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We need a massive increase in electricity generated from alternative energy. Here's Al Gore's vision: Here's one way to achieve 100% Carbon Free Electricity Thoughts?

http://alt-e.blogspot.com/2008/07/100-carbon-free-electricity-by-2018.html

Why are oil prices so high? This is the question being asked with increasing frequency in many countries around the world. Some would have you believe that the blame should be placed on "greedy o...

http://alt-e.blogspot.com/2008/06/why-are-oil-prices-so-high.html

The United States House of Representatives has passed an Energy Bill requiring utility companies to produce 15 per cent of their electricity from renewable sources such as wind and solar power by...

http://alt-e.blogspot.com/2007/08/house-passes-15-renewable-energy-by.html

Here’s my brief analysis of and comments on the recent IPCC working group report on Mitigation of Climate Change released from Bangkok, Thailand as it relates to alternative energy. Energy Eff...

http://alt-e.blogspot.com/2007/05/brief-analysis-of-climate-change-report.html

In the enthusiasm for renewable energy and taking care of our environment, it is easy to assume that making fuel from plants (biofuel) must be by definition "green" and renewable. However when it...

http://alt-e.blogspot.com/2007/02/seeing-red-palm-oil-biodiesel.html

In what is hopefully the start of a new trend, several Southern California cities have decided not to renew long-term contracts for coal-fired electricity, choosing instead to turn to cleaner sou...

http://alt-e.blogspot.com/2006/11/city-utilities-end-coal-fired.html

New Zealand’s Northern Advocate reports that a US $402 million (NZ $600m) proposal to generate electricity with 200 tidal-powered turbines submerged at the entrance to the Kaipara Harbour could...

http://alt-e.blogspot.com/2006/11/402m-tidal-energy-plant-for-new.html

Here at the Alternative Energy Blog, while not underestimating the scale of the challenges facing the world, we like to talk about solutions. Another website that has consistently done this is Wo...

http://alt-e.blogspot.com/2006/11/buy-this-alternative-book.html

When President Bush said “America is addicted to oil”, he could also have said that America is addicted to coal. Most Americans are not aware of the sheer scale of current coal use in the U...

http://alt-e.blogspot.com/2006/10/clean-coal-or-dirty-coal.html

I encourage everyone to sign this online plug in hybrid campaign urging automakers to produce plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs). The petition basically says, 'If you build it, we will buy...

http://alt-e.blogspot.com/2006/09/plug-in-hybrid-campaign.html

I've recently received a number of emails calling for me to Kick the Oil Habit by supporting E85 which is a liquid fuel made up of 85% ethanol and 15% regular gasoline. Having previously had my ...

http://alt-e.blogspot.com/2006/07/is-ethanol-e85-fuel-solution.html

A poll carried carried out for the BBC World Service of nearly 20,000 people from across 19 countries found wide support for alternative energy strategies. The poll illustrates a perceived tripl...

http://alt-e.blogspot.com/2006/07/why-alternative-energy.html

BP is making its first major investment in wind power with a joint venture that will lead to a major expansion of its generating capacity. The oil company announced it had entered a five-year su...

http://alt-e.blogspot.com/2006/07/4b-investment-in-wind-power-by-bp.html

In Indianapolis a number of the 1,500 young scientists competing in the International Science and Engineering Fair for $4 million dollars in prizes and scholarships pursued alternative energy inn...

http://alt-e.blogspot.com/2006/05/alternative-energy-inspires-young.html

photo (c) 2005 Julia Freeman Tumi Makgetla reports in South Africa's Mail & Guardian that while an interest in alternative energy and green politics is often seen as the preserve of the chatter...

http://alt-e.blogspot.com/2006/05/ethanol-fuel-in-south-africa.html

UPDATE: This is a list of the top ten green energy programs in the United States with the latest December 2005 figures and links to these electric utilities. One of the biggest differences we can...

http://alt-e.blogspot.com/2006/04/austin-energy-excels-as-1-green-energy.html

There have definitely been some mixed signals on alternative energy research recently. At the same time President Bush's State of the Union address called for a 22 percent increase in federal spe...

http://alt-e.blogspot.com/2006/03/mixed-signals-federal-funding-for.html

UPDATE: This is a list of the top ten green energy programs in the United States with the latest December 2005 figures and links to these electric utilities. One of the biggest differences we can...

http://alt-e.blogspot.com/2006/02/austin-energy-excels-as-1-green-energy.html

Max Seitz reports for the BBC that wind power is the most widespread renewable energy source in Argentina - and Patagonia in particular has extraordinary potential due to its strong and constant ...

http://alt-e.blogspot.com/2006/02/alternative-energy-argentina-bringing.html

Vilcabamba, Loja Province, Ecuador Ecuadorian company Villonaco Wind Power, 80%-owned by Canadian alternative energy generator Protocol Energy, is scheduled to begin construction of a 15MW wind ...

http://alt-e.blogspot.com/2006/01/alternative-energy-ecuador-15mw.html

China is to spend billions on alternative energy and many times more on oil and coal. Tim Johnson of Knight Ridder reports that barely a dozen years ago the country didn't need deep-sea oil port...

http://alt-e.blogspot.com/2006/01/china-to-spend-billions-on-alternative.html

Solar Powered CIS Tower in Manchester The UK’s top ten alternative energy projects have been named by the UK government’s Department of Trade and Industry (DTI). They include offshore turbi...

http://alt-e.blogspot.com/2005/12/top-ten-uk-alternative-energy-projects.html

Geothermal Plant From geothermal power to better batteries, millions have been spent on alternative energy research grants in Australia, according to Rod Myer writing for The Age of Australia. ...

http://alt-e.blogspot.com/2005/12/australia-alternative-energy-grants.html

Kaposvar Austrian company Öko-Energia GmbH is to invest Ft60 billion ($284.6 million) in establishing the first wind farm in Hungary, in the south Rábaköz region, 150km west of Budapest. Fort...

http://alt-e.blogspot.com/2005/12/alternative-energy-hungary-first.html

Managua, Nicaragua Cancún, Mexico - With the signing of an energy partnership with Mexico, Central America is poised to see a steady supply of oil and natural gas from its northern neighbor. M...

http://alt-e.blogspot.com/2005/12/alternative-energy-in-central-america.html