The News Review:
- Center aims at unraveling mysteries of plant cellulose
- TVA to Appeal Coal Plant Decision
- ‘Poised to be tough competitor’
- New King Co. sewage plant delayed again
- McKey expands Manchester plant
- Chrysler workers rally to stop plant closing
Center aims at unraveling mysteries of plant cellulose
Penn State Live
"ther researchers involved in the center from the College of Agricultural Sciences include John Carlson director of the Louis W. Schatz Center for Tree Molecular Genetics in the School of Forest Resources; Tom Richard associate professor of agricultural and biological engineering and director of Penn State’s Institutes of Energy and the Environment; Doug Archibald research associate in the Department of Crop and Soil Sciences; and Virendra Puri Distinguished Professor of Agricultural Engineering. "We want to understand the role of the different components of plant cell walls" Puri said "The hope is that once we understand this we can design a better plant that will give us biofuel without having to waste or deal with other materials. "Puri doesn’t expect any quick revelations. "It is a long-range kind of thing — our understanding will be a lot better in the coming years" he added. "nce we unlock the mystery of how the materials go together — how they are intertwined — and we can learn to take them apart then the possibilities are vast.
TVA to Appeal Coal Plant Decision
WRCB-TV
” The court ordered TVA to upgrade or install scrubbers to reduce sulfur dioxide (S2) and SCRs to reduce nitrogen oxide (Nx) at its Bull Run Kingston and John Sevier plants in East Tennessee and at Widows Creek in North Alabama. Prior to the court's decision TVA had already installed scrubbers and SCRs at its Bull Run plant had installed SCRs and was in the process of installing scrubbers at its Kingston plant and had installed SCRs and upgraded the scrubbers at the two large units at its Widows Creek plant. The TVA Board had approved the installation of SCRs and scrubbers at TVA's John Sevier plant and engineering for those controls was under way. The court also ordered TVA to accelerate the installation of scrubbers and SCRs already planned for the John Sevier plant giving TVA less than three years to install all the equipment. To meet this schedule TVA would have to install both the scrubbers and SCRs at the plant at the same time. This would require TVA to shut down units at the plant for approximately 20 months and increase the risk of disruptions to the reliability of the power system. “The accelerated schedule is a significant problem for the power system” said McCollum.
‘Poised to be tough competitor’
Georgetown News Graphic
in June 2006 and in June 2007 he was also named senior vice president of Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America Inc. Previously he worked for 30 years with General Motors holding various leadership positions starting as a production team member at the Fisher Body Fleetwood plant in Detroit in 1974. When he retired from GM in 2004 St. Angelo was the manufacturing director at General Motors de Mexico overseeing three major complexes and 10 plant sites. As the president of Toyota’s largest automobile plant in North America and a former executive with GM St. Angelo has a unique perspective on the current state of the automobile industry and ongoing events. n May 22 we had the opportunity to sit down with St.
New King Co. sewage plant delayed again
Seattle Post Intelligencer
“We have found a variety of soil structures and soil faces and some of these have been rather abrasive” said Gunars Sreiber Brightwater’s project manager on Friday. “But we’re going to have to hear from the engineer on what they believe the cause is. ” The Brightwater plant just across the Snohomish County line will treat 36 million gallons of wastewater per day from south Snohomish County and north King County when it opens. The machine built by German firm Herrenknecht is currently about 320 feet underground which complicates the repair work. Sreiber said the county is awaiting information on how long repairs will take. “The challenge in the repair is just the fact that they’re under a significant amount of water pressure.
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McKey expands Manchester plant
Bizjournals.com
The business owned by Jean McKey is the 12th largest woman-owned firm in Wisconsin according to the 2008 Greater Milwaukee Business Journal’s Book of Lists. “I am proud to be at the helm of a company that has the agility to adapt to the needs of changing markets serving customers in diverse industries. We attribute our success to our long-term customer relationships and the design and engineering support we are committed to giving them” McKey says.
Chrysler workers rally to stop plant closing
Workers World
UAW members across the country are outraged by Chrysler’s arrogant andmalicious disregard of the rights of their sisters and brothers. Local 122members were joined by delegations from UAW Locals 573 420 1005 and 1050. Local 573 represents clerical and engineering staff at the Twinsburg plant aswell as the Chrysler Parts Distribution Center in Streetsboro. Locals 420 and1005 represent workers at stamping plants at Ford and General Motors whileLocal 1050 represents workers at the Cleveland Alcoa plant which supplies theauto industry. Alcoa workers had support from Local 122 during their strike ofseveral weeks in 2006. Solidarity also came from the American Federation of State County andMunicipal Employees American Friends Service Committee Jobs with Justice andBail ut the People Movement. Members of Local 122 are discussing ways offurther broadening community support.