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The Beginning
Finally registered the domain name today. The purpose of this website is to share my research on alternative energy investments. My goal is to post my findings once every two weeks. Hopefully, more...
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Oil Basics
The earthquake in Japan has a lot of attention on the nuclear reactors, so I’ll talk about that in the next post. This post will catch up on the unrest in Egypt and Libya. The protests were stoking...
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Units – Power vs. Energy
This used to trip me up all the time, but the best way to remember the difference is–Power (rate); hours (time); and Energy (work) OR (power x time = energy). MW (power) references the rate at which a...
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Feed-in-tariffs
A feed-in-tariff is a type of renewable energy policy in which the government will pay a household, business, etc. to produce clean energy. It is a long-term contract (typically 20 – 25 years)...
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Electric Motors & Generators
Electric Motors are used in everything ranging from vacuums to hybrid cars. Running an electric motor backwards is, conceptually, similar to how an electric generator works. On a high level, an...
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