Tag: Alternative Energy - Page 3
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Warren Buffett's Utility to Buy Massive Californian Solar Farm (550MW) from First Solar
Is Warren Buffett bullish on solar? His utility is reportedly buying a huge solar farm in California.
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Bill Gates: U.S. Should More Than Triple Energy R&D Budget to $16 Billion
Without cheap clean energy, we won't be able to solve many of the world's problems. Now is not the time to cut energy R&D in the name of 'austerity', but rather the time to invest more.
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Google Drops 'Renewable Energy Cheaper than Coal' (RE<C) Research Project
I think it's a mistake to stop R&D efforts. If they weren't getting results, they could have re-focused efforts or partnered with someone else rather than stopping completely.
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Republican Presidential Candidate: We Need to "Break Oil's Monopoly"
Jon Huntsman, the sanest GOP presidential candidate, once again bucks the party establishment with common sense.
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A Quick Look at the Sheffield Wind Farm (40 MW) in Northern Vermont
Building a wind farm, when done right, can be a boon to small communities as well as the environment.
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IBM Supercomputers Help Vestas Squeeze the Most Out of Wind Farms
Supercomputers can help us figure out where are the best spots for wind farms. This kind of optimization can increase clean energy production per installed turbine.
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Making Biofuels from West Coast Forests is a Bad Idea
A comprehensive study shows that turning forests into biofuels is not even carbon neutral in most scenarios.
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SolarShip: A Solar-Powered, Helium-Filled Cargo Plane That Floats (Video)
Capable of flying far, carrying large loads and powered only by the sun, could this airship hybrid be the future of aviation?
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Solar Subsidies May Benefit the Middle Classes. But Is That Bad?
UK critics of solar subsidies argue that they benefit the well off, but that's still better than subsidizing the mega-rich.
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Which U.S. States Have the Best Solar PV Interconnection Policies?
For residential solar PV to take off, citizens need fair access to the electricity grid.
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Sun- and Wind-Powered Lifeboat Becomes a Recording Studio
20 years after his last album, Thomas Dolby releases a new album recorded in his solar and wind powered lifeboat studio
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Windstalk Concept Removes Blades from Wind Power!
This beautiful design shows that there's more than one way to harness the power of the wind!
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The Solar Industry is Like a Yo-Yo
The solar power industry has had its lot of ups and down, but maybe it's a healthy thing.
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The U.S. Now Uses More Corn for Fuel Than Feed!
Madness! And I don't mean the British band...The corn ethanol supporters are probably not very familiar with the concept of opportunity cost. Either that, or the subsidies and high corn prices are just to juicy to give up. Only about
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Virgin Atlantic To Debut New Green Aviation Fuel In 2-3 Years & It's Not A Biofuel
Considering how energy-intensive it is, aviation is really the hard nut to crack in greening transportation, but Virgin Atlantic says it has a way to do it--and, importantly, without using biofuels. As The Independent reports,
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Near Net Zero Reached at Frito-Lay Plant
If only more existing buildings would go "net zero". The Empire State Building has saved 40% in energy costs with a major retrofit. Now a Frito-Lay facility, a
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Elon Musk Answers Reddit's Questions on Everything
CEO of Tesla Motors and SpaceX, Chairman of SolarCity, and Tony Stark ModelToo few entrepreneurs dream big. Most would like to create a popular iPhone app rather than aim high. But not Elon Musk. The co-founder of Paypal
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Millions of Molecules Screened by Volunteers for the Clean Energy Project (You Can Help Too!)
Image: Screen grab Finding the Organic Solar Needle in the Molecule Haystack You don't have to look into a crystal ball to see that solar power has a bright future. But before it can start to really take over a large fraction of our civilization's
