gov formed a comp to sell nukes abroad tepco is I think the largest stakeholder .
www.asahi.comby elainekirk 8/11/2011 7:45:04 PM - The International Nuclear Energy Development of Japan joint venture will be formed by TEPCO, Chubu Electric Power Co and Kansai Electric Power Co, Toshiba Corp, Hitachi Ltd and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and aims to sell, with the help of the government, technology for nuclear plant construction, operation and maintainance.
vietnambusiness.asiaby elainekirk 8/11/2011 7:46:38 PM - hisz.rsoe.hu lists a 6.1:
Thursday, August 11, 2011 at 18:22 in the evening at epicenter [hour is wrong]
Japan Tokai Mura Npp 53.46 km
Japan Fukushima Daiichi Npp 20.59 km
Japan Fukushima Daini Npp 13.12 kmby Edano 8/11/2011 7:48:52 PM - @Edano ouchby elainekirk 8/11/2011 7:51:36 PM
- @elainekirk if you could find a video ? or maybe too dark ?by Edano 8/11/2011 7:52:37 PM
Back for a bitby lillymunster 8/11/2011 7:55:30 PM
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