Image credit: lydurs /Flickr The heat in the upper six miles of the earth’s crust contains 50,000 times as much energy as found in all the world’s oil and gas reserves combined. Despite this abundance, only 10,700 megawatts of geothermal electricity generating capacity have been harnessed worldwide…. Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Tapping the Energy Below the Earth’s Surface
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photo: BLM There’ve been multiple gigawatts of solar thermal power plants planned for various places in the California desert for some time, but finally some more of them are getting the approvals need so that construction can start: The US Bureau of Land Management has issued a final environmental impact statement for the 1,000 MW Blythe Solar Power Project ; and the 250 MW
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1.25 Gigawatts of Solar Thermal Power Approved in California in Past Two Days Will Double US Capacity
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Lightning shows us just how much electricity can accumulate in the atmosphere. Photo: Wikipedia , CC. Ride the Lightning It’s still just a dream, but scientists are slowly getting us closer to the day when we might be able to collect electricity from thin air – or rather, humid air – in the atmosphere. They’re not thinking of harnessing the power of lightning like in Back to the Future (where would you store such a massive influx of electricity?), but rather of collecting electricity from water vapor and dust particles. How would that work?… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Collecting Electricity from Thin Air Might One Day Become Reality
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Image credit: Zerocarbonista From announcing he would develop a “wind-powered” electric sports car , to the day the Nemesis electric car finally hit the track at 100mph , it’s been a long and winding road for Dale Vince”— wind-energy entrepreneur and
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Nemesis Electric Car: 134mph in Wild Safety Tests (Video)
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Image credit: Subharnab /Flickr When Chernobyl’s reactor number four ignited in 1986, it sent a plume of radioactive fallout into the air that eventually spread across Europe. One place it settled was Germany. Now, nearly a quarter century later, that fallout is reappearing in wild boars with alarming frequency…. Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Contaminated Truffles Irradiating Wild Boars
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Image: Eurostat The latest EuroStat report about energy production and usage in Europe in 2009 contains some good news (unless you are rooting for coal). While overall renewable energy production increased by 8.3% between 2008 and 2009, for a total share of 18.4% of energy production in the EU, coal consumption went the other way and dropped 16.3%. Part of that is of course due to the recession, but economic troubles don’t explain the whole drop. Read on for more details…. Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Renewable Energy Production Increased 8.3% Last Year in Europe, Coal Consumption Dropped 16.3%
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Image credit: Particle Men From the 100mph “wind-powered” Nemesis through the record-breaking Tesla to the more affordable Nissan Leaf , electric cars are a popular feature here on TreeHugger. So I’m not sure how we missed this one (274,000 views on YouTube tells me it’s popular!), but They… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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They Might Be Giants Sing "Electric Car": an Anthem for EVs (Video)
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Images: University of Applied Sciences in Detmold Like the unassuming but architecturally versatile shipping pallet , a lot can be done with a humble beer crate. Well, maybe make that 2,000 beer crates, like this colourful, temporary experimental pavilion called Boxel, created by digital design students from the University of Applied Sciences in Detmold , Germany. … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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A Summer Pavilion Made from 2,000 Beer Crates
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Image credit: Future Atlas /Creative Commons The food versus fuel debate already has many people worried that we can’t feed the world and power our cars . but some folks are claiming we can power (some of) our cars, feed the world and have a drink in the process. Karin already reported on Scottish efforts to create biofuels from byproducts of distilling , and now it looks like such efforts are paying off. The resulting fuel may even offer significant performance i… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Whisky Biofuel Available in a Few Years: 30% More Power than Ethanol
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Low Enough to Keep Competition Away The Atlantic has a good piece about OPEC, everybody’s least-favorite cartel. It shows pretty clearly why OPEC is probably the most effective enemy of renewable energy. The way they do it is by going against their short-term interests and keeping oil prices relatively low (at least low compared to the kind of prices they could create if they choked off supply more) to assure their long-term market-share and keep alternatives to oil down…. Read the full story on TreeHugger
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OPEC Needs Low Oil Prices Because it Keeps Alternative Energy Down
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