Portal talk:Energy/Did you know/Archive

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

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)
 * ✅Used in group 6. Beagel 07:51, 20 October 2007 (UTC)


 * ...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.-- Z leitzen (talk) 00:50, 21 March 2007 (UTC)
 * ✅Used in group 5. Gralo 00:30, 17 July 2007 (UTC)


 * 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)
 * Seems OK Gralo 23:20, 16 July 2007 (UTC)
 * ✅Used in group 5. Gralo 00:30, 17 July 2007 (UTC)


 * Train 4, operated by the Atlantic LNG, is the world’s largest LNG train in operation. Beagel 13:50, 24 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Good fact for future inclusion once article has been expanded. Gralo 00:30, 17 July 2007 (UTC)
 * The article is expanded to start-class.Beagel 09:08, 2 September 2007 (UTC)
 * ✅Used in group 6. Beagel 07:51, 20 October 2007 (UTC)


 * 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)
 * The article is expanded.Beagel 10:49, 2 September 2007 (UTC)
 * ✅Used in group 6. Beagel 07:51, 20 October 2007 (UTC)


 * 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)
 * ✅Used in group 5. Gralo 00:30, 17 July 2007 (UTC)


 * 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)
 * ✅Used in group 5. Gralo 00:30, 17 July 2007 (UTC)


 * There was partial meltdown at the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant in 1972? Gralo 01:32, 4 July 2007 (UTC)
 * ✅Used in group 5. Gralo 00:30, 17 July 2007 (UTC)


 * 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)
 * ✅Used in group 5. Gralo 00:30, 17 July 2007 (UTC)


 * Coalbed methane is a form of natural gas extracted from coal beds? Gralo 00:30, 17 July 2007 (UTC)
 * ✅Used in group 6. Beagel 07:56, 20 October 2007 (UTC)


 * Russia plans to build several floating nuclear power stations?
 * ✅Used in group 6. Beagel 07:51, 20 October 2007 (UTC)


 * 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)
 * ✅Used in group 6. Beagel 07:51, 20 October 2007 (UTC)


 * 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)
 * ✅Used in group 6. Beagel 07:52, 20 October 2007 (UTC)


 * Shale gas is is a form of natural gas extracted from shale.Beagel 08:31, 29 September 2007 (UTC)
 * ✅Used in group 6. Beagel 07:51, 20 October 2007 (UTC)

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)
 * Good fact for future inclusion once article has been expanded. Gralo 00:30, 17 July 2007 (UTC)
 * The article is expanded.Beagel 18:36, 23 October 2007 (UTC)
 * ✅Used in group 7.Beagel 18:58, 23 October 2007 (UTC)


 * 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)
 * ✅Used in group 7.Beagel 18:58, 23 October 2007 (UTC)


 * 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)
 * ✅Used in group 7.Beagel 18:59, 23 October 2007 (UTC)


 * 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)
 * ✅Used in group 7.Beagel 18:58, 23 October 2007 (UTC)


 * Libya's Sirte Basin&mdash;which in some places lies more than 47 metres below sea level&mdash;contains roughly 80% of the country's known crude oil reserves? Borrowed from the main page DYK. Beagel 09:40, 20 October 2007 (UTC)
 * ✅Used in group 7.Beagel 18:58, 23 October 2007 (UTC)


 * The first oil shale retort was constructed in the United States in 1855. Beagel 09:50, 20 October 2007 (UTC)
 * ✅Used in group 7.Beagel 18:59, 23 October 2007 (UTC)


 * 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)
 * ✅Used in group 7.Beagel 18:58, 23 October 2007 (UTC)


 * 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)
 * ✅Used in group 7.Beagel 18:58, 23 October 2007 (UTC)


 * 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)
 * ✅ 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)
 * ✅Used in the pool 8. Beagel (talk) 14:46, 15 August 2009 (UTC)


 * 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)
 * ✅Used in the pool 8. Beagel (talk) 14:46, 15 August 2009 (UTC)


 * Scotland has 85% of the UK's hydro-electric energy resource. Beagel 16:10, 21 October 2007 (UTC)
 * ✅Used in the pool 8. Beagel (talk) 14:46, 15 August 2009 (UTC)


 * 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)
 * ✅Used in the pool 8. Beagel (talk) 14:46, 15 August 2009 (UTC)


 * Gober gas is a biogas generated out of cow dung.Beagel 17:27, 2 September 2007 (UTC)
 * The article needs to be expanded. Beagel 16:24, 21 October 2007 (UTC)
 * ✅Used in the pool 9. Beagel (talk) 15:24, 15 August 2009 (UTC)


 * 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)
 * ✅Used in the pool 9. Beagel (talk) 15:24, 15 August 2009 (UTC)


 * 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)
 * ✅Used. Beagel (talk) 15:24, 15 August 2009 (UTC)


 * 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)
 * ✅Used in the pool 9. Beagel (talk) 15:24, 15 August 2009 (UTC)


 * 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)
 * ✅Used in the pool 9. Beagel (talk) 15:24, 15 August 2009 (UTC)


 * 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)