What it Will Take to Make Renewable Energy a Reality in the US

Explore The Indypendent (Sep 29 2011) Cap and Trade , Carbon Tax , Emissions , Fossil Fuel , Nuclear , Solar , Wind

...wer generation. Wind and solar sources now make up almost half of all new electricity generation in Europe, says Ken Zweibel of the GW Solar Institute at George Washington University. In the U.S. overall, r...... safe for drilling in dangerous parts.” The Obama administration slightly increased funding for the National Renewable Energy Laboratory in Colorado, raising its budget to $536 million in fiscal 2010 after it had languished at ... (Read Full Article)

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Keeping cool and green

Explore Economist.com (Jul 16 2010)

... the evening beckons, they start making ice. During the day fans blow air over the ice. In southern Europe roughly one in 20 air-conditioned offices is now cooled with ice, cutting electricity bills by abou......ease humidity. This means they tend to be more popular in dry climates. However, researchers at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) in Colorado have designed an evaporative system that sprays ambient-temperature water into w... (Read Full Article)

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Creating the Greenest Building in the US

Explore Business News & Financial News (Dec 7 2009) Construction , Power and Cooling

It takes a certain ruthlessness to create the greenest office building in the nation. The National Renewable Energy Laboratory, a unit of the U.S. Department of Energy, is midway through construction of a $64 million project t......ved that goal in the U.S., according to the U.S. Green Building Council; just a few have made it in Europe. NREL began the project by setting an energy budget ... (Read Full Article)

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