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Pembina Institute – Policies

The Pembina Institute advocates for sustainable energy policy solutions that: take action on global warming, develop a thriving renewable energy sector, minimizes the negative impacts of oil sands and other high-impact energy development and provides smarter urban design and transportation choices for Canadians. At different times, they have advocated against the use of nuclear power [...]

Solar power plants in the Mojave Desert – Introduction

solar power plants in the Mojave Desert which supply power to the electricity grid. Solar Energy Generating Systems (SEGS) is the name given to nine solar power plants in the Mojave Desert which were built in the 1980s. These plants have a combined capacity of 354 megawatts (MW) making them the largest solar power installation [...]

Grid energy storage – Forms

Batteries Battery storage was used in the early days of direct-current electric power networks, and is appearing again. Battery systems connected to large solid-state converters have been used to stabilize power distribution networks. For example in Puerto Rico a system with a capacity of 20 megawatts for 15 minutes is used to stabilize the frequency [...]

Hydropower – Small scale hydropower

Small scale hydro or micro-hydro power has been increasingly used as renewable energy source, especially in remote areas where other power sources are not viable. Small scale hydro power systems can be installed in small rivers or streams with little or no discernible environmental effect on things such as fish migration. Most small scale hydro [...]

Clarkstown, New York – Clarkstown Going Green

Clarkstown has not only taken steps towards “”going green”” by conducting energy audits, purchasing Energy Star office equipment and using green cleaning products in town facilities, steps also included; *2005 – Purchasing 10% of the energy used by town government from wind and solar sources. *2006 – Passing a tree preservation law. *2007 – Purchasing [...]

Feed-in tariffs in Australia – See also

* Erneuerbare-Energien-Gesetz * PV financial incentives * Solar power in Australia * Solar power * Photovoltaic cells * Energy policy of Australia * Renewable energy in Australia * Mandatory renewable energy targets Adapted from the Wikipedia article Feed-in tariffs in Australia, under the G. N. U. Free Documentation License. Please also see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki

Index of environmental articles – S

Saline seep – Salinity in Australia – Salting the earth – Satellite – School of Environmental Studies – Science & Environmental Policy Project – Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment – Scientific opinion on climate change – Scorched earth – Sea level rise – Sea Shepherd – Secretary of State for Environment, Food and [...]

Renewable energy in India – Introduction

solar power in India. Much of the country does not have an electrical grid, so one of the first applications of solar power has been for water pumping, to begin replacing India’s four to five million diesel powered water pumps, each consuming about 3.5& kilowatts, and off-grid lighting. Some large projects have been proposed, and [...]

Solar power in New Mexico – Renewable Portfolio Standard

The New Mexico Renewable Portfolio Standard calls for 20% renewable energy by 2020, and 4% from solar power from investor owned utilities, and 10% renewable from rural electric cooperatives. Renewable Energy Certificates, (RECs), may be sold through the Western Renewable Energy Generation Information System (WREGIS). Adapted from the Wikipedia article Solar power in New Mexico, [...]

Energy cannibalism – History

This term was first developed by J.M. Pearce in a paper discussing the potential for nuclear energy to offset greenhouse gas emissions and thus to mitigate climate change by replacing fossil fuel plants with nuclear plants. Energy cannibalism in this context is also true of any other energy source such as wind power, solar power, [...]

Google Energy – Renewable energy

By 2007, Google invested hundreds of millions of dollars in wind, solar, solar thermal, and geothermal projects, including a 1.6& MW solar installation pilot project at its headquarters. In 2010, Google Energy made its first investment in a renewable-energy project, putting up $38.8& million into two wind farms in North Dakota. The company announced the [...]

Solar air conditioning – Introduction

Solar air conditioning refers to any air conditioning (cooling) system that uses solar power. This can be done through passive solar, solar thermal energy conversion and photovoltaic conversion (sun to electricity). The U.S. Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 created 2008 through 2012 funding for a new solar air conditioning research and development program, [...]

Envision Solar – Introduction

Envision Solar is the only company in the world composed of architects and builders that specialize in solar shading structures. Envision Solar is also the only solar energy company to provide a “Single Point of Contact,” which includes design, engineering, contract management, site maintenance, financing, construction, installation, entitlement/permit process guidance, feasibility studies, and system monitoring. [...]

Solar vehicle – Introduction

Adapted from the Wikipedia article Solar vehicle, under the G. N. U. Free Documentation License. Please also see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki

Electric vehicle – Introduction

electric vehicle (EV), also referred to as an electric drive vehicle, uses one or more electric motors for propulsion. Electric vehicles include electric cars, electric trains, electric lorries, electric airplanes, electric boats, electric motorcycles and scooters, electric kick scooters and skateboards, and electric spacecraft. Electric vehicles first came into existence in the mid-19th century, when [...]

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