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| NASA`s Phoenix Mars Lander Killed By Ice |  |
| coondoggie writes "NASA officially ended its Phoenix Mars Lander operation today after a new image of the machine showed severe ice damage to its solar panels, and repeated attempts to contact the spacecraft had failed. `Apparent changes in the shadows cast by the lander are consistent with predictions of how Phoenix could be damaged by harsh winter conditions. It was anticipated that the weight of a carbon-dioxide ice buildup could bend or break the lander`s solar panels. [Michael Mellon of the University of Colorado] calculated hundreds of pounds of ice probably coated the lander in mid-winter.`"
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| Renewable Energy Mandatory for Marijuana Cultivation in Boulder | |
| It seems only natural that pot should be grown in a sustainable manner with the use of renewable energy. |
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| Culver `frustrated` by inaction on wind standards | |
| Iowa Gov. Chet Culver told a national wind energy conference in Dallas Monday morning that he was frustrated that congress has yet to enact a national Renewable Electricity Standard that the wind energy industry hopes would again jump-start its development. |
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| Second Wind sails toward wind data collection landmark and 30 years in the wind power industry | |
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| Cheap, flexible touchscreens could be golden | |
| Cheap, flexible touchscreens made with silver and gold nanowires could soon be rolling off the presses and into cell phones, computers and more. The same technology could even be used in solar panels. |
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| US Maintains Geothermal Power Lead; Germany Fastest Growing, New Industry Report Concludes | |
| Geothermal power is growing rapidly across the globe, according to a new report by the Geothermal Energy Association (GEA). Geothermal Energy: International Market Update found that between 2005 and 2010 the United States retained its leadership in production with most MW installed, while Germany was the fastest growing geothermal power producer. |
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| National Renewable Energy Laboratory Analysis Shows Promise for New Remote Sensing Technology in Wind Resource Assessment | |
| DALLAS, May 25, 2010 – A study by the U.S. Department of Energy`s (DOE) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) confirms that measurements taken by Second Wind`s Triton wind profiler system of wind speed and direction correlated well to meteorological (met) tower-based measurements. |
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| Mortenson Building 800 MW of North American Wind | |
| The Renewable Energy Group at Mortenson Construction is currently building nine new wind power projects throughout the United States and Canada, all of which are expected to come on-line in 2010, with a total installed capacity of more than 800 megawatts (MW). |
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| Geothermal Projects Being Developed in 70 Countries | |
| Geothermal energy is seeing increasing interest from all corners of the world according to a new report by the Geothermal Energy Association (GEA). The Geothermal Energy: International Market Update, released last week at the Global Geothermal Showcase and Forum in Washington, D.C., reports that 24 countries increased power online by 20% since an International Geothermal Association report in 2005. With more than 10,000 MW installed, geothermal power is providing electricity worldwide to over 52 million people. |
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| SkyPower & Conergy Form Canadian Joint Venture | |
| SkyPower Limited and Conergy Inc. have formed a joint venture to deploy solar energy projects on commercial rooftops in Canada. |
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| Treasury Grant Program Yields Positive Results for Renewables | |
| The Section 1603 Treasury cash grant program appears to have stimulated incremental renewable power capacity additions in 2009, thereby supporting U.S.-based renewable energy jobs, according to a new report by researchers Mark Bolinger, Ryan Wiser, and Naïm Darghouth of the U.S. Department of Energy`s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. |
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| Renewables Hit the Big Time | |
| Once upon a time, not too long ago, renewable-energy projects sized in kilowatts (kW) were considered large. The biggest solar array in 1963 had a mere 242 watts of capacity, and was installed on a lighthouse in Japan. Wind power, which took off more quickly, reached its first 100-kilowatt system in 1931, in Yalta, then part of the Soviet Union. And at that time, wave and tidal power plants were still twinkles in researchers` eyes. |
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| Safety Equipment for Wind Towers | |
| Wind turbine owners are responsible for ensuring that the safety equipment used by personnel working the towers is always maintained and in perfect working order. But we get the impression that a number of turbine owners are not aware that such items as work cages and service lifts must be inspected, tested and approved once annually to fulfill safety requirements in most states. |
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| Alpha Energy and Arizona Game & Fish Showcase Rooftop Solar Installation | |
| Located at 1628 W Williams Drive, Alpha Energy, member of worldwide power systems provider The Alpha Group, in collaboration with the Arizona Game & Fish department, are planning a ribbon-cutting ceremony to showcase the 191 kilowatt rooftop solar power system installed and commissioned in Fall 2009. |
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| Sweet! Air, sugar power new human fuel cell | |
| The first sugar-and-oxygen-powered biofuel cells have been successfully implanted in a living creature. |
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