Category Archives: Alternative Energy

The eternal oil crisis and possible alternatives

Posted on September 21, 2011 by ABC

At the Wall Street Journal, Daniel Yergin claims that the peak oil fears are exaggerated considering that the Earth didn’t run out of oil during the last five “Oh my God, oil is running out” crises either. In the early … Continue reading →

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Solar Power Metrics for August 2011 – Energieertragsdaten für August 2011

Posted on September 10, 2011 by ABC

The uncommonly wet and cloudy summer continues to strike, for in August 2011, the photovoltaic solar cell array on our roof generated 1688 kilowatt hours of energy. Unlike the July results, which were record-breakingly bad, our August energy yield is … Continue reading →

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Late August Energy Links

Posted on August 31, 2011 by ABC

As dyed in the wool PC-users, the resignation of Apple CEO Steve Jobs has left us largely cold, even as it caused uproar in the tech world. Now the MIT’s Technology Review, usually a very pro-nuclear power site, states that … Continue reading →

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Increased Radiation at Gorleben – Erhöhte Strahlung in Gorleben

Posted on August 27, 2011 by ABC

The proposed longterm nuclear waste storage facility in an abandoned salt mine near the town of Gorleben in Lower Saxony has been controversial ever since it was first proposed, as the people of Gorleben are vehemently opposed to both the … Continue reading →

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Offshore Windfarms in the UK

Posted on August 7, 2011 by ABC

According to this article from the Guardian, the UK has more offshore windfarms than any other country either in Europe or in the world. The Guardian also has a photo gallery of the assembly of an offshore wind turbine. There … Continue reading →

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Two Energy Links

Posted on August 6, 2011 by ABC

I visited the Deutsche Welle homepage for a completely different reason today, but I came across two interesting articles on renewable and atomic energy: The first article is about Metsamor, a nuclear reactor based on a Soviet design from the … Continue reading →

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Solar Power Metrics for July 2011 – Energieertragsdaten für Juli 2011

Posted on August 2, 2011 by ABC

In July 2011, the photovoltaic solar cell array on our roof generated 1806 kilowatt hours of energy. This is the worst yield for July we’ve had in the six years the system has been operating. By comparison, the solar power … Continue reading →

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Cora becomes internet famous, the Japanese prime minister gives the straight facts and the future of fusion

Posted on July 12, 2011 by ABC

Cora’s main blog accidentally became internet famous for reasons outlined here and here. What makes this even more ironic is that my sudden internet fame is due to the xkcd webcomic, whose downplaying of the dangers posed by the Fukushima … Continue reading →

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Solar Power Metrics for June 2011- Energieertragsdaten für Juni 2011

Posted on July 2, 2011 by ABC

In June 2011, the photovoltaic solar panels on our roof generated 2199 kilowatt hours. That’s at the lower end of the June results, particularly considering that June is the months with the longest days and therefore the most daylight hours. … Continue reading →

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Solar power metrics for May 2011 – Solarertragsdaten für Mai 2011

Posted on May 31, 2011 by ABC

The solar cell array on our roof generated 2343 kilowatt hours of energy in May 2011. This is a respectable result for May, not the highest we ever had (that would have been in 2008) but not the lowest either … Continue reading →

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