Tag: Editor’s Pick
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Wind Industry Offers Tax Break Phase-Out Plan
Extend the production tax credit at 2.2 cents per kilowatt-hour now, then gradually decrease the subsidy until it disappears for projects put in service after 2018, the AWEA tells Congress. Thank you for your interest in this story. To read the rest o…
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How Oodles Of Renewables Would Give Us Cheaper Electricity
At times we’d have way more energy than we need, but building vast amounts of renewables could power the grid at costs comparable to or even lower than today’s, a new study says. Thank you for your interest in this story. To read the rest of it, pleas…
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Maine Floating Turbine Gets A Final Dryland Test
By April, a University of Maine-led project figures to have a prototype floating wind turbine far offshore, where strong, consistent winds blow. Thank you for your interest in this story. To read the rest of it, please visit EarthTechling.
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US Solar PV Installs Set Record, With More To Come
After three quarters of 2012, U.S. solar PV installations had already set an annual record, and it’s the fourth quarter when the big totals typically roll in. Thank you for your interest in this story. To read the rest of it, please visit EarthTechlin…
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Solar Sandwich A Mighty Tasty Efficiency Upgrade
Princeton researchers say their nanostructured layering of plastic and metal makes organic solar cells a whopping 175 percent more efficient. Thank you for your interest in this story. To read the rest of it, please visit EarthTechling.