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  Needed: Smart Grid

  11.09.07 | Permalink | Comments Off on Needed: Smart Grid

  NERC Grid Control Point Map Sorry to do this two days in a row, but Renewable Energy Access is on a roll. Today’s great content revolves around rebuilding the electrical grid. Creating a 21st Century Grid by Stephen Lacey, Staff Writer In 1957, as Eisenhower began his second term as U.S. President, the first satellite […]

• Energy, Innovation

  Aquabuoy Sinks

  11.08.07 | Permalink | 1 Comment

  Finavera’s Aquabuoy Via Renewable Energy Access: Just hours before its scheduled removal, AquaBuOY 2.0 has sunk. “For the purpose of the project, it was highly successful.” Kevin Bannister, VP for Business Development, Finavera Renewables Finavera Renewable’s 72-foot high wave energy test buoy went down in about 115 feet of water on Oct. 27, just one […]

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  13.2 MW for Raft River

  11.07.07 | Permalink | Comments Off on 13.2 MW for Raft River

  During testing late last month, the Raft River Unit One facility produced a maximum of 13.2MW of power. Based on data collected from the test run, the plant equipment is being tuned and repaired (due to debris flow through the turbine) to enable the company to enter production late this calendar year. The full press […]

• Energy, Innovation

  Great Video of Tesla Car in Action

  11.06.07 | Permalink | 2 Comments

   $98,000 for a car is steep, but this video does show a great experience. As the Tesla employee says, technology tends to enter the market on the high-end and then commoditize over time. The electric car may finally be here. 

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  What if Renewables Aren’t the Answer?

  11.05.07 | Permalink | Comments Off on What if Renewables Aren’t the Answer?

  This is going to be a short entry, but what if we’re going about this the wrong way? It’s no to suggest that renewably generated electricity is a bad thing, in fact it has many things in its favor. However, consider wind for just one moment. Wind generation has grown from just over 3 GWh […]

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