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South Wake landfill waste to be reborn as electricity

The South Wake landfill in Apex entombs waste from all over the county to the grinding roar of earth movers and the scream of wheeling seagulls more...
Filed under: Fossil & Biomass

For Prairie Woods, energy goal is now a reality

The first step toward energy independence was taken by the Prairie Woods Environmental Learning Center in 2004, when it added a corn-burning stove to the lobby of its education building. more...
Filed under: Fossil & Biomass

Smaller, renewable energy projects setting roots across west central Minnesota

It's hard to miss the development of renewable energy at the University of Minnesota campus in Morris. more...
Filed under: Wind

Alstom CEO: Nuclear rebirth slow but 'just a question of time'

The so-called nuclear renaissance has been slow to power up, but Alstom's chief in the United States said Monday he expects "it's just a question of time." more...
Filed under: Nuclear

$23M green energy project proposed

A green energy company wants to build a $23 million facility at the Decatur-Morgan County Regional Landfill to convert plastics from the city's residential garbage into fuel. more...
Filed under: Fossil & Biomass

 

ARTICLES

After the Coal Plants Close, Where Will the U.S. Get Cheap Electricity?

By Mark Morabito -
According to ExxonMobil's newest energy report The Outlook for Energy: A View to 2040, "By 2040, worldwide electricity demand will be 80 percent higher than more...
Filed under: Nuclear

The New Power Mix in Germany -- What Does It Mean For the Rest of Europe?

By Nigel Blackaby -
In the wake of Fukushima disaster, energy experts now agree that securing Europe's future electricity supply will require an increasing convergence between existing fossil fuel more...
Filed under: Nuclear

Shale Gas -- Friend or Foe

By Richard Goodwin -
Since I reside in Palm Beach County, FL, I pay attention to my local electricity rates, provided by Florida Power & Light [FPL] -- a more...
Filed under: Fossil & Biomass

Gas Molecules and Dust in the Atmosphere Cool the Earth!

By Bob Ashworth -
Many meteorologists have blamed water vapor and carbon dioxide in the atmosphere for warming the earth. Below is an excerpt from a paper1 written by more...
Filed under: Environmental, Emissions & Carbon Management

The Climate Change Challenge -- Can we turn the Titanic before it's too late?

By Peter Meisen -
We've seen the movie and we know the outcome. The unsinkable Titanic hits the iceberg and two-thirds of the ships passengers and crew were lost. more...
Filed under: Environmental, Emissions & Carbon Management
 
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ENERGY BLOGS

Red Baron Windmil ....

Blogger Photo By Andrew Feliks -   I was with my friends in the Museum of aviation again. "I'd like him to show this demo in more...

Solar Module Efficiency: Where Does It Matter?

Blogger Photo By Ben Lack -   Efficiency is a good thing. It can make cars go farther on a gallon of gas, and light bulbs more...

Are You REALLY Prepared for Your Outage?

Blogger Photo By Peter Hessler - How many of you think that you’ll “just know” if you’ll be ready or not when the unit comes off more...

"Shale Gas Wars: From Pennsylvania to North Carolina." Dr. Daniel Fine will speak on Shale Gas in NC

By Da Roberts -   The John Locke Foundation and the Jesse Helms Center span class="h1subhead" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; more...

The bigger problems were the PTCs and cash grants

By Mark Wooldridge - ACCCE Statement on U.S. Senate Effort to Restrain EPA's Job-Destroying Regulation - The United States Senate today took the first more...

Try reading the Civitas (UK) and C. le Pair (Netherlands) reports on effects of wind energy

By Mark Wooldridge - N.C. panel touts wind energy use - A new study released Wednesday by Gov. Bev Perdue said North Carolina had more...
 
 


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