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Geothermal Energy in Homa Bay

The government has begun testing geothermal fields in Nyanza Province as the push to diversify Kenya’s power sources intensifies. The geothermal development company is exploring the possibility of drilling wells at Homa hills in Homa bay which are believed to hold the potential to generate up to 3000 megawatts of geothermal power. The company has [...]
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Renewable Energy Leaders Push RES to Create Jobs

This week a group of renewable energy leaders, part of the RES Alliance for Jobs, announced their plan to boost clean energy employment by more than a quarter of a million over the next fifteen years. The group’s study shows they could do it ‘without’ a controversial cap-and-trade plan, something that may appeal to politicians [...]
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Your Green Life: Renewable Energy (Part 3 of 3)

Top experts explain why global warming is a threat to the world, which energy sectors need to be addressed immediately and how. We’ll check out a vineyard that is powered 100% by renewable energy, visit a wind farm that’s powering hundreds of homes and meet the man who is considered the father of the Plug-In [...]
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Your Green Life: Renewable Energy (Part 2 of 3)

Top experts explain why global warming is a threat to the world, which energy sectors need to be addressed immediately and how. We’ll check out a vineyard that is powered 100% by renewable energy, visit a wind farm that’s powering hundreds of homes and meet the man who is considered the father of the Plug-In [...]
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Your Green Life: Renewable Energy (Part 1 of 3)

Top experts explain why global warming is a threat to the world, which energy sectors need to be addressed immediately and how. We’ll check out a vineyard that is powered 100% by renewable energy, visit a wind farm that’s powering hundreds of homes and meet the man who is considered the father of the Plug-In [...]
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Renewable Energy Wants Extensions for Tax Credits

Renewable energy leaders held a conference call Tuesday, Feb. 8, to discuss their legislative priorities for 2010. They want the tax credits contained in the Recovery Act to be extended for at least three years to encourage private financing and investment in renewable energy projects. Clean Skies News’ Dan Goldstein has more. Related: DJ NTPC To Spend [...]
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Nelson British Columbia Geothermal Energy – TMTV News

TMTV Nelson BC Canada. City of Nelson is looking into the possiblities of geothermal energy by using the Kootenay Lake and building a geoexchange system to create heat in the winter months and cool buildings in the summer. News story produced by TMTV for Global TV 2010 Related: Can “Eclipse” Save The Summer Box Office? | HollywoodNews.com Paula [...]
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New Geothermal Technology will Increase Clean Energy Capacity

For centuries, people around the globe have used Earth’s heat: from relaxing hot springs baths to geothermal energy production for entire cities. But the resource has always been limited to areas with sufficient underground warmth. Now, as US officials encourage the development of clean-energy technologies, the industry is developing new, more efficient ways to capture [...]
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Oettinger, in English, announces Intelligent Energy funding programme

European Commissioner for Energy Gunter Oettinger announces the Intelligent Energy Funding programme, a package worth 56 million euro, during the EU Sustainable Energy Week, held from Monday 22 to Friday 26 March 2010. Also see www.eusew.eu The future landscape of European energy supply and demand will have to make much greater use of new renewable [...]
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Alternative Energy – Biofuel from Algae

Algae is the fastest growing plant life, and as an organism it converts sunlight into oil, scientists theorize that Algal biofuel can produce a whopping 30 times more energy per acre than any other biofuel option. The US Department of Energy has estimated that if Algal Biofuel replaced all conventional fuel in the country, it [...]
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