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Parts of Newfoundland’s Avalon Peninsula, northwest of St. John’s, are getting back to normal after freezing rain knocked out power last Friday, but two communities —Daniel’s Cove and Old Perlican — will likely remain in the dark until late Thursday.
“Over the next few days, as we continue to [...]
There has been a large explosion at a power plant in Connecticut, causing mass casualties, US media report.
Ambulances and fire engines have been called to the 620MW gas- and oil-fired Kleen Energy plant in Middletown, south of the state capital, Hartford.
The Middletown Press newspaper said a gas pipeline had exploded at around 1130 (1630 GMT), [...]
DC & West Virginia thousands of people have to face power failure and have lost electricity.
The snowfall is the heaviest since 90 years.
Snow totals across the Mid-Atlantic are breaking records in Washington DC, Pennsylvania, Maryland, New Jersey and Virginia. Maryland is under a state of emergency today with very high accumulation rates as high as 2 [...]
Stolen Generator from Verizon Recovered
Jacksonville man nabbed in theft of generator
Jan. 21–PALESTINE — A 29-year-old Jacksonville man wanted for the theft of a nearly 1-ton generator in Anderson County in November has been arrested by Cherokee County authorities.
Jeremy Ray Jones, 29, of Jacksonville was arrested Tuesday by Cherokee County authorities on the felony charge of [...]
12,000 Without Power
Southern California residents in Los Angeles and San Bernardino counties lost power
Southern California authorities have ordered the evacuation of more than 60 homes because of heavy rains in a neighborhood just below an area scarred by the huge Station Fire last summer. Officials feared a number of foothill areas along the San Gabriel [...]
900-Ton Generator Inches Across Texas
January 19th 2010
At four miles an hour, Mammoet USA is moving a 37-foot-long, 900-ton generator 226 miles from the Port of Houston to Riesel, in central Texas. The project cargo, built in Japan, will be part of a power plant.
The generator is being moved at night with a big rig powered by four Kenworth diesel engines and with 36 [...]
Haitians line up at gas stations.
People are lined up not cars. Haitians need fuel to run their generators. There may be plenty of fuel but it’s in the gas stations underground tanks. To get the gas out of the tanks, the stations need electricity to run the pumps. But there’s no electricity.
There is also limited [...]
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TAMPA FLORIDA – Risk of Rolling Blackouts – Cold
Normally, hats are banned in class at Ridgewood High School. So are cell phones.
But after record-breaking cold meant no power at school Monday morning, the Pasco students were allowed to don hats and hoods. They even got the okay to fire up cell phones — to use [...]
6.5 earthquake near Eureka, Calif., snaps power lines and topples televisions
A strong earthquake, estimated magnitude 6.5, rocked the Eureka, Calif., area this afternoon, snapping power lines, toppling televisions, disrupting power throughout the region and forcing the evacuation of at least one mall.
The earthquake was centered under the Pacific Ocean, about 25 miles southwest of Eureka, [...]
Generator suspected in Fort Lauderdale family’s carbon monoxide poisoning
Police are investigating the apparent carbon monoxide poisoning Monday morning of a Fort Lauderdale family that had a generator operating inside their home. Two children are in critical condition at Plantation General Hospital, Fort Lauderdale police spokesman Sgt. Frank Sousa said.
Two other children and a woman who may [...]
Caterpillar in joint venture with Chinese company
Caterpillar Inc., the world’s largest maker of construction and mining equipment, said Monday that it signed a joint venture deal with a Chinese company to create a remanufacturing business.
Caterpillar (China) Investment Co. Ltd. and China Yuchai International Ltd.’s Guangxi Yuchai Machinery Co., Ltd. (Yuchai) will work together on the [...]
Explosion at Biodiesel plant
Fire and safety officials were evacuating businesses immediately west of the Imperium Grays Harbor Biodiesel Plant on the border between Aberdeen and Hoquiam about 3 p.m. today following a large explosion at the plant.
The blast, which happened about 2:30, reportedly rattled windows two miles away. Hoquiam Assistant Fire Cheif Paul Dean said [...]
Authorities ask for public’s help in solving theft of 1-ton generator
The Palestine Herald – Texas
PALESTINE — Anderson County sheriff’s authorities are seeking the public’s help in the “brazen theft” of a nearly 1-ton generator from a cell phone tower site the day before Thanksgiving.
Anderson County Sheriff Greg Taylor said the generator, which is approximately [...]
Cummins Power Generation Opens New Plant in Wuhan, China
29 Oct 2009 , Wuhan, China : Cummins Power Generation (CPG)’s global manufacturing capability has expanded with the opening today of Cummins’ (NYSE:CMI) newest plant in central China.
The CPG Wuhan plant, which also began production today, will offer a broad range of diesel electrical generator sets from [...]
They called this the “AURORA” Demonstration did they check to see if there was a company called Aurora that actually sells Aurora Brand Generators? Nope…. It has nothing at all to do with Aurora Generators. I wonder what would happen if they called it the “HONDA” Demonstration…….
Power Grid Hacking Back in the News
November 9th, 2009 [...]
Jet stream Could Fill Global Energy Needs
Did anyone think about lightning? This is from the San Francisco Chronicle. They want to put up wind powered generators up in the jet stream, six miles up where the wind blows all the time at up to 310 MPH. …….
By lofting generators into the upper atmosphere, scientists theorize [...]
Atlas Oil Launches Generator Fuel Program
Guarantees fuel supply and delivery in power outages.
Atlas Oil Company has introduced its new Generator Assurance Plan, which guarantees customers priority access to fuel and delivery during power outages.
With this new program, diesel generator users can make sure they have a secure and available supply of diesel fuel to keep [...]
Washington, Oct 7 (IANS) A diesel-powered, portable genset, switched on during power breakdowns at home can emit 100 times greater quantity of carbon monoxide (CO) than a car exhaust.
New research from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) shows that to prevent potentially dangerous levels of CO, which is colourless and odourless, users may [...]
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