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Images: Supersize solar power

Utility-scale solar power plants--using everything from giant reflective dishes to plastic balloons--are changing the look of solar power.Parabolic troughs, one of which is shown here, have been around for 25 years, and the technology will be around for at least another 25. Parabolic troughs reflect sunlight to heat liquid carried...

Tags: Electricity, Solar Energy, Trough, Photovoltaics, Plant, mW, Solar Power Plant, Arizona Public Service, BrightSource Energy, Concentrator, Stirling Engine Systems, Infinia, It', SolFocus, What', Manufacturing, Telecom & Utilities, CNET News.com

Image galleries 2008-05-26

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Smart grid grants

Over $3 billion dollars worth of federal money will be awarded to smart grid projects in the U.S. today. President Obama has chosen a Florida solar power plant as the location for making his announcement. He'll be in Arcadia, Florida, at Florida Power and Light Co.’s...

Tags: Grant, Monitors & Displays, Wi-Fi, Hardware, Components, Wireless And Mobility, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-10-27

What's a brick?

CinderblockMany years ago a product called cinderblock was made from coal fire residue. It was similar to standard concrete block. In many cases, over time, it proved far less satisfactory. One big problem was degradation in a wet environment. It would get sort of mushy and...

Tags: ash, fly ash

Discussion threads 2009-10-20

Colbert heats up global warming

Too funnySo, 350ppm means certain environmental disaster? And we're already above that? Hmmm...Back to the drawing board...I really REALLY resent the Chicken Littles running around screaming their heads off, and I'm gradually getting the feeling that, even if originally well-intentioned, they can't see the forest for the trees.What...

Tags: disclamer, Colbert, global warming, scientific community, carbon dioxide

Discussion threads 2009-08-25

Is $400 billion a lot of money?

One U.S. Senator says we spend that much every year importing petroleum from our friends in Saudi, Nigeria, Canada, Mexico, Russia and Venezuela. I use the term "friend" advisedly. They are in fact pushers for the American addiction former President George W. Bush called out so pointedly. ...

Tags: Car, Solar Energy, Telecom & Utilities, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-07-24

Global warming: predicting unpredictability

Global warming: predicting unpredictabilityWell...To say that soil moisture doesn't affect convection would be a lie... but it is a very small effect compared to the large-scale circulation. The primary driver of the rainy-season weather is the formation of semi-permanent pressure cells, such as the subtropical ridge across the Southeast...

Tags: Global Climate Change, global warming

Discussion threads 2009-06-24

Fat Spaniel can't control the weather but now its solar monitor system can keep better track of it

I'll explain the name in a moment, but the real point of this post is to make you aware of an interesting relationship between Fat Spaniel, which provides technologies for monitoring and managing renewable systems, and Meteotest, which provides meteorological information. The jist of the relationship is that of the...

Tags: Monitor, Relationship, Telecom & Utilities, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2009-05-27

How dead are American hydrogen cars?

How dead are American hydrogen cars?It is too early to say, there are a lot of issues to solveA hydrogen economy is still just a dream on a sheet of paper. Making this a reality is probably 10 to 20 years away, given that we don't find a better...

Tags: Hydrogen car, Obama, hydrogen economy, Hydrogen Production, Diesel Engine, hydrogen, hydrogen car, car

Discussion threads 2009-05-20

Global warming: new stuff

Global warming: new stuffacidificationThe really stupid idea of sequestering CO2 underground would acidify the underground water tables big time. Then more minerals get desolved in the underground water. We haven't seen real problems yet until they start injecting CO2 underground.Paid for by Obama Communist Ruler USSACommunist agenda, I...

Tags: carbon dioxide, global warming, underground water, new stuff

Discussion threads 2009-04-14

Electric cars in America--the price point

Electric cars in America--the price pointElectric cars in America--the price pointMy concern in addition to the price of the electric car is where do I plug it in to charge it? If its my house then how much is my electric bill going to be raised while its charging?...

Tags: C02, disposal, power generation station, electric car, car, price point

Discussion threads 2009-04-10

Calling all carbon capture and recycling companies

Calling all carbon capture and recycling companiesRecycling is illegal.You can't make anything out of garbage!Really who would purchase anything made out of garbage?There would be no way that garbage particles could be filtered out of plastic or even paper to make the material good enough for use in these sophisticated...

Tags: Taxes, Free trade, Big Brother, inmate, recycling company, carbon capture, tax, global warming

Discussion threads 2009-03-23

Fusion, or confusion?

Laser chamber. National Ignition Facility, Livermore. An MSM columnist seems to be touting fusion as a future cure for our energy problems. Turning mass into energy. E=mc2. Fusion powers the planet as it does our Sun. Nirvana for all except the oil...

Tags: Fusion, Wiki, Online Communications, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-03-16

Hybrids not selling either

Hybrids not selling eitherWaste of money and a trickThe entire environmental whacko green movement is based on a lie.RE: Hybrids not selling eitherIf there is no money, it doesn't matter what your selling, it won't sell (you bunch of dummy's!)I agree.While I think it's important to try and minimize our...

Tags: Taxes, Free trade, Personal finance, Tesla Motor, Carbon tax, tax, car, green technology, environment

Discussion threads 2009-03-05

Confronting Congressional hypocrisy

We all know that members of Congress live sheltered lives. Secure dining areas. Federally-paid staff with plenty of job benefits. Great health insurance and access to perks and junkets on "official" business. Now some anti-coal groups are going to bring home the hypocrisy of both political...

Tags: Coal, U.S. Congress, Hypocrisy, Cable, Benefits, Healthcare, Insurance, Telecommunications, Personal Technology, Human Resources, Business Operations, Corporate Insurance, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-02-25

The sun's a moving target

Solar panels tracking sun at WCWD. Courtesy Solar Power Partners. Tracking the path of the sun seems simple enough, until you imagine moving huge solar panels so they collect the maximum rays all day long. Now, not so simple. But a...

Tags: Installation, Solar Energy, kW, KWh, WCWD, Telecom & Utilities, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-02-20

The coal war heats up

The coal war heats upA problemA problem with the green initiatives is that they do not account for the environmental damage companies outside the US do while producing their products. It's easy to pick on the local guys because their processes are visible. This in turn creates an unlevel playing...

Tags: coal, gasoline, USSR Russia

Discussion threads 2009-02-15

Big week for utility-driven solar tech investment

Who would have thunk that the erst-while Garden State could be such a big player in solar energy? The way the wind has been blowing literally for the past two days, it's pretty clear that wind resources are big. But the sun is far less reliable here in New Jersey....

Tags: New Jersey, Investment, Utility, mW, Solar Electric Power Association, Telecom & Utilities, Manufacturing, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2009-02-14

Wind and sun--how important will they be to our energy future?

China has been doubling its wind-powered electricity generation every year for the past three. Yet many proposed wind-powered projects never happen because in this neo-capitalist company the projects won't make a profit. The Chinese government controls all project permits and they force companies into competitive bidding...

Tags: California, Nature.com, Telecom & Utilities, Data Centers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-01-21

New U.S. energy triumverate now in power

New U.S. energy triumverate now in powerEnergy independence....will be achieved when the govt gets OUT of the energy industry. How can some lawyer/senator be the expert on energy production?These are the same people who, prior to the election, said they weren't banning clean coal, but that companies would go bankrupt...

Tags: Personal finance, Clean Coal, New U.S. energy, New U.S., formulation

Discussion threads 2009-01-21

Will 2009 be a solar year?

There are strong indications that eleven months from now, there'll more solar energy use around the globe than there is today. Just two months ago work was completed on Europe's first concentrated solar power plant CSP. These CS plants use mirrors to focus the sun's heat and don't...

Tags: Solar Panel, Solar Energy, CSP, Solar Millennium, Bengladesh, Telecom & Utilities, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-01-17