California — A new government study shows that Americans are using less energy overall and making more use of renewable energy resources.
The United States used significantly less coal and petroleum in 2009 than in 2008, and significantly more wind power. There also was a decline in natural gas use and increases in solar, hydro and geothermal power according to the most recent energy flow charts released by the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory(www.llnl.gov).
“Energy use tends to follow the level of economic activity, and that level declined last year. At the same time, higher efficiency appliances and vehicles reduced energy use even further,” said A.J. Simon, an LLNL energy systems analyst who develops the energy flow charts using data provided by the Department of Energy’s Energy Information Administration. “As a result, people and businesses are using less energy in general.”
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Alan Boyle writes:An electricity-generating fuel-cell system known as the Bloom Box sparked a huge buzz in the energy debate six months ago – and since then, still more ventures have surfaced to promise better living through chemistry. Will future fuel cells make good on those promises? We should know in the next couple of years.
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WIND FARM DESIGN & INTRODUCTION TO GH WINDFARMER
Date: 25 to 26 October, 2010
Course location: Delhi, India
TRAINING FROM THE EXPERTS IN WIND ENERGY
GL Garrad Hassan offers professional training course developed in-house, which are delivered by experienced trainers who have the support of GL Garrad Hassan’s unparalleled experience in the wind industry.
GL Garrad Hassan has acted as the technical adviser for more than 21,000MW of operational wind projects, and assessed the energy yield of over 80,000MW. In undertaking these tasks, GL Garrad Hassan has advised on more wind farm developments than any other company in the world.
Continue reading Upcoming GL-Garrad Hassan Training Courses: Wind Farm Design & GH WindFarmer
November 15-17, 2010, Pokhara, Nepal
Sponsored by: Royal Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark, in the framework of Danida program
Overview and Objectives
The wind energy technologies can provide sources of unlimited, cheap and clean energy to the people in developing countries. Continue reading International Workshop on Small Scale Wind Energy for Developing Countries
SWETA POKHAREL [ARCHITECT]
SCENARIO OF NEPAL
Nepal is facing problems in electricity production resulting to an everyday crisis of load shedding. It has created a disturbance and has widely affected the living condition of the people. This outrages the demand for energy, either by import or by availability from the nation itself. The implementation of the country’s own indigenous material and technology in the production of alternative sources of energy is the best way to uplift the rapid growth, need and requirement fulfillment. Continue reading Platform to Collect Wind and Solar Data
Climate change is now generally accepted to be the greatest environmental threat facing the world, and keeping our planet’s temperature at sustainable levels has become one of the major concerns of policy makers. The UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change projects that average temperatures around the world will increase by up to 5.8°C over the coming century. This is predicted to result in a wide range of climate shifts, including melting ice caps, flooding of low-lying land, storms, droughts and violent changes in weather patterns.
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