tag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-122740 2008-05-16T19:48:05-04:00 The Energy Revolution has begun and will change your lifestyle TypePad 498972http://www.feedburner.com tag:typepad.com,2003:post-49980530 2008-05-16T19:48:05-04:00 2008-05-16T21:18:05-04:00 James Fraser Per press release, edited slightly: Mesa Power LLP, a company created by T. Boone Pickens, has placed an order with General Electric to purchase 667, 1.5 megawatt wind turbines for the worlds largest wind farm, capable of generating 1,000 megawatts, nameplate, of electricity, enough to power more...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. 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The venture is the world's largest offshore...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. 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DuPont expects growth in the photovoltaic market to...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. 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The system is called Xtreme Concentrated Photovoltaics ™ or XCPV™. XCPV efficiently concentrates sunlight...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. 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Planting will take place within the next 45 days. Switchgrass is a perennial grass that is naturally drought resistant and grows on marginal lands.The Oklahoma Bioenergy...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. 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The $90 million Loess Hills Wind Farm, was built by St. Louis-based Wind Capital Group and the John...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. 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OptiSolar intends to submit an application to San Luis Obispo County for a Conditional Use Permit (CUP) in May....<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. 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Their...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. 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High gas prices and growing environmental consciousness could finally usher in a new era for electric cars. The Tesla Roadster and the TH!NK City, represent the two extremes in electric...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. 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"For example, we've been attributing too many emissions to the northeastern United States, and it's looking like...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. 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Boone Pickens is commencing action, with plans for his company, Mesa Power, to build, over the next four years, the previously announced $10 billion wind farm, the world's largest, that will eventually generate 4,000 megawatts of electricity - the equivalent of building two...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. 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Favorable changes in the polysilicon market has led Trina to believe that it can now obtain...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. 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In December last year . . . (the author) heard . . . a paper . . . that showed while the IPCC models predict that greenhouse gases would produce an...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. 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There first paragraph sums up the difficulty they are having: With concerns about climate change mounting, the era of coal-fired electricity generation in the United...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. 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The materials they are testing would extract up to 20 times...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. 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No real news to those of you who are following the Volt closely. A Reuters article summarized the...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. 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This is the largest order to date for Capstone products in a Hybrid Electric...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. 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The project will pilot Alstom’s proprietary Chilled Ammonia Process. TransAlta considers the Chilled Ammonia Process as...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. 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The chemical plants produce more than 1000 kg/hr of hydrogen resulting form the production of...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. 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The process is a simple reactor system operating at...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. 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The current algae farm consists of 1,100 acres of saltwater ponds that the company projects will produce a minimum of...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. 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The project, named Greenpower, representing a...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. 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The rise in oil prices has now started to hurt. Crude oil price increased...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. 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If the...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. 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"Ultimately by 2020, we figure that 80 percent of vehicles are going to require some...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. 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If you want to understand why Exxon won't produce more, it helps to listen in to ExxonMobil's presentation to analysts in New York City in early March. Halfway through the three-hour meeting, Exxon management flashed a chart that showed the company's...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. 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Programs for the recycling of plutonium were developed in the 1970s when it appeared that uranium would be in scarce...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. 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This demonstration is a key step toward making OLEDs and other high...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. 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The production model is said to closely resemble the concept car. The base model Ox, scheduled for production in 2011, will have a range of about 125 miles (200 kilometers) on a charge and a top...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. 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The new system, "BAS-plus," will use lithium-ion batteries...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. 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Alstom designed, constructed and will operate the...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. 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It's on the lips of political contenders and on the minds of the voters. But politics isn't the only arena where change is in the air....<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. 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Several companies are already involved in building pilot plants or small commercial plants to produce cellulosic ethanol. (see cellulosic ethanol category for more information) One of...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. 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According to a Frost & Sullivan press release a turnaround can be expected this year with polysilicon catching up with the demand . Quoting from the press release: It was estimated that the demand for...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. 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A few excerpts from the press release...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. 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Some of his remarks may be of interest to readers of TEB....<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. 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Because of this failing, the Bank of America has decided to start assessing the cost of carbon in their risk and underwriting processes for loans to...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. 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