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Israel Unleashes Gold Rush for Solar Power

JERUSALEM (Nov. 27) -- The race is on to tap into a potential $20 billion solar energy bonanza in Israel's southern wilderness that could transform the nation into the first in the world to power its electric grids through renewable energy. The starting gun sounded Sunday with the signing of a historic agreement between...

Peak Oil Is Here: What Should We Do?

(Oct. 7) -- The Association for the Study of Peak Oil and Gas made a dire prediction today. The world has been extracting oil from the earth for just 150 years, but "peak oil," the point at which fuel production will begin to decrease while demand continues to increase, has finally come. "We are at the point of no...

World's Largest Wind Farm Opens Off Coast of England

(Sept. 24) -- The world's largest offshore wind farm has opened off England's southeast coast, stretching the length of more than 4,000 football fields in a bid to boost Britain's renewable energy. The Thanet Offshore Wind Farm has 100 turbines each 380 feet tall, which will together be able to generate electricity to...

Obama Says No to Solar Panels on White House Roof

(Sept. 14) -- The Obama administration has nixed the idea of reinstalling solar panels on the White House roof. Some 32 solar panels were first installed on the executive mansion's roof by then President Jimmy Carter as part of his efforts to tout clean, renewable energy during the 1970s, when the U.S. faced severe...

Renewable-Energy Capacity Booming Worldwide

(July 28) -- The year 2009 was "unprecedented" in the history of renewable-energy production, with China adding more capacity than any other country in the world, according to two new reports from the United Nations Environmental Program and the Renewable Energy Network for the 21st Century (REN21). The U.N. report states...

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California Housing Just Got Even More Expensive

The cost of building a new home in California is expected to go up under tighter energy efficiency rules that follow in the state's long tradition of aggressive environmental standards, including a requirement that all new homes have roofs equipped for solar panels.

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San Francisco Housing Just Got Even More Expensive

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Vivian Norris: Germany's Solar Success and Fukushima's Crisis: Intelligent Energy Priorities

Last weekend, events took place which should make us think about the future of energy on this planet.

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Solar Ready Roofs: California's New Homebuilding Standard

The California Energy Commission this week unanimously approved a new set of building guidelines that have some of the strongest energy efficiency standards in the nation.

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Climate Change This Week: Apocalyptic Tipping Points, Cooperative Windmills, and More

Tipping Towards Apocalypse: strengthening or shutdown of the Indian Monsoons, the complete disappearance of Arctic sea ice (likely soon), the Greenland ice sheet, the Amazon rainforest or Canada's boreal forest -- any of these possible climate change outcomes could create sudden unpredictable climate shifts , even more so...

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06/04/12 Watts growing in Cobb? Source: Marietta Daily Journal - Marietta GA While using the sun's rays as a source of energy isn't common in Cobb County, the number of homeowners using solar power is growing.
06/04/12 Samsung forms joint venture to test wind turbines in... Source: upstream Samsung and Group NIRE intend to begin construction in early 2013 at Texas Tech University's Reese Technology Center in Lubbock in the Texas Panhandle.
06/04/12 Why the home of the future will talk to the grid Source: SmartPlanet Research engineers at the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) picture the home of the future as a smart home that will talk to the grid.
06/04/12 IEEE Continues Buildout of Portfolio of Standards for... Source: UnumProvident Corp MUNICH--( BUSINESS WIRE )--IEEE, the world's largest professional association advancing technology for humanity, today announced its continued support for the evolving solar-generation market.
06/04/12 The Post published Bristol's best place for green... Source: Evening Post - Bristol - Avon - UK The energy provider supports 35,000 households, small business and communities across the country who generate their own electricity, mostly through solar panels.

Background on renewable energy

Renewable energy is energy which comes from natural resources such as sunlight, wind, rain, tides, and geothermal heat, which are renewable (naturally replenished).

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