Tag: Featured Business
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How Wind Power is Saving Millions During Polar Vortex
By Michael Goggin For the second time in two weeks, wind power once again kept consumers’ energy costs down as extreme cold drove energy prices to record highs across much of the eastern U.S. Electricity and natural gas prices skyrocketed to 10 to 50 times normal across parts of the Mid-Atlantic and Great Lakes states as…
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Notre Dame Researchers Explore Technology to Realize Full Potential of Solar Power
Researchers at the University of Notre Dame say it takes just one hour for the sun to deliver more energy to the Earth’s surface than what the entire world uses in just one year. To them, discovering inexpensive, yet innovative, technologies can help us realize the full potential of solar power. A group led by graduate…
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U.S. Solar Employment Rate Growing 10 Times Faster Than National Average
As the generation of solar energy grows, so does the industry’s employment base. According to the fourth annual National Solar Jobs report released today by The Solar Foundation (TSF), an independent nonprofit solar energy research and education organization, the solar industry added 23,682 jobs from September 2012 to September 2013. Solar employment grew by 20 percent during that period. Total…
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U.S. Government Prioritizes EVs in $50 Million Auto Industry Investment
The U.S. government applauds the efficiency and technological achievements of the auto industry so much that it has decided to invest millions in it. U.S. Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz announced nearly $50 million to aid the research and development of new vehicle technologies, especially ones that provide more transportation options while protecting the environment. The announcement…
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2013 Renewable Energy Projects Triple Amount of New Coal, Oil and Nuclear Combined
Renewable energy sources are still playing catch up when it comes to their percentage of the nation’s installed electricity capacity, but 2013 was a crucial year for their rise. Renewable energy—solar, wind, biomass, geothermal and hydropower—accounted for more than 37 percent of all new, domestic power generating capacity installed last year, according to the “Energy Infrastructure…