Sunday, December 1, 2013

ENERGY SYSTEM TRANSITION

Located on dual-use land in Northern California, this 645 kW solar project is also home to a bee apiary. It also features a minimum production guarantee, meaning that if the solar project produces less electricity than expected, the installer will cover the difference in revenue. The project revenue comes from selling electricity to PG&E, one of the largest utilities in the country.

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SOLAR POWER CHEAPER THAN NUCLEAR

Solar power now cheaper than nuclear

Researchers in North Carolina compare the relative price of electricity from photovoltaic cells to that from a nuclear plant.

By

Katy Rank Lev

Wed, Aug 04 2010 at 8:40 PM

SUPER SUN: Solar energy is, for the first time, more affordable than nuclear energy in North Carolina. Researchers feel this trend will continue. (Photo:Sean McGrath/Flickr)

According to news aggregator Energy Collective, a historic era is upon us because solar power has become affordable. More specifically, solar power has become cheaper than nuclear power.

The article sites researchers from Duke University in North Carolina, who found that the cost of "producing photovoltaic cells (PV) has been dropping for years ... at the same time, estimated costs for building new nuclear power plants have ballooned." Thus, it's cheaper to put solar panels on houses than to build a new nuclear power plant to service them.

According to the article, this is a crossover moment because the researchers haven't even considered other pros and cons of solar power, including that North Carolina is not a "sun-rich" state. Other states with more sunshine could see more cost savings. The article also references an up-and-coming trend in solar power called concentrating solar power or CSP. According to the story, CSP "promises utility-scale production and solar thermal storage." This means that even after sunset, CSP-fitted homes can generate electricity.

The story lists the crossover price point at about 16 cents per kilowatt hour (kWh). This year, in North Carolina, the price of one kWh of electricity from solar energy fell below this point for the first time. Some solar developers offer electricity from solar energy at 14 cents per kWh and predict that this price will continue to drop.

The article ends by emphasizing how important it is to have an energy source that's more affordable than nuclear power, especially given the U.S. Senate's failure to pass a climate and energy bill this year. Since both nuclear and solar power are subsidized by the government, the author points out that "taxpayers now bear the burden of putting carbon into the atmosphere through a variety of hidden charges."

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Saturday, November 30, 2013

NOVEMBER 30, 2013 E-mail to Mr. James Maughan

November 30, 2013

Mr. James Maughan

Assistant Deputy Director

Division of Financial Assistance

Phone: 916-341-5694

Email: jmaughan@waterboards.ca.gov

Mail address: 1001 I Street, 16th Floor

Sacramento, CA 95814

SUBJECT : Continuing demand for the return of the original educational credentials as evaluated by ERES and comments why a circle mark was wrap around the word "PHILIPPINES" as shown in the returned exact copy (photocopy) of my original educational credentials.

Copy of the credential with circular mark around the word "PHILIPPINES".

Dear Mr James Maughan,

Good morning.

Please be informed that I have not received any reply from you on my e-mails to you dated September 30, 2013 and October 30, 2013 respectively, covering the same subject.
Likewise, I have not yet received the original copy of my educational credentials.

Since you refused to send me back the original copy of my credentials with the signatures of Ms Anna Hernandez, Mr Wes Wilkinson and yours, I will be compelled to elevate the issues to an authority over you, with your indulgence, in this case to Ms Liz Haven. I would want to know how she would deal with Ms Debbie Zuccala, Ms Anna Hernandez, Mr Wes Wilkinson, Ms Christine Gordon, Mr Andrew Cooper and you, most respectfully, Mr James Maughan after reading my painful experience and emotional trauma which your employees, your office and you inflicted upon my person.

Please send me back the original copy of my educational credentials with the signatures of the three of you to show proof that you have prudently examined those documents and you have conscientiously determined that it did not meet the minimum six educational point requirement for Grade 1 operator certification examination as Ms Anna Hernandez analyzed and shown in her denial letter.

Yours faithfully,

Antonio L. Buensuceso Jr

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Friday, November 29, 2013

Administration considers whether to allow Shell to resume Arctic oil exploration

Nov 28th, 2013

by John Donovan.

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The Obama administration is weighing whether to allow Shell to resume drilling in Arctic waters after a series of mishaps halted its controversial oil exploration effort last year. Ken Salazar, allowed Shell to drill in the Arctic waters north of Alaska last year, only to later say the company “screwed up.”

By Sean Cockerham
McClatchy Washington Bureau: Posted on Wednesday, 11.27.13

WASHINGTON — The Obama administration is weighing whether to allow Shell to resume drilling in Arctic waters after a series of mishaps halted its controversial oil exploration effort last year.

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SHELL KEEPS DIGGING A DEEPER HOLE

Nov 26th, 2013

by John Donovan.

Europe’s biggest oil company is burning through cash at an extraordinary rate. Shell shareholders have long nursed a low level of dissatisfaction. Many were underwhelmed by the appointment of yet another chief executive from deep within the Anglo-Dutch behemoth, which is steeped in a profound love for big engineering projects and an apparently dismissive attitude to investors. Van Beurden started at the company in 1983. These are not fresh eyes. How long will investors give him before that simmering resentment boils over? Despite its issues, BP has left Shell in the shade. More here

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GOD WHISPERS

FROM ALFRED CLAYTON
HAPPY THANKSGIVING GREETINGS

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Wednesday, November 27, 2013

THANKSGIVING AND TURKEYS FROM MOTHER JONES

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