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EurActiv.com - EU unveils plan to dismantle big energy firms | EU - European Informatio... - 0 views

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liberalisation germany france

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A new battle has begun over the next round of energy liberalisation. Commission proposals to complete the EU's internal market for gas and electricity are leaving France and Germany in a quandary, with EDF and E.ON facing either the dismantling of their transmission assets or tight regulatory restrictions.
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A Floating Solar Island for the UAE | EcoGeek | Water, Written, Solar, September, Into - 0 views

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electricity islands renewables

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At the end of the day, most of the sun's light hits the oceans, because most of the Earth is ocean, but the United Arab Emerates has just contracted with a Swiss firm, CSEM to purchase a floating solar island.
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Sergio Ferreira on 20 Sep 07

It looks like we're moving everything to the sea...

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New Lasers Make Radioactive Waste Safe | EcoGeek | Nuclear, Power, Have, Iodine, Now - 0 views

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Right now, we have no idea what to do with this stuff. It's hard to imagine next century, let alone 15 million years from now. Do we really want to leave this stuff lying around? It will almost certainly escape from anywhere we put it.
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Luckily, scientists are working on ways to avoid these long term problems. British scientists have 'transumted' iodine-129 into iodine-128 with a high-powered laser. Now, dropping one neutron might not seem like a big deal, but the half life of iodine-129 is 15 million years while the half life of iodine 128 is 25 minutes.
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Sergio Ferreira on 20 Sep 07

Nuclear waste may no longer be a "problem" in a few years...

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After Gutenberg » Blog Archive » Zero Net Energy, Zero Net Emissions - 0 views

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emissions zero-energy

shared by Sergio Ferreira on 17 Sep 07 - Cached

Kaneda accepted the challenge to renovate the office building so that it would have a net electricity use of zero or less. Furthermore, the office building was to produce zero carbon dioxide; no fossil fuels would be burned for heating with the requisite production of greenhouse gases.
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Sergio Ferreira on 17 Sep 07

Platinum buildings = Zero emissions?

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Clean Break :: Ontario, Bombardier in talks for hydrogen commuter train - 0 views

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A European consortium called The Hydrogen Train concluded a feasibility study last year that looked at demonstrating the first hydrogen-powered train in Europe on a Danish railway. The goal of the project is to launch the first train by 2010
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Sergio Ferreira on 17 Sep 07

Not really good news for us...

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Send Google.org your cool plug-in idea | Gristmill: The environmental news blog | Grist - 0 views

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They're sending out an open call asking inventors and entrepreneurs to pitch them on products and services that would speed the commercialization of plug-in hybrids. There's $10 million in investment capital waiting to be divided among the winners.
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storage weather

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A molten salt system1 is a means to store thermal energy, thus mitigating the problem of an intermittent source for generating electricity at night or during cloudy weather. It is one of Tom Konrad2’s top ten favorites for an alternative energy future because it’s cheaper to store heat than it is to store electricity and concentrating solar power can produce a ton of heat without pollution or fuel.
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The Energy Blog: Compact Linear Fresnel Reflector Solar Power System Lower Cost Than Pa... - 1 views

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electricity renewables

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Ausra's zero-carbon power plants generate electricity at current market prices for fossil-fired power without the emissions caused by burning fuels. Low-cost thermal energy storage systems now under development by Ausra will allow solar electric power to be generated on demand, day and night.
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Clean Break :: Clean coal plans shelved in Saskatchewan - 0 views

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coal

shared by Sergio Ferreira on 13 Sep 07 - Cached

For all the talk and hype about clean coal, this is a prime example of the risks and high costs associated with such a project, and the fact that government -- while they make good speeches about the potential of "clean coal" -- aren't prepared to put their money behind it
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IEA - Energy Use in the New Millenium | Leonardo ENERGY - 0 views

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efficiency iea

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Since 1990 the rate of improvement in energy efficiency has been about half of what it was in previous decades.
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IEA Publications Bookshop - 0 views

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intelligence markets

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Looking back, it shows how changes in energy efficiency, economic structure, income, prices and fuel mix have affected recent trends in energy use and CO2 emissions in IEA countries.
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Greentech and EEStor | Gristmill: The environmental news blog | Grist - 1 views

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the 100 top companies in greentech, based on "innovation, market potential, commercialization, stakeholder value creation, and media attention or 'buzz
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ScienceDaily: First Ever 'Zero Emission' Antarctic Station - 0 views

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carbon emissions zero-energy

shared by Sergio Ferreira on 10 Sep 07 - Cached

Using specialised building design and materials, a passive heating system, an energy control system, energy efficient appliances, and sound insulation techniques, engineers from the IPF and its technical partners have managed to take a pioneering step forward in the domain of sustainable development.
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Climate can't wait for techno-fixes | Gristmill: The environmental news blog | Grist - 0 views

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oil renewables

shared by Sergio Ferreira on 06 Sep 07 - Cached

It turns out that with peak oil here already, we are soon not going to have the cheap energy to maintain global trade or food production on today's scale. And renewable energy is not ready to step in as enough of a substitute, when the oil market will soon be handing us an unmanageable, exacerbated shortage
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Energy Legal Blog : CPUC to Consider Innovative Energy Efficiency Incentives for State'... - 0 views

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efficiency incentives

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If utilities satisfy these goals, the plan would purportedly save California ratepayers $2.4 billion and cut about 3.4 million tons of carbon dioxide emissions in 2008.  Conversely, if the utilities fail to meet the base targets, the plan would impose monetary penalties on them
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Sergio Ferreira on 05 Sep 07

What if this was implemented in Europe?
who would have the power to put such a scheme in place?

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Green Energy TV is an Online Television Channel that is dedicated to airing Green/Alternative/Renewable Energy videos for millions of viewers around the world to see
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Sergio Ferreira on 04 Sep 07

Aparently, the new "focal point" for Green Energy supporters/entrepreneurs/enthusiasts

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Merkel suggests new way of fighting global warming - 0 views

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A new way to deal with CO2 emissions... probably giving benefits to over populated fast-growing economies like India and China

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electricity renewables wind

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yet another alternative (green) energy source, this time using high altitude wind

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After Gutenberg » Blog Archive » The days of the large hybrid vehicle battery... - 0 views

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storage capacitors

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The ultracapacitor-equipped Toyota Supra HV-R coupe became the first hybrid to win the 24-hour endurance car race held at Japan’s Tokachi International Speedway. The hybrid Supra finished 616 laps of the 5.1-kilometer (roughly three-mile) course—19 more laps than the second-place, non-hybrid, Nissan Fairlady Z.
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Sergio Ferreira on 31 Aug 07

ultracapacitor equiped vehicles are beating conventional speed racing cars. Still to mention the cost, but the performance achieved is extraordinary...

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After Gutenberg » Blog Archive » Smoothing the California Curve - 0 views

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electricity renewables

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fully renewable electricity generation solutions will be made possible. why? because they want it...

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