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Written by Hank Green on 05/12/08
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After an around-the-world trip, through more than 40 countries, a school teacher named Louis Palmer just pulled up to the hall holding this year's UN Climate Conference.
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Written by Megan Treacy on 01/07/11
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Within a week of each other, Google and Microsoft both announced that they were pulling the plug on their home energy management services after only two years of them being active.
Last week, Google said that it was giving up on its PowerMeter online software that allowed people to track their home energy use and pinpoint ways make their home more efficient and end up with cheaper electricity bills. The reason was that not enough people and utilities were signing up for the free service.
Microsoft has given the same reason for ending its Hohm service, a similar program that offered a sleeker interface and a greater depth of information regarding consumer's energy use patterns and the related costs. Hohm was also free, but Microsoft had planned to make it into a paid service.
Home energy monitoring and management is a necessary part of lowering our overall energy use and living more sustainably, but it's possible these programs were launched a little too soon. When smart grid technology starts reaching more areas of the country and people start becoming more accustomed to using technology to tweak their energy use habits, these type of programs will be more popular, but it seems the interest just wasn't there yet.
via Earth2Tech
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Written by Philip Proefrock on 16/11/11
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Written by Philip Proefrock on 20/09/11
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A hydrogen refueling station in Fountain Valley, California is not only providing fuel for vehicles, but is also helping to supply power to an adjacent industrial facility, and it is reported to be the first "tri-generation fuel cell and hydrogen station" in the world.
The hydrogen energy station is located next to a wastewater treatment facility, and biogas generated from that facility provides the feedstock for the system. The biogas is converted into hydrgen which is then available for refueling hydrogen vehicles as well as for a hydrogen fuel cell from FuelCell Energy which generates 250 kilowatts of electricity for the wastewater plant. Approximately 25 vehicles per day can be refueled from this station, in addition to the electrical power generated.
via: Energy.gov
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Written by Megan Treacy on 30/11/11
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A new map of geothermal energy potential released by Southern Methodist University is the result of years of research funded by Google.org. The map (click here to download and view in Google Earth) shows that there are enough viable geothermal resources in the U.S. to replace the current coal power capacity ten times over.
Last year, SMU gave us a sneak peak of the research they've been doing by releasing a geothermal energy potential map for West Virginia. Surprisingly, the state is a hot spot for geothermal energy recovery, a wonderful development in an area where coal power has dominated for a long time.
The study limited its analysis to the top 6.5 km of the earth's crust to accurately portray what was actually drillable, recoverable energy. When the researchers applied limits to depth and excluded areas that were inaccessible due to being in large urban areas or national parks, the technical potential versus theoretical potential for geothermal energy production was revealed. The technical potential was about 14 percent of the theoretical potential, yet still enough to crush our current coal power capacity ten times over.
via Climate Progress
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