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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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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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100,000 Panasonic Solar Lantern/chargers
May 14 2013 05:20 PM | eds in Solar Power
To mark its 100th anniversary, Panasonic plans to distribute . . . 100,000 solar lanterns that also charge mobile phones and other small devices. Source: Panasonic
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Carbon Maps
Making sense of climate change, . . . by changing area sizes, based on data. Source: Maps
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Hyundai's Solar Project
May 14 2013 01:35 AM | eds in Solar Power
Hyundai will build South-Korea's largest solar rooftop solar installation. . . . 213,000 square meters, . . . 40,000 PV modules, . . . 11.5 million KWh/year and the reduction of . . . 5,600 tons of carbon dioxide emissions, equivalent to planting ....
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Family Farm Eliminates Their Electric Bil
May 13 2013 08:25 PM | eds in Ed's Articles
Goal: Produce 100% of the electricity locally with 51kW solar PV system and . . . insulate their 100+ acres family farm from uncertain and . . . erratic energy prices in the future. Source: Solar-Farm
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140 Mw Solar For New Jersey
May 13 2013 07:00 PM | eds in Solar Power
The Public Services and Utility Group (PSEG) . . . recently reached agreement with the . . . New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (BPU) to invest nearly . . . $500 million into solar energy development within the state. The plan is to invest...
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European Photovoltaic Industry Association
May 13 2013 06:40 PM | eds in Solar Power
Global Market Outlook for Photovoltaics 2013-2017 Source: PDF
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600% Energy From Sheerwind's Invelox
May 13 2013 05:45 PM | eds in Wind Power
The costs of producing wind energy with Invelox are lower, delivering electricity with prices that can compete with natural gas and hydropower. it captures wind at any speed, even a breeze, from a portal located above ground. The wind captured is then...
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Nrel Show's How To Green The Grid
May 13 2013 04:30 PM | eds in Green Energy
A series of animations, by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory in the US, . . . how to transform the world’s largest electricity grid, . . . into a high-level renewable system by 2050, . . . showing capacity changes, the hourly operation and . . ....
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