Atlantic Offshore Wind Energy Consortium Interior Secretary Ken Salazar and 10 U.S. States recently announced the creation of the Atlantic Offshore Wind Energy Consortium, dedicated to promoting the development of wind energy on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS). Salazar said, …
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Paul Thomsen, spokesperson for Ormat Technologies, provided the book’s chapter on geothermal, discussing his company’s power plants that are a field-proven, mature commercial product operating worldwide. The first geothermal project was about 1905 in Italy. A farmer drilled a well, …
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Dr. Mills, known worldwide for pioneering Compact Linear Fresnel Reflector (CLFR) technology and for his work over the past 30 years in non-imaging optics, solar thermal energy, and PV systems, contributed to the book’s chapter on solar thermal. This chapter …
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Bruce Allen is supremely well-qualified to have contibuted to the book’s chapter on photovoltaics. His recent book Reaching the Solar Tipping Point describes the key technologies and applications that are enabling solar energy to become a primary cost-effective energy source. …
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 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:
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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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 …
