
Go Solar, Wind Or Geothermal If You Want Renewable Energy With Life-cycle Efficiency (Science Daily: Mon, 13 Aug) Do the overall efficiencies of renewable energy sources add up in terms of their complete life cycle from materials sourcing, manufacture, running, and decommissioning? Using these criteria, researchers have identified the three viable renewable energy resources as solar energy, wind power and geothermal energy.
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Report says renewable energy would lift economy (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Thu, 16 Aug) Moving to "a renewable energy economy" would create more than $6 billion in new economic activity, including a $460 million increase in net farm income, and create more then 44,000 new jobs in Pennsylvania, according to a study released yesterday.
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Green Plains Renewable Energy begins operations (Shenandoah Valley News Today: Thu, 16 Aug) Staff Photo/Alan Cross - Brent Lorimor of Farragut dumps out the first load of corn at the Green Plains Renewable Energy, Inc., Shenandoah’s ethanol plant.
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Fluor lands nuclear power contract (bizjournals.com via Yahoo! Finance: Thu, 16 Aug) Fluor Corp. said Thursday that its power group has been awarded a contract to provide engineering, procurement and construction-related services for two nuclear power reactors in South Texas.
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