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Another Myth Busted
Apr 05 2013 03:10 AM | eds in Economy & Politics
Solar photovoltaic modules have dropped about 75% in price. . . . Current scientific and technological advances in the laboratory . . . suggest that they will soon be so cheap . . . that the principal cost of going solar . . . on residential and commer...
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Fords "myenergi" Lifestyle
Apr 05 2013 03:25 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
Ford, which has partnered with . . . . . . Eaton, . . . . . . SunPower, . . . . . . Whirlpool, . . . . . . Infineon and smart thermostat pioneer . . . . . . Nest Labs to develop a system for integrating EV ownership into overall household energy use, ....
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Denso Solar
Apr 05 2013 03:40 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
Solar panels, storage batteries, home and electric vehicle. Japan - DENSO has developed a vehicle-to-home (V2H) power supply system for electric vehicles (EV), to work with their home energy management system (HEMS), with Toyota and renewable energy....
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Save $263,000 Driving A Solar Ev
Apr 05 2013 04:00 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
Omitting external cost elements, including . . . protection of oil, . . . environmental costs, . . . numerous other factors, which are astronomical,and just taking the 50-year "cost of fuel" between a . . . gasoline vehicle and a solar-charged...
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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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Jeremy Rifkin 2013
Apr 06 2013 06:00 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
Stratégies Gagnantes : Interview Jeremy Rifkin
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Economics: Japan
Apr 06 2013 08:05 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
4/4/2013 Japan's debt crisis
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Japan: Radioactive Water Leak
Apr 06 2013 09:05 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
As much as 120 tons of radioactive water may have leaked from a storage tank . . . at Japan’s crippled Fukushima nuclear plant, . . . contaminating the surrounding ground, . . . Tokyo Electric Power Co said on Saturday. Source: japan-radioactive-wate...
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Japan: Rising Sun's, Solar Power
Apr 06 2013 09:25 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
Bloomberg New Energy Finance . . . anticipates an increase in the installed capacity of PV in only . . . 6,1 GW to 9,4 GW in the year, surpassing earlier forecasts . . . 3,2 GW-4GW. The optimistic forecasts are associated with the efforts of Japan . ....
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Less-Is-More For Empty Nesters
Apr 06 2013 11:30 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
90% of home buyers, select a home with energy efficient features, and . . . even pay another %2 to 3% of costs, . . . to permanently lower their utility bills. 40% of new construction is already related to energy efficiency. . . . Financially, it repr...
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Fdic Bank Closings
Apr 15 2013 12:50 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
Bank closing in Apl State . . Bank Name ------- ----------------------------- AZ . . . Gold Canyon Bank FDIC BANK Closings . . . 2007 . . . .3 . . . 2008 . . . 25 . . . 2009 . . .140 . . . 2010 . . .157 . . . 2011 . . . 92 . . . 2012 . . . 49 . . . 20...
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No Republican Can Win The White House, If
Apr 17 2013 07:15 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
If Texas, 38 electoral college votes, joins . . . New York and California as Democratic, . . . “no Republican will ever again win the White House.” That's what will happen, if Republicans do not do better among Hispanics. Source: Texas
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Rural Hi-Speed Internet
Apr 23 2013 04:00 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
Typically, Internet providers concentrate on larger metropolitan cities, . . . where they can get a quicker return on the dollars spent in . . . "building" fiber optic and broadband networks. Yet to be viable today and into the next century, ....
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Fdic Bank Closings
Apr 23 2013 11:40 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
Bank closing in Apl State . . Bank Name ------- ----------------------------- AZ. . . . Gold Canyon Bank FL . . . Chipola Community Bank FL . . . Heritage Bank of North Florida KY . . . First Federal Bank FDIC BANK Closings . . . 2007 . . . .3 . . . 2...
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Fdic Bank Closings
Apr 26 2013 10:45 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
Bank closing in Apl State . . Bank Name ------- ----------------------------- AZ. . . . Gold Canyon Bank FL . . . Chipola Community Bank FL . . . Heritage Bank of North Florida GA . . . Douglas County Bank KY . . . First Federal Bank NC . . . Parkway B...
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Fdic Bank Closings
May 11 2013 01:35 AM | eds in Economy & Politics
Bank closing in May State . . Bank Name ------- ----------------------------- GA . . . Sunrise Bank NC . . . Pisgah Community Bank FDIC BANK Closings . . . 2007 . . . .3 . . . 2008 . . . 25 . . . 2009 . . .140 . . . 2010 . . .157 . . . 2011 . . . 92 ....
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Distributed Electricity Vs Grid
May 11 2013 02:35 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
The Princeton Energy and Environment Corporate Affiliates Program meeting. . . . “We decided it was critical to bring the major players together . . . to discuss a new approach for valuing distributed energy and . . . to do it in a neutral and thoug...
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Grid, Climate Change & Fossil Fuels
May 11 2013 05:50 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
CAP Senior Fellow Daniel J. Weiss testified about electric grid reliability, . . . before the Subcommittee on Energy and Power . . . of the Committee on Energy and Commerce. He made a strong case for confronting the 2 elephants in the room: . . . the i...
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Future Of Coal, Nuclear And Gas
May 11 2013 06:45 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
In the US, . . . 150 new coal-fired power plants cancelled since the mid-2000s – and . . . 200 old coal-fired power plants maybe retired in the coming years. Coal suppliers, point to 3 of the world’s most important demand centers . . . China, . . . E...
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70 New Amtrak Electric Trains
May 15 2013 12:30 AM | eds in Economy & Politics
The 70 new electric locomotives could save $300 million and 3 billion kWh. Each ACS-64 has motors that can reach a peak of 8,600 hp (6.4 MW) and . . . can pull 18 cars at a service speed of 125 mph! The new locomotives will operate along t...
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Kuwait: The End Of Oil
May 15 2013 02:35 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
Some countries have been outspoken about their shift to renewable energy . . . to shore up for when oil supplies start to wane, like . . . . . . United Arab Emirates, . . . . . . Qatar and . . . . . . Saudi Arabia. But Kuwait has the best solar irradi...
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Us Senate Approves Ernest Moniz
May 16 2013 08:05 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
Ernest Moniz, a former MIT physicist, is the new secretary of energy. . . . The Senate voted to confirm Moniz this afternoon by a vote of 97 to 0. Source: DOE
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Distributed Energy's Real Value
May 16 2013 11:30 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
E+C-Co+Be+Ext.. . . In layman’s terms, this means . . . (E) = adding the savings from offsetting wholesale energy purchases . . . © = to the savings from avoided capacity investments, . . . (Co) = subtracting the range of costs listed above, and...
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Big Banks Betting On Solar Power
May 19 2013 02:05 AM | eds in Economy & Politics
Goldman Sachs investing in a $500 million fund from SolarCity. This is the latest in a growing trend of . . . big banks betting on solar power Source: Goldman Sachs
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Fdic Bank Closings
May 19 2013 10:55 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
Bank closing in May State . . Bank Name ------- ----------------------------- AZ . . . Central Arizona Bank GA . . . Sunrise Bank NC . . . Pisgah Community Bank FDIC BANK Closings . . . 2007 . . . .3 . . . 2008 . . . 25 . . . 2009 . . .140 . . . 2010...
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