GLG News by Nuclear Power Experts (North America)

The writer of the article is seemingly unware of the trends that are taking place in outsourcing to low cost producing countries, including China and India and has not been following the apparent trends that are shifting the landscape not only for large manufacturing companies but even the mid sized...

    As the referenced article states, there are many benefits in the Emergency Stabilization Act for the coal industry.  One not discussed is the refund of the coal excise tax.  The commentary section discusses this.

    The Emergency Stabilization Act signed into law on October 3, 2008 includes an extension of tax credits for renewable energy and refined coal.  The discussion that follows includes items to consider regarding the refined coal tax credit.

Of all the potential cellulosic and agricultural feedstocks, algae is one of the most promising for two reasons;     1. It has the highest oil content yield, more than corn, switchgrass and even palm oil and the oil is realively easy to extract.     2. Algae does...

Exxon's offshore LNG terminal, the world's first of it's kind, has been just located in the Adriatic 10 miles off Porto Levante, Italy for supply of  about 10% of Italy's natural gas requirements by 2009.  The design capacity of the terminal is 775 MMcfd of natural and will be delivered to...

Zero-landfilling is a goal that is now reality. GM is one of the leading major manufacturing companies demonstrating that corporate plants can lower disposal costs by 100% recycling and reuse of their wastes. By performing this task, GM lowers their carbon footprint.  

Since the 1970s, corporations are required to meet environmental regulations in air, water, solid and hazardous wastes etc. Over the years, many companies eventually developed strategic plans to implement pollution prevention, that is reduce wastes at the beginning of the manufacturing...

    The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled on February 8, 2009 in favor of the plaintiffs that coal plants could not be removed from the list of mercury sources subject to a Maximum Available Control Technology (MACT) standard and the subsequent movements to require EPA to set a...

    The commentary section discusses the current market and outlook for coal railcars

    The fuel-switching from coal to natural gas affects the demand and price for each commodity.  The commentary below discusses what issues are part of the analysis of a utility or merchant fuel buyer on whether to switch fuel sources to fuel power plants.