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Financing Renewables Can Be 3X As Expensive In Some Nations

Report finds that financing renewables can be 3X as expensive in some nations, in 2014 the average spread of rates ranged from 3.5% in Germany to 12% in Greece.

Originally Published on Energy Post

by Sonja van Renssen

Renewables had a good year in Europe in 2015. Wind grew by 12.8GW and solar PV by 8GW. The wind sector installed more than any other form of power generation (44% of the total) and…

Cat Sleeps Like He’s Been Shot (PHOTO)

By Simon McCormack Meow he’s sleeping with the fishes.

No he’s not. This cat is sleeping on a bed, but he looks like he’s been shot.

Story continues after cat that hasn’t been shot …

This picture is driving Reddit wild, but that doesn’t mean it’s the only picture of a cat sleeping funny.

Look at this one, or this one.

And that’s just the tip of the cats sleeping funny iceberg, people. We know…

This 8,000-Year-Old Skull May Contain Preserved Brain Matter, Archaeologists Say

By Macrina Cooper-White Is that… ancient brain matter?

Archaeologists in Norway were excited enough when they unearthed what may be an 8,000-year-old Stone Age skull.

But then, when they took a closer look, they were even more stunned to find what was inside — possible traces of preserved brain matter.

“Inside it is something rather gray and clay-like,” dig site leader Gaute Reitan, excavation…

Model Predicts Carbon Components’ Performance as Electrodes

By The Daily Fusion

Researchers at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and Rice University have created a theoretical model that predicts how carbon components will perform as anodes in lithium-ion batteries.

Source: The Daily Fusion

This 8,000-Year-Old Skull May Contain Preserved Brain Matter, Archaeologists Say

By Macrina Cooper-White Is that… ancient brain matter?

Archaeologists in Norway were excited enough when they unearthed what may be an 8,000-year-old Stone Age skull.

But then, when they took a closer look, they were even more stunned to find what was inside — possible traces of preserved brain matter.

“Inside it is something rather gray and clay-like,” dig site leader Gaute Reitan, excavation…

Energia eolica: un po' di numeri

Una turbina eolica offshore con una capacità di 2,5-3 MW è in grado di produrre più di 6 milioni…

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