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Americans Getting More Of Their Energy From Renewable Sources
2013-07-19 16:17:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
redOrbit: An increasing amount of the energy used each year in the US is coming from renewable sources such as solar panels and wind turbines, according to new research released Thursday by scientists at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL). According to the laboratory`s energy charts, wind power led the way, increasing from 1.17 quadrillion British Thermal Units (BTU) produced in 2011, called quads for short, to 1.36 quads in 2012. A BTU is a unit of measurement for energy, and LLNL officials...
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