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 »
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. …
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 »
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 »
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 …
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 »
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 …
Africa faces the greater challenge of energy access, energy availability and energy affordability than all the rest of the world. Assessment undertaken in 2008, Africa was the lowest per capita energy consumer averaging 0.66 tons of oil equivalents (TOE) compared …
From Guest Blogger Joshua Okomo: Top Challenges to Develop Green Energy in Africa Read More »
I’d like to call readers’ attention to this discussion of the validity of electric transportation. In fact, the discussion began earlier in this piece on bashing electric vehicles. There are a lot of interesting ideas here that challenge the …
Did you know that is takes electricity and water to make oil into gasoline ? This is part of the refining process. The following facts are from a great article that Peder Norby did on oil refining. He walks the talk …
From Guest Blogger Jim Stack: Electricity Used to Make Gas Read More »
