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Secretary Chu’s Department of Energy: Four Years Later

February 2, 2013by cleantechverdict Leave a comment

After four years of low-profile ups and high-profile downs, Nobel Prize-winning Secretary of Energy Steven Chu will be stepping down. Coming from a career in research and academia, many critics […]

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Renewable energy, Solar energy, Wind energy
Of the four types of CSP systems, the solar power tower is by far the most dramatic. Source: Solarpower.com.

Concentrated Solar Power: Focusing the Sun

January 28, 2013by cleantechverdict 1 Comment

In the race to harness renewable energy, one technology combines a new-age focus on solar energy with the relatively old concept of steam-driven power plants. Known as Concentrated Solar Power […]

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Renewable energy, Solar energy
The International Space Station. Source: PBS-NOVA

Photovoltaics and Our Energy Future

December 10, 2012by cleantechverdict 4 Comments

In a previous post we provided an overview of solar energy and promised to delve into more detail about specific technologies in future posts.  Here, we’ll look into photovoltaic (PV) […]

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Renewable energy, Solar energy
Breakdown of cuts. Source: eMendment.org

Clean Tech and the Fiscal Cliff

November 25, 2012by cleantechverdict 1 Comment

Those of us who watch television, use the internet or live within the reach of 24-hour reporting have, in recent weeks, certainly heard a thing or two about the impending […]

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Renewable energy, Solar energy, Wind energy
Source: Wikipedia.

Renewables and Resilience

November 20, 2012by cleantechverdict 1 Comment

An article published in the New York Times on Monday brought to light an interesting paradox that’s plagued many homeowners who have invested in solar power. When we see homes […]

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Renewable energy, Solar energy
NREL's map of the average annual solar radiation in the US.

Harnessing Solar Energy

October 30, 2012by cleantechverdict 5 Comments

The sun showers Earth with an unfathomable amount of energy every minute. In fact, more solar energy hits our planet in one hour than the entire global population consumes in […]

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Renewable energy, Solar energy

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