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NREL researchers point toward building energy efficiency instead of long-term storage

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An open-access paper on the work, “Optimal Strategies for a Cost-Effective and Reliable 100% Renewable Electrical Grid,” appears in the Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy. The researchers considered solar and wind as the source of renewable energy, given that most plans for meeting the 100% target take those into account.

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DOE ARPA-E awards $156M to projects to 60 projects to accelerate innovation in clean energy technologies

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The new ARPA-E selections focus on accelerating innovations in clean technology while increasing US competitiveness in rare earth alternatives and breakthroughs in biofuels, thermal storage, grid controls, and solar power electronics. GENI: Green Electricity Network Integration ($36.4 All generators contain coils of wire.

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Florida has no wind turbines but it’s going to ban them anyway

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The Sunshine State is a US solar power leader. First, something that made me giggle – the bill defines a wind turbine as a tower, rotor, and blades “capable of producing more than 10 kilowatts of electrical power.” (So, This has been extensively debunked – it’s ships and climate change caused by fossil fuels that kill whales.

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