The News Review:
- Ascom to sell logistics & plant services unit to Adaxys; no price…
- … Wartsila by Pacific Gas and Electric Company for Their 163…
- Judge hears appeal of Fruit Street plant
- Specially-designed Soils Could Help Combat Climate Change
Ascom to sell logistics & plant services unit to Adaxys; no price…
Forbes – Apr 2, 2008
Financial details were not disclosed. The about 100 employees in the engineering and manufacturing units of LPS will transfer to Adaxys. The move is part of the security solutions division’s restructuring which was first announced in 2007 the Bern-based telecoms group said. LPS has been among Ascom’s discontinued operations since November 2007.
… Wartsila by Pacific Gas and Electric Company for Their 163…
Earthtimes – Apr 2, 2008
a subsidiary of Wartsila Corporation a leading global provider of power plants for flexible power generation was in March released to begin detailed engineering and manufacturing on a 163 MWe gas-fired power plant ("Plant") for Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E). This begins preparation for the start of plant construction in the latter part of 2008. It was announced in April 2006 that Wartsila North America Inc. was selected to deliver the power plant to PG&E. The project has been subject to the approval of the California Public Utility Commission and environmental permits issued by the California Energy Commission… a subsidiary of Wartsila Corporation a leading global provider of power plants for flexible power generation was in March released to begin detailed engineering and manufacturing on a 163 MWe gas-fired power plant ("Plant") for Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E). This begins preparation for the start of plant construction in the latter part of 2008. It was announced in April 2006 that Wartsila North America Inc. was selected to deliver the power plant to PG&E. The project has been subject to the approval of the California Public Utility Commission and environmental permits issued by the California Energy Commission. All approvals have now been received.
Judge hears appeal of Fruit Street plant
MetroWest Daily News – Apr 2, 2008
But the conservation trust is part of two other ongoing appeals of the Fruit Street project he said. "The location is on the edge of a critical resource and it’s going to contaminate the resource with discharge from the wastewater plant" he said. McIntyre said the DPW called Tom Parece an engineer for Earth Tech and a wetlands specialist Paul McManus of EcoTech as witnesses to argue its side. Residents called a wetlands witness of their own – Amy Ball of Horsley Witten Group – and the state called an environmental engineer Marty Jolanski. Craycroft said the town and DEP asked the judge to rule against the citizens group but he decided to hold off on a decision. "I think it went fine" Craycroft said. McIntyre said the residents also submitted a CD of documents on the plant that the judge will review and consider if they are relevant.
Specially-designed Soils Could Help Combat Climate Change
Science Daily – Science Daily (press release) – Apr 2, 2008
This has never previously been attempted anywhere in the world. The concept underlying the initiative exploits the fact that plants crops and trees naturally absorb atmospheric carbon dioxide (C2) during photosynthesis and then pump surplus carbon through their roots into the earth around them. In most soils much of this carbon can escape back to the atmosphere or enters groundwater. But in soils containing calcium-bearing silicates (natural or man-made) the team believe the carbon that oozes out of a plant’s roots may react with the calcium to form the harmless mineral calcium carbonate… *A carbon ‘sink’ is any natural or human activity or mechanism that absorbs carbon dioxide and removes it from the atmosphere. Soils are the most significant sink for terrestrial carbon containing twice as much as in the atmosphere and three times as much as is held in land plants. Soils can act as ‘sinks’ for carbon in more than one way — carbon is held as organic matter derived from plants and held as inorganic carbonate minerals whose carbon is derived from what are called plant root exudates. These exudates are the juices that plants ooze from their roots to corrode minerals and mobilise the nutrients they need — and it is this process which the current project aims to exploit. Adapted from materials provided by.