Alternative Energy Headlines

News of Big Solar's death premature

In a sign that solar industry and its political allies are starting to flex some real power, the federal government reversed course Wednesday and announced it would continue to accept new applications to build solar power plants on government land while developing an environmenta …

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Survey says executives see oil prices falling

Even as oil prices ascended to new highs of more than $124 a barrel this week, many oil and gas industry executives say they expect the price to fall significantly by year's end, a new survey shows.

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Solar Thermal Power in North-Africa: How Much Land to Power the World?

piegel Online published a series of pictures titled "Desertec: Strom aus der Wüste" (translation: Desertech: Electricity from the desert). It includes this image of how much land would be needed to power the world, Europe or Germany with solar-thermal power.

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Alternative Energy Myths:

"March 10th, 2008 It's no secret that for decades, Big Oil and Big Auto have created a smokescreen of misinformation over the validity of the alternative energy markets. And who could blame them?

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The Price of Biofuels: Part II

Superbugs Since the oil crisis of the 1970s, when the price of a barrel of petroleum peaked, chemical and biological engineers have chased after ways to turn the nation's vast reserves of "cellulosic" material such as wood, agricultural residues, and perennial grasses into ethan …

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