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Germans have really taken off when it comes to renewable fuel sources, and have become a leading player in the game of alternative energy. Under the aegis of the nation’s electricity feed laws, the German people set a world record in 2006 by investing over $ 10 billion (U.S.) for research, development and implementation of wind turbines, biogas power plants, and collection of solar cells. From Germany feed laws permit the German homeowners to connect to the grid by renewable energy and sell the power company any excess energy produced at retail prices. This economic incentive in Germany catapulted the first position among all nations as regards the number of solar panels, biogas and wind turbines. The 50-tera-watt hours of electricity produced by these renewable energy sources account for 10% of all of Germany for the production of energy per year. In 2006, Germany installed 100,000 systems for collecting solar energy.

In the U.S., BP has established an Energy Biosciences Institute (EBI) to spearhead extensive research and development efforts into clean burning renewable energy sources, especially biofuels ground vehicles. BP comes from the investment of $ 50 million (U.S.) per year over the next decade. This EBI will be physically located at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. The University is in partnership with BP and will be responsible for research and development of new biofuel crops, biofuels, delivery of agricultural systems and machines to produce renewable fuels in liquid form for automobile consumption. The University will especially spearhead efforts in the field of genetic engineering to the creation of the more advanced biofuel crops. The EBI also have an important point of convergence of technological innovations for converting heavy hydrocarbons into pollution and high fuel efficiency.

Also in the U.S., the battle rages on between Congress and the Geothermal Energy Association (GEA). The GEA Executive Director Karl Gawel recently wrote to Congress and the Department of Energy, the only way to ensure that DOE and OMB do not simply revert to their irrational insistence on terminating the research program on geothermal energy is to schedule a hearing in Congress in particular geothermal energy, its potential, and the role of federal research. In addition, Gawel is clear that recent studies by the National Research Council, the Western Governors’ Association Clean Energy Task Force and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology all support expanding geothermal research funding to develop the technology needed to exploit this vast untapped domestic renewable energy resource. Supporters of geothermal energy, such as the writer, is surprised by the minuscule amount of awareness that the public has about the great benefits that research and development of alternative energy source would enable renewable States United States, both practical and economical. Geothermal energy is already cheaper to produce in terms of kilowatt-hours than the coal that the U.S. continues mining. Geothermal energy is available, sitting just a few miles below our feet and easily accessible through drilling. One company, Ormat, which is the third largest geothermal energy producer in the U.S. and has plants in several different countries, is already a billion dollars a year to companies of geothermal energy is economically viable.

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Record high prices at gas pumps in America and continued problem brewing in the Middle East, Nigeria and other areas of importance to the economy of oil have made it clear to Americans that we need to develop many new avenues of energy supply and production. In other word, we must reduce our dependence on oil, because it is finally finished and, frankly, the sources of supply of cheap oil (not all oil than the stuff that is cheap to remove from the earth) are short. Read the rest of this entry »

Biofuels are produced by converting organic matter into fuel to power our society. These biofuels are an alternative energy source to fossil fuels we currently depend. Biofuels include umbrella under his aegis, ethanol and products derived from plants such as sugarcane and vegetable oils and corn. However, ethanol is not all products are designed to be used as a kind of gasoline. The International Energy Agency (IEA) said that ethanol could comprise up to 10 percent of gasoline used in the world in 2025, up 30 per cent by 2050. Today the figure is two percent. Read the rest of this entry »