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- U-Store-It Establishes National Self-Storage Network to Provide …
- Norway bets on C2 capture storage despite risks
- Summer’s the time to get on the move
- A solar plant that’s worth its salt
- At brewery devastation spurs creation

U-Store-It Establishes National Self-Storage Network to Provide …
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Norway bets on C2 capture storage despite risks
Reuters
"We have done a lot of research on the reservoir and how the C2 is behaving and we feel confident that this is a secure and safe storage" StatoilHydro CE Helge Lund told Reuters on a sunny but windy day at Sleipner located nearly 200 km (120 miles) or about an one hour helicopter flight from the coast. SAFE STRAGE? Sleipner’s C2 is absorbed by a porous sandstone layer a giant reservoir some 700 km long and 70-80 km wide called Utsira which is capped by hundreds of metrer of tiny mudstones impermeable for carbon dioxide StatoilHydro says. Environmental group Greenpeace said that data showed the reinjected C2 moving higher and higher towards the seafloor which they believe may ultimately cause it to leak out. Carbon dioxide increases the acidity of its environment which could help it eat its way out of apparently secure barriers well before the gas becomes neutralised over 10000 years. When StatoilHydro injected oily water into another part of the Utsira reservoir at the Tordis field some 300 km north of Sleipner up to 175 cubic metres of the oil escaped in 2008 according to the company through an undetected crater. "This case proves how difficult it is to inject and store anything in underground reservoirs even in the Utsira formation which is considered to be one of the best studied geological formations on earth" Greenpeace said in a report published this week called "Reality check on carbon storage". Tectonic activity is another cause for worry.

Summer’s the time to get on the move
Daytona Beach News-Journal
“My recommendation is to get an in-home written and guaranteed estimate” Basile said. “Many moving companies will offer ballpark estimates over the phone but when the truck shows up it turns out to be a lot higher. The written guarantee protects the homeowner and us. “An in-home review allows a van line agent to see the belongings estimate weights and see the layout of the home and street to better calculate costs Basile said. The customer and van line representative can also discuss face to face the special handling of fragile items additional insurance needs and negotiate fees and services. A homeowner can reduce a van lines’ bill by packing nonbreakable items disassembling tables and preparing appliances in advance of a move.

A solar plant that’s worth its salt
Los Angeles Times
Many other solar technologies work only when the sun is shining. Storing electricity in a battery works for cars and homes but not on a massive scale that would be needed to power thousands of homes. “You can put that into a storage tank that would look much like a tank at an oil refinery” Murphy said. “We can store that energy almost indefinitely. While there are high hopes for the technology some environmentalists have criticized solar-thermal plants for requiring vast tracts of land as well as precious water for generating steam and for cooling the turbines. The array of the mirrored heliostats for the SolarReserve plant would take up about two square miles. Transmission lines would also be needed to transport the power where it’s needed.
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At brewery devastation spurs creation
Utica bserver Dispatch
“I have talked to other people who have experienced the same thing and they say the same thing. We will have a new facility that is really going to be great. ”Today workers are expanding the brewery’s storage space to 23000 square feet in the rebuilt warehouse and come mid-June brewery officials hope to resume canning on-site. And on Thursday Saranac Thursdays began again. Some of Matt’s thoughts on the fire and its aftermath:How has the fire changed business operations? The number of employees is approximately less because we aren’t running cans and we have made some improvements but it’s pretty close to the same number. We are slightly below what we were last year (in terms of employees) and that’s probably a function of the canning line. And because we have less warehouse space we are a little less efficient because of the warehouse problem.