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Index of annual energy technology reviews and other energy trend reports.

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Zeit·geist (tsīt'gīst', zīt'-) n.

The spirit of the time; the taste and outlook characteristic of a period or generation. (Answers.com)

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Annual Reviews

'Free Energy' Technoogy

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  Featured: Zeitgeist / Top 10 Exotic FE >
  Top 10 Free Energy Stories of 2009 and Beyond - In 2009 we encountered plenty of amazing free energy claims, some of which still look very promising for bringing practical devices to market soon; while others turned out to be bogus, or worse yet, fraudulent. New info and insights reflecting on the past year. (PESN; Jan. 3, 2010) (Comment)
  

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  Free energy: first commercial production in 2010 (Translated from Italian) - Sterling D. Allan on its information portal PESWiki (Pure Energy System), which aggregates information from around the world on energy "clean" systems and exotic, have produced an interesting top 10 most promising technologies exotic. (Tern in rete; January 1, 2010)
  

• This YEAR in Free Energy™ -- 2006 (27-min; 4.7 Mb; mp3) - Live interview took place Dec. 31, 2006. Host, James Arthur Jancik (http://Feet2Fire.com), interviews Sterling D. Allan.

• Milestones and Trends in Renewable Energy -- 2005 and 2006 - Sterling D. Allan Reflects on major milestones in clean energy technology advancement in 2005, with a look forward to probable developments in 2006. (PESN; Jan. 1, 2006)
  • Special -- This YEAR in Free Energy™ -- 2005 (74-min; 11.5 Mb rm | 13 Mb mp3) - Live interview took place Jan. 1, 2006. Host, James Arthur Jancik (http://Feet2Fire.com), interviews Sterling D. Allan.
    

• 'Free Energy' in 2005 - A survey by Sterling D. Allan of a very dynamic field, from solar and wind to cold fusion and magnet motors. What PES Network Inc is doing to promote alternative energy technologies. (PESN; March 28, 2005)

Mainstream Energy

2009

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  Zeitgeist / Awards >
  2009 Excellence in Renewable Energy North America Awards -- Reader's Choice - Renewable Energy World has a poll open to its readers to select their favorites from among the finalists in four categories including some that are featured in our Top 100: Enphase Microinverters and Cool Earth Solar's concentrators. Votes accepted until January 31, 2010. (Renewable Energy World)
  

• 10 Most Popular Stories of 2009 at EcoGeek - Top stories included 10. Power-Generating Shock Absorber; 9. Lithium Supply Fears Unfounded; 8. World's First Floating Wind Turbine; 6. Charge Your Gadgets While You Walk or Ride; 4. Using Urine to Produce Hydrogen; 3. Ceramatec Bringing Distributed Power Storage to Your Home. (EcoGeek; Dec. 22, 2009)
  

• Top 5 Green Energy Stories of 2009 at Inhabitat - Vote for your favorite among a list including: • Plasma Plants Vaporize Trash While Generating Energy • World’s Largest Laser to Attempt Nuclear Fusion • Self-Destructing Bacteria Could Be the Key to Better Biofuels • Japan Plans $21 Billion Solar Space Post to Power 294,000 Homes. (Inhabitat; Dec. 30, 2009)
  

• The Year in Energy - With many renewable energy companies facing hard financial times, a lot of the big energy news this year was coming out of Washington, DC, with massive federal stimulus funding. But there was still plenty of action outside the beltway, both in the United States and around the world, especially relating to liquid batteries, giant lasers, and vast new reserves of natural gas. (MIT Technology Review; December 28, 2009)
  

• This Year In Clean Energy - What A Ride - An overview from a mainstream clean energy perspective, giving kudoes to the U.S. administration for stimulus funds for conventional renewables [disregarding the mounting debt; and not doing squat for extreme breakthroughs that could really break the oil addiction and bring individual energy autonomy]. (Renewable Energy World; December 22, 2009)

2008

• The Year in Energy - 2008 - Technical advances jump-start electric cars, wind turbines, and solar power. 2008 saw some remarkable advances in energy technology, and many of the innovators in this area remain hopeful that the coming decade won't be like the 1980s, when a drop in oil prices snuffed out interest in alternative energy. (MIT Technology Review; Jan. 5, 2009)
  

• The Top 10 Green-Tech Breakthroughs of 2008 - Green technology was hot in 2008. Investors poured $5 billion into the sector just through the first nine months of the year. And even Texas oilmen like T. Boone Pickens started pushing alternative energy as a replacement for fossil fuels like petroleum, coal and natural gas. (Wired; Dec. 29, 2008)
  

• Technology Wrap-up: The Most-read Technology Stories of 2008 - It's been another great year for renewable energy and the technology advances that have been made are astounding. More technology news, more cutting edge research on technologies that are approaching commercialization, and more advancements that will bring renewables into the mainstream. (Renewable Energy World; Dec. 24, 2008)
  

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  Green Tech on Time Magazine's 50 Best Inventions of 2008 - Time Magazine has already picked its "50 Best Inventions of 2008," and several green technologies and devices are on the list, some of which we have covered at PESWiki; Tesla Motors, Aptera, thin film solar, biofuel, wind turbines, etc. Video 7.01 Minutes) (Green Tech; Oct. 31, 2008)
  

2007

• Top RE Access Stories of 2007 - With 31 gigawatts of renewable energy developed around the world, 17 billion dollars in global market transactions and 21 billion dollars in global venture capital invested in new companies in 2007, clean energy can no longer be considered an "alternative" -- it is simply the natural evolution of energy. (Renewable Energy Access; Dec. 27, 2007)
  

• TreeHugger Picks: Prototypical Energy Types for the Future - "A gaze into the crystal ball of energy production methods and ideas that have the potential to make the future a much greener place." Links to coverage on Wave, Hydrogen, Wind, Biofuels, Solaretc. (TreeHugger; Jan. 5, 2007)

2006

• The Top Stories of 2006 - The year 2006 saw many historic technological, financial and political developments for renewable energy around the world. From the passage of SB1 (million solar roofs) in California to a record year for wind in the U.S., Canada and UK, renewable energy industries made tremendous strides over the past 12 months. (Renewable Energy Access; Dec. 29, 2006)
  

• Clean Energy's Big Year: 2006 - It's been a landmark year for clean energy, as solar and wind power blew past the records, despite supply shortages. A review of investment trends, new IPOs, silicon shortage, ethanol growth, electric car comeback. (Red Herring; Dec. 30, 2006)

• The Year in Energy - Biowaste to fuels, cars that plug in, lithium-ion batteries that don't explode, and cheap energy from the sun. Energy reporter, Kevin Bullis, reviews the milestones of 2006. (MIT Technology Review; Dec. 28, 2006)
  

• Biomass: Year-in-Review - Large VC investments, new leadership, increased acceptance from the environmental community, national security threats and unstable energy markets sparked the country's enthusiasm for biomass. The industry's capacity to ramp up production and the ability of this renewable resource to provide a considerable quantity of power, not just liquid fuel, has made biomass a significant player in the U.S. energy future. (Renewable Energy Access; Jan. 2, 2006)

100-Year Forecast

• Predictions of the year 2000 made in 1900 - In December 1900, John Watkins Jr. wrote an article for The Ladies Home Journal about "What May Happen in the Next Hundred Years". In some areas, we are ahead, others, behind, but mostly he was pretty close. Prediction #20 regarding energy was way off. He envisioned far more renewable-based generation than what actually ensued. (YorkTownHistory)

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