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  • Catching Waves and Turning Them Into Electricity

    April 22, 2015 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: Australia, Perth, Western Australia

    Researches off the coast of western Australia are harnessing power from the ocean's waves in a new pilot project involving buoys. In their current state, the buoys are able to generate a small percentage of electricity for a nearby military base as well as aid in powering a desalination plant.

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  • Looks swell

    March 12, 2015 |

    The Economist |

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    Response Location: Australia, Perth

    Carnegie Wave Energy created a system to generate electricity from the ocean’s waves to power Australia’s largest naval base. The system, known as CETO 5, has buoys bobbing up and down below the ocean’s surface that drives a pump attached to the seafloor and pushes water through a pipe to the power station. Each buoy can create 240 kilowatts, and all together the system produces about 5 percent of the base’s electricity. The system will need to be upgraded if they plan to put buoys further at sea where the swells are greater.

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  • West Virginians Look Toward The Sun, Say No To Coal, Fracking

    February 19, 2015 |

    MintPress News |

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    Response Location: United States, Morgantown, West Virginia

    Despite a reputation as coal country, West Virginia's communities throughout the state are taking back their energy independence and going solar.

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  • Running on renewable energy, Burlington, Vermont powers green movement forward

    January 31, 2015 |

    PBS NewsHour |

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    Response Location: United States, Burlington, Vermont

    Urban areas contain the highest in concentration of burning fossil fuels, which negatively contributes to climate change. Spearheading the green energy movement, Burlington, VT claims that its city uses 100% renewable energy for electricity. Burlington’s efforts pilot a model for larger U.S. cities to follow.

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  • Africa's quiet solar revolution

    January 25, 2015 |

    The Christian Science Monitor |

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    Response Location: Tanzania, Arusha, Arusha

    Electricity is hard to come by in much of Africa. Now, skipping over the fossil fuel age, solar panels are bringing a cheap form of electricity to the continent.

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  • Climate Change Mitigation's best-kept secret

    January 06, 2015 |

    Ensia |

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    Response Location: United States, Bridport, Vermont

    The breakdown of the ozone layer is one of the most well-known effects of climate change. Citizens enact different ways to protect the atmosphere from a build up of methane gas.

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  • A start-up in India treats the poor as discerning customers, not aid recipients

    November 06, 2014 |

    Public Radio International (PRI) |

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    Response Location: India, Tamil Nadu

    Two Americans created a small start-up in rural India to help bring life-sustaining technologies to the poor. But they're not giving away solar lamps and low-power appliances: They're selling them.

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  • Sun and Wind Alter Global Landscape, Leaving Utilities Behind

    September 13, 2014 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: Germany, Bremerhaven

    With climate change continuing as a threat to the planet’s health, Germany has contributed efforts to curb greenhouse gases by installing wind turbines and solar panels to generate renewable energy. Germany’s commitment and financial investment in renewable energy beats other industrial countries but, at the present, the cost is still high.

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  • LED street lighting kindles interest in Michigan

    July 10, 2014 |

    Midwest Energy News |

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    Response Location: United States, Detroit, Michigan

    As the traditional sodium vapor lamps used for decades in street lights begin to burn out and need replacement, many municipalities, like Detroit, are turning to LED lighting - thanks to rebates and conscientious consumer demand. Though they sometimes have higher up-front costs, LEDs have multiple benefits including long-term cost savings (as they require less maintenance), increased energy efficiency, better lighting that can help decrease crime, and less light pollution and glare.

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  • Refurbished Wind Turbines to Power the Developing World at a Profit

    January 30, 2014 |

    Triple Pundit |

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    Response Location: United Arab Emirates, Abu Dhabi, Emirate of Abu Dhabi

    The commercially-based Wind for Prosperity initiative may have devised a solution to meet growing demands for electricity in developing economies, where fossil fuels are expensive, difficult to access, and take a toll on environmental and human health. The venture works to refurbish wind turbines from Europe and re-deploy them in the developing world, providing clean and affordable power where it’s needed most.

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