The Franklin Institute
Franklin Institute: The Case Files: History of Energy
An early history and biographies of the most prominent scientists involved in developing the main sources of energy used in the twentieth century.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Energy Through Time
The quest for energy has always been a balancing act. As humans have gained greater control over their environment, they've found abundant resources - and faced numerous challenges. This article traces the history of our quest for energy.
University of Minnesota
University of Minnesota: Advantages and Disadvantages of Energy Sources [Pdf]
This PDF lists energy sources along with advantages and disadvantages for each source.
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It's Not a Pipe Dream: Clean Energy From Water Pipes Comes to Portland
A Portland, Oregon-based startup that launched in 2007, is starting to capture the energy of water pipes, beginning with a pilot project in Riverside, California and now with a full-scale project in Portland.
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Edie Weekly News: Bush Unveils Energy Plan
This is an article looks at criticisms of the Bush energy plan. Gives perspectives from environmentalists and democrats. A great way to exercise critical thinking skills and weigh various perspectives.
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Wbur: New England's Electric Power Grid Is Undergoing a Transformation
This article discusses New England's developing hybrid power grid, a network that relies on a variety of energy resources, including fuels and alternative energy sources and technologies. The ongoing transformation to renewable energy is...
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Texas Wide Open for Business: The Texas Renewable Energy Industry [Pdf]
A 34-page report examining renewable energy sources in use in Texas. It looks at how Texas compares with the rest of the world, the companies investing in the Texas energy industry, the Texas electricity grid, government initiatives,...
Carnegie Mellon University
Telstar: The Sun and Its Energy
The sun's energy is the primary source of energy for all surface phenomena and life on Earth. Combined with the material of the Earth (including the molecules held close by the Earth's gravitational force called the atmosphere), this...
Carnegie Mellon University
The Sun and Its Energy
The sun's energy is the primary source of energy for all surface phenomena and life on Earth. Combined with the material of the Earth (including the molecules held close by the Earth's gravitational force called the atmosphere), this...
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Physics World: Radioactive Decay Accounts for Half of Earth's Heat
Find out about the source of heat from the Earth's core. (Published 19 July 2011)
PBS
Pbs Online News Hour Extra: u.s. Economy's Troubles Hurt Alternative Energy Plans
Because of recession and the costs of gas on the decline, many worry that the search for new forms of energy will be put on hold. Read and discuss as a class these concerns. October 24, 2008
Seeker
Seeker: Public Art Generates Renewable Energy
Article reports on the Land Art Generator Initiative, which works to create public art that adds energy from renewable sources to the power supply.
BBC
Bbc: Energy
Renewable resources quickly replinish themselves and can be used again and again. For this reason they are sometimes called infinite energy resources.
Biotechnology Institute
Biotechnology Institute: Your World: Biofuels: Energy for Your Future [Pdf]
Students can read this full-length download of the biotech magazine which discusses how biofuels could be the energy of the future, and meet all our energy needs.
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Germans Get Almost One Third of Electricity From Renewables in 2016
This article describes the success Germany had in 2016 in its use of renewable energy sources.
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Rew: Renewables Provide Majority of New Us Generating Capacity Through Nov 2016
Data was released with the U.S. generated capacity of renewable energy statistics for 2016. The nation is using more alternative resources than in past years.
PBS
Pbs Newshour Extra: What Will Energy Independence Mean?
What will it mean for the United States to become independent of foreign energy sources? Learn how experts are predicting this change in decades to come.
CNN
Cnn: Increased Rolling Blackouts in California
One of the major items on Bush's agenda, the energy crisis, is examined in detail in this CNN exclusive. Explore the issues of the crisis, the debate surrounding the crisis, the facts and figures, and the major components of Bush's...
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Brookings Institution: Ending Oil Dependence: Protecting National Security
A critique of America's dependency on oil, authored by Brookings scholar David Sandalow, with a six-part recommendation for solving the problem. Includes downloadable position paper and fact sheet. (Published Feb. 28, 2007)
DOGO Media
Dogo News: Peek Inside the World's First Carbon Neutral City
A new kind of city is being built in the Arab desert. Read about the unique engineering that is creating Masdar, a "city of the future" which doesn't use fossil fuels.
NASA
Nasa: Climate Kids: Tower of Power
A quick tutorial which illustrates how mirrors and a solar energy tower harness the sun's energy for use.
Energy for Sustainable Development
Kids and Energy: Geothermal Energy
Geothermal energy can be used as an efficient heat source in small end-use applications such as greenhouses, but the consumers have to be located close to the source of heat. Geothermal energy - heat from the earth (in most cases mineral...
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Business Insider: Fake Trees With Spinning Leaves Could Harness Wind Power
Let's make some energy! Check out this wind turbine that NewWind has developed for creating small-scale sources of energy.
Cornell Lab of Ornithology
Habitat Network: Renewable Energy
Find out about efforts to promote the use of renewable energy sources by homeowners and businesses. This was a project where homeowners could submit data about what they were doing to use renewable energy sources. The site is no longer...
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