World’s Largest Floating Solar Power Plant
World’s Largest Floating Solar Power Plant Taking Shape On Hydropower Plant
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The idea of floating solar panels on water has barely gotten off the ground and it is already catching on across the planet. In particular, decarbonizers are excited by the potential to use the large reservoirs at existing hydropower facilities for new solar arrays instead of using up precious land. That’s a significant sustainability win-win, and a gigantic new Masdar-backed project in Indonesia could serve as a model for others to follow.
The plans for the world’s largest floating solar power plant illustrate how quickly the floating solar field can grow. The project is aimed at expanding an existing 145-megawatt (AC) floating solar array at the Cirata hydropower reservoir in West Java, Indonesia, to reach a total of up to 500 megawatts.
The existing array went online and was proclaimed successful just last month. Evidently Masdar and the state-owned Indonesian utility PLN (Nusantara Power) already liked what they saw, because they used the occasion of COP 28 to announce the new expansion on December 3.
If Masdar rings a bell, that would be the Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company, which bills itself as the United Arab Emirates’s “clean energy champion and one of the fastest growing companies in the world, advancing the development and deployment of renewable energy and green hydrogen technologies to address global sustainability challenges.”
Boulby mine fined £3.6m over health and safety breaches
Operators of a potash mine have been fined £3.6m after two electricians suffered severe burns years
Cleveland Potash Ltd, which runs the mine at Boulby near Loftus, admitted two health and safety breaches following arc flashes in 2016 and 2019.
The firm was also ordered to pay £185,000 court costs at Teesside Crown Court.
A company spokesman said the firm "deeply regretted" the injuries and "important lessons" had been learned.
He said "significant actions" had been taken to create a "robust and safe working environment" to "avoid any repeat of such incidents".
The prosecution was brought by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) who said the workers "suffered severe burns".
A spokesman said the first was injured on 3 August 2016 when he "unknowingly placed a vacuum cleaner nozzle" into a live 11,000-volt electrical chamber.
'Easily preventable'
He had to be airlifted to a specialist burns unit in Newcastle where he was placed in an induced coma for 10 days, the spokesman added.
On 12 February 2019, another electrical contractor made contact with a live conductor on a 415-volt electrical system during electrical testing works and was hospitalised for six days.
The HSE said it found deficiencies from the owner of the mine in risk assessment, planning of works, and shortfalls in providing warnings about which parts of the electrical systems the two electricians were working on remained live.
HSE inspector Paul Bradley said Cleveland Potash failed to learn from the 2016 incident, adding: "These serious electrical incidents were easily preventable."
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NEC 230.46 Line Side Connectors Update and Fault Managed Equipment
NEC 230.46 Line Side Connectors Update and Fault Managed Equipment
NEC 230.46 Line Side Connectors Update and Fault Managed Equipment
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NEC 230.46 Line Side Connectors Update and Fault Managed Equipment
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Effective January 1, 2023, National Electrical Code® (NEC®) 230.46 requires wire connectors used for splicing or tapping conductors on the line side of the service to be Certified (Listed) as suitable for this use. How will these connectors be marked to identify this use on the line side of service equipment? Are there any connectors UL Certified (Listed) for this use?
Deadly fire at golf ball factory kills nine people
NEC 230.46 Line Side Connectors Update and Fault Managed Equipment
NEC 230.46 Line Side Connectors Update and Fault Managed Equipment
Taiwan golf ball factory fire kills nine, leaves one missing and over 100 injured - 26 SEPTEMBER 2023 hashtag#hazardousareas hashtag#classifiedareas ESIPAC.online hashtag#riskassessment hashtag#ESIPAC hashtag#electricalenggsafetyforall
A fire and explosions at a golf ball manufacturer in Taiwan killed nine people and injured over 100 others on 22 September. The incident happened at a facility operated by Launch Technologies, a major international supplier of golf balls. One person remains missing.
The fire broke out in the evening of 22 September and continued into the morning at the factory in the Pingtung Technology Industrial Park in southern Taiwan. Local officials said that as firefighters tackled the blaze, a series of explosions occurred which caused part of the factory to collapse, leaving several people trapped under rubble.
After the fire was extinguished, search and rescue efforts began to find the missing people. Taiwanese media report that nine people were confirmed to have died with their bodies being found during the search efforts. One person remains missing.
Over 100 people with varying degrees of injuries were reported to have been injured, many of who were rushed to hospital. Taiwan’s Ministry of Labor said that an investigation would begin immediately. Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen visited the scene of the fire on 23 September and offered her condolences to the victims.
On 25 September, local authorities said that Launch Technologies, which operates the factory, would be fined 2.4 million New Taiwan dollars (£61,000) and said criminal charges could follow. The officials said that Launch Technologies had been storing over 30 times the legal limit of hazardous materials at the factory, among other violations.
Launch Technologies shipped around 260 million golf balls around the world in 2022. The company had reportedly been storing around 3,000 tons of organic peroxides which are used to manufacturer rubber products including the cores of golf balls.
The golf ball manufacturer has been fined in the past in relation to both health & safety and air pollutions charges. Local officials said that the company would face the consequences if any wrongdoing is confirmed in the investigation.