Archive
Archive for Energy
Sort By:
Did Archimedes Solve Our Energy Crisis?
Written by: John Perlin, Tuesday 08 April 2008 - 11:15 AM 
0 Comments
Sticking solar concentrators where the sun shines could potentially generate phenomenal amounts of electricity. But the perfect technology doesn’t yet exist.
Electrifying the Developed World
Written by: John Perlin, Wednesday 26 March 2008 - 10:56 AM 0 Comments
In the final part of our series on photovoltaics, John Perlin explains how the German experience offers an excellent model for creating a solar cell marketplace.
Solar Cells From Space to Earth
Written by: John Perlin, Tuesday 25 March 2008 - 10:28 AM 0 Comments
In the second part of our series on photovoltaics, John Perlin looks at how the in-space success of the world’s first solar cell-powered satellite encouraged their commercialization across the globe.
Photovoltaics: A Bright Idea
Written by: John Perlin, Monday 24 March 2008 - 12:06 PM 0 Comments
In the first of a three-part series on photovoltaic solar energy, John Perlin chronicles solar electrical generation from wishful thinking to realized dream.
Making Waves Into Energy
Written by: William Yelles, Monday 24 March 2008 - 09:18 AM 0 Comments
Ireland is turning to the ocean in a bid to generate electricity.
Nuclear’s On the Road Again, But It’s Uphill
Written by: Frank Nelson, Tuesday 04 March 2008 - 11:56 AM 0 Comments
Climate change and fossil-fuel costs have re-energized the flickering nuclear movement in the United States, but many proponents are the fairest-weather of friends.
Workhorse of the Solar Industry
Written by: John Perlin, Thursday 21 February 2008 - 17:17 PM 0 Comments
When people think of solar these days, photovoltaics, or solar cells, pop into their heads. But there is just so much more than merely PV when it comes to solar devices.
States’ Action and Climate Change
Written by: Christina Switzer and John A. Sauter, Wednesday 13 February 2008 - 00:16 AM 0 Comments
Individual states are taking occasionally painful steps to rein in emissions.
From Petri Dish to Gas Pump
Written by: Joan Melcher, Friday 08 February 2008 - 17:36 PM 0 Comments
Some commercial adventurers are considering topping off their tank with pond scum, an approach that gains currency as other biofuels lose some luster.
Small Wind, Big Business
Written by: Frank Nelson, Monday 04 February 2008 - 22:57 PM 0 Comments
The 2007 Farm Bill suggests tax credits as one way to offset the cost — as great as the environmental benefits — of small wind projects.
Topics
- Addiction,
- Advertising,
- Aggression,
- Aging,
- Alcoholism,
- Barack Obama,
- Behavior,
- Brain,
- Children,
- China,
- Climate Change,
- Congress,
- Crime,
- Diet,
- Dopamine,
- economy,
- Education,
- Election,
- Elections,
- Electricity,
- Energy,
- Environment,
- Film,
- Genetics,
- Global Warming,
- Green,
- Health,
- Health Care,
- Hydropower,
- Insurance,
- Internet,
- Iraq,
- Journalism,
- labor,
- Legal Affairs,
- Media,
- Medicine,
- Memory,
- Nutrition,
- obesity,
- Photovoltaics,
- Politics,
- Pollution,
- Preservation,
- Psychology,
- Race,
- religion,
- Renewables,
- retirement,
- Schools,
- Sex,
- Smoking,
- social security,
- Solar,
- Solar Energy,
- Stereotypes,
- Television,
- Tobacco,
- Traffic,
- Transportation,
- Violence,
- Voting,
- Wages,
- Water,
- Weather
- 1 Caution: NAFTA at Work
- 2 Total Recall … Or At Least the…
- 3 See It — and Believe It or Not
- 4 No Easy Solution
- 5 Reinventing Turnover in a Hollowed-Out…
- 6 The Bottom Line for Nonprofit News
- 7 Did Archimedes Solve Our Energy…
- 8 Why Miller-McCune and Why Now?
- 9 Software Helps Insurers Profit…
- 10 The Musician's Brain