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Can Geothermal Power in Iceland Thaw a Frozen Economy?
Iceland hopes to use its geothermal resources to innovate its way out of the financial crisis

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Don Foley
How Renewable Energy and Storage Solutions Stack Up
The need to tackle global climate change and energy security makes developing alternatives to fossil fuels crucial

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Man-Made Geothermal Power
The enhanced system at Soultz in France is the first such artificial geothermal power plant

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How to Use Solar Energy at Night
Molten salts can store the sun's heat during the day and provide power at night

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Why do wind turbines have three narrow blades, but ceiling fans have five wide blades?
Dale E. Berg, a member of the technical staff in the wind energy technology department at Sandia National Laboratories, replies

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Today's Alternative Energy: Our October In-Depth Report
Promising technologies to wean the world from fossil fuels, including offshore wind, solar, geothermal and hydrogen cars, among others

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The Future of Nuclear Power
The U.S.--and the world--is gearing up to build a potentially massive fleet of new nuclear reactors, in part to fight climate change. But can nuclear power handle the load?

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Chasing Rainbows: Full-Spectrum Photovoltaics
From infrared to ultraviolet, a new photovoltaic material responds to the full spectrum of sunlight

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