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• News LinkBehind the scenes at a startup developing batteries for grid storage.
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SunEdison Turns to Big New Markets for Solar Power
• Kevin Bullis via TechnologyReview.comThe solar-panel installer is replacing diesel engines in villages in India and other Asian countries.
Got A Battery Breakthrough? You Need Friends in Manufacturing
• Martin LaMonicaPolyPlus partners with Johnson Controls and Corning to commercialize energy dense lithium-water, lithium-air, and lithium-sulfur batteries.
Infowars Exclusive: Massive Nuclear Secret Uncovered Inside Austin, Tx
• http://www.prisonplanet.comThe Infowars crew investigates a massive secret inside austin, texas that should raise the hair on the back of your head!
Coal's Rapid Decline and Pending Demise
• arcleinUtilities are aggressively ditching coal in favor of natural gas, which has become cheaper as supplies grow. Natural gas has other advantages over coal: It produces far fewer emissions of toxic chemicals and gases that contribute to climate change, k
CHART OF THE DAY: This Chart Destroys The Idea Of Peak Oil
• http://www.businessinsider.com, Rob WileFor 61 years, BP's annual Statistical Energy Review has been one of the most closely watched studies in the industry.
VIDEO: Getting to the Heart of the Lagging Volt
• www.thedailybell.comIt won nearly every serious automotive award and had a huge carbon-free footprint of positive reviews from critics and consumers alike. So if that's the case, why is the Volt GM's slowest selling product?
Bazhenov-Neocomian Oil Formation
• arcleinThe 2000 estimate of 140 to 210 billion barrels of recoverable oil could be 15 to 100 times too low. The increase would be because of the improved horizontal drilling technology enabling a higher recover rate.
Enphase Energy
• www.enphase.comThe Enphase M215 is the world’s most efficient microinverter.
Solar Kits
• www.simpleray.comSimpleRay 1kW Enphase & Siliken On-grid Kit
The Future of Natural Gas - An Interview with Raymond Learsy
• Daniel GraeberMassive natural gas discoveries along with new extraction techniques have led many to claim nat gas as the fuel of the future – which could ensure U.S. energy independence, reduce geopolitical risks, and help meet U.S. electricity demands for the nex
VW Passat 78.5 MPG in the UK (Publisher Recommended!)
• Luke Rudkowski via TwitterBrian fills us in on his European Vacation - and the consternation it brought him after getting phenominal mileage in his UK rental, and finding it NOT AVAILABLE in the U. S.!
Cheap Dye-Sensitized Solar Cell Moves toward Commercialization
• http://www.technologyreview.com, By Peter FairleyPrintable photovoltaics could become viable, thanks to a new advance.
New materials could slash energy costs for CO2 capture
• http://www.bio-medicine.org, Jade BoydA detailed analysis of more than 4 million absorbent minerals has determined that new materials could help electricity producers slash as much as 30 percent of the "parasitic energy" costs associated with removing carbon dioxide from power plant emis
Nuclear Catastrophe Imminent at San Onofre if Guidelines Continue to be Ignored
• http://www.commondreams.org, Common Dreams staffNegligence led to release of radiation from defective equipment at San Onofre in January
Corruption Accounts For As Much As $14 Dollars Out Of Every Tank Of Gas
• http://govtslaves.info, Lee FangYou pay a hidden premium every time they fill up your gas tank.
For Egypt, gas deal with Israel was bad business
• http://www.globalpost.com, Erin CunninghamWhile the world views Egypt’s decision to cancel a gas contract with Israel as a threat to peace, really it just makes good business sense.
Top 5 Figures Influencing Renewable Energy in the U.S.
• Oilprice.comAs Oilprice.com embarks on its Top 5 series, we thought it expedient to begin with our take on the key figures shaping and influencing U.S. renewable energy efforts, not least because the issue of energy security is being prioritized
ALEC and ExxonMobil Push Loopholes in Fracking Chemical Disclosure Rules
• commondreams.org, by Cora Currier, ProPublicaOne of the key controversies about fracking is the chemical makeup of the fluid that is pumped deep into the ground to break apart rock and release natural gas.
Primer on Peak Oil
• arcleinAs the developed-world economy tries to gain momentum, it faces a persistent headwind. The oil price remains stubbornly over $100 a barrel, acting like a tax on Western consumers. Some blame the high price on evil speculators—Barack Obama unveiled pl
Report Finds that Fracking Causes Earthquakes, but doesn’t Recommend a Ban
• Oilprice.comWestminster has repeatedly proven that its interests more closely align with those investment bankers in the City of London than those forced to live with the consequences
Defusing the Middle East Would Lower Gas Prices
• http://www.fff.org, by Sheldon RichmanRepublicans see rising oil and gasoline prices as an opportunity to score political points on President Obama.
Fracking hell: UK government set to green light risky gas drilling?
• http://rt.comA controversial gas extraction method caused two earthquakes in the UK last year, a government panel of experts reported.
Behind the Wheel of Ford’s First Electric Vehicle
• http://www.wired.com, By Damon LavrincFord is at the onset of a massive push towards electrification. The Blue Oval estimates that between 10 and 25 percent of its products will be “electrified” by 2020, with a mix of traditional hybrids and plug-in versions joining a brace of new EVs.
Solar Tower, a solution to climate change and energy consumption
• www.youtube.comA single 200MW Solar Tower power station will provide enough electricity to power around 400,000 households. The energy output will represent an annual saving of more than 1,960,000 tonnes of greenhouse CO2 gases from entering the environment
Demise of Peak Oil Theory
• http://lewrockwell.com, by David DemingPeak Oil is the theory that the production history of petroleum follows a symmetrical bell-shaped curve.
Email Leak: Fuel Panic 'Self-Inflicted Insanity'
• http://news.sky.comLeaked emails report that ambulance drivers are having fuel rationed - as an industry leader described the crisis as "self-inflicted insanity".
CHESAPEAKE ENERGY CEO: In A Few Years, We'll Be Able To Say 'To Hell With OPEC'
• www.businessinsider.comIn a debate at The Wall Street Journal's ECO:nomics forum, McClendon and Atlas Energy CEO Edward Cohen debated the costs and benefits the fracking revolution have yielded.
Anti-Nuclear Activists Say Summit Ignores True Nuclear Security
• http://www.voanews.com, Jason StrotherPresident Barrack Obama says the United States is committed to developing new technologies to produce peaceful nuclear energy
Liberty Project, Alaska, United States of America
• www.offshore-technology.comBritish Petroleum's (BP) Liberty offshore oilfield is located four miles off the northern coast of Alaska in Foggy Island Bay in the Beaufort Sea. The estimated recoverable reserves of the oilfield are approximately 100 million barrels of oil and 78
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