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Perspective: Despite Solyndra’s death, the future of solar energy is sunny

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With subsidies long in place for nuclear, coal and gas in the US along with the cheap cost of production for coal and natural gas, solar is essentially competing with that $0.10/kWh kWh average cost of electricity in the United States and globally. Atlanta: Oct 28, 2011. Resources. [ 1 ] [link] , [link]. [ 4 ] [link].

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EPA proposes rule for nationwide 30% cut in GHG from existing power plants by 2030 relative to 2005

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The EPA projects that the annual incremental compliance cost of the proposed Option 1 ranges from $5.4 billion (state compliance) in 2030 ($2011), excluding the costs associated with monitoring, reporting, and record-keeping. The estimated cost of Option 2 is between $4.2 Climate Change Emissions Policy Power Generation'

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Five Cool Tech Demos From the ARPA-E Summit

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Developed by Emrgy in Atlanta, the turbines can change in height and blade pitch based on the flow of the water. The system is aging and losing water, but it’s hard for water districts to justify the cost of repairing them, says Tom Cuthbert, chief technology officer at Emrgy.

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