Leadership action that Vectoris following was announced shortly after Obama’s Oval Office speech. It comes from former Senator Tom Daschle (Senior Fellow at the Center for American Progress) and a coalition of clean energy industries. Coalition members include, among others, the …
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[The Vector] Former Senator Daschle and Newly-Formed Clean Energy Coalition Call on Obama for Action
The History Channel: Disappointing Coverage of Energy
I just put a piece on Renewable Energy World regarding the History Channel’s coverage of energy. As usual, last night’s show was very well-produced; it must cost a fortune to get all that in place with the wonderful special effects …
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[The Vector] More from the Private Sector: Google – A Company Heavily Involved in Clean Energy Efforts
[The Vector] Small Wind Turbines Make Advances with Ordinary Americans
The EIA chart below shows the percentage of all energy and renewable energy categories produced and consumed in the U.S. Note which are the leading categories of renewables and the relationship to wind.
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[The Vector] Summer Solstice Survey Reveals U.S. Consumers Want More Solar Energy
The company Applied Materials (NASDAQ: AMAT), a leading supplier of solar panel manufacturing equipment, recently commissioned a new survey on solar energy to gauge the public’s current views and knowledge on the subject. Here is what was revealed:
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Molten Salt Technology — Saving Solar Energy for a Rainy Day
I hope the world is paying close attention to the development of molten salt technology to store solar energy as heat, for later conversion to electricty at night and on cloudy days. As reported here by The Guardian, the Italian utility …
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[The Vector] Vehicles and Energy 101
Courtesy WTRG Economics As transportation takes the lion’s share of our oil consumption, illustrated in the chart here (compliments of WTRG Economics), it is worthwhile clarifying some of the various terms defining innovations and types of vehicles you may see, which …
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[The Vector] Obama’s Oval Office Address and Renewable Energy
Any energy newsletter, including those covering renewable energy, must pay attention to what is happening with oil and other fossil fuels. Vector is no exception. Oil currently dominates the energy world. Let’s understand energy use in the U.S., courtesy of …
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[The Vector] Renewable Energy Renewable Energy News From Around the Country
Nipton, California Will Generate 85% of its Electricity from Skyline Solar Skyline Solar announced the first commercial installation of its High Gain Solar (HGS) 1000 system in a new municipal solar plant of the desert town. The 80 kilowatt plant …
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Is Nuclear Power Part of a Balanced Energy Diet?
A reader named Mark writes on my piece about nuclear power, in which I favor solar thermal and point out the dangers of further nuclear development: Energy and power sources/systems are complex topics. They encompass national and international political factors, …
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