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Video: Finnish Wind Energy Secrets

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Finnish engineers are making quite a splash in wind energy these days, and The Switch, a company with a name that sounds like a local band or a political thriller novel, is leading those efforts.

The company has a number of new projects it is bringing to the wind energy market, some of them focused on the offshore wind industry. Offshore wind is finally and slowly entering the project proposal phase after years of vague suggestions, with New Jersey joining Massachusetts this month in promoting offshore wind. Keep reading →

 /  Published May 24, 2011 at 8:00 AM

The Answer May Not Be Blowing in the Wind

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BP will build a fourth wind farm in Texas, the oil giant announced on May 4, just days after the anniversary of the Macondo blowout in the Gulf of Mexico.

This latest renewable energy project from a troubled oil company has illuminated controversial disagreements over the real costs and benefits of wind power. Keep reading →

 /  Published May 20, 2011 at 12:45 PM

Natural Gas Ahoy

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From far away, it may appear no different than any other oversized ship in the yard.

Shell announced on Friday that it would be building the world’s first floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) facility, located some 125 miles off Australia’s shores and estimated to be 1,600 feet long and weigh 600,000 tons when filled to capacity. Keep reading →

 /  Published May 20, 2011 at 11:40 AM

Smart Grid Goes Viral

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A once far-fetched idea may soon become a staple of utility information management.

Smart meters will now be everywhere from Long Island and Kansas to Maui and South Korea. Keep reading →

 /  Published May 19, 2011 at 3:30 PM

Follow @aolenergy

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Breaking Energy gets feedback: great for “energy nerds and energy newbies” Keep the comments coming! @AOLenergy

 /  Published May 19, 2011 at 3:10 PM

Google’s Energy Strategy Revealed

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Google says “no” as often as it says “yes” as it expands its profile in the energy business. Keep reading →

 /  Published May 19, 2011 at 2:15 PM

Back To The Broadband Future For Utilities

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The intertwined history of the internet and electricity has been a tortured one, following a boom and bust cycle.

Internet giant Google and a pair of Midwestern electric utilities are betting that this time is different. Keep reading →

 /  Published May 19, 2011 at 10:00 AM

Podcast: Jonathan Silver Speaks

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Breaking Energy spoke with Director of the Department of Energy’s Loan Program Office Jonathan Silver recently, and he had some fascinating things to say about the future of the enormous effort, which helps bring innovative energy ideas through to large-scale development.

Few people realize the size of the DOE Loan Program Office; while listening to this discussion the Breaking Energy staff noted that the scale of its funding would, if set out independently, make Jonathan Silver the head of one of the world’s largest financial institutions. Keep reading →

 /  Published May 18, 2011 at 5:30 PM

Can the World’s Energy Infrastructure Be Repurposed?

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Through efficiency and flexibility, significant portions of the current infrastructure can be repurposed for greener energy sources; that was the tentative consensus of a panel discussion earlier this week at the Milken Institute Global Conference.

The question put to the panel, titled Repurposing Energy Infrastructure, by Milken Institute Senior Fellow Joel Kurtzman was this: Keep reading →

 /  Published May 18, 2011 at 5:00 PM

Burning the Sands

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Canada is America’s largest supplier of oil and it plans to stay that way. Keep reading →

 /  Published May 18, 2011 at 2:40 PM
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