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Gore’s, Pickens’ Energy Challenges Need Smart Infrastructure @ MarketWatch
The Galvin Electricity Initiative’s executive director, Kurt Yeager, describes the need for building an updated electrical power system as the first step to making a switch to renewable energy become a reality. Our current grid system is based on 1950s technology which makes it an additional barrier to utilizing green sources of energy.
CPUC Approves New SoCal Edison Wind, Solar PV Contracts @ SCE.com
Two 20-year contracts for renewable energy sources have been approved in CA (a wind farm and solar photovoltaic facility.)
Alaska: Energy fix meets political pandering @ CNNMoney.com
The possibility of drilling in Alaska is discussed here, with arguments presented from both sides of the situation.
