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Tag Archives: USA
Amazon uses wind power to supply its datacentres
I have long been a satisfied user of Amazon, both as a reader and self-published writer. However, Amazon does not only sell books and other things. They are also a provider of server and cloud storage space via Amazon Web … Continue reading
A new way of cleaning solar panels
One of the problems with solar panels is that they tend to get dirty, which hampers their effectiveness. And cleaning solar panels is not always that easy, because roof-mounted solar panels are often difficult to access. One possible solution to … Continue reading
The unexpected benefits of offshore wind farms
American researcher Mark Jacobson has come up with a plan called the Solutions Project to convert the entire US power supply to renewable energy. It’s a great project in itself, particularly considering that the US is still far too wedded … Continue reading
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Tagged disaster prevention, English, offshore wind power, USA, wind power
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US continues to favour nuclear power
An Oregon based company, which has developed a mini-nuclear reactor the size of a semi-trailer, has just been awarded 226 million US-dollars from the US Department of Energy. Link found via Jay Lake. Seen from a German POV, it is … Continue reading
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Tagged English, nuclear dinosaurs, nuclear power, USA
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US continues to favour nuclear power
One thing that always strikes me when conversing with Americans – smart, educated Americans who consider themselves somewhere on the left side of the political spectrum – is how non-controversial nuclear power still is in the US, even among demographics … Continue reading
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Tagged English, nuclear dinosaurs, nuclear power, USA
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The Problem of Anti-Windpower Prejudice
The Guardian has an interesting article about a condition known as “windfarm sickness” which is apparently spreading in the neighbourhood of some windfarms in Australia. Found via Jay Lake. Interestingly, windfarm sickness mainly occurs in the vicinity of a couple … Continue reading
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Tagged anti-windpower prejudice, Australia, English, Germany, USA, wind power
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Solar power gaining traction in the US
The US is not exactly the first country that comes to mind, when thinking of solar power generation by private citizens. However, today I saw two very different reports which suggest that solar power is gaining popularity in the US. … Continue reading
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Tagged Dallas, English, German TV, I Dream of Jeannie, solar power, US TV, USA
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Nuclear divers in the US and a new solar battery
Popular Science has an article about nuclear divers in the US, people who dive in the radiation contaminated cooling water of nuclear reactors to service nuclear power stations. Found via Jay Lake. The naivité of those divers is troubling, particularly … Continue reading
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Tagged English, nuclear power, nuclear risks, solar power, USA
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Fukushima One Year Later
March 11 is the one year anniversary of the Japanese earthquake and tsunami which killed between approx. 20000 people and also caused a meltdown in the Fukushima Daiishi nuclear power station. The nuclear meltdown at a plant deemed safe due … Continue reading
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Tagged anti-nuclear protests, English, Germany, India, Japan, nuclear dinosaurs, nuclear disasters, nuclear power, nuclear risks, solar power, USA
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Oil spill combating news and the nuclear dinosaurs of France and the US
Nuclear power is on its way out in Germany, but unfortunately other countries are still seeing nuclear as a viable energy source. For example, in the US the regulatory body has just approved the first nuclear reactors to be built … Continue reading
Posted in Links, Oil response, Renewable Energy
Tagged France, nuclear dinosaurs, nuclear power, oil spill combating, USA
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