Tag: solar energy

2GreenEnergy financial guru Bill Paul has a natural gift for looking at the macro issues affecting renewables. Here’s a high-level summary of his thinking on clean energy vis-à-vis shale gas, in which he summarizes: There’s a distinct possibility that Wall …

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Here’s an article that describes a collaboration between GM and BMW on fuel cell vehicles. Wow, that’s remarkable. Just when I had started to trust the car companies based on the sincerity of Nissan/Renault CEO Carlos Ghosn and his people who …

A Collaboration on Fuel Cell Vehicles — But Exactly Whose Interests Are At Stake? Not Yours. Read More »

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Global nuclear capacity has remained flat in growth in the last decade, the worldwide operational installed capacity increased insignificantly from 370 GWe at the end of 2005 to 375 GWe at the end of 2010. Nuclear capacity in the OECD …

From Guest-Blogger Joshua Okomo — Green Energy and Human Rights Paradigm Read More »

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Renewable Energy World’s Steve Leone published an article today on solar and its attempts to go mainstream, in which he mentions a great number of developments that will ultimately make solar far more appealing to consumers than it is currently. …

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In April 2010, the UK government introduced their own version of a feed in tariff scheme to help boost our renewable figures and to cut carbon emissions. It is a scheme where homeowners are paid 41.3p for generating electricity with …

From Guest Blogger James Hawkins: Solar in the UK Read More »

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PART ONE  General Principles Traditional Geothermal Geothermal technology and GeoExchange technology are often confused with one another in the mind of the public. This confusion is understandable as the term ‘Geothermal’ is often applied to both technologies – even by …

Geothermal Systems and GeoExchange Systems – What’s the Difference? Read More »

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Sungevity, based in California and known for its home solar products and services, recently announced its international launch into Holland.  While Sungevity has expanded across the U.S. into various states, this will be the first time it is crossing abroad. In …

From Guest-Blogger Carolina: US Solar Companies Continue Spreading Sunshine around the World Read More »

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As solar companies strive to provide consumers with the sun’s renewable energy, they too are doing their part to help those in need. Many U.S. solar companies have reached out to the third world in effort to provide them with …

From Guest Blogger Carolina: Changing Lives Via Clean Energy Read More »

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According to Bloomberg, New Energy Finance, improved efficiencies and declining costs will make the average wind farm cost-competitive with coal, gas, and nuclear by 2016 (the best ones already are there). According to Justin Wu, the firm’s lead wind analyst: The …

Onshore Wind at Grid Parity by 2016 Read More »

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As a part of our ongoing quest to produce “infographics” that lay out the basics of energy, I invite you to check out the chart here, presenting the notion that all the energy we harness and use here on Earth …

Infographic – All Forms of Energy on Earth Came from the Big Bang Read More »

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