by Ben Kenney, theWatt.com, theWatt Podcast In 2005, China added 170 GW of coal power generating capacity. That's the equivalent of a new 1GW coal power plant every 2 days. Coal now supplies 70%...
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Measuring 6.5" x 2.8", the world's smallest hydrogen fuel cell car is entering the market today. Dubbed the H-racer, this futuristic toy car uses a real fuel cell that converts hydrogen...
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Hi, I am writing to let persons interested in Alternative fuels know that MapMuse has recently introduced interactive mapping of biodiesel fuel stations and ethanol 85 fuel stations across the US....
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Dateline China - China is damming the Yangtze river with a 24 billion dollar hydroelectric dam. The yet to be Three Gorges Dam, scheduled for completion in 2009, will produce over 18,000 MW of power...
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When it comes to a living system the nuclear submarine is the pinnacle of technology. In a strong sense any nuclear submarine mimics a living system. I.e. the submarine must provide energy to...
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Low-E windows are the way to go if you're building a home and can afford the asset. Even if your remodeling your existing home Low-E is still the way to go. What is a Low-E window? Well a Low-E...
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Looking at hydrogen as an effective fuel in a car can be quite troubling, in fact, no matter how many precautions we take, accidents do happen. I don't really want to be driving down the highway...
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by michael on June 22, 2006
Trade stocks for free in a two-month contest sponsored by Greentechinvestor.com. The idea is to become the ultimate green Tech Investor through creating the most valuable virtual Renewable and Green...
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by michael on June 21, 2006
Almost any subject can be spun for political use and this just might be the case with bird loss and wind turbines. Often times one does not know what to believe. Not at all surprisingly birds have...
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Press Release: Secretary Bodman Announces $34.6 Million to Fund State Energy Efficiency Priorities Across the Country & Touts Strong Economic Growth STORRS, CT - Secretary of Energy Samuel W....
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This week I participated in a popular podcast sponsored at the The Watt.com The panel included: Ben Kenny phd - The Watt Ed Thomas - The Watt Jeff McIntire-Strasburg - Treehugger Michael Olivo -...
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Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratories' Advanced Energy Technologies Department conducts research focusing on converting and storing energy (batteries and fuel cells), processes to reduce the...
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The energy field has it's basis in physics. Most to the time physics has it's basis in natural law. One of the more simplistic yet elegant laws is Zipf's law. Zipf's law states that...
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Eric Lerner and his team of leading scientists say they are five years away from having a fusion reactor capable of a 5 Mega Watt (MW) or greater output at a estimated cost of $1,000,000 per...
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Somehting to ask, if a national company wanted to develope and implement an alternative energy resource, why wouldn't banks want to help? Recently I came accross an article,...
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The International Whaling Commission is meeting later this week , and one of the items on their agenda is the development of 'whalanol' , a gasoline additive derived from whale blubber....
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by michael on June 14, 2006
We all are aware of the well-funded campaigns to discredit the science of global warming, and I'm the last one who wants to add more uncertainty to the mix. However, as someone who is not a...
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Physicist Seamus "Shay" Curran, head of the nanotechnology program at New Mexico State University along with collaborates from Wake Forest University and the University of Florida are...
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by michael on June 11, 2006
Typically I write articles about energy related subjects; however, today I will diverge from the main thread of energy topics and discuss my other interest which is management theory. When it comes to...
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The list below as summarized by sealnet.org shows some of the major energy accidents that have occurred within the last 30 years. The full 7 page report assesses risk associated with energy sector:...
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by michael on June 10, 2006
According to the Energy Information Administration (EIA) the table below shows energy consumption and cost broken down per state decsending from highest to lowest: State - Consumers - Monthly Cons....
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