Archive for the ‘Natural Resources’ Category
Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008
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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 ...
Posted in Agriculture, Concentrated-Solar, Eco-Efficiency, Graphic, Natural Resources, Photovoltaics, Policy, Regulatory and Legal Trends, Renewable Fuels, Solar Energy, Solar-Thermal, Wind Energy, Wind Turbines, biomass, ethanol, geothermal, green technology, map | No Comments »
Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008
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Map of U.S. Coal-Fired Power Plants
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Posted in Climate Change, Graphic, Natural Resources, Peak-Oil, Policy, Regulatory and Legal Trends, map | No Comments »
Wednesday, June 25th, 2008
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Roughly half of the atmosphere's moisture lies within about 1.84 km of the earth's surface, and only a minute fraction of the total occurs above the tropopause. This image measures the concentration of water vapor and other chemicals in the lower stratosphere and upper troposphere. It was created on Sept. 24, ...
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Wednesday, June 25th, 2008
Clean energy technology needs to advance by an order of magnitude for the United States to meet its so-called 25 x '25 goal of producing 25% of its electricity and motor vehicle fuel from renewable sources by 2025, according to a new report from the RAND Corporation released today.
The ...
Posted in Advanced Biofuels, Agriculture, Clean Tech Lifecycles, Environmental Finance, Industry News, Natural Resources, Policy, Regulatory and Legal Trends, Renewable Fuels, Research Trends, Solar Energy, biomass, carbon emissions | No Comments »
Wednesday, June 25th, 2008
The world will consume 50% more energy in 2030 than it did in 2005, according to a report by the Energy Information Administration released today.
The growth in energy consumption will be driven by robust economic growth and expanding populations in the world's developing countries, according to projections included in ...
Posted in Advanced Biofuels, Biorefinery, Green Cars, Industry News, Natural Resources, Peak-Oil, Policy, Regulatory and Legal Trends, Renewable Fuels, biomass | No Comments »
