geothermal power
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Rock stars, lesbians, and probably some Icelandic elves team up for geothermal power
Two rules for industry in Iceland: Don't piss off the elves, and do NOT mess with Bjork. She is the Hugo Chavez of Iceland's geothermal power.
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Time to move like the wind to save clean energy
Rep. Ed Markey argues that the framework tax deal announced this week by President Obama and GOP Senate leaders threatens to kill clean energy jobs.
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Geothermal: Getting energy from the Earth
Only 10,700 megawatts of geothermal electricity generating capacity have been harnessed worldwide. But its potential is vast.
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A global shift to renewable energy: But will it be fast enough?
Despite a global economic crisis, a new energy economy is emerging on a scale that we could not have imagined. And it is a worldwide phenomenon.
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Renewable energy: the power of positive feedback loops
When you design a national green energy system, the benefits of each part are increased and reverberate through the economy, creating a virtuous cycle
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Clean energy: It’s not about the technology
Suppose two factories produce and sell identical widgets at $1 each. Now, suppose a law is passed to provide one of those factories with $9 of additional revenue per widget. Clearly, this is law will distort markets. The $10 widget manufacturer will attract more investors and it will lobby hard to preserve that law. Meanwhile, […]
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American PRIDE Alternative to Lieberman-Kerry Climate bill -short executive summary
This is the executive summary(doc) of the American PRIDE (Promote Renewable Infrastructure & Develop Efficiency) proposal. The PRIDE(doc) proposal is a two decade ~400 billion a year jobs bill that makes a profit, while creating two to five million new jobs per year, reducing U.S. oil use by a third within ten years, and reducing […]
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Everyone Poops – – and a few spin gold
Thanks to the global effort to cut carbon, we could soon be spinning waste of all kinds -- including poop -- into big bucks.
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The top 10 sources for energy
Jacobson the power-ful.stanford.eduI was disappointed when I discovered that the list of experts at last week’s Clean Energy Summit would not include Stanford University’s Mark Jacobson. Of course, no individual is indispensable at such a summit. But as the day went by I felt his absence more and more keenly. That’s because Jacobson is one […]