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Wind Could Drive 20% of World Power Needs By 2030, With China in Lead

BY Kit Eaton
Relevancy Score: 37

20% of the world's electrical could be powered by wind inside 20 years--with China leading the way. Do we believe it? READ»

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How Google Cash Helped Find Geothermal Energy in West Virginia

BY Ariel Schwartz
Relevancy Score: 52

The coal-powered state finds 78% more clean energy right under its feet, thanks to a grant from the search engine giant.READ»

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It's Official: FutureGen Clean Coal Project to Receive $1 Billion in DOE Funding

BY Ariel Schwartz
Relevancy Score: 49

With a formal commitment for $1 billion from the DOE announced this week, FutureGen might just make it off the ground.READ»

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Are Wind Farms Further Dividing Socio-Economic Classes?

BY Jenara Nerenberg
Relevancy Score: 45

Fresh opposition to wind farms from the U.K.'s elite causes concern for the future of alternative energy and social disparities.READ»

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Cash For Kites: Government Gives $10 Million to Green Pioneers

BY Ariel Schwartz
Relevancy Score: 94

ARPA-E is the U.S. Department of Energy program that awards grants to "moonshot" green technologies. The latest round goes to offbeat ideas like cryogenic carbon capture, nano-magnets, and some very large kites.READ»

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Wind Turbine Blades Could Cause Planes to Disappear From Radar

BY Ariel Schwartz
Relevancy Score: 100

There are reasons to be wary of wind turbines--they're dangerous to transport, emit unpleasant noises, and have the nasty habit of killing birds and bats that come crashing into them. But we never thought that turbine projects could be considered a threat to the militaryREAD»

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DOE's $1 Billion Clean Coal Project Mutates Once Again

BY Ariel Schwartz
Relevancy Score: 91

The FutureGen clean coal project just won't die. The nearly decade-old project has been killed, reborn, and reshaped so many times that we almost forgot it was still around. But it is--albeit in a less ambitious form.READ»

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Power Plant Waste Could Clean Up Oil From BP Disaster

BY Ariel Schwartz
Relevancy Score: 100

After over 100 days, the BP oil leak finally appears to be plugged. But while the White House claims that the vast majority of oil has evaporated or been cleaned up with burning, oil skimmers, and dispersants, there is still plenty ...READ»

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Spain's Famous Solar Subsidies Gored by Government

BY Ariel Schwartz
Relevancy Score: 59

And so one of the most ambitious experiments in government-subsidized renewable energy comes to an end as Spain announces that it will slash subsidies for photovoltaic solar power plants by 45%.READ»

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Alstom to Power-Up Power-Hungry Iraq

BY Kit Eaton
Relevancy Score: 47

French power firm Alstom just signed a deal to rebuild and regenerate the electricity infrastructure in Iraq, decimated since the war.READ»

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Banking on Eco Projects With Big Stimulus Dollars

BY Camille Ricketts
Relevancy Score: 40

Can stimulus dollars turn into next-generation green tech?READ»

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Corporate Activism: GE Sends Giant Wind Turbine Blade to Washington, D.C.

BY Ariel Schwartz
Relevancy Score: 97

Climate activism isn't just for nonprofits and idealistic individuals. Sometime, major corporations get on board in a big way--literally, in the case of GE, which recently sent a 131-foot wind turbine blade to Washington, D.C.'s ...READ»

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Spain's Ambitious Solar Program Facing Budget Cuts

BY Ariel Schwartz
Relevancy Score: 46

Spain has long been celebrated as a leader in solar power generation. The country, which covered 2.8% of its electricity demand in 2009 with solar energy, is the fourth largest manufacturer of solar power technology in the world. ...READ»

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EPA's Updated Sulfur Dioxide Standards Will Cost Coal Plants and Save Lives

BY Ariel Schwartz
Relevancy Score: 100

Asthmatics, rejoice: You'll soon be able to breathe easy. The Environmental Protection Agency updated its sulfur dioxide emissions standards this week for the first time in almost 40 years--a move that could prevent 54,000 asthma ...READ»

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Lake Erie Becomes Site for GE's First Ever Freshwater Wind Farm in the U.S.

BY Addy Dugdale
Relevancy Score: 45

The U.S. is to see its first ever freshwater offshore wind farm, courtesy of GE and the Lake Erie Energy Development Corporation (LEEDCo), GE announced today. It's the culmination of a four-year campaign by The Great Lakes Energy ...READ»

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The New Bottom Line

BY Terry Tamminen
Relevancy Score: 38

Measuring our "water footprint."READ»

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Attention, Cities: You Can Sell Your Excess Wastewater to Nuclear Power Plants

BY Ariel Schwartz
Relevancy Score: 100

The problem: Five Arizona cities--Phoenix, Mesa, Glendale, Scottsdale, and Tempe--are facing severe cash shortages. The solution: selling billions of gallons of wastewater to the Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station in a move that ...READ»

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The Death of Coal?

BY Terry Tamminen
Relevancy Score: 100

Unmasking coal as not so “cheap” powerREAD»

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This Is What a Solar Roadway Looks Like

BY Ariel Schwartz
Relevancy Score: 51

Would you feel safe driving on electric glass? A startup called Solar Roadways is betting on it. Armed with $100,000 from the U.S Department of Transportation, the company set off on a quest to produce the Solar Road Panel, an ...READ»

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Want to Know How Lebron James and Renewable Energy Are Similar?

BY Cameron Plommer
Relevancy Score: 30

Depending on who you talk to, Cleveland forward Lebron James may or may not be the best basketball player alive. But nobody can deny his greatness: he scored the last 25 points in a conference finals overtime game against the ...READ»

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Battersea Born Again: The Pink Floyd Icon Goes Green

BY William Bostwick
Relevancy Score: 100

Rafael Viñoly's redevelopment plan for London's Battersea Power Station clears a final hurdle.READ»

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A Facebook Petition to Stop Facebook From Powering Its Data Center With Coal

BY Ariel Schwartz
Relevancy Score: 69

There's never been a better time for the "Dislike" button.READ»

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Nuclear Plant Pre-Bailout: Obama's Dumbest Move Yet?

BY Shel Horowitz
Relevancy Score: 42

Nuclear power is not necessary. It is not sensible. It opens great risks for small returns that can be much more easily achieved in other ways. It is a gift to the terrorists, a robbery from the taxpayers, a diversion of resources away from better and far more proven technologies that could meet all of our energy needs safely, and a serious threat to the well-being of future generations.READ»

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What Fish Can Teach Us About Wind

BY Jesse Ashlock
Relevancy Score: 55

A new model for building wind farms inspired by the way fish swim in schools could decrease costs while increasing power density.READ»

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Obama Goes Nuclear With $8 Billion in Loans

BY Ariel Schwartz
Relevancy Score: 88

We knew something like this was coming. Obama said it in his State of the Union address: "To create more of these clean-energy jobs, we need more production, more efficiency, more incentives, and that means building a new generation ...READ»

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