What many people do not understand about clean energy is that it is a major economic boon to any country that would embrace it. The clean energy technologies - wind power, solar power, coal sequestration, hydrogen engines, sun-beam technology - are all brain-intensive,...
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India, an energy hungry country, is exploring all possible medium to generate power. In its latest policy document it targeted to generate 1000mw solar power by the end of 2020. Although this 1000mw is minuscule if we go by the demand chart of next 10 years, but this...
Senator Barbara Boxer, the chairwoman of the Senate’s Committee on Environment and Public Works, recently brought added attention to the nuclear industry when she said, "there will be a nuclear title in the bill"...
The solar-powered ‘dragon’ stadium in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, is the world’s first stadium which gets all its power needs from the sun.solardragon-stadium-in-kaohsiung-taiwan-1.Designed by Japanese architect Toyo on a steel-rod structure with a roof covered with solar...
"Taregna gets its 4 minutes of fame""PATNA: A mindboggling two lakh star gazers including researchers, astronomers and scientists, from across the globe descended till Tuesday midnight on a sleepy Bihar...
The United States Congress has passed the Climate Change Bill in a narrow 219-212 vote.Hailing the bill passage,US President Barack Obama described it as "a bold and necessary step".He looks forward to Senate...
created by WisdomMountain | 26 wks ago | updated 26 wks ago 432 views | 2 recommendations | 6 comments
Twenty blue chip companies from Germany, among them Deutsche Bank, Siemens, and the energy companies RWE and E.on, have agreed on forming a consortium with the plan of harnessing solar power in the deserts of...
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China has launched what they are calling a 'green revoultion', in a plan to use wind and solar power to reduce their carbon emissions by 20% by 2020, which would match the goal set by the western world. A fifth of China's energy needs would come from renewable energy sources...
created by Amy Judd | 29 wks ago | updated 29 wks ago 57 views | 17 recommendations | 2 comments
By now, we have all become aware of the dangers associated with pursuing a fossil fuel driven energy policy. Not only are carbon emissions becoming an increasing concern for people around the globe, but...
Lake Ontario Waterkeeper’s comments on Bill 150, the proposed Green Energy and Green Economy Act, highlight several provisions that may have effects outside the scope of renewable energy development in...
In sustainable energy news, Pope Benedict XVI pursues Heavenly power with largest solar plant in Europe. The project will be situated on 740 acres near the Vatican City at an estimated cost of US$660 million....
"Solar power beamed down from space will generate electricity for California homes as soon as 2016, under a new plan by a utility company to ramp up renewable energy technology far beyond solar panels on roofs."...
All things old are new again... Hundred-year-old electrical science has finally come back into fashion! The latest results from the THEMIS satellite fleet leave no wiggle room. The auroras are powered by what...
opinion by mgmirkin | 35 wks ago | updated 16 wks ago 465 views | 68 recommendations | 9 comments
Industrial countries currently generate most of their electricity through large centralized power plants, but the process is evolving. Large centralized facilities became the dominant form of developing...
NASA scientists say new data provided by twin spacecraft analyzing the sun will help them more accurately predict how so-called solar tsunamis wreak havoc on our planet. " The tsunamis -- powerful explosions...