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USA’s heat wave – but they’re wasting that solar energy!

America sizzles in heat, but remains unclear on tapping into it | BrighterEnergy.org,  8 July 2010, As much of the East Coast wilts in a heat wave at the moment, there seems to be a lot of solar energy going to waste.In Washington DC, the heat may be making it even more difficult for the nation’s politicians to work on an agreement that might make the most of all this free energy.
Time magazine’s Ecocentric blog notes that Europe is now sourcing twice the proportion of electricity from renewable energy than the US, around 20% of its power from wind, solar, bioenergy and hydropower.

But Time’s Jeffrey Kluger is not so optimistic about the US following suit.

With the climate and energy bill now languishing in the place all good ideas go to die—the U.S. Senate—the prospects for  improving  those numbers in the near future look dim. Meantime, the 4 PM temperature in New York City is 102 degrees and the lights are still on—for now……….

With new wind farms on the way, the BPA is now looking into new transmission links to California, or smart grid systems, to find an avenue for all its renewable electricity.America sizzles in heat, but remains unclear on tapping into it | BrighterEnergy.org

July 8, 2010 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | general | antinuclear, climate change, energy efficiency, global warming, renewable energy, renewables, solar