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Abundant Clean Energy For & By The People
This post first appeared on Join Mosaic. By Billy Parish How do we get to 100% clean energy? At Mosaic, we believe the fastest way is to allow more people to participate in building the clean energy...
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“Decentralised Power To The People Energy Revolution” In UK
Greg Barker, the UK’s Energy and Climate Change minister, recently expressed that a “decentralized power to the people energy revolution” is doable. He understands that this developing sector, now half...
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NREL: 23% Of Global Electricity Generation Supplied By Renewable Sources
Originally published on 1Sun4All. The National Renewable Energy Lab (NREL) released a report — 2012 Renewable Energy Data Book — in October of 2013 regarding the status of renewable energy globally and...
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Running It All On Clean Energy: “A Question Of Social And Political Will”
Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment Senior Fellow Mark Jacobson says the United States has the technology and logistical ability to convert to all-renewable energy sources by 2050—if we can...
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Investing In Africa Climate Adaptation Also Aids Development
The United Nations Environment Programme released a report yesterday that responds to a 2013 report on the potentially crippling costs of climate change in Africa. At an October meeting in Gabarone...
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Chile Carbon Tax Coming Up This Week
This week, the government of Chile holds a final vote on its first carbon taxation scheme, also the first in South America, a measure to make fossil fuel generators pay for emitting greenhouse gases....
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New DOI Plan For California Desert Renewables
At a wind farm near Palm Springs yesterday, US Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell presented the department’s long-awaited plans for both multi-energy renewables development and conservation within...
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Solar Decathlon Technology Spotlight: Heat Pumps
1Sun4All. How much comfort is required to give up if we live in an energy-efficient house? How much would we lose by updating our home to net zero standards? Maybe none. Check out the latest article...
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Chile’s Mineral Industry Is Mining Renewable Energy
Originally published on The Conversation. By John Mathews Mining is the fourth-largest energy consumer in Australia, using roughly 10% of Australia’s total. Some of this comes from the electricity grid...
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Chicago 2030: Green Or Ashen?
Editor’s Note: This article is one submission in a live Masdar blogging contest (find out the entry requirements here). Very simply, the focus of the contest submissions is to: “Describe your city in...
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API Energy Report Says Solar Will Double In 2015-16
Yes, you did hear that right. For the first time ever, the annual API energy report is including the solar energy resource. It ranks among the top four API Energy Report Says Solar Will Double In...
View ArticleCalifornia Wants to Lead With Solar Initiatives
California, which has often led the nation in emissions reductions and environmental initiatives, is not the standard bearer in producing renewable energy today. If you consider all forms of renewable...
View ArticleGeothermal Energy 2010 Outlook
CleanTechies catches up with Curt Robinson, executive director of the Geothermal Resources Council, for three quick questions: CleanTechies: You’ve spoken at a number of conferences about the...
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Costa Rica: 1st Country To Achieve Independence From Fossil Fuels?
Costa Rica's new president has promised to continue his country's transition to renewable energy and to work toward eliminating all fossil fuels for its transportation sector by 2021.
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How Does Geothermal Energy Work? Glad You Asked …
It’s time to dig into a less talked about-but-powerful source of renewable energy. While it’s hard to miss a massive solar array or a field full of wind turbines, so much of the action with geothermal...
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Coal & Gas Are Too Variable To Be Worth Considering
Solar and wind power are absolutely predictable when it comes to variable costs. By contrast, coal and gas power are altogether too variable to be reliable
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All You Need to Know About Home Geothermal Heating & Cooling
Have you heard of home geothermal heating and cooling? It’s an energy system that can save homeowners serious money on utility bills. Thankfully, you don’t have to live anywhere near an active volcano...
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Pairing Geothermal Plus Rooftop Solar For A Truly Renewable Home
Many homeowners now use rooftop solar panels to generate their own electricity, and a geothermal heating and cooling system works well in tandem with solar panels because the geothermal heat pump helps...
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Air-Source Heat Pumps Versus Ground-Source Heat Pumps
Within the world of heat pumps, there are two major technologies that operate in similar ways but pull from very different sources. These two options are air-source heat pumps (ASHP) and ground-source...
View ArticleThe Secret to Low Cost, Low Carbon Home Heating? Your Water Pipes
In this episode of the Local Energy Rules Podcast, host John Farrell speaks with Jay Egg, a geothermal expert, about the potential of minimizing the carbon footprint of heating and cooling buildings by...
View ArticleThe United States Consumed Record Amount Of Renewable Energy In 2019
In 2019, consumption of renewable energy in the United States grew for the fourth year in a row, reaching a record 11.5 quadrillion British thermal units (Btu), or 11% of total U.S. energy consumption
View ArticleImproving The Efficiency Of Your Home — Series 2: Heating, Cooling, (Hot)...
Reduce your carbon production by improving the efficiency of your heating/cooling appliances and (hot) water
View ArticleImproving The Efficiency Of Your Home, Series 2: Heating, Cooling, (Hot)...
Energy efficiency can help slow the rate of climate change. Learn about making your home more efficient so you can reduce carbon production and also save money.
View ArticleImproving The Efficiency Of Your Home, Series 2: Heating, Cooling, (Hot)...
Reduce your carbon production by improving the efficiency of your heating/cooling appliances and (hot) water.
View ArticleEnergyX Aims New Solid-State EV Battery At The 500,000-Mile Car Of The Future
The US startup EnergyX is developing a sustainable lithium supply chain in support of a new 500,000-mile solid-state EV battery. The post EnergyX Aims New Solid-State EV Battery At The 500,000-Mile Car...
View ArticleWe Need More Than Transmission Lines
We recently got this from the NRDC, in an article, “We Can’t Let Aging Transmission Stall Clean Energy Progress,” published ... [continued] The post We Need More Than Transmission Lines appeared first...
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