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Archive for November, 2011

As the costs associated with renewable forms of energy continue to drop and the prices of fossil fuels remain volatile, more Latin American nations are turning to wind and solar, as well as geothermal and biofuels, as solutions to achieve energy security.
Geothermal Energy News – RenewableEnergyWorld.com

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Geothermal Energy News – RenewableEnergyWorld.com

Geothermal power and conventional fossil fuel–powered technologies have similar power production cycles, and both generation types can be dispatched. Geothermal power’s primary advantage is its renewable fuel. Its primary disadvantage is that its fuel requires large investments over many years to characterize uncertain sources. Enhanced recovery techniques that use fracking may be the future of this renewable resource….
POWER Magazine :: Geothermal power projects, technologies, and potential

American solar companies have been openly fearful that a trade complaint filed against China could instigate a retaliation. It appears such a move may be under way in Beijing after the ministry of commerce announced on Friday that it was opening a sweeping investigation of American policies that it says may have impacted the development of solar, wind and hydro industries in China.
Geothermal Energy News – RenewableEnergyWorld.com

America needs to introduce a nationwide feed-in tariff (FIT) to kick-start the renewable industry, restore America’s leadership role, and accelerate the expansion of the renewable industry worldwide.
Geothermal Energy News – RenewableEnergyWorld.com

While some members of America’s Congress call for the resignation of U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu over the failed loan to Solyndra, the embattled head of the nation’s loan program pointed directly at the level of subsidies provided to Chinese solar panel manufacturers as the reason America needs to support a clean energy race.
Geothermal Energy News – RenewableEnergyWorld.com

There are so many easy reasons to be a pessimist today: the world financial crisis, the discord and dysfunction in Washington, and the almost certain doom that many scientists claim we are facing from global warming. With the first high profile cleantech company failures, the euphoria of the cleantech bubble has burst creating pessimism about the future of cleantech as a whole.
Geothermal Energy News – RenewableEnergyWorld.com

While America continues to focus on increasing its energy security by manufacturing more of its own products, China officials are warning their domestic solar manufacturers about the inherent dangers of relying too heavily on foreign markets.
Geothermal Energy News – RenewableEnergyWorld.com

When Clint Wilder and I wrote our first book, The Clean Tech Revolution, we knew we needed to travel to China if we wanted to understand the future of clean tech. Mind you, our trip took place more than five years ago, well before most people uttered the words “China” and “clean tech” in the same breath. But it was becoming increasingly clear, even then, why China was going to be such a force to reckon with. Today, most businesspeople, investors, politicians, entrepreneurs, and students understand the Chinese clean-tech juggernaut, what it might mean to the U.S., and why we need to prepare.
Geothermal Energy News – RenewableEnergyWorld.com

It is easy in the world of renewable energy to feel like a wind-blown leaf. Despite the sector’s drive and ingenuity — and all its technological advances and efficiency records — it seems doomed to eternal reliance on shifting government policy and the largesse of typically short-lived administrations for the cash it needs to grow.
Geothermal Energy News – RenewableEnergyWorld.com