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Port Augusta

(Encyclopedia) Port Augusta, city (2016 pop. 13,808), South Australia, S Australia, at the head of Spencer Gulf. It is a railroad center and a center for solar and other renewable energy.

Ovshinsky, Stanford Robert

(Encyclopedia) Ovshinsky, Stanford Robert, 1922–2012, American inventor and scientist, b. Akron, Ohio. Self-taught, he developed a new type of lathe in the 1940s, the first of many innovations and…

Chu, Steven

(Encyclopedia) Chu, Steven, 1948–, U.S. physicist and government official, b. St. Louis, Mo., grad. Univ. of Rochester (B.S., A.B. 1970), Univ. of California, Berkeley (Ph.D. 1976). He worked from…

U.S. Energy Sources, 2006–2012

Here's a breakdown of the sources of energy in the United States for years 2006, 2009–2012: 2012 Oil 35% Natural gas 25% Coal 20% Nuclear 8%…

Energy Websites

U.S. Department of Energy: www.doe.gov Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE): www.eere.energy.gov ENERGYguide: www.energyguide.com Federal Energy Regulatory Commission: www.ferc.…

Earth Day by the Numbers

April 22, 2019, marks the 49th anniversary of Earth Day—a day intended to inspire awareness and appreciation for the Earth's natural environment. Organizers started Earth Day in response to a…

Earth Day: Energy

Energy: Production & Consumption Find out which countries use and produce the most energy, how much the U.S. consumes, where the largest nuclear power plants in the U.S…

Energy

U.S. Energy Sources Top Energy Producers and Consumers, 2013 Top Energy Producers and Consumers, 2012 What the Frack U.S. Energy Consumption by Energy Source, 2002-2012…