EnergyBoom
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Sustainable Energy Has Merit in Germany
Electricity rates in Germany drop by up to 40% during the hours in which solar power or wind power are active — and this is what Merit Order ranking is all about, using the cheapest available electricity source first - and then filling in the gaps with more expensive coal-fired electrical power generation.
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China Motivated to Adopt Sustainable Energy Solutions
Could it be that the world’s largest emitter of greenhouse gas is the same country that spends more on green technology than any other country?
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Solar Power Gets the Might of the U.S. Military Behind It
The first solar panels ever installed, were photo-voltaic solar panels mounted on military satellites and blasted into space from Cape Kennedy, Florida during the ‘Space Race’ of the 1960′s.
Energy: The Ball is in Our Court
Human beings use different kinds of energy for different purposes all over the planet every hour of the day and night.
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Next Generation Biofuels Are Making Solid Progress
As many of you know most of the gasoline available in North America today has a biofuel component of between 5 and 10 percent. Newer cars and trucks are E85 compatible, meaning they can operate with up to 85 percent ethanol blended into the gasoline — which means there is a total growth opportunity of up to 75 percent in the North American biofuel market.
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EMERGING
The New, Modular Nuclear Reactor
The March 11, 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant disaster has precipitated a world of change in Japan’s nuclear power industry.
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President Obama: Too Smart to Take the Bait
A few weeks ago, I wrote to the President urging him to make North America more energy self-sufficient and to promote common-sense regulatory controls for all forms of energy in our hemisphere – while at the same time continuing to encourage both sustainable energy projects and responsible energy use.
