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Tag Archives: Renewable energy
Space Debris, More Efficient LEDs, and Thinner, Cheaper Solar Cells
The Optical Society’s Renewable Energy & the Environment Congress highlights the role of optics in energy generation and conservation WASHINGTON, Oct. 25—Scientists and engineers from around the world will convene in Austin, Texas next week as experts gather to discuss … Continue reading
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Tagged Light-emitting diode, Optics, OSA, Photonics, Renewable energy, Solar energy, Solar power, Stanford University
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The Energy Report
Two years in preparation, The Energy Report presents a provocative scenario, set in 2050, of a world run entirely on renewable energy. By 2050, we could get all the energy we need from renewable sources. This will solve most of … Continue reading
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Tagged Climate change, Energy, Energy conservation, Environment, Fossil fuel, Renewable energy, Technology, Wind power
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Fusion power: is it getting any closer?
For decades, scientists have been predicting that, one day, the same process that powers the sun will give us virtually unlimited cheap, clean electricity. Are they wrong? A star is born. And, less than a second later, it dies. On … Continue reading
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Tagged Brian Cox, Culham, Fusion power, Joint European Torus, Nuclear fusion, Oxfordshire, Renewable energy, The Guardian, United States
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Debate Continues on Smart Grid Benefits versus Massive Costs
Deployment to consumers‘ homes could cost between $338 billion and $476 billion over the next 20 years, but will deliver $1.3 trillion to $2 trillion in benefits over that period Deployment of smart grid technology from U.S. utility control centers … Continue reading
Norway Plans Billion-Dollar Clean Energy Initiative for Poor
(Reuters) – Norway wants to channel billions of dollars to renewable energies in developing nations, building on a scheme to protect tropical forests to which Oslo has been the biggest donor, officials said. With cash to spare as the world’s … Continue reading
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Tagged Climate change, Developing country, Greenhouse gas, International development, Norway, Oslo, Renewable energy, Reuters
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No wind? No problem
Hurdles to integrating a variable supply of renewable energy into power grids are lower than most experts think. Variable energy sources such as wind and solar power could provide 19–63% of required electricity in many countries, according to the International … Continue reading
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Tagged Denmark, International Energy Agency, Japan, Mexico, Nordic countries, Renewable energy, Solar power, United States, Wind power
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Report Maps California’s Energy Future to 2050
California Council on Science and Technology Report Looks Ahead to 80 Percent Reduction in Carbon Fuel Emissions from 1990 Level “California’s Energy Future – The View to 2050″ looks a generation ahead at what’s required to reach that goal and … Continue reading
UK – Historic climate change deal with legal powers agreed by Cabinet
Chris Huhne will announce a long-term programme that will put Britain at the forefront of the battle against climate change From the Guardian.co.uk, 2011-05-14: Cabinet ministers have agreed a far-reaching, legally binding “green deal” that will commit the UK to … Continue reading
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Tagged Chris Huhne, Climate change, David Cameron, Economics, General Electric, Greenhouse gas, Politics, Renewable energy, Siemens, Vestas
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Tapping the Mighty Mississippi and Coastal Tides with Underwater Turbines
2011-02-18 Joey Peters, Scientific American, ClimateWire The turbines work by capturing the energy of flowing water, which they pick up from waves, tides and currents Experts at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission are taking a cautious look at 123 applicants … Continue reading
The world can be powered by alternative energy, using today’s technology, in 20-40 years
If someone told you there was a way you could save 2.5 million to 3 million lives a year and simultaneously halt global warming, reduce air and water pollution and develop secure, reliable energy sources – nearly all with existing … Continue reading
Green heat – district heating and energy storage
2011-01-22 Environmental Research Web, Dave Elliott District heating networks, using gas, waste heat from power stations or heat from biomass combustion, to heat houses and other buildings collectively, are common across much of continental Europe, especially in the North. There … Continue reading
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