Northern Pipelines Inch Forward
January 1, 2010
By
Canadian Consulting Engineer
Final arguments are being held by the National Energy Board of Canada in April on the Mackenzie Pipeline. The proposed $7-billion pipeline in the N.W.T. runs 1,220-kilo-metres north-south from gas fie...
Final arguments are being held by the National Energy Board of Canada in April on the Mackenzie Pipeline. The proposed $7-billion pipeline in the N.W.T. runs 1,220-kilo-metres north-south from gas fields near the Beaufort Sea to northwest Alberta.
The NEB has also established a joint review panel for the proposed 1,170-kilometre Northern Gateway Pipeline. It would carry crude oil west, and condensate east, between Bruderheim, Alberta and a marine terminal near Kitimat, B.C.
Hush, it’s just a wind turbine
A scientific advisory panel has found that “there is no evidence that the audible or sub-audible sounds emitted by wind turbines have any direct adverse physiological effects.” The scholarly panel, established by the American and Canadian Wind Energy Associations, also found that ground-borne vibrations from wind turbines are too weak to be detected by humans.
Seems counter-intuitive
The International Energy Agency presented a session on using solar energy for air-conditioning and refrigeration at the ASHRAE Winter Conference in January.
