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the report shows that in 2010, renewable energy supplied an estimated 16% of global final energy consumption and delivered close to 20% of global electricity production. Renewable capacity now comprises about a quarter of total global power-generating capacity. Including large and small hydropower (an estimated 30 GW added in 2010), renewable energy accounted for approximately 50% of total added power-generating capacity in 2010. In 2010, existing solar water and space heating capacity increased by an estimated 25 gigawatts-thermal (GWth), or about 16%.

usda asked: Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack testified before a Senate committee on the effect and influence of biofuels. The USDA’s Bob Ellison has more.

In their new book, CLEAN ENERGY NATION Congressman Jerry McNerney, a renewable energy expert, and technology writer Martin Cheek assess the positive and negative aspects of various alternatives.

In the midst of the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression, the clean economy expanded by 8.3 percent, says the report. Efficiency, renewable energy, biofuels and other clean industries accounted for 2.7 million US jobs in 2010. To put that number in perspective, that’s more jobs than you’ll find in fossil fuels or biosciences, but still less than information technology

Marianne Lavelle For National Geographic News Published June 22, 2011 This story is part of a special series that explores energy issues. For more, visit The Great Energy Challenge. One of Indonesia’s most ardent rain forest protection activists is in what may seem an unlikely position: Spearheading a project to produce biofuel from trees. But tropical forest scientist Willie Smits, …

HouseResourceOrg asked: The Grass is Greener: The Future of Biofuels – Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming – 2007-10-24 – Edward J. Markey, Chairman of the Select Committee on Energy Independence held a hearing entitled “The Gas is Greener: The Future of Biofuels.” The Hearing took place on Wednesday, October 24th, 2007 at 9:30 AM in 2175 Rayburn …

stopbadbiofuels asked: Subtitles available in: English, Bulgarian, Danish, Finnish, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovak (more soon…) – Click the up arrow, then ‘CC’, then choose your language. Find out more about how to Stop Bad Biofuels in the EU at www.facebook.com Credits Narrator: Peter Russell; Sound editing: Pierre Truong, Peter Young; Animators: Luke Dwyer, Mike Paech; Written and …

“VG Energy’s technology has shown great promise as a viable and cost-effective additive for alternative energy sources,” said Haig Keledjian, CEO of VG Energy and Viral Genetics. “We are thrilled to be working with BioProcess Algae to take the next steps and move from the laboratory to a viable production setting.”

University of California, Berkeley, chemists have engineered bacteria to churn out a gasoline-like biofuel at about 10 times the rate of competing microbes, a breakthrough that could soon provide an affordable and “green” transportation fuel. The advance is reported in this week’s issue of the journal Nature Chemical Biology by Michelle C. Y. Chang, assistant professor of chemistry at UC …

geothermal energy facts Michael L Leigh asked One of the lesser known renewable energy sources geothermal electricity is created by using the heat contained underground by magma This magma heats rocks and sometimes travel directly through water sources below the surface heating it up We extract this water and run it through pipes which surround another set of pipes that …

Found a good paper today at UC Berkeley site that talks about development of biofuels to help spur the move away from fossil fuels and other polluting sources of energy. We are big fans of biofuel development but we do have concerns about the research being co opted by big energy concerns. Nevertheless I wanted to bring a sample of …

in home natural gas fuel cell Fuel cells and fuel cell technology has been a big buzz now for the last couple years with lots of talk and plans for cars that run on them and so on But it has seemed to be very much a thing of the future and not of today in terms of consumer use …

by Richard T. Stuebi In early November, I  participated in a week-long delegation concerning energy in Israel, at the invitation of Project Interchange, an educational program of the American Jewish Committee.  In addition to learning a tremendous amount about Israel’s history, culture and political situation, my fellow travelers and I were fortunate to talk with many leaders active in various aspects of Israel’s cleantech sector.  From a …

Dear Friends, We think it’s time cleantech grew up and learned to play with the big boys of energy and consumer goods.  That means learning cost down and scale like nobody’s business.  We think it can.  We think green is going mainstream – for good. We think LEDs are going to win.  We think wind and solar power will continue …

cornmeal ethanol Allen Walker asked Making ethanol is something that has grown in popularity over the last few years If I were to guess it would be the record high oil prices doing the job but that’s just my opinion Much more of those high prices and there will be a number of people making ethanol in their own backyards …

homemade hammer mill plans Generating your own energy pellets by means of a house pellet mill has a lot of appeal to some individuals Owning your own abode pellet mill can bring more than a few reward Firstly you can manufacture your own fuel from the resources you have available to you This maybe local sawdust or even straws grasses …

Why should people use wind energy As oil prices continue to explode alternative energy is getting a close look in the United States Here is a guide to wind energy in the USA One of the worlds fastest growing types of renewable energy sources is wind energy While most of the Earth is still reliant on different types of fossil …

wind energy lectures I got turned onto this great resource for lectures all about the future of energy I have clipped a few out of the list of Amazing Lectures for you to check out But you should also go over here to see the rest of the list There is some great stuff in there Learn about different types …

A grade solar cells Before you actually begin to build a solar panel bear in mind that there are a few potential problems to keep an eye on Building a solar panel is a relatively easy process if you have good instructions to follow know where to get the individual products from and have the right equipment However before all …

agnux asked: ECOFA is a new fuel, which due to its origin, its production and its solution to the inherent problems in any kind of organic waste, specially the urban solid waste, it is called ‘eco.combustible’ adding FA (initials of Francisco Angulo) in honor of his discoverer This is its definition: Ecofa biofuel is a subgroup of biofuels that comes …