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The Clipper MBE, a 7.5-megawatt wind turbine to be erected off the UK coast, will be a true engineering feat. The MBE stands for Million Barrel Equivalent. It is said to be capable of powering 5,500 homes and offsetting 32 million tonnes of CO2. One turbine!
The biggest turbines to date […]

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Solar energy installations are getting bigger and more efficient. A new Duke Energy/SunEdison project will reach for 16 megawatts of capacity to surpass the current biggest U.S. photovoltaic (PV) facility, a 14-megawatt installation at Nellis Air Force Base in Nevada.
Critics contend a change to New Energy will drive electricity bills […]

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The next generation of energy efficiency in commercial/industrial/residential buildings will come through a Smart Grid capable of Demand Response. The effectiveness of such programs depend a great deal on the power customers. (For more on this, see SMARTGRID and DEMAND RESPONSE AND THE ELECTRON CONSUMER)
In pursuit of better serving its […]

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A new record for solar cell efficiency has been set. www.sciencedaily.com/
The new record is 23.2%, up from, the previous record of 21.9%. The percentage refers to the amount of sunlight that the cells converted into electricity.
Reportedly, the new record was set with so-called thin film materials that are relatively inexpensive.
Until tomorrow.

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John Moore, president and CEO of Acorn Energy Inc. in Montchanin, DE, sees nothing but trouble ahead for the U.S. electric power industry. Not only does he see power prices possibly doubling within five years. He also anticipates the nation’s utility grid to become a “much more profound crisis” than it is today, […]

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Electrified transportation is the next mass market technology. The automotive industry will be turned completely upside down, with many of today’s small, unknown electric vehicle developers becoming the new global giants of car-making. Electric utilities are the oil companies of tomorrow. The new lithium-ion batteries that are the foundation of this new mass […]

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First came the home mortgage mess. Now it’s the big car mess.
As this Associated Press story notes, ap.google.com owners of SUVs are discovering that the trade-in value of their gas guzzlers is plummeting.
This can only add to the already high level of consumer anxiety.
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Oil prices may be going up, but natural gas prices are “very likely going lower . . . sometime in the next six to 12 months,” according to a new forecast from Raymond James & Associates, the investment banking firm.
According to the firm’s Houston-based energy analysts, rising production from U.S. onshore natural gas […]

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A lot has been written about the potential for microorganisms – bugs – to create second generation biofuel, so-called cellulosic biofuel made from wood and agricultural waste and ordinary garbage.
But the new CEO of Britain’s privately-held Green Biologics has a different game plan for his bugs. Whether or not he succeeds, Sean Sutcliffe’s […]

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