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• Featured Article Photovoltaic energy valuation model

  Photovoltaic Energy Valuation Model Sandia National Laboratories in collaboration with Solar Power Electric™ has developed PV ValueTM, an electronic form to... More »

• Featured Article Biomass

  Biomass is a term in ecology for the  mass of living organisms in a given ecosystem.  Biomass can refer to the living stock of species in a given habitat, but can... More »

• Featured Resource 2012 International Year of Sustainable Energy...

  International Year of Sustainable Energy for All: 2012 On 16 February 2011, the General Assembly of the United Nations adopted a Resolution (A/RES/65/151) declaring Year... More »

• Featured Article Wind turbine bat mortality

  Wind turbine bat mortality is a significant adverse impact of large scale wind energy development. Wind energy has become an increasingly important sector of the renewable... More »

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Wind turbine bird mortality Last Updated on 2013-04-29 at 19:53 Wind turbine bird mortality is a by-product of large scale wind farms, which are increasingly promoted as an alternative to fossil fuel derived energy production. To adequately... More »

Photosynthesis Last Updated on 2013-02-18 at 15:00 Introduction Photosynthesis is a process in plants, algae, and some prokaryotes, that coverts solar insolation into chemical energy stored in... More »

Sun Last Updated on 2013-02-10 at 16:43 The Sun is the ultimate source of energy for life on Earth, and it sustains nearly all aspects of human existence. The Sun is an ongoing hydrogen fusion... More »

Ethanol Biofuels in the United States Last Updated on 2012-10-07 at 22:48 Biofuels are a major source of renewable energy in the United States. Ethanol produced from corn starch accounts for 90% of the biofuels consumed, but only 5% of all... More »

Land use profile of China Last Updated on 2012-09-11 at 18:17 The story of land use in China over the last century is as dramatic as the tale of the country's radical economic transformation. Endless acres of rural lands, that just a few... More »

Solar power Last Updated on 2012-08-22 at 14:28 Solar power is any process that generates electricity from the sun's radiation. There are two chief technologies for such electrical production: (a)... More »

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