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		<title>Japan&#8217;s nuclear dilemma</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Sep 2011 05:17:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Margot Gerritsen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Six months since the Fukushima disaster and Japan is still in the midst of a nuclear crisis. After the earthquake and tsunami, and resulting problems at the Fukushima plant, Japan has shut down the majority of its nuclear power stations. &#8230; <a href="http://smartenergyshow.wordpress.com/2011/09/13/japans-nuclear-dilemma/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=smartenergyshow.wordpress.com&amp;blog=17358922&amp;post=1093&amp;subd=smartenergyshow&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Wind is shelved from the Pickens Plan</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 May 2011 15:00:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Clay Hamilton</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The 2008 &#8220;Pickens Plan,&#8221; U.S. financier T. Boone Pickens&#8217; proposal to reduce U.S. dependence on foreign oil, anticipated that 20% of American power generation could come from wind while natural gas could power the nation&#8217;s transportation sector. At the time, &#8230; <a href="http://smartenergyshow.wordpress.com/2011/05/23/wind-is-dropped-from-the-pickens-plan/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=smartenergyshow.wordpress.com&amp;blog=17358922&amp;post=1079&amp;subd=smartenergyshow&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Obama&#8217;s drilling plan</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 May 2011 19:58:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Clay Hamilton</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[President Obama announced last Saturday that, in an effort to promote greater domestic oil production and help relieve prices at the fuel pumps, he intends to expand oil and gas drilling in the Gulf of Mexico and Alaska. The move &#8230; <a href="http://smartenergyshow.wordpress.com/2011/05/18/obamas-drilling-plan/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=smartenergyshow.wordpress.com&amp;blog=17358922&amp;post=1071&amp;subd=smartenergyshow&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>US State Dept. finds no new issues with Keystone XL</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 May 2011 15:30:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Clay Hamilton</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Keystone XL is back in the news! Keystone XL, the controversial 1,900-mile pipeline carrying Canadian bitumen from Alberta to refineries as far south as Houston TX, passed another hurdle recently when an updated environmental report from the State Department found &#8230; <a href="http://smartenergyshow.wordpress.com/2011/05/09/us/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=smartenergyshow.wordpress.com&amp;blog=17358922&amp;post=1066&amp;subd=smartenergyshow&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>We&#8217;re No. 17! We&#8217;re No. 17!</title>
		<link>http://smartenergyshow.wordpress.com/2011/05/08/were-no-17-were-no-17/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 May 2011 18:11:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Clay Hamilton</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Associated Press (AP) is reporting that a study (to be released May 9) commissioned by the World Wildlife Fund for Nature (WWF) and prepared by Roland Berger Strategy Consultants ranks the U.S. 17th in clean energy production. Denmark earns the &#8230; <a href="http://smartenergyshow.wordpress.com/2011/05/08/were-no-17-were-no-17/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=smartenergyshow.wordpress.com&amp;blog=17358922&amp;post=1003&amp;subd=smartenergyshow&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Surprising effect of light could change solar power generation</title>
		<link>http://smartenergyshow.wordpress.com/2011/05/06/surprising-effect-of-light-could-change-solar-power-generation/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 May 2011 15:30:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Clay Hamilton</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The University of Michigan has announced that researchers have discovered a surprising magnetic effect of light that could lead to solar power generation that doesn&#8217;t require the traditional semiconductor-based solar cells. Stephen Rand, a professor in the departments of Electrical &#8230; <a href="http://smartenergyshow.wordpress.com/2011/05/06/surprising-effect-of-light-could-change-solar-power-generation/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=smartenergyshow.wordpress.com&amp;blog=17358922&amp;post=999&amp;subd=smartenergyshow&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>EVs land in Antarctica</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 May 2011 15:24:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Clay Hamilton</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has announced that McMurdo Station received two electric vehicles to help test whether the research station can move away from a dependence on diesel trucks. If the vehicles can handle the tough conditions at &#8230; <a href="http://smartenergyshow.wordpress.com/2011/05/05/evs-land-in-antarctica/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=smartenergyshow.wordpress.com&amp;blog=17358922&amp;post=994&amp;subd=smartenergyshow&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Batteries not required: Wireless sensors promote building efficiencies</title>
		<link>http://smartenergyshow.wordpress.com/2011/05/04/batteries-not-required-wireless-sensors-promote-building-efficiencies/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 May 2011 15:45:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Clay Hamilton</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wired&#8217;s Gadget Lab is reporting on a clever wireless energy sensor developed by EnOcean that can help manage energy efficiencies (and cut costs) in commercial buildings. EnOcean is a spinoff of Siemens focused on making energy harvesting wireless sensors and &#8230; <a href="http://smartenergyshow.wordpress.com/2011/05/04/batteries-not-required-wireless-sensors-promote-building-efficiencies/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=smartenergyshow.wordpress.com&amp;blog=17358922&amp;post=957&amp;subd=smartenergyshow&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>China&#8217;s energy consumption will level off?</title>
		<link>http://smartenergyshow.wordpress.com/2011/05/03/chinas-energy-consumption-will-level-off/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 May 2011 16:19:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Clay Hamilton</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the biggest bugaboos in the west about the rise of China has been the concern over an exponential increase in Chinese energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions. A new report by researchers at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) &#8230; <a href="http://smartenergyshow.wordpress.com/2011/05/03/chinas-energy-consumption-will-level-off/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=smartenergyshow.wordpress.com&amp;blog=17358922&amp;post=971&amp;subd=smartenergyshow&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Ready, set, innovate!</title>
		<link>http://smartenergyshow.wordpress.com/2011/05/02/ready-set-innovate/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 May 2011 15:30:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Clay Hamilton</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Back in March, we mentioned that the Department of Energy had a new idea to help jump-start energy startups &#8211; The &#8216;America&#8217;s Next Top Energy Innovator&#8217; Challenge. Well guess what, folks? Today marks the start of the Challenge! From now &#8230; <a href="http://smartenergyshow.wordpress.com/2011/05/02/ready-set-innovate/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=smartenergyshow.wordpress.com&amp;blog=17358922&amp;post=991&amp;subd=smartenergyshow&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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