Scotland’s wind energy industry continues to astound observers, with the most recent figures from June showing that wind generated more than double the outputs, compared to a year earlier. According to data provided and analysed by WeatherEnergy, and reported by Energy Voice, Scottish wind electricity output more than doubled in June, compared to the same time…
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Using Renewable Energy For Desalination
That’s the name of a website (renewabledesalination.com). I found it over this tweet by Michael Liebreich, who likes the idea. The website explains real life experience with using solar power for desalination in Baja California Sur, Mexico. One of the advantages of doing this: Once renewable energy gets to large scale, there will be many…
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Costa Rica Is Now Running On 100% Renewable Electricity
In six years, Costa Rica plans to be carbon neutral. It's getting closer to that goal: In March, the government announced that the country has been running on nothing but renewable electricity in 2015. Compare that to the U.S., where renewables generate only around 13% of electricity. Of course, Costa Rica is tiny in comparison—with a…
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Ethanol experts reply to tv personality Jay Leno’s demands to “get rid” of the fuel
US television personality Jay Leno, who is famous for his automobile collection and who recently wrote a comment titled ‘Can’t we just get rid of ethanol’ in Autoweek magazine, was the object of an immediate reply by two ethanol experts, according to a statement by the Renewable Fuels Association published March 6. Bob Reynolds, president…
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