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PBS series on energy

Includes a documentary on community wind projects in Minnesota.

e² | energy | PBS.

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Renewable Energy Resource Maps for Victoria

Interactive maps – Sustainability Victoria.

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Site-specific Adjustments to Wind Turbine Power Curves

A paper presented by Garrad Hassan describing adjustments that should be made to manufacturer supplied power curves.

Power curve site specific adjustments AWEA 2008.pdf application/pdf Object.

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Concentrating PV: SolFocus

SolFocus > Technology.

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Australian National Greenhouse Factors

The Australian National Greenhouse Factors allow you to calculate the greenhouse emissions from various types of energy use.

Department of Climate Change – National Greenhouse Factors – Think Change.

Posted 27 November 2009 † iain § General ‡ Comments Off ° Tagged:

BraveNewClimate – A critical look at renewables

Not sure if this guy is a nut or not. He is certainly very pro nuclear. I would like to spend some time going through his arguments and comparing with people I respect such as Mark Diesendorf.

BraveNewClimate.

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More than 6000 MW of wind planned for Australia

There are plans to build  more than 50 new wind farms in Australia with total generation capacity in excess of 6000 MW. These projects are in various states of development, ranging from having planning approval to having firm construction dates. For more information see the AEOM Proposed generation website:

AEMO Proposed Generation Projects.

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ABC Fora- Shai Agassi’s Electric Dreams

Shai Agassi shares his vision for mass deployment of electric vehicles using 100% renewables as an energy source.

ABC Fora- Shai Agassi’s Electric Dreams.

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Energy Science

This website dispels many of the myths around renewable energy and the nuclear industry

Energy Science.

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Energy Efficiency in Australia

A Four Corners special from last year on energy efficient building practices.

Four Corners – The Home Front.

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