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Scouring the Tropics for Thermal Energy
Submitted by Earth News on Thu, 05/03/2012 - 06:00
ShareThisThe world's largest untapped source of solar energy doesn't lie on the vast sands of the Sahara or even atop the high chaparral of the desert Southwest. Instead, it stretches across at least 23 million square miles of earth's tropical oceans; the uppermost layers of which make a prime natural source of thermal energy.
Race for Renewables' Game-changers Heats Up
Submitted by Earth News on Mon, 04/16/2012 - 06:00
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First comes invention then comes prosperity. That's the theory of 'innovation economics,' a relatively new doctrine that underlies today's worldwide race to discover energy's next game changer and is triggering some intriguing tinkering in renewable energy. Will one of these new technologies lead us out of our economic malaise?
UK Launches £20 Million Wave Energy Contest
Submitted by Earth News on Thu, 04/05/2012 - 03:37
ShareThisThe UK government today launched a £20 million ($31.6 million) wave energy scheme.
Renewables Impact on the Grid? Answers from Telecom History
Submitted by Earth News on Mon, 09/07/2009 - 22:00
ShareThisIf I were a senior executive at an investor-owned utility (IOU), I would be more than a little nervous about the spread of Renewables, and grid-tied distributed energy generation sources in general. What would happen to the integrity of my operations if these proliferated in dense clusters in my service areas, and over which I exercised limited control? Can I co-opt them or are they competition?
Utilities: Scaling the Clean-Tech Mountain
Submitted by Earth News on Thu, 08/20/2009 - 12:00
ShareThisI'm not exactly a patient guy. My singer-songwriter sister once wrote a song with the following lyrics: "I am from a wanting breed, I am full of expectation, I want everything I see." Despite my years of meditation practice, I'd say that immediacy of "wanting and desire" often sums me up.
