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November 30, 2009
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Good Morning,
The search for alternative energy is on the incline as cur-
rent resources plummet. Clemson University receives a large
sum of money to build and test full scale wind turbines.
Read all about the plans for the grant money in the second
article.
Until Tomorrow,
Erin
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Volcano devastated India 73,000 years ago
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. - An Australian-led study has provided evi-
dence a supervolcano eruption 73,000 years ago and deforested
much of central India. The study led by Professor Martin
Williams of the University of Adelaide shows the eruption of
the volcano Toba, located on the island of Sumatra, ejected
about 192 cubic miles of ash into the atmosphere, leaving a
crater -- now the world's largest volcanic lake -- that's 62
miles long and 21 miles wide. Ash from the event has been
found in India, the Indian Ocean, the Bay of Bengal and the
South China Sea. The researchers said the bright ash ejected
from Toba reflected sunlight off the landscape and volcanic
sulfur aerosols impeded solar radiation, initiating an "in-
stant ice age" that lasted about 1,800 years. University of
Illinois anthropology Professor Stanley Ambrose, a principal
investigator of the study, said a carbon isotope analysis
showed forests that covered central India when the eruption
occurred disappeared for at least 1,000 years after the erup-
tion. "This is unambiguous evidence that Toba caused defor-
estation in the tropics for a long time," Ambrose said,
noting humans were close to extinction following the disas-
ter, which might have forced the ancestors of modern humans
to adopt new cooperative strategies for survival that eventu-
ally permitted them to replace Neanderthals and other archaic
human species. The research is reported in the journal
Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology.
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Clemson University to test wind turbines
CLEMSON, S.C. - Clemson University says it has received a
$45 million grant from the U.S. Energy Department to build
and operate a large-scale wind turbine testing facility.
Officials said the federal grant, to be combined with $53
million in matching funds, will support the testing facility
to be located at the university's Restoration Institute's
campus at the former Charleston (S.C.) Naval Base. The award
is the largest single grant ever received in the university's
history. Officials said the facility will be capable of full-
scale highly accelerated testing of advanced drive train sys-
tems for wind turbines in the 5 megawatt to 15 megawatt
range, with a 30 percent overload capacity. The university
said planning and construction of the facility will begin
early next year, with operations starting during the third
quarter of 2012.
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Norway opens first osmotic power plant
TOFTE, Norway - A Norwegian power company announced Norway's
Crown Princess Mette-Marit will head the opening of the
world's first osmotic power plant. Statkraft, Europe's lar-
gest renewable energy company, said the plant at Tofte, out-
side Oslo, will generate power by using the energy produced
when fresh water and seawater are mixed, the Norway Post
reported. Osmotic power is an emissions-free energy source
that will make a global contribution to eco-friendly power
production, Statkraft said, adding it has been researching
osmotic power for 10 years. "In an era of major climate
change and an increasing need for clean energy, we are proud
to be presenting a renewable energy source which has never
been harnessed until now. We are also most grateful that the
crown princess wishes to lend her support to this milestone
in our development of osmotic power," Statkraft CEO Bard
Mikkelsen, said. Statkraft said the plant is intended mostly
for testing and development purposes, with the goal of
building a commercial plant within a few years. Osmotic
power's global potential is estimated to be equivalent to 50
percent of the EU's total power production. Osmotic power
plants can, theoretically be built wherever fresh water runs
into the sea, and they produce no noise or pollution emis-
sions, the Norway Post reported.
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