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Renewable Energy: Some Good News

May 14, 2009 By TXsharon

Some good news for our planet:

Growth of Renewables Transforms Global Energy Picture

PARIS, France, May 13, 2009 (ENS) – In 2008 for the first time, more renewable energy than conventional power capacity was added in both the European Union and United States, showing a “fundamental transition” of the world’s energy markets towards renewable energy, finds a report released today by REN21, a global renewable energy policy network based in Paris. more…

Here’s another very interesting piece of good news: (Hat tip to Drilling Santa Fe)
Of course, the U.S. drags ass behind other countries except in geothermal because BIG OIL has a death grip on us. Stupid, stupid, stupid… We need to keep up! China To Spend 180 Billion Dollars To Boost Renewable Energy Use

Solar Quest, airing this Thursday, 7pm ET on the National Geographic Channel
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It is about Concentrated Solar Power – Large power plant sized solar technologies and what is the latest in this field.

International Production
Shot in Nevada’s Mojave Desert, Southern Spain and Italy, Solar Quest tells a cautionary tale about how enthusiasm for renewable energy in the 1980’s quickly evaporated, leaving CSP all but forgotten.

Solar Quest chronicles the dramatic story of an engineer, Gilbert Cohen (right) as he assembles the first large-scale CSP plant in 20 years outside Las Vegas, Nevada.

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Comments

  1. Anonymous says

    May 15, 2009 at 12:39 am

    We sure need more renewables for energy. Make those O&G people whine.

  2. 家出 says

    July 19, 2009 at 6:47 am

    最近TVや雑誌で紹介されている家出掲示板では、全国各地のネットカフェ等を泊り歩いている家出娘のメッセージが多数書き込みされています。彼女たちはお金がないので掲示板で知り合った男性の家にでもすぐに泊まりに行くようです。あなたも書き込みに返事を返してみませんか

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