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  Small-scale geothermal systems

  10.17.07 | Permalink | 2 Comments

  At the GRC Annual Meeting earlier this month, the Chena Hot Springs project was discussed again. Chena is in central Alaska, about 65 miles northeast of Fairbanks and is home to a resort as well as a 400kw geothermal plant. At heart, the Chena geothermal power plant is no different than any other binary geothermal […]

• Energy

  Blog Action Day: How to Save Fuel

  10.16.07 | Permalink | 4 Comments

  I posted this originally on May 15th, 2007. Since yesterday was Blog Action Day (I missed it by a day, so shoot me), I thought I’d dust it off, update it, and remind folks of the small changes they can make to increase their gas mileage. The intersection of action that is good the the […]

• Energy, Innovation

  Galloping Gertie Wind Harvest

  10.15.07 | Permalink | 2 Comments

  Using aeroelastic flutter, the same effect that resulted in the collapse of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge (aka Galloping Gertie), Shawn Frayne has created a wind harvest device that is small, cheap to produce, and simple. The 2:05 video below has details of the breakthrough. Frayne desribes the breakthrough Video of Tacoma Narrows Bridge Tip of […]

• Energy, Innovation

  Another Conservation Game

  10.12.07 | Permalink | Comments Off on Another Conservation Game

  This time, from Chevron. In July we wrote about My Abodo, a consumer-focused exercise that enabled one to make choices about how they live then to see the impact of those changes on the environment around them. In retrospect, it was a very cool exercise and you can still see our little MeV home we […]

• Energy, Politics

  DoE: 30 years and $350B later

  10.10.07 | Permalink | Comments Off on DoE: 30 years and $350B later

  This month marks the 30th birthday of the US Department of Energy. Formed in the aftermath of the 1970’s energy crisis, the Department was created to catalyze the transformation of the US from a net-oil importer and net-pollution exporter into a nation with a secure energy supply and sustainable environmental footprint while keeping the economy […]

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