Over the Top
December 3, 2012, 16:10
Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: Arctic Ocean, energy trade, Finnmark County, icebreakers, Japan, Japanese LNG imports, LNG, LNG trade movements, Melkoya, Natural gas, northern route, Ob River, sea ice, shipping routes
Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: Arctic Ocean, energy trade, Finnmark County, icebreakers, Japan, Japanese LNG imports, LNG, LNG trade movements, Melkoya, Natural gas, northern route, Ob River, sea ice, shipping routes
First time…
Gas tanker the “Ob River” took the cargo aboard at Melkøya, Finnmark County, on 7 November. The ship is now lying outside one of Japan’s major LNG terminals in Japan waiting to unload 134,738 cubic metres of liquefied natural gas.
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He estimates the sailing season in the north lasts from the very end of July to the first half of November.
via Arctic Ocean gets first gas cargo – Aftenbladet.no.
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Resistance on the Rise
December 3, 2012, 09:36
Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: air pressure, air resistance, bicycle tech, bicycling, contact patch, cycling, gradient resistance, gravity, mountain biking, optimal air pressure, pedaling resistance, resistance force on a bicycle, rolling resistance, Schwalbe, tire deformation, tire size, tire width, urban cycling
Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: air pressure, air resistance, bicycle tech, bicycling, contact patch, cycling, gradient resistance, gravity, mountain biking, optimal air pressure, pedaling resistance, resistance force on a bicycle, rolling resistance, Schwalbe, tire deformation, tire size, tire width, urban cycling
From the Schwalbe tech info pages — http://www.schwalbetires.com/tech_info/rolling_resistance
ARPA-E Project selections
December 3, 2012, 05:33
Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: advanced fuels, ARPA-E, DOE, energy grants, energy projects, money, public funding
Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: advanced fuels, ARPA-E, DOE, energy grants, energy projects, money, public funding
Here: http://arpa-e.energy.gov/Portals/0/Documents/Projects/OPEN2012_ProjectDescriptions_FINAL_112812.pdf
See where the money is being thrown for energy research on ‘advanced fuels.’
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