“In 2013, 12 states accounted for 80% of U.S. wind-generated electricity, according to preliminary generation data released in EIA’s March Electric Power Monthly report. Texas was again the top wind power state with nearly 36 million megawatthours (MWh) of electricity. Iowa was second, with more than 15 million MWh, followed by California, Oklahoma, Illinois, Kansas, Minnesota, Oregon,… Continue Reading
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UK Report – Why wind power is an effective technology
Beyond the bluster: Why wind power is an effective technology. Institute for Public Policy Research, August 30, 2012 “The conclusions of the report note that: It is inaccurate to describe the output from wind power as unpredictable. In the short term, wind power output is remarkably stable and increases and decreases only very slowly. The… Continue Reading
Recent CRS Reports: Veterans Benefits, International Drug Control Policy, Iran's Nuclear Program, Wind Power in the US
June 26, 2008 – Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies: FY2009 Appropriations June 25, 2008 – Veterans Benefits: An Overview June 23, 2008 – International Drug Control Policy June 23, 2008 – Iran’s Nuclear Program: Status June 23, 2008 – Possible Federal Revenue from Oil Development of ANWR and Nearby Areas June 20, 2008 –… Continue Reading
New Study Sheds Light on the Growing U.S. Wind Power Market
News release: “For the third consecutive year the U.S. was home to the fastest-growing wind power market in the world, according to a report released today by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab). Specifically, U.S. wind power capacity increased by 46 percent in 2007, representing a $9 billion… Continue Reading
Study: wind and solar can power most of the United States
The Guardian – John Abraham: “In order to combat climate change, we need to rapidly move from fossil fuel energy to clean, renewable energy. The two energy sources I am most interested in are wind and solar power; however, there are other sources that have great potential. Some people doubt how much wind and solar… Continue Reading
NOAA, CIRES study: Wind, sun could eclipse fossil fuels for electric power by 2030
NOAA – “The United States could slash greenhouse gas emissions from power production by up to 78 percent below 1990 levels within 15 years while meeting increased demand, according to a new study by NOAA and University of Colorado Boulder researchers. The study used a sophisticated mathematical model to evaluate future cost, demand, generation and… Continue Reading
How Do We Inventory the Materials Needed To Build Wind and Solar Farms?
New Database Quantifies What the Country Needs To Meet Its Big Clean Energy Goals – Wind and sun may be nearly infinite resources. But the materials needed to build wind turbines and solar panels are not always common. Take the rare earth metals—neodymium, dysprosium, and praseodymium—for example. Chances are those names are just as unfamiliar… Continue Reading
Microsoft 365’s AI-powered Copilot is like an omniscient version of Clippy
ars technica: “Today Microsoft took the wraps off of Microsoft 365 Copilot, its rumored effort to build automated AI-powered content-generation features into all of the Microsoft 365 apps. The capabilities Microsoft demonstrated make Copilot seem like a juiced-up version of Clippy, the oft-parodied and arguably beloved assistant from older versions of Microsoft Office. Copilot can… Continue Reading
DuckDuckGo Releases Its Own ChatGPT-Powered Search Engine, DuckAssist
Gizmodo: “DuckDuckGo launched a beta version of an AI search tool powered by ChatGPT Wednesday called DuckAssist. The addition to the company’s privacy-focused search engine uses ChatGPT’s language parsing capability to generate answers scraped from Wikipedia and related sources like the Encyclopedia Britannica. The tool is free and available on the DuckDuckGo web browsing apps… Continue Reading
Four Ways Leaders Can Empower People for How Work Gets Done
Microsoft: “Fraying supply chains. Economic headwinds. Changing expectations around hybrid work. The rapid transformations of the past few years have fundamentally reshaped work and life as we know them. It’s clear that the agility and resilience of every organization rest on a workforce empowered with tools that enable them to work more efficiently and flexibly… Continue Reading
These maps show exactly where we need to put solar panels, wind turbines, and EV chargers
Fast Company – “If more people are going to drive electric cars, we need many more EV charging stations. But where to put them? That analysis requires a lot of calculations: figuring out where the current chargers are stationed and where substations and electrical infrastructure is already built out, not to mention identifying which corridors… Continue Reading
Free Microsoft Office? Yes, you can get Word, Excel and PowerPoint at no cost
CNET – “You’ll likely need access to a Microsoft Word document, a PowerPoint presentation or the product of another basic tool from Microsoft 365 at least once in 2022 — for either work, school or personal use. Although the software may seem like a necessity, its high price makes some people run the other way.… Continue Reading
