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Smartgreenenergy.com – Source for quality information on efficiency, conservation, and clean energy. American Wind Energy Ass’n. CSP Overview (Sandia Labs). August 6, 2007. Why isn’t there more Solar Thermal? Ndash; Dan 6:06 pm. In terms of what you can do at home to make a difference, one of the top items on the “more expensive but worth it” list is solar thermal — essentially hot water generated by rooftop collectors. According to an article by the Renewable Energy Resource Center. If the goal is to ac...
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Smartgreenenergy.com – Source for quality information on efficiency, conservation, and clean energy. American Wind Energy Ass’n. CSP Overview (Sandia Labs). June 19, 2007. NREL “Wind to Hydrogen” Facility. Ndash; Dan 6:31 am. NREL ( the National Renewable Energy Lab. Recently published information on their new experimental “Wind to Hydrogen” facility. This is an idea that has been promoted for some time by the Leighty Foundation. And it’s a clear example of “Smart Green Energy”. NREL’s Wind2H2 proj...
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Smartgreenenergy.com – Source for quality information on efficiency, conservation, and clean energy. American Wind Energy Ass’n. CSP Overview (Sandia Labs). April 18, 2007. LEED – A big deal for building efficiency. Ndash; Dan 8:34 pm. Lately I’ve been reading a lot about LEED — which stands for “Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design”. Buildings (residential, commercial, and industrial) are responsible for an estimated 43% of U.S. CO. Let’s start with the words directly from the LEED section.
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Smartgreenenergy.com – Source for quality information on efficiency, conservation, and clean energy. American Wind Energy Ass’n. CSP Overview (Sandia Labs). June 27, 2007. Ndash; Dan 10:31 am. This is not a major technical problem today, since these intermittent sources constitute only a fraction of the total electricity provided to the grid. Indeed many experts believe that these sources could exceed 20% of all power on a grid and still be manageable [2]. Matching source to use. One reason that a number...
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Smartgreenenergy.com – Source for quality information on efficiency, conservation, and clean energy. American Wind Energy Ass’n. CSP Overview (Sandia Labs). September 17, 2007. More on energy storage – Flywheel Batteries. Ndash; Dan 8:03 pm. Energy storage is the least talked about, and most challenging problem facing green energy today. There’s plenty of potential power from either wind or solar, but these sources are intermittent. What’s needed is reliable storage. One option that gets far less press a...
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Smartgreenenergy.com – Source for quality information on efficiency, conservation, and clean energy. American Wind Energy Ass’n. CSP Overview (Sandia Labs). August 29, 2007. Ndash; Dan 2:12 pm. Efficiency is the ugly stepchild of solving our energy woes. While solar panels and windmills are high profile and focus on alternative. Of energy, efficiency focuses on needing less in the first place. How dull. How do you spice this up? Germany has several home heading standards in place [1]. Yes, you say, but w...
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Smartgreenenergy.com – Source for quality information on efficiency, conservation, and clean energy. American Wind Energy Ass’n. CSP Overview (Sandia Labs). March 7, 2007. Hot Technology Series – Power Efficiency. Ndash; Dan 3:34 pm. While checking out the exhibits at the Power-Gen Renewable Energy and Fuels conference yesterday, I spoke at length with Chuck Rusch of Power Efficiency Corporation. Unlike traditional solutions, Power Efficiency’s product. Senses the workload of AC induction motors. whe...
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Smartgreenenergy.com – Source for quality information on efficiency, conservation, and clean energy. American Wind Energy Ass’n. CSP Overview (Sandia Labs). July 27, 2007. Mythbusters: What about Liquid Coal? Ndash; Dan 5:47 pm. Wow There’s been so much press lately about liquid coal. Between “liquid coal” and “clean coal”, there’s almost a buzz, especially among non-technical people. Gee, this stuff sounds great. 8220;, but I can’t see anyone wanting to drink it. The article concludes as follows:. Consi...
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Smartgreenenergy.com – Source for quality information on efficiency, conservation, and clean energy. American Wind Energy Ass’n. CSP Overview (Sandia Labs). August 29, 2007. Ndash; Dan 2:12 pm. Efficiency is the ugly stepchild of solving our energy woes. While solar panels and windmills are high profile and focus on alternative. Of energy, efficiency focuses on needing less in the first place. How dull. How do you spice this up? Germany has several home heading standards in place [1]. Yes, you say, but w...
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Ethanol » smartgreenenergy.com
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Smartgreenenergy.com – Source for quality information on efficiency, conservation, and clean energy. American Wind Energy Ass’n. CSP Overview (Sandia Labs). April 19, 2007. Ndash; Dan 9:29 pm. While hanging out at the Sierra Club’s booth at last weekend’s Step It Up event in San Francisco, someone asked me “Can you explain the deal with Ethanol? Is it a good idea or not.”. As with many things, the answer is “it depends”. Why do we care about ethanol? Out of the air and convert it into biomass, you then c...