Happy New Year  

I'm slowly emerging from my holiday daze - regular posting should slowly resume over the coming week or two.

While I've been relaxing, SP has been busy at TOD ANZ - recent posts include :

Coldry - Comfortable Coal? - does drying brown coal make it less dirty ?

A Peek under the tree - a summary of energy and sustainability books and reports available online from the US National Academies of Sciences.

Nearest Neighbor News - a look at Indonesian fuel subsidies.

It's a Rare Earth - a roundup of articles on rare earths.

Salty Solar Storage - describing plants about to be built using molten salt heat storage to extend or shift the generating ability of the solar thermal plant.

Planning for Oil Vulnerability - on a recent special issue of The Planning Institute of Australia (PIA) journal Australian Planner titled CITIES AND OIL VULNERABILITY (Vol 47, No 4, Dec 2010).

Shed your load - on baseload power.