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Ford Focus Epa Certified Most Fuel Efficient
Mar 08 2012 12:35 AM | Shortpoet-GTD in Green Energy
"The EPA has certified the 2012 Ford Focus Electric, which boasts a 110 miles per gallon equivalent in-city rating, as America’s most fuel-efficient five-passenger vehicle. Focus Electric has a highway mpg equivalent of 99 miles per gallon. The car...
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Lobbyists- Replaced By Asthmatic Children?
Mar 08 2012 01:55 PM | Shortpoet-GTD in Green Energy
"The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is expected to propose standards that limit carbon pollution from new power plants soon. But only if Congress lets EPA do its job. That's why NRDC is on the air starting today with a new ad to remind o...
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Greener Garbage Collection In France.
Mar 08 2012 01:55 PM | Shortpoet-GTD in Green Energy
"60 French towns have switched from trucks to horses and carts to collect garbage. Jean Baptiste, mayor of medieval Peyrestortes says the benefit is practical - You can't turn a waste collection vehicle around here. We used to block streets...
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Non Green Energy-Nuclear. 25 Years-Chernobyl
Mar 13 2012 12:00 AM | Shortpoet-GTD in Green Energy
Chernobyl. 25 years ago, this year. http://www.longshadowofchernobyl.com/ What are your thoughts on this?
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Kiwi And Jalapeño Salsa
Mar 14 2012 03:35 PM | Hayden in Green Energy
This recipe is for Kiwi-salsa and its deliciously spicy! 8 ripe but firm kiwis 1 jalapeño pepper, minced 1/4 cup cilantro, chopped 1/8 cup sweet onion, finely chopped Pinch of sea salt1. Peel the eight kiwis and trim the ends. 2. Finely dice the k...
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Vertical-Axis Wind Turbines (Vawts)
Mar 17 2012 11:35 PM | eds in Green Energy
VAWT's, Turbines that have vertical rotors and . . . look like eggbeaters sticking out of the ground. Comparing the "power per square meter of land" . . . shows a tenfold increase in power: . . . . . . VAWTs 21 to 47 watts . . . . . . HA...
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21St Century Energy Challenges
Mar 18 2012 03:05 AM | eds in Green Energy
The ARPA-E 2012 summit Steven Chu, Bill Gates, and . . . how do we plan ahead. . . . Faster, Cheaper, Better Source: energy
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Regional Transmissions Organizations (Rto)
Mar 19 2012 06:45 PM | eds in Green Energy
Think of RTOs as air traffic controllers of the electric grid, managing electricity generation and transmission over large regional grids to ensure reliable power supply at the lowest possible price. PJM, the largest RTO in the world, which manages t...
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Solar Generators. Opinion Blog Post.
Mar 20 2012 12:00 AM | Shortpoet-GTD in Green Energy
Spring 2012. With recent March temperatures in the 70's and 80's in many parts of the country, people are finally realizing that climate change is here, and here to stay. Even if we drastically reduce emissions (which doesn't seem likely a...
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Can Cheap Solar, Save The World?
Mar 20 2012 02:40 PM | eds in Green Energy
The Greenest, Cheapest, Simplest Solar Farm, REhnu’s solar farms require: . . . . . . no cooling water, . . . . . . little aluminum and . . . . . . the minimum amount of land for given output, . . . each acre yielding over 500,000 kWh per year...
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Led Lights
Mar 20 2012 04:40 PM | eds in Green Energy
Albeo Technologies is the first company, . . . to bring the advantages of energy efficient LED. . . . Albeo’s High Bay LED Lights provide up to 95% energy savings . . . compared to fluorescent or metal halide (HID). Source: albeotech caterpillar
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Why Are Solar Costs, So High In The Usa?
Mar 20 2012 05:30 PM | eds in Green Energy
In Germany in Q3 2011, the installed cost of solar was $2.80 per watt, . . . far less than the installed cost in the United States, $5.20 per watt. . . . Yet the hardware costs are the same. Minh Le, the Acting Deputy Program Manager of the...
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Heat And Cool Cities Without Fossil Fuels?
Mar 25 2012 01:15 AM | eds in Green Energy
We could create cities where the critical functions of buildings, can be met without fossil fuels, while still retaining, (more than) high enough densities to make, public transportation, bicycling and walking attractive.
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"renewable Energy" In The Usa?
Mar 25 2012 07:20 PM | eds in Green Energy
Want to see what it looks like on a map?
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200 Years Of Increased Fossil Fuel Consumption
Mar 25 2012 09:35 PM | eds in Green Energy
The huge increase in world energy price's, . . . that has taken place in roughly the last 30-40 years, . . . is now being pulled by the rise in the world's population and . . . energy consumption. Cutting back on energy usage, . . . will no l...
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A How-To Manual For Ending Oil Dependency
Mar 26 2012 12:10 AM | eds in Green Energy
What's the single greatest strategic threat to the national security of the United States? . . . An oil-free transportation system because “one day” . . . we will no longer be able to import and produce enough oil to keep our . . . . . . economy, ....
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Apps For Energy
Mar 26 2012 01:15 AM | eds in Green Energy
If your a software developer and can bring residential and . . . commercial utility data to life, . . . you could win a $100,000.- prize, . . . from the DOE. The Energy Department – in partnership with . . . . . . Pacific Gas and Electric C...
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Wind Farm Makes Lowest Cost Electricity
Mar 26 2012 01:25 PM | eds in Green Energy
Kenya will build 365 wind turbines, . . . with a capacity to produce 850 kW of electricity at . . . 9.9 cents(US) per kilowatt-hour (kWh) and . . . without subsidies. To pilot and demonstrate the . . . . . . economic, . . . . . . social and . . . . ....
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Japan, Just One Nuclear Reactor Left
Mar 26 2012 01:45 PM | eds in Green Energy
Only one of Japan's 54 Nuclear Reactors is still working, and . . . that is scheduled to be shut down for maintenance work in May. Reactors idled for tests must get the consent of host communities . . . before being re-started, something many of t...
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Germany's Solar Energy
Mar 27 2012 03:05 PM | eds in Green Energy
Hermann Scheer, developed the underlying concepts, of Germany's, “Renewable Energy Sources Act,” during the late 1980s and early 1990s. Scheer believed that the continuation of current patterns of energy supply and use will be environmentally dama...
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3Dpv Offer Up To 20X More Power
Mar 27 2012 05:45 PM | eds in Green Energy
Three-dimensional photovoltaic(3DPV)Test: . . . Flat Panel VS Cube VS 3DPV Tower With the fall in the cost of solar cells in recent years - to the point where they have become less expensive than their supporting structures and the outlay for the land...
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Pay-As-You-Go Green Energy
Mar 29 2012 05:20 PM | Hayden in Green Energy
A new business model for off-grid solar power could revolutionise India’s energy sector, transforming lives in the process.
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Electrochemical Capacitors(Ec)
Mar 30 2012 01:05 PM | eds in Green Energy
To run a car using Electrochemical capacitors (EC), . . . we need to have 2 type's of density. . . . Energy density tells us how far the car can go a single charge, whereas the . . . Power density tells us how fast the car can go. Devices made wi...
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300-Mile Range Battery, At Lowest Cost?
Mar 31 2012 12:45 AM | eds in Green Energy
Do you want batteries for your car, that has the . . . . . . Lightest weight, . . . . . . Lowest cost, . . . . . . Longest range, and . . . . . . Highest safety? "In an industry where energy density tends to increase 5% a year, our achievemen...
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Renewable Energy Is Growing Fast,
Mar 31 2012 03:15 AM | eds in Green Energy
. . . but demand for electricity is growing much, much faster, . . . and carbon dioxide emissions grew by 5.9% in 2010, . . . the largest annual increase ever recorded. Over half of that growth came from increased combustion of coal, . . . which has...
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