Archive for the ‘Graphic’ Category

An Atlas of U.S. Renewable Energy Resources

Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008

[singlepic=347,520,420,watermark,center] Optimal Biomass on Left = Blue, Red Load centers = Green Biomass technology converts bio-based feedstocks like wood, agricultural waste, and yard waste through combustion into electricity. Biomass fuel is either directly combusted in a boiler, or gasified and then combusted, or turned into a liquid fuel that can be combusted. The ...

Will Coal Replace Oil in the New Energy Economy?

Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008

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NASA Snapshots of World Solar Irradiance

Tuesday, July 1st, 2008

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The Heartbreaking Demise of Southwestern Solar Power

Friday, June 27th, 2008

The Bureau of Land Management said it will suspend all new solar energy projects on federal land for the next two years until it completes an environmental impact review. As discussed briefly in the preceding post, the BLM holds the country's most valuable sites in terms of solar energy ...

Mystery Molecule Leads to Quantum Computing Breakthrough

Thursday, June 26th, 2008

[singlepic=329,530,350,,center] Scientists have discovered a new hybrid atom that might make it possible to build quantum computers. This data visualization shows an electron density map of the material. The funnel-shaped figure in the lower left is an arsenic atom, and the saucer-shaped image in the center is a map of an ...