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The article discusses how key infrastructure projects like energy infrastructure is driving the economy of New Jersey. Also cited are the U.S. Energy Information Administration data showing that around 75% of households in the state depend on natural gas as primary heating fuel, and the multi-year infrastructure investment programs by South Jersey Industries Inc. (SJI) through its natural gas utilities South Jersey Gas Co. and Elizabethtown Gas Co.

The article focuses on adopted amendments of safety standards for transportation of gas and for gas pipeline facilities. Topics discussed include safety standards to include scope underground natural gas storage facilities, person to be engaged in transportation of gas and who owns or operates pipeline facilities and standards adopted by Illinois Commerce Commission.

The article focuses on adopted amendments on reports of accident or incident by person who is engaged in transportation of gas and one who owns gas pipeline facilities under Illinois Gas Pipeline Safety Act. Topics discussed include safety standards for the transportation of gas and for pipeline facilities, report made on appropriate U.S. Department of Transportation Incident Report Form and penalties pursuant to section of Illinois Gas Pipeline Safety Act.

The article focuses on the industrial future of atomic energy. Scientists have predicted that within 20 years all central station power will be drawn from atomic sources in the U.S. Atomic energy will prove most suitable for central-station power installations. The power output of any atomic device is flexible and can be varied easily from a few watts to the level of an atomic bomb.

The article discusses the various methods of generating hydroelectric power in France, including the Alpine, the Pyrean, and the Central Massif solutions, and how this power is utilized by Alpine industries. The article discusses how these solutions work, the cost of implementation, and the expected power yield. Utilization of electric power by the electro-chemical and electro-metallurgic industries, paper manufacturers, and other industries is discussed. The article examines the location, power use, manufacture, labor conditions, and means of transportation for these industries. The article concludes that hydroelectric power has been essential to the survival of these industries which face the challenge of transportation within the mountains.

XENDEE Corp. and Austria's BEST Bioenergy (BEST - Bioenergy and Sustainable Technologies) have launched a global partnership. According to a media release, XENDEE and BEST aim to accelerate the adoption [...]

With a net worth topping $12 billion, Li Ka-Shing stands on an equal footing with such Americans as Michael Dell and Steven Ballmer. But in Hong Kong, Li, 75, has no peer. Through his publicly listed Hutchison Whampoa Ltd and Cheung Kong Holdings Ltd, Li is a leading provider of electricity in Hong Kong. The foreign press salivates over Li's risky telecom bets and flashy real estate deals. But the tastiest morsel in his empire has a brinier flavor. In the past four years Li has spent an estimated $1.5 billion buying 15 shipping container terminals, according to U.K.-based Drewry Shipping Consultants. Li's shipping container business is the world's largest: a presence in 32 ports (including several of the world's busiest) in 15 countries, handling 13% of the world's containers. Drewry says 42% of all containers leaving China depart from Li's terminals.Thanks to a surge in Chinese exports, which ballooned from $18 billion in 1980 to $325 billion last year, Hutchison Port Holdings has become Li's most profitable operation, generating 28% of Hutchison Whampoa's $3.1 billion in earnings before taxes and interest in 2002 while accounting for just 18.5% of its sales.

Presents news items related to the state of planet earth. Increase in life expectancy and population projections; Effects of the phaseout of chlorofluorocarbon chemicals on the climate; Energy supply sources and consumption; Food shortages and agriculture; Access to water supplies; Destructions of forests and extinctions; Trouble spots on the globe, including warming of the Antarctic Peninsula and carbon emissions from the U.S.

This section presents views expressed by Indian renewable energy market stakeholders on the renewable energy capacity goals of India. It discussed the decline of solar tariffs in India noted by Avinash Burra of Green Millennium, the need for a stable energy grid infrastructure by India according to Vikram Dileepan of SolarTown Energy Solutions, and the partnership between Indian independent power producers and renewable energy developers suggested by Mel Badheka of Envision Energy.

The article informs about the relocation of Haus Konstruktiv museum in Zürich, Switzerland to give way to the city's repurposing of the building into an energy facility as part of its net zero emissions target by 2040. It reports the petition by an interest group calling for further investigation into the decision to repurpose the museum building. It identifies factors to the suitability of the Löwenbräukunst art centre as the future location of Haus Konstruktiv.

The article focuses on the Sabine Pass Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Export Terminal project in Louisiana. Topics covered include how terminal is one of the largest industrial energy facilities under construction in North America in 2015 and how Cheniere Energy has spent more than 20 billion U.S. dollars to convert 1,000 acres of swamp into the first LNG export terminal in the continental U.S.

The article features microgrids in the U.S. in 2011. The microgrid is defined as interconnected loads and energy resources that can connect and disconnect from the grid to let it operate in both grid-connected or island-mode. It notes that public institutions like the military and universities are driving microgrid development. It details University of California's microgrid, deemed the most advanced in North America, and others like at Santa Clara University. Microgrids worldwide are predicted to rise from 1.8 gigawatts in 2010 to 4.5 gigawatts in 2016.

The article provides information on the implication of having an energy infrastructure that facilitates an increased solar energy through the use of ammonia and hydrogen, the Hydrogen Hub electricity system. It highlights three fundamental aspects required in obtaining the needed supply of energy while terminating nonrenewable petroleum dependency including its abundance, cleanness and greenness, and its range of availability. A chart is also presented showing the average yearly energy consumption in the U.S. in terms of fossil fuel and renewable energy sources, along with a diagram illuminating the anticipated flow of the carbon-free energy system in the succeeding years.

In the article, the author discusses the adverse impact of the energy policy of the administration of U.S. President Barack Obama to increase the share of solar, wind and tidal power in the country's electricity system to 25% by 2025. He argues that the hike in renewable generation will facilitate the stress placed on the North American power system to a breaking point. He cites the order issued by the Federal Energy Regulation Commission (FERC) to North American Electric Reliability Corp. to develop standards in energy facility operations.

The article discusses the architectural firm MVRDV's vision for the Grand Paris redevelopment and renewal project in Paris, France. It mentions the operation of energy facilities in highly polluted areas and the use of wind power to make the region self-sufficient in terms of energy. Achieving energy autonomy for every building by generating solar energy on roofs is addressed. The construction of a major central high-speed train station is also cited.

An interview with vice president for research Sarah Nusser of Iowa State University is presented. Topics discussed include the creation of the Iowa Energy Center in 1990, the focus of the center on renewable energy, energy conservation and efficiency, and the competitive grants programs of the center.

The article reports on the potential of Australia to become an energy leader in the carbon-constrained future. Australian Prime Minister John Howard in 2006 coined the phrase "energy superpower" when he identified the further development and export of energy resources as an ambition to which Australia should aspire. Essentially, the federal government's vision to date for achieving "energy superpower" status has been exporting more of Australia's dominant fuel reserves of coal, natural gas and uranium. uranium. However, the government has also taken quite a few initiatives that show how Australia could help create a sustainable energy future.

The article presents statistics of total energy consumption by various sectors in the U.S. These sectors include residential which consists of living quarters for private households; commercial which consists of service-providing facilities and equipment of various areas including businesses, local governments and other private and public organizations; and industrial which comprises of all facilities and equipment used for production, processing and assembling of goods.

The article reports on the problem concerning the development of small hydroelectric plants that will address the needs of countries for power supply in Africa. It was inferred that in Uganda it operates a small dam which produce 60 kilowatts (KW) of electricity that supplies the Kagando Christian Hospital and the local community. Africans consider small hydroelectric systems as the most inexpensive source of generating electricity and should be given importance by the government. The Uganda Ministry of Energy are developing plans to build microhydros all over the country that helps electrify remote communities. However, it shows that a growth in big dams construction dominate government agenda where officials generate increased income from public money through electricity development.

The article focuses on the strategy used by the Al-Qaeda and its affiliated groups to cripple the economic infrastructure of its target during jihad. Such strategy is evident when its leader Osama bin Laden attacked the World Trade Center in New York City on September 11, 2001. The attack was made through sabotage of transportation, pipelines and food distribution to weaken governments and create political conflict. It also plans to attack energy infrastructure in the Middle East.

The author examines the use of renewable energy resources in Scotland. The government should explore ways to reopen coal mines. The government is cooperating with farmers who will be affected by the construction of a biomass power station near Lockerbie. One of the economic benefits of using renewable energy is the improvement of the supply chain. He questions the capability of the new biomass power station in the country to bring the local power generation potential closer to some critical mass.

This article focuses on the impact of terrorist attacks on U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) facilities on the ability of the agency to respond to nuclear or radiological threats in the country. The capabilities and assets of the DOE to respond to terrorism are discussed. Highlights of a Government Accounting Office report on federal efforts to respond to nuclear and radiological threats and to protect emergency response capabilities are given.

The article discusses coal-burning power plants, which supply the United States with half its electricity. The extremely coal rich United States is building more and more coal-burning power plants to satisfy the rising power demands of American consumers. Carbon dioxide, a leading cause of global warming, comes in greater amounts from coal-burning power plants than America's cars, trucks, buses, and planes combined.

Examines possible sources of alternative energy worldwide. Views of experts regarding energy conservation; Examples of alternative energy to fossil fuels, including wind, solar and nuclear; Advantages of alternative energy sources; Issue of energy consumption from fossil fuels and creation of climate-altering carbon dioxide; How solar electric systems catch energy directly from the sun; Why wind is currently the biggest success story in renewable energy; Protests over wind turbines; Hydrogen fuel technology; How powering the world's vehicles with biofuels would mean doubling the amount of land devoted to farming; Nuclear fission; Fusion energy; Outlook.

Oil is the engine which drives the region's economy. Increasingly, the energy industry is again under threat from global terrorism, with the focus largely on the turbulent Middle East. Former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein's act of madness and revenge in Kuwait removed two million barrels of oil a day from production. They are regularly blowing up vital oil pipelines in a sustained campaign that security experts are worried could inspire terrorist attacks on key energy facilities in other countries and tankers carrying oil and gas around the world. Energy terrorism is not new in the Middle East, but the prospect of a major disruption in supplies from the region by Al Qaeda and its affiliates is the primary reason why oil prices have spiked recently to 20-year highs.

Presents news briefs related to innovations in the field of environment and energy in the U.S. as of September 17, 2003. Highlights of the integrated watershed management protocol developed by Army Environmental Center; Features of the Universal Stationary/Mobile Nofoam Unit developed by Naval Facilities Engineering Service Center; Evaluation of the effectiveness of steam-enhanced remediation undertaken at Loring Air Force Base in Limestone, Maine.

Reports on the energy crisis in Latin America as of May 2002. Estimated generation capacity that Latin America needs to install over the next eight years; State energy utilities that the Brazilian government has auctioned in 2001; Problems in several Latin American countries that have contributed to the energy crisis; Information on Petrobras. INSET: Regulating Investors Out.

The article discusses the ethanol alternative fuel industry in the United States. High oil prices in 2005 made the ethanol industry bullish, leading to the creation of a large amount of ethanol plants. This optimism has backfired as the prices of oil dropped and problems arose from the fuel's necessity of corn crops.

Presents information on the method of the National Ignition Facility (NIF) in Livermore, California in manufacturing optics. Glass amplifier slabs used in the continuous casting of glass; Chemical necessary for the success of NIF; Devices used by the NIF.

Identifies United States utility companies on the `Forbes' Platinum List for 1998, and profiles Richard Green, chief executive of UtiliCorp United Inc. Industry news; List of 15 companies including CMS Energy, DPL, Duke Energy, El Paso Energy and others; Statistics on profitability, growth, sales, net income, operating and profit margins, and debt-to-capital ratio; Green's connection to UtiliCorp and the company's position as a US wholesaler of electricity and natural gas.

The article focuses on the Black River facility of renewable energy firm ReEnergy Holdings LLC in New York which has been retrofitted for biomass production. Corporate Chief Commercial Officer Tom Beck states that renewable energy credit (REC) was a known market in the state. It adds that potential partnership with the U.S. Army and 10-year contract with the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) have driven their decision to convert the facility sooner.

The article presents business outlook in Washington as of July 1957. It states that Washington will continue its fight against inflation with a combination of tight money and presidential appeals for labor and management restraint. The Senate will tackle the civil rights issue which the Republicans are said to be pushing with the help of a bloc of Northern Democrats. A presidential veto reportedly looms over the public development of Hells Canyon power even if the House votes the Senate-approved bill.

The article presents the author's insights regarding the changes in the public utility industry, considering his 2011 book "Reinventing Fire: Bold Business Solutions for the New Energy Era" and his 1985 article "Saving Gigabucks with Negawatts." He says that the book found the potential of electric productivity to increase more through plausible adoption from 2010 to 2050. He adds that the basic conclusion of the article on the obsoleteness of big thermal plants has proven true.

The article focuses on the effort of Lee County Solid Waste Division in southwest Florida to continue the expansion project of its waste-to-energy facility despite the potential bankruptcy of its partner, the Covanta Energy Corp. The division, which deals on integrated waste management, selected Covanta Energy to design, build and operate the facility for 20 years in 1990. The expansion project began its operation in August 2007.

The article focuses on the initiatives of the Massachusetts Municipal Wholesale Electric Co. in Ludlow to address the increasing demands for energy. The company is planning to construct a new generator that will generate 280 megawatts of electricity. It offers financial assistance to its members, including analysis, project financing and investment management. It has created programs for consumers to reduce their energy use.

The article focuses on the sustainable energy facilities and technologies brought by cooperatives in the U.S. Pioneer Valley Photovoltaics (PV)2, a worker-owned cooperative, makes designs and installs solar electricity and hot water systems in Massachusetts and Connecticut. The Cooperative Development Institute in Massachusetts assisted (PV)2 in planning, launching of the cooperative as well as in sales and marketing of renewable energies.

Presents an update on the Crown Landing liquefied natural gas project of the British company, BP along the Delaware River in Logan, New Jersey as of May 2004. Cost of the energy facility; Area covered by the facility; Significance of the plant to the residential and commercial markets of the state.

Studies an evaluation of Southern Co which was rated for performance-risk-valuation by Matrix USA; Report which put the utility company in the middle of the buy range; Highest scoring company according to the evaluation which was Scottish Power which rated a strong buy.

Evaluates the use of wind as a source of power in the United States. Increase in the number of wind farms; Wind as a source of energy that is renewable, inexpensive, and devoid of nasty byproducts; Tax breaks that are offered in Texas for wind farmers.

Explains the opportunistic tendencies of generators and traders of power which are profiting in the California energy crisis. Moral aspects of making money at the expense of California consumers; High price of stock in companies that trade or generate power in the California market; Problem which was caused by an unwise deregulation plan.

Focuses on power plant construction in California, as of February, 2001. Perceived necessity of more power plants to defeat the state's energy crisis; Approval of the construction of more plants by the California Energy Commission; Factors blamed for delaying plant construction, including a ceiling on wholesale power rates, opposition of communities and a 12-month permit approval process for builders.

Focuses on plans for the Solar Two power station in California. How the original purpose of the station was to store solar energy for use after dark; How the station was shut down in 1999; Plans to use the station to track the source of Cherenkov light, which causes faint blue radiation when a gamma ray from space hits the atmosphere.

Focuses on the political aspects of science in the United States. Includes the decision of Kansas State Board of Education to restrict the teaching of evolution from the student curriculum; Skepticism on the value of the National Ignition Facility fusion research project in Livermore Valley, California; Difficulty of dispelling rumors regarding the year 2000 date conversion problem.

The article offers information on the South Africa's goal to make green energy. It mentions the Fairview Wine and Cheese Estate's use of renewable energy as part of its responsible business approach and also highlights its implements sustainable practices by clearing alien vegetation, preheating water for the factory boiler and supplying the estate restaurants.

The article offers an outlook on U.S. politics as of February 1974. Senator Henry Jackson is causing resentment in the Senate because of his encroachment on the turf of other senators who are campaigning for a crude oil price rollback. Environmentalists are set to block President Richard Nixon's effort to speed up site approval of new energy facilities. Occupational Safety and Health Department officials are concerned about the rising incidences of cancer related to vinyl chloride.