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Lars Kroldrup reports, on the Green Inc. blog at the Times, that Siemens has announced its intention to expand in the United States market. From Siemens Touts Growth in Renewables and the Value of the American Market:
Since acquiring the Danish wind turbine company Bonus Energy in 2004, the German industrial giant Siemens AG, has become [...]
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There's no question that nuclear power will be part of our energy supply mix for the foreseeable future. The United States has 104 nuclear power plants in operation at present, according to Matthew Wald on the Green Inc. blog of The New York Times, relying on NRC data. Incidents like this - in which a [...]
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Marketplace reported last night that "Massachusetts has launched a program that lets home and business owners who generate their own power sell it back to the electric compan" at retail prices, increasing the incentives for the installation of solar and wind energy-producing equipment, and additional incentives for conservation (i.e. additional conservation, which brings net consumption [...]
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Via Benjamen Johnson at Toolmonger - The Gas Caddy, which allows the hauling of 25 gallons of gasoline (presumably diesel as well). This might be a useful addition to the inventory of responder organizations. It certainly seems easier than the non-wheeled lugging of five 5-gallon cans. Link to Toolmonger post and comments.For [...]
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The Republican Road to Recovery, talks about clean energy alternatives, but focuses on coal, oil, oil shale, offshore drilling, and nuclear power.
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Andrews S. Revkin reports on Dot Earth that Chinese energy use has declined more or less following economic activity.Good news or bad? Depends on what's happening with Chinese energy infrastructure while its economy contracts. Our guess - and it's a guess - is that high energy prices provide an incentive to switch to clean, sustainable [...]
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Alan Greenspan claims Iraq war was really for oil: “I am saddened that it is politically inconvenient to acknowledge what everyone knows: the Iraq war is largely about oil.”
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Treehugger reports that Japan/Taiwan ferry services have ended, with fuel prices forcing the operator into bankruptcy. Read Peak Oil: The End Of Ferry Services Between Japan And Taiwan?See also our prior post on similar events in New York City.
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Dig 5 km, hit 200º C. Watch out for earthquakes!Actually, it's a bit more complicated. You dig two holes, each 5 km (3 miles) deep. You lay a pipe in each hole, then pump water down into one hole, and up the other. The water heats up, and can turn a turbine. Geothermalfor heat is old [...]
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Exxon is going to build a natural-gas processing facility in a large"boatlike structure" 20 miles off the Jersey coast. According to Times reporter Jad Mouawad, this is "a move meant to deflect safety and environmental concerns aboutproximity to populated areas. [photopress:2007_exxon_offshore_NJ_map.jpg,full,alignleft]Perceptions aside, which is more likely (probability of occurrence) to occur, or a leak/accident/fire n [...]
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Michael Bergey of Bergey Power Company, a manufacturer of wind-power hardware, is the author of the very helpful Primer on Small Wind Turbines.
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