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Cities Getting Local Energy Choice with Aggregation | john-farrell-ilsr - 0 views

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    Over 200 Illinois towns helped cut their citizens' electric bills in 2012, and some even achieved 100% renewable energy, thanks to a state law that lets cities choose their electricity provider. The law, called community choice aggregation, lets ...
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BBC News - Liquid air 'offers energy storage hope' - 0 views

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    Using "wrong-time" electricity from renewables to turn air into liquid may offer a solution to one of the great challenges in engineering - how to store energy. See it on Scoop.it, via Sustainable Energy via scoop.it
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California Initiates Largest Energy Efficiency Program - 0 views

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    Fourteen California counties and 126 cities launched the nation's largest PACE program, an innovative financing tool to help commercial property owners reduce their buildings' energy and water use, under the auspices of California's largest state...
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The Supposed Decline of Green Energy - Andrew Winston - Harvard Business Review - 1 views

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    Solar is winning, despite media reports to the contrary.
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First Saudi Arabia Utility-Scale Clean Energy Plant to be Built in Mecca | Renewable En... - 2 views

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    Mecca, which hosts millions of pilgrims a year visiting Islam's most holy shrine, is working toward becoming the first city in Saudi Arabia to operate a utility-scale plant generating electricity from renewables. See it on Scoop.it, via Sustaina...
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Adapting Gas-Fired Power to a Greener Grid - NYTimes.com - 1 views

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    Modern plants are often "combined cycle" generators, meaning that the exhaust of one engine is used as the heat source for another. The hot exhaust from the jet is used to boil water into steam, and the steam is used to turn a second turbine; if ...
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How Behavior Change Psychology Can Be Applied To Energy Efficiency Programs | The Energ... - 2 views

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    "The Behavior Program Summary documents a total of 160 programs that the respondents considered to be behavior change, and 90 related evaluations, underway at 61 organizations. While respondents were allowed to select multiple sectors for each pro...
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Danish start-up Floating Power Plant's hybrid wave+wind floating test plant starts deli... - 1 views

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    NordicGreen Nordic Cleantech - Cleantech Startups, Innovators and Investors in the Nordic, the Baltic and the Arctic regions. See it on Scoop.it, via Sustainable Energy via scoop.it
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Dr. John Ryan introduces his book "Reducing Energy Consumption" | Environment and Energ... - 1 views

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    Organisations face a number of questions when they are considering their energy efficiency such as why is your company's electricity bill high? Have you established your company's energy priorities, and have you considered how the weather conditi...
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Amtrak - Defining Energy Efficiency - 0 views

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    Rail travel is more energy efficient, and uses less fuel, than cars or airplanes. According to U.S. Department of Energy data, Amtrak is almost 20 percent more efficient than domestic airline travel and 30 percent more efficient than auto travel ...
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Businesses increasingly demanding renewable energy to cut costs | The Green Business Guide - 0 views

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    Launched today, the 2012 Corporate Renewable Energy Index (CREX) ranked over 300 companies globally according to their voluntary renewable energy procurement, as well as how and why they do it. The report found that CREX companies tend to fall in...
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Right Price for Charging Electric Cars? - WSJ.com - 1 views

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    Companies that run charging stations for electric cars, many of which currently make the service free, are looking at how much they should charge in the future. See it on Scoop.it, via Sustainable Energy via scoop.it
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Do Energy-Efficient Appliances Really Save You Money? | Zillow Blog - 2 views

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    You've purchased a new energy-efficient washing machine and refrigerator. So, will your utility bill reflect a huge savings?The easy answer is: It depends. It depends on the size and age of the appliance you're replacing, as well as your definiti...
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Spinach power gets a big boost: Reseachers combine spinach protein with silicon to make... - 1 views

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    More than 40 years ago, scientists discovered that one of the proteins involved in photosynthesis, called Photosystem 1 (PS1), continued to function when it was extracted from plants like spinach. Then they determined PS1 converts sunlight into e...
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PV microinverters and power optimizers set for significant growth: pv-magazine - 0 views

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    On the back of 180% market growth in 2011, the latest industry figures indicate that microinverter and power optimizer shipments will grow over 70% in 2012. By 2016, they are expected to comprise 10% of the photovoltaic inverter market. See it on...
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