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Set aside, for a second, the myriad complaints that get lobbed at solar power—that they’re too expensive, that they’re hated by Republican politicians and have become "partisan"—and just look at the brass tax; the potential electrical output of... 
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An outdoor gym in northwest England, which links its workout equipment to electricity generators, may represent the future of exercise.
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Drawing inspiration from schools of fish, termite mounds, and the photosynthesis of leaves, new technologies seek to produce cleaner, more efficient energy through biomimicry. Articles about BIOMIMICRY: http://www.scoop.it/t/science-news?tag=biomimicry
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To reach a goal of getting 80 percent of its power from renewable sources by 2050, Germany plows subsidies into the smart grid.
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Energy storage is the key to deploying wind and solar energy on a vast scale, but exactly how much of it will be required remains to be seen...
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MIT researcher Andreas Mershin has a vision that within a few years, people in remote villages in the developing world may be able to make their own solar panels, at low cost, using otherwise worthless agricultural waste as their raw material.
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For years, the energy industry has been looking to seaweed to become the next big source of biofuel. But the algae plant has its drawbacks.
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A new sunflower-inspired pattern increases concentrated solar efficiency.
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The concept of the hydrogen economy (HE), in which hydrogen would replace the carbon-based fossil fuels of the twentieth century was first mooted in the 1970s.
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Biofuels and tidal power hold the least promise, according to the Institute. The former currently makes land unavailable for growing food and may also encourage the cutting down of forests; the latter simply supplies too little. The most energy that could ever be captured using waves is less than one terawatt.
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Imagine charging your phone as you walk, thanks to a paper-thin generator embedded in the sole of your shoe. This futuristic scenario is now a little closer to reality. Scientists from the U.S.
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Dogs meet and greet at the Cosmo dog park in Gilbert, Ariz. ASU students have developed a way to use dog waste to power a light at the park.
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Siemens recently put two virtual power plants into operation. Virtual power plants are networks of several small power stations that are run like a single system.
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The US consumes 25% of the world's oil -- but as energy tycoon T. Boone Pickens points out onstage, the country has no energy policy to prepare for the inevitable. Is alternative energy our bridge to an oil-free future? After losing $150 million investing in wind energy, Pickens suggests it isn't, not yet. What might get us there? Natural gas. After the talk, watch for a lively Q&A with TED Curator Chris Anderson.
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The mysterious organisms, found in the the mouth of the River Wear, in Sunderland, can generate electricity using a special battery called a microbial fuel cell.
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Researchers are turning to plants and solar power in the search for new sources of renewable and sustainable energy that can support the transition from rapidly depleting fossil fuels to a bio-based society.
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The Riverside area will become a leader in powering electric vehicles from the sun under a $2 million award to the Center for Environmental Research and Technology at the University of California, Riverside's Bourns College of Engineering.
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April 2, 2014 9:33 AM
3. In this article they talk about how vehicles in the future can be powered by sunight. This is a great move in automotive technology so you can go further with less fuel.
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Two California companies are planning to deploy a new form of solar storage technology to power tens of thousands of households throughout a summer evening.
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Now this is people power: A crematorium in the U.K. plans on capturing the heat given off from its furnaces and turning it into usable energy. Expect some controversy on this one, no matter how pragmatic the plan to install electricity-generating turbines in the Durham facility really are. After all, it's burning corpses that will be turning the turbine blades.
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