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The Obama energy plan: a reality check
For the past 40 years, all American presidents except for Ronald Reagan have pursued energy independence through various schemes to improve energy efficiency and increase domestic oil production. In 1970, President Nixon inaugurated a plan to make virtually pollution free automobiles within five years and promised energy independence by 1980.
President Ford’s Project Independence Blueprint called for energy independence by 1985, with the possibility of the US becoming a net oil exporter in 1985 ... |
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Concentrating Solar Power Global Outlook 09 - Why renewable energy is hot
What is CSP?
CSP (Concentrating Solar Power) systems produce heat or electricity using hundreds of mirrors to concentrate the sun’s rays to a temperature typically between 400 and 1000ºC. There are a variety of mirror shapes, sun-tracking methods and ways to provide useful energy, but they all work under the same principle. Individual CSP plants are now typically between 50 and 280MW in size, but could be larger still. CSP systems can be specifically integrated with storage or in hybrid operation ... |
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