Up to 15 percent of our potential wind energy resources are on Native American land, and the potential for solar energy is even higher.
Boone Pickens stole the spotlight with his plans to build the world's largest wind farm slightly north of Amarillo in the Texas panhandle, the state's most powerful wind energy resources remain untapped.
This includes everything from tapping our offshore oil supplies and vast natural gas reserves, to doubling down on clean energy resources like wind and solar power, to developing new technologies that help us use less energy altogether.
Three national environmental groups on Friday sued the U.S. Bureau of Land Management over its approval of a planned NextEra Energy Resources wind farm in the Tehachapi region of California that state and federal wildlife officials had warned threatens the critically endangered California condor.
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Contrary to what many people may expect, most of these technologies, which include microturbines, fuel cells and high-efficiency cogeneration, rely on fossil fuels rather than renewable-energy resources like wind or solar energy.
Like China, the prodigious expansion of power production from renewable-energy resources like wind, solar energy and geothermal has outpaced the ability of the transmission systems to move these new power supplies to centers of demand.
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To get clean energy to them requires a decentralised approach using local resources such as wind power, solar energy or small hydroelectric projects.
While this is the most widely discussed issue associated with variable resources like wind and solar energy, there are many other problems they can create for grid operators.
The NGIPS platform is critical for clean energy, especially variable resources like wind power and solar photovoltaics.
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In a statement posted to its website, Makani said the deal would "provide Makani with the resources to accelerate our work to make wind energy cost competitive with fossil fuels".
He believes that conservation of natural resources coupled with alternative energy, such as nuclear, wind, solar, hydrogen, clean coal, biodiesel and biomass, will further help cut oil imports.
"It's a tough time these days to get legislation through, " says Wetstone, a former Hill staffer who, prior to joining American Wind Energy Association (AWEA), spent 10 directing advocacy efforts for the Natural Resources Defense Council.
The Department of Energy, as part of its efforts to promote clean energy, launched OpenEI.org, containing dozens of clean energy resources and data sets, including maps of worldwide solar and wind potential, information on climate zones, and energy best practices.
Still, the reality is that modern life demands resources and energy, and even the alternatives such as wind turbines can threaten forests, too.
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