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Energy portal archived nominations for the 'Did you know?' facts

2007

Before June 2007

Note: Before June 2007 facts were changed manually on an ad-hoc basis. The current pool of facts used can be found here.

From June 2007

Note: From June 2007 facts are changed randomly from a pool, rather than being manually updated. The current pool of facts used can be found here.

Despite projections of producing four times as much power as it used in heating, the Riggatron fusion reactor was never built due to a lack of funding?

borrowed from main page DYK (but should it have linked to Migma? Gralo 02:11, 24 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Used in group 6. Beagel 07:51, 20 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

...that Energy Crisis and The Power of Community: How Cuba Survived Peak Oil is a documentary film which details Cuba's efforts to recover from the economic crisis of the 1990s known as the Special Period?

Borrowed from the Cuba portal.-- Zleitzen^(talk) 00:50, 21 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Used in group 5. Gralo 00:30, 17 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The Geysers, north of San Francisco, California, is the largest geothermal power development in the world?

verify against size of fields in Iceland before using Gralo 12:57, 22 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Seems OK [1] Gralo 23:20, 16 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Used in group 5. Gralo 00:30, 17 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Train 4, operated by the Atlantic LNG, is the world’s largest LNG train in operation. Beagel 13:50, 24 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Good fact for future inclusion once article has been expanded. Gralo 00:30, 17 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The article is expanded to start-class.Beagel 09:08, 2 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Used in group 6. Beagel 07:51, 20 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The world’s largest surface oil shale pyrolysis reactor is Petrosix, operated by the Brazilian oil company Petrobras.

Good fact for future inclusion once article has been expanded. Gralo 00:30, 17 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The article is expanded.Beagel 10:49, 2 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Used in group 6. Beagel 07:51, 20 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

the South Wales Gas Pipeline is the United Kingdom's largest high pressure gas pipeline? (was published as the main page DYK on 2 May 2007). Beagel 17:31, 29 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Used in group 5. Gralo 00:30, 17 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The Presbyterian Church (USA) was the first major religious denomination in the world to call on its followers to become carbon neutral? Gralo 00:47, 4 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Used in group 5. Gralo 00:30, 17 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

There was partial meltdown at the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant in 1972? Gralo 01:32, 4 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Used in group 5. Gralo 00:30, 17 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The Indian Railways has started to use the Jatropha oil, blended with diesel fuel in various ratios, to power its diesel engines. Beagel 17:03, 9 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Used in group 5. Gralo 00:30, 17 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Coalbed methane is a form of natural gas extracted from coal beds? Gralo 00:30, 17 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Used in group 6. Beagel 07:56, 20 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Russia plans to build several floating nuclear power stations?

Used in group 6. Beagel 07:51, 20 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Plant in Japan is the largest nuclear plant in the world by net electrical power rating, and the world's 4th largest electric generating station behind 3 hydroelectric plants. Beagel 22:11, 18 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Used in group 6. Beagel 07:51, 20 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

in the late 1980s, as many as 50 percent of Argentina's thermal power plants had to be shut down due to lack of maintenance, causing a supply crisis. (appeared at the main page DYK on 29 September 2007). Beagel 08:22, 29 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Used in group 6. Beagel 07:52, 20 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Shale gas is is a form of natural gas extracted from shale.Beagel 08:31, 29 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Used in group 6. Beagel 07:51, 20 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

From October 2007

World's two largest oil shale-fired power plants (Narva Power Plants) generate more than 90% of power in Estonia. Beagel 14:05, 24 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Good fact for future inclusion once article has been expanded. Gralo 00:30, 17 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The article is expanded.Beagel 18:36, 23 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Used in group 7.Beagel 18:58, 23 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

NW Natural in Portland, Oregon was the first gas company in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States when it started in 1859? Borrowed from the main üage DYK.Beagel 09:22, 20 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Used in group 7.Beagel 18:58, 23 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The first gasworks in the United Kingdom was built by the Gas Light and Coke Company, incorporated by Royal Charter in 1812? Borrowed from the main page DYK. Beagel 09:33, 20 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Used in group 7.Beagel 18:59, 23 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The Assistant Secretary of Energy for Fossil Energy is responsible for America's Strategic Petroleum Reserve? Borrowed from the main page DYK. Beagel 09:37, 20 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Used in group 7.Beagel 18:58, 23 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Libya's Sirte Basin—which in some places lies more than 47 metres below sea level—contains roughly 80% of the country's known crude oil reserves? Borrowed from the main page DYK. Beagel 09:40, 20 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Used in group 7.Beagel 18:58, 23 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The first oil shale retort was constructed in the United States in 1855. Beagel 09:50, 20 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Used in group 7.Beagel 18:59, 23 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline was a central plot point in the James Bond film The World Is Not Enough (1999). Beagel 16:23, 21 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Used in group 7.Beagel 18:58, 23 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The 1200 km long Langeled pipeline between Norway and the UK is the world's longest underwater pipeline.Beagel 18:42, 23 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Used in group 7.Beagel 18:58, 23 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Japan Canada Oil Sands Limited was the first offshore oil company to exploit the Athabasca oil sands. Beagel (talk) 15:58, 15 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Used in the group 7.

From March 2008

The Chinese coal and oil shale company Fushun Mining Group operates the largest oil shale plant in the world employing 80 Fushun-type retorts.

Good fact for future inclusion once article has been expanded. Gralo 00:30, 17 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Used in the pool 8. Beagel (talk) 14:46, 15 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Horse Hollow Wind Energy Center is the world's largest wind farm at 735.5 megawatt (MW) capacity.

Would be used once article has been expanded. Beagel 12:58, 21 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Used in the pool 8. Beagel (talk) 14:46, 15 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Scotland has 85% of the UK's hydro-electric energy resource. Beagel 16:10, 21 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Used in the pool 8. Beagel (talk) 14:46, 15 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Obninsk Nuclear Power Plant was the first civilian nuclear power station in the world.

Would be used after verification.Beagel (talk) 18:27, 5 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Used in the pool 8. Beagel (talk) 14:46, 15 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Gober gas is a biogas generated out of cow dung.Beagel 17:27, 2 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The article needs to be expanded. Beagel 16:24, 21 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Used in the pool 9. Beagel (talk) 15:24, 15 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Dennis Spurgeon, formerly chief operating officer at uranium supplier USEC Inc., became U.S. Assistant Secretary for Nuclear Energy in 2006? Borrowed from the main page DYK. Beagel 09:35, 20 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Used in the pool 9. Beagel (talk) 15:24, 15 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Despite declines in production in recent years, Victoria still produces almost 19.5% of Australia's crude oil? Borrowed from the main page DYK. Beagel 09:45, 20 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Used. Beagel (talk) 15:24, 15 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The Stuart Oil Shale Project, the world’s first application of the Alberta-Taciuk Processor technology on oil shale, was in operation only five years. Borrowed from the main page DYK. Beagel 20:49, 20 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Used in the pool 9. Beagel (talk) 15:24, 15 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Teesside Power Station is the largest combined-cycle gas turbine (CCGT) plant in Europe.

Would be used once article has been expanded. Beagel (talk) 18:39, 7 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Used in the pool 9. Beagel (talk) 15:24, 15 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The Klaipėda Geothermal Demonstration Plant in Lithuania was the first geothermal plant in the Baltic Sea region.

Used in the pool 9. Beagel (talk) 15:24, 15 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]