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Is Europe Wasting a Fortune with the Poor Siting of Clean Energy Projects?

Posted on May 19, 2013 by

craigshields Posted in Renewables - Business

Here’s an article from SmartGridNews that raises an interesting and important question about the siting of renewable energy projects. Siemens is asserting that the large European governments are in the process of wasting 45 billion Euros by not properly thinking …

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Tagged with: Europe Wasting Money on Clean Energy, impact on natural systems, Nature Conservancy, opportunity costs in renewable energy, Poor Siting of Clean Energy Projects, Siemens asserting European governments wasting 45 billion Euros, siting of renewable energy projects, SmartGridNews

Solar Photovoltaics in the Desert: Under Attack

Posted on April 8, 2013 by

craigshields Posted in Photovoltaics

At the Nature Conservancy’s “Green Event for Georgetown Alumni” I attended last Thursday I received some shocking news: mainstream environmentalists really are attacking solar energy sited in the deserts of the U.S. southwest on the basis of its ecological footprint. …

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Tagged with: burning fossil fuels, clean electricity, coal-fired power plants, cryptobiotic soil crusts, desert tortoise, disinformation from the fossil fuel industry, environmentalists attacking solar energy, Green Event, hazardous materials in solar panels, installing solar PV, lifecycle emissions of solar PV, Nature Conservancy, siting solar damage to the environment