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Latin America starts to migrate to renewable energy

March 22, 2010

Last week we blogged about the growth of wind energy worldwide. And it seems like renewable energy is starting to become an important of Latin American economy, according to an IPS report. Technorati Tags: Electricity, Energy, Fossil fuel, Latin America, Photovoltaics, Renewable, Renewable energy, Wind power, Wind turbine Related Posts:Norway to start testing world’s largest [...]

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eBook: how to save electricity

January 27, 2010

We’re giving a freebie to Energy Refuge readers. In order to deal with the global economic crisis, we’re all looking for ways to save some money. Cutting down on our electricity bill is one of the most effective ways to reduce household expenditures and help the environment at the same time. Technorati Tags: E-book, Electricity, [...]

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Seattle turns waste into renewable energy

January 22, 2010

Image via Wikipedia We have written before about cities that convert waste to electricity, which is a very smart way for municipalities to achieve their carbon reduction goals. Seattle is one of the cities working on that and since last October, wrote Seattle Times, the city has been producing an average of 5.7 megawatts of [...]

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Microbubbles to make biofuel production more energy efficient

January 21, 2010

A team of scientists from the University of Sheffield in Yorkshire, UK, have won an award in recognition of their work on a device which can make the production of biofuel more energy efficient. The new technology is relevant because current biofuel manufacturing standards require vast amounts of energy and for that reason can become [...]

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Google’s green plans move to renewable energy market

January 9, 2010

Image via Wikipedia The week was buzzing with the news that Google is moving into electricity, although the company itself has not issued an official statement on the new move yet. The project is called Google Energy. Technorati Tags: Add new tag, Carbon neutrality, Electricity, Google, Google Energy, Renewable energy, Web search engine Related Posts:Seattle [...]

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