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Potential wind power is 23 times current US electricity use
added on 24 Jun 2009
When the National Academies of Science recently looked at the potential for renewable energy deployment in the states, its expert panel made some reasonable assumptions, such as limits imposed by manufacturing capacity and the current electric grid. This week, the NAS Proceedin...
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Potential wind power is 23 times current US electricity use
posted to Nobel Intent on 23 Sep 2009
When the National Academies of Science recently looked at the potential for renewable energy deployment in the states, its expert panel made some reasonable assumptions, such as limits imposed by manufacturing capacity and the current electric grid. This week, the NAS Proceedin...
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Wind Turbines Could Theoretically Power the Entire World, and Then Some
posted to 80beats on 23 Sep 2009
Sleek, streamlined wind turbines have become the icons of the green movement, but for all the growth in wind power — it accounted for 42% of all new electricity generation added to the U.S. grid last year — wind still makes up less than 3% of America’s total electricity generation [Time]. Its mar...
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