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#renewables: Could Meet 80% Of Us Demand
Feb 28 2018 02:30 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
Miami: Wind and solar power could meet . . . 80% of US demand for electricity, . . . as long as improvements are made in, . . . transmission, and storage, researchers said. Until a few years ago, . . . these renewable energy sources were thought, . ....
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#renewables Vs Hurricane
Oct 23 2017 11:45 AM | eds in Economy & Politics
More than a month after Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico: . . . . . . power, . . . . . . food, and . . . . . . water can be tough to find, for nearly, . . . 80% of the island. A solar power array, which laid flat on the ground, . . . remained ma...
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#renewables Can't Run A Steel Plant
Sep 25 2017 06:25 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
Politician: Australia's, Tony Abbott says, . . . "You can’t run a steel plant on renewables, . . . you can’t run an aluminium smelter on renewables, and . . . if we want to keep all of these heavy industries, . . . we have got to have reliable...
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#renewable-Energy Florida
May 06 2017 02:55 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
Florida's plan, to expand the use of solar, and . . . other renewable-energy devices, (batteries?), . . . is ready to go to Gov. Rick Scott. A selling point of the constitutional amendment was, . . . that it would make renewable-energy equipment,...
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#renewable Prices
Jan 11 2018 10:00 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
Xcel Energy, . . . reported unprecedented low bids ($30.60) for: . . . . . . wind, and . . . . . . solar, with . . . . . . storage. 1-11-2018 Source: #Renewable Prices
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#renewable Investment: Us$9 Trillion
Dec 11 2017 02:10 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF) has estimated, . . . that zero-carbon power generation is expected to attract . . . US$9 trillion of investment until 2040. 12-11-2017 Source: #Renewable investment: US$9 trillion
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#renewable Energy: Corporations
Oct 11 2017 01:35 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
What motivate's companies to purchase renewables? . . . 65% of the corporations report that, . . . MONEY, (energy price) was the leading criteria. Renewable energy, can be a hedge against, . . . rising, and variable costs of fossil fuels. 10-11-20...
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#rate Hike/bond Sale
Jul 07 2017 05:55 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
Chair Janet Yellen, will deliver to Congress next week, . . . the Fed's semi-annual monetary report to Congress, The government reported Friday that employers added . . . 222,000 jobs in June. Analysts predicted the next rate hike will likely occ...
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#puerto Rico: Microgrids
Oct 26 2017 02:55 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
Puerto Rico's Bankrupt Utility Company, . . . $9 billion in debt, . . . It's diesel generators, are located in the southern part of the island, . . . while most of the demand is in and around the city of San Juan in the north. . . . That m...
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#puerto Rico: Dynamically Energising
Oct 19 2017 01:15 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
Puerto Rico needs to protect: . . . . . . drinking water, and wastewater treatment, . . . . . . fuel transport and storage, . . . . . . electricity generation, . . . . . . electric grids, . . . . . . pursue measures to improve energy efficiency and . ....
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#puerto Rico: Communications
Oct 22 2017 06:50 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
Googles, Balloons, called HBAL199, and HBAL237 are more than . . . 60,000 feet (18,000 meters) above Puerto Rico, enabling: . . . . . . Texts, . . . . . . Emails, and . . . . . . Basic web access.and are . . . Solar-powered, so only provide Communicati...
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#puerto Rico Needs?
Nov 21 2017 04:15 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
José Román Morales, acting chairman of the Puerto Rico Energy Commission, . . . in testimony before the . . . U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Puerto Rico needs to . . . “adopt, and implement alternatives, . . . that allow greate...
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#puerto Rico Needs
Oct 02 2017 12:30 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
A week after Hurricane María, homes lacked: . . . . . . 60% running water, . . . . . . 80% transmission & distribution lines are down, and . . . . . . 100% electricity. The government of Puerto Rico, and . . . the already bankrupt power authorit...
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#puerto Rico Electric Power Grid
Oct 01 2017 03:15 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
The electric power grid in Puerto Rico . . . is gone. BBC’s reports that . . . 55% of people are without drinking water, Puerto Rico has been ravaged, and . . . is facing significant loss of human life, and . . . harm to human life, among other things...
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#puerto Rico Electric Power
Nov 12 2017 02:35 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
San Juan, Puerto Rico, . . . 7 weeks after hurricane Maria, . . . many of the city’s residents can’t: . . . . . . turn on lights, . . . . . . cook, . . . . . . store food, or . . . . . . take a real shower. The Sept. 20 storm toppled the electrical sy...
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#puerto Rico Electric Power
Nov 14 2017 02:15 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
Ricardo Ramos, executive director of the . . . Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (PREPA), . . . indicated the utility has created a “transformation plan,” . . . to improve service. Ramos’s new plan lacks specifics, . . . but includes 2 key componen...
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#puerto Rico
Oct 16 2017 09:05 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
Puerto Rico’s Governor Aims for . . . 95% Power Restoration by December. The effort to restore power, . . . will largely be driven by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, . . . which has been patching up, and rebuilding . . . the island’s infrastructure...
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#private Car Growth = Zero
Oct 25 2017 01:50 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
Singapore, . . . plans to limit the number of private cars on its streets, to the . . . 600,000 currently in use starting in 2018. The problem is, . . . Singapore has no room to put any more cars. . . . Roads already account for 12% of the total area...
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#power Companies Vs Government
Sep 12 2017 10:10 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
Power Companies, . . . see coal as a technology of the past, but the Government seems unready to accept that Renewables, . . . (already the cheapest option for new capacity) . . . are the future of Electric Energy. Guess which country we are talking a...
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#paris Climate Accords
Jun 01 2017 01:45 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
Musk Will Quit Trumps Advisory Panels, . . . If Trump Reneges On Paris Climate Accords. https://www.youtube....h?v=v3AmtjqqVvo Because, what Elon Musk is trying to do, . . . is connected to his desire to see the world stop using fossil fuels, . . . tha...
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#nuclear: Massive Overruns & Delays
Dec 15 2017 02:55 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
State-owned French company EDF, which is delivering new nuclear plants: . . . . . . Hinkley, . . . . . . Olkiluoto-3 and . . . . . . Flamanville, . . . have been beset by cost overruns and delays. Sir Edward Davey, . . . he former energy secretary, ....
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#nuclear: Follow The Money
Sep 14 2017 01:05 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
Global nuclear power industry, . . . is facing major hurdles, . . . as bankruptcy of 2 leading groups halts programs. Toshiba Westinghouse, . . . filed for bankruptcy protection of its American subsidiary, . . . AREVA, went technically bankrupt, . . ....
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#nuclear Power: Japan
Sep 30 2017 01:20 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
Nuclear power, . . . is emerging as a key policy issue, ahead of the . . . Oct. 22 Lower House election, in Japan. LNG is costly, and . . . coal leads to massive carbon dioxide emissions. . . . To phase out nuclear power, requires thinking about, . ....
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#money: Crude Oil
Jul 01 2017 12:40 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
A barrel of crude oil, that cost: . . . $130.- in 2008, is . . . $45.- in 2017. So, Oil companies are just not that into . . . TransCanada, Keystone XL, pipeline’s operator, . . . (its estimated costs have jumped from $7 billion, to...
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#microgrids: Puerto Rico
Oct 04 2017 06:55 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
Sonnen, is planning to install energy-storage systems, . . . known as Microgrids, at . . .15 or more emergency relief centers in Puerto Rico. “Our smart energy storage system, . . . is uniquely positioned to serve as a critical resource, . . . during...
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