Wind Power is Making Electricity Cheaper (Exxon: Wind to be Cheapest Source of Electricity)
Following up on my overview post on the cost of wind power, here’s a little discussion on some more intricate matters related to wind power.
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Cost of Wind Power — Kicks Coal’s Butt, Better than Natural Gas (& Could Power…
What’s the cost of wind power? Well, of course, it depends on where you are and who you ask. But I’m going to do my best here to share some reliable information and put it in a useful context for you.
Funny Exxon Gas Station Sign, but…
The sign above has gotten extremely popular on the internet. It is definitely funny. But it misses some key points, as most news about gas does these days. I reported on Cleantechnica last July that while the raw price of gas as we see or write it has gone up … [continued]
Cleantech News Link Drop
I decided to leave last week’s roundup of cleantech (or related) news that we didn’t already cover on Cleantechnica to today (for various reasons). So, now, here’s the roundup. China’s High-Speed Trains [VIDEOS] Why fly when you can travel the 1000km between Guangzhou (Canton) near Hong Kong to Wuhan – … [continued]
Energy Mix Predictions for 2035
The energy industry “is caught in the middle of the world’s uncertainty whirlpool, surrounded by currents of market, regulatory and technical forces that all await resolution,” Black & Veatch (B&V), a large global engineering, consulting and construction company, writes. But while there is plenty of uncertainty, many of us want … [continued]
India’s Largest Oil & Gas Company, ONGC, to Invest Millions in Renewable Energy R&D
The state-owned Indian oil and gas company, ONGC, has announced that it will invest about $110.5 million to promote research and development of renewable energy sources. The announced was made by the company chairman at a summit organized by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII). The Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) … [continued]
Your Car Would Have to Get 70 MPG to Be as Clean as an Electric…
Are electric cars less catastrophic for our future climate than gasoline cars? Well, duh. But, here’s another study carefully poring over the evidence and showing it to be the case. At least for Europe. [social_buttons] A team of Empa scientists made a detailed life cycle assessment of the current state … [continued]
Lowest Gasoline Taxes Since the Beginning of the Automobile
[social_buttons] One of the best ways to promote clean transportation is to discourage dirty transportation. But despite decades of Presidents saying they will reduce our dependence on fossil fuels (quotes here; video here), nothing of the sort has happened and one of the biggest culprits of pollution, the automobile, has … [continued]
Transportation in 2010
Transportation is one of the biggest parts of our lives, whether we think about it or not. How will 2010 help shape the future of transportation in the US? How should it do so? And, more specifically, what is going on in government on this matter? With an expired (in … [continued]
Transit Use Boom, but in Some Surprising Cities
Transit use boomed from 2006-2008, but not in traditionally transit-friendly areas. This shows hope for more transit use in traditionally car-oriented places in the US in the future. An analysis of the most recent transit use data from the U.S. Census Bureau shows that transit use grew by up to … [continued]
