The Renewable Minute
Summary: News from the growing edge of the renewable energy revolution and commentary on the shenanigans of the oil and gas industry.
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- Copyright: 2008 The Renewable Minute
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Santa Fe is emerging as the national leader in green building standards, in large part with the help of Santa Fe homebuilder Faren Dancer.
Several US companies are harvesting an algae that can be converted to oil and refined into biodiesel. Amazingly, the algae can grow in waste water, where it feeds on carbon dioxide.
In early 2009, a Spanish solar power company broke ground outside the little town of Gila Bend, southwest of Phoenix, to build what will be the world's largest solar power plant.
The same investment bank that got billions in bailout money also used commodity trader techniques from Enron to hyper-inflate the price of oil last summer when supply was high and demand was actually diminishing.
