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Will #microgrids Change Civilization?

Feb 09 2018 05:25 PM | eds in Economy & Politics

“I would say, . . . the microgrid should be an integral part of city planning departments. . . . As they go through the permitting of development, . . . they should really look at the energy aspect of it, as well,” https://www.youtube....h?v=S6bHmlqKec...

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Why Solar Stocks Will Dominate The Future

Dec 04 2014 04:05 PM | eds in Economy & Politics

Solar technology has experienced massive development over recent years and . . . will continue for the mid-term. Solar installation capacity in the US will continue to break records in the: . . . . . . utility, . . . . . . industrial, and . . . . . . r...

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Why Is The U.s. Military Buying Renewables?

Apr 06 2013 02:45 PM | eds in Economy & Politics

The Department of Defense’s . . . $1 billion, 300 megawatt solar power on military housing, . . . . . . a distributed rooftop solar initiative that . . . . . . sprawls across dozens of facilities in 33 states. . . . $120 million, 20 megawat...

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Why Is Beijing's Smog So Bad?

Jan 09 2017 11:00 PM | eds in Economy & Politics

Why is Beijing's smog so bad?

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Why Does Saudi Arabia Want Solar?

Dec 27 2015 01:35 AM | eds in Economy & Politics

Saudi Arabia, for decades a poster child for fossil-fuel waste. . . . The government sells gasoline to consumers for about . . . $.50 a gallon and electricity for as little as . . . $.01 a kilowatt-hour They burn about 1/4 of the oil they pr...

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Why Do We Need Microgrids?

Feb 24 2016 02:25 AM | eds in Economy & Politics

The northeastern United States in summer 2003, . . . a high-voltage power line in Ohio, . . . brushed against overgrown trees, . . . causing it to shut down, and t . . . ouching off a domino effect of disabled lines. . . . For the next . . . . . . 2 da...

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Why Do So Many Usa Quads, End Up As Rejected En...

Oct 09 2012 12:20 AM | eds in Economy & Politics

A Quad is a unit of energy used by the U.S. Department of Energy . . . in discussing world and national energy budgets. Some common types of an energy carrier approximately equal 1 Quad are:8,007,000,000 Gallons (US) of gasoline 293,083,000,000 Kilowa...

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Who Really "owns" The U.s.

Oct 14 2013 01:40 PM | eds in Economy & Politics

At the end of July 2013, . . . foreign holders of U.S. Treasury securities, . . . totaled close to $5.6 trillion. 2013-10-14 Source: U.S. Treasury securities

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Who Believes In Climate Change?

Oct 29 2015 09:15 PM | eds in Economy & Politics

Only 6% of registered voters named climate change, . . . as the most important issue that will decide their vote for president. In the Republican primary campaign, . . . usually support exploiting fossil fuels and fracking. On the Democratic side, the...

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Who Are The "greenest" Countries?

Oct 21 2014 02:05 PM | eds in Economy & Politics

Most peoples perceptions of countries green economic performance, . . . dramatically exceed their actual performance, . . . on the [Global Green Economy Index].” 10-21-2014 Source: Who are the "Greenest" Countries?

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Who Are The "energy-Poor"?

Jun 09 2015 11:00 AM | eds in Economy & Politics

The energy-poor, tend to be among the poorest people in their countries, and . . . cannot afford the high upfront costs of a quality solar solution. About 400 million people in India, live in remote villages, and . . . don’t have access to an electric...

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White House: Renewable + Storage

Jun 17 2016 01:05 PM | eds in Economy & Politics

President Obama announced, . . . that he is putting forth actions that will, . . . accelerate grid integration of renewable energy, and storage. A new 7 megawatts PV solar system at a Navy base in California, and . . . many others.expected to add a...

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White House: Climate Change

Aug 04 2016 03:10 PM | eds in Economy & Politics

White House orders every government agency to consider climate change. . . . The Obama Administration said the policy is . . . “intended to help agencies make informed and transparent decisions, . . . about the impacts of climate change associated with...

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White House Unveils New Agenda

Apr 23 2015 03:05 PM | eds in Economy & Politics

USA, will take steps to: . . . Modernize our energy infrastructure, . . . Create a clean energy economy built to last, . . . Combat climate change, and . . . Increase reliance on domestic energy resources. 04-23-2015 Source; White House Unveils...

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Which Cost Less, Humans Or Robots Labor?

Oct 09 2012 06:55 PM | eds in Economy & Politics

If you are going to build the worlds cheapest car, . . . would you hire a lot of cheap labor, . . . or buy a lot of robots, . . . to do the work in your factory.

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Where To Expand Renewable Power

Jun 30 2016 01:50 AM | eds in Economy & Politics

Benchmarking Clean Energy Deployment 2016, . . . produced by Ceres and Clean Edge, . . . 4 utilities, serving . . . 9 states, each generated more than . . . 20% of their electricity from renewables, or a collective . . . 61.5 million megawatts, by year...

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Where Is The Usa's Economic Strength?

Mar 13 2013 12:25 AM | eds in Economy & Politics

Joel Kotkin identified USA’s real economic strength is located. . . . From the Dakotas with almost no unemployment, . . . down through the energy belts of the Great Plains to Texas, . . . then Louisiana, Mississippi and Northern Florida. Source: nyt...

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When Will Carbon Emissions Peak?

Jul 02 2015 04:10 PM | eds in Economy & Politics

Scientists say that carbon emissions need to peak globally very soon, . . . to avoid disastrous climate change. Every country partaking in the Paris climate talks in December, . . . is expected to submit its Intended Nationally Determined Contribution...

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When Leaders Actually Listen

Dec 27 2015 02:25 PM | eds in Economy & Politics

Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson, and . . . Deputy City Manager Sadhu Johnston, . . . sat down with notepads on a stage, and . . . simply took notes of advice for ~30 minutes. In particular, they were looking at advice for how to achieve, . . . Vancouv...

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What’S Driving Climate Action?

Apr 05 2013 12:15 AM | eds in Economy & Politics

German policy on solar feed-in tariffs, . . . drive large-scale Chinese production and dramatic global price reductions . . . . . . driving rooftop solar competitive with retail prices in many countries . . . . . . . . . including, interestingly, place...

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What's Your State's Economic Growth?

Jun 15 2013 10:55 PM | eds in Economy & Politics

U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, map of the United States. . . . showing % change and GDP. Source: Map

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What Is Clean Energy?

May 23 2016 08:40 PM | eds in Economy & Politics

The supply of solar energy is both without limit, and without cost, and . . . that it will continue to pour down upon us for countless ages Solar water heating, . . . makes an important contribution to renewable heat in many countries, . . . most nota...

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What Is Chp-Pnp?

Dec 12 2014 03:45 PM | eds in Economy & Politics

Pre-engineered/pre-packaged, modular, . . . Combined-Heat-and-Power (CHP) products as a, . . . Plug-aNd-Play (PNP) appliance. The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) . . . has worked to advance innovative energy solution...

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What Is A Microgrid?

Jul 27 2015 12:45 PM | eds in Economy & Politics

A “Macrogrid,” is a large centrally located power station, , , , to provide electricity, over an extensive service territory. A “Microgrid,” is a small local power station, , , , to provide electricity, in a tiny service area, . . . providing the dual...

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What Is "fake News?"

Mar 05 2017 02:15 PM | eds in Economy & Politics

A lot of what's passed off as news, . . . isn't a statement of fact, . . . but an attempt to influence public opinion. In the digital age, . . . where media outlets have ceded control of distribution of news, . . . to the likes of Google and F...

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