Tuesday - 01 Jun
Growing demand for energy
According to the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC), the demand for electricity in the US continues to grow, even while concerns over long term reliability of supply persist. The Energy Information Administration (EIA) predicts the country’s electricity demand will grow at the rate of 1.8% to 1.9% percent per year till 2025. To keep pace with this increasing demand the US must add approximately 300,000 MWe of new capacity over the next 16 years.
Exploring energy alternatives
As our dependence on energy continues to increase, the search for efficient alternatives remains prominent. There are broadly two pressing needs that propel this search. The first, growing scarcity and cost of fossil fuel; the second, strong environmental concern due to increasing amount of green house gases being released into the atmosphere.
Thus far green, energy-efficient technology ...
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