News tagged with energy deployment

Far higher potential for wind energy in India than previously estimated: study

A new assessment of wind energy in India by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory has found that the potential for on-shore wind energy deployment is far higher than the official estimates— about 20 times ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Mar 21, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (8) | comments 13 | with audio podcast

Toward the EU energy mix: State of the art of the strategic energy technologies

A new edition of the Strategic Energy Technologies review has been published. This "2011 Technology Map", produced by the European Commission's in-house science service, the Joint Research Centre (JRC), provides a European ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Mar 07, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Project begins injection of CO2 for storage at Illinois Basin

The Midwest Geological Sequestration Consortium (MGSC) has begun injecting carbon dioxide (CO2) for the first million-tonne demonstration of carbon sequestration in the U.S. The CO2 will be stored permanently in the Mt. Simon Sand ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Nov 28, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 13

Carbon sequestration policy must balance private property, public good

The lack of a settled legal framework that balances private property rights while maximizing the public good ultimately hinders the large-scale commercial deployment of geologic carbon sequestration, according ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Oct 11, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (4) | comments 54

Who would benefit most from solar energy? Study ranks states

(PhysOrg.com) -- Americans have become more and more concerned with the idea of using cleaner energy sources and creating new jobs through the use of solar energy. A new study from the W. P. Carey School of Business at Arizona ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Nov 23, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

United States becomes world leader in wind power

Aggressive investments in 2008 helped the United States surpass Germany to become the world's leader in wind power, according to a report recently released by the U.S. Department of Energy.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Aug 24, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (7) | comments 4