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Ford partners with Wind Energy Corp to power 4 dealerships

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Ford Motor Company is partnering with Wind Energy Corporation to deliver a new source of clean energy to its dealers. Under a pilot program exclusive to Ford, Wind Energy will install wind sail and solar panel systems at four Ford dealerships, a nearly $750,000 investment, to help power dealer facilities.

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The Top 10 Energy Stories of 2024

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Our readers wanted to know more about power beaming , new kinds of nuclear fusion, vertical solar farms, powerful ways to drill deeper into the Earths crust to harness geothermal energy, and grid hardware that connects renewable energy projects. After all, why shouldnt we try to stick solar panels where the sun always shines?

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The Inside Story of Google’s Quiet Nuclear Quest

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A Google-McKinsey study conducted as part of the project drove home the point that the intermittent power sources, solar and wind, need reliable backup. I proposed a three-pronged effort consisting of immediately impactful fusion research, a long shot focusing on an “out there” goal, and innovation advocacy in Washington, D.C.

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DOE releases five-year strategic plan, 2014-2018; supporting “all of the above” energy strategy

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The President’s Climate Action Plan contains a goal of doubling renewable energy generation from wind, solar, and geothermal sources between 2012 and 2020. By the end of FY 2015, achieve best in class solar photovoltaic (PV) systems at $1.85/watt Demonstrate three grid-connected advanced offshore wind concepts by 2017. ?.

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Is NRDC drinking the hydrogen kool-aid?

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Imagine for a moment that the world had rejected wind and solar energy, and instead decided to wait for a hydrogen fusion research program to reach fruition. Fortunately for the world, wind and solar are growing rapidly, while hydrogen fusion research remains speculative at best. Where would we be today?

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A Roomba for Rivers

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Sebastian Gollnow/Getty Images Blowin' in the Wind. Nature has crafted the spores so that they can catch a gust of wind and travel as far as a kilometer before landing and putting down roots that will eventually yield a new flower. Mark Stone/University of Washington AI on the Fusion Menu. Hooray for robot labor!

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China Aims for a Permanent Moon Base in the 2030s

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Ouyang Ziyuan , a cosmochemist and early driving force for Chinese lunar exploration, notes in a July talk the potential extraction of helium-3 , delivered to the lunar surface by unfiltered solar wind, for nuclear fusion (which would require major breakthroughs on Earth and in space). China is already conducting.

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