Alternate Energy

Graphene “Bubbles” Could Be Stepping Stones to High Efficiency Electronics
A team of researchers has discovered that graphene can be stretched to create tiny nanobubbles in which electrons generate the same energy levels that otherwise would require an extremely strong mag…..

Solar Power Transforms Parking Lots into Green Job Generators
While fossil fuel companies in the U.S. are busily wrecking vast sections of the country’s natural heritage, a new energy resource has been quietly emerging from an unlikely source: parking lots.  M…..

First Factory Built Solar Charging Station
International Green Energy Expo Korea 2010 was chosen as the venue where SunPods SP-300 was first displayed. This is the first factory built-to-order solar-powered integrated electric-vehicle chargin…..

Doyle touts renewable energy for job retraining
From an article by Charlie Mathews in the Manitowoc Herald Times Reporter: MANITOWOC — Jim Doyle isn’t running for a third term as Wisconsin’s governor, but that didn’t stop him from giving a campa…..

Energain: Specially Designed Plastic, Inserted Into Batteries, Improving Everything
DuPont, a science-based products and services company has created a new polymer-based separator for lithium-ion batteries that will improve their life and power and make them perfectly suited for elec…..

High Pressure Desalination Process Used At Large Scale by Indian Company
IVRCL, a company from India, has finished a high-tech desalination plant in the city of Madras. According to officials, this plant is the biggest in South Asia, using seawater to generate 100 million …..

3D Fast Bus in China Goes OVER Cars
I always wondered about the economic efficiency of creating long, safe, underground tunnels for subway systems. Now, a Chinese company has decided that this traditional underground transit system isn…..

Solar Energy Breakthrough: Power from Light AND Heat
This post contains additional media. Click here to view the full post. .What’s one way to make solar power production twice as efficient? Make power from both the sun’s light and its heat. Stanford …..

How America Can Lead the Clean Energy Race
By Teryn Norris & Daniel Goldfarb This article originally appeared at the National Journal Energy Expert Blog as part of a special series called “Can The U.S. Keep Up In Clean Energy Race?” U.S……

Renewable Energy Stocks; OTC Volume Leaders; Most Active ($5.00-$10.00): (OTCBB: NEWN), (OTCBB: CARE), (OTCBB: PMUG), (OTCBB: EVCP)
Point Roberts, WA (Investorideas.com Newswire) August 3, 2010 – OTC VOLUME LEADERS reports on the most active trading stocks on the OTCBB. …..

Nanostart-held ItN Nanovation signs cooperation agreement with leading Italian builder of wastewater treatment facilities
Saarbrucken / Frankfurt – August 3, 2010 (Investorideas.com Newswire) – ItN Nanovation AG (ISIN DE000A0JL461), a portfolio company of Nanostart AG, yesterday announced the signing of a major cooperati…..

XsunX, Inc. (OTCBB: XSNX) Letter to Shareholders: Technology & Corporate Development Progress Update
August 3, 2010 (Investorideas.com renewable energy/green newswire) We’re pleased to share with you an update that shows significant positive movement toward the commercialization of our cross-industry…..

The Evolution of the Solar Industry; Q&A with Tom Djokovich, CEO of XsunX, Inc. (OTCBB: XSNX), Developing CIGSolar, CIGS Thin Film Solar Technology
August 3, 2010 (Investorideas.com renewable energy/green newswire) Investorideas.com and its green investor portals provide the following Q&A for investors following solar stocks and the solar industr…..

Wind News; Constellation NewEnergy (NYSE:CEG) Signs Agreement to Supply Goodwill Industries Headquarters With Wind Energy
WASHINGTON – August 3, 2010 (Investorideas.com renewable energy/green newswire) – Constellation Energy (NYSE:CEG) announced today that its subsidiary, Constellation NewEnergy, Inc., has entered into a…..

Water Stocks; News and Developments for Wescorp Energy Inc. (OTC.BB: WSCE), Middlesex Water Company (NASDAQ:MSEX) and Calgon Carbon Corporation (NYSE: CCC)
August 3, 2010 www.Water-Stocks.com, an investor and industry portal for the water sector within Investorideas.com reports on recent news and developments with publicly traded water companies, Wescorp…..

Water Stocks; Calgon Carbon (NYSE: CCC) Announces Second Quarter Results
PITTSBURGH – August 3, 2010 (Investorideas.com water stocks newswire) – Calgon Carbon Corporation (NYSE: CCC) announced results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2010. …..

DOE Announces $17.1 Million Loan Guarantee for 20 MW Lithium-Ion Grid Storage Project
08/03/2010 – Energy Secretary Steven Chu recently offered …..

General Motors Invests in Lightweight Hybrid Maker
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The Needs of Tropical Mega-Cities Could Drive Innovation in Air Conditioning
All but two of the globe’s top 30 mega-cities are in the tropics, in developing nations. As they develop – while simultaneously, over the coming decades; the climate heats further, the demand for…..

Greener GM to Pioneer A/C With 99.7% Reduction in Greenhouse Gas
A newly developed A/C refrigerant developed by Honeywell for the European market to have 99.7% lower global warming potential (GWP) will be used by GM to cool its entire fleet of 2013 models.The new…..

PETE: The New Solar Cell Manufacturing Process Gives Increased Efficiency
“This is really a conceptual breakthrough, a new energy conversion process, not just a new material or a slightly different tweak.It is actually something fundamentally different about how you can har…..

Mercedes-Benz to Launch 2,000 Vito E-Cell Electric Vans in 2011
The van, targeted for particularly environmentally sensitive areas and for inner-city operations, is based on the long-wheelbase Mercedes-Benz Vito with a typical roof. …..

Study: Fossil fuel subsidies are 12 times support for renewables
From an article by Alex Morales on Bloomberg.com: Global subsidies for fossil fuels dwarf support given to renewable energy sources such as wind and solar power and biofuels, Bloomberg New Energy Fin…..

Green Car Stocks Trading Alert; Li-ion Motors Corp. (OTCBB: LMCO): Other OTC Volume Leaders ($1.00-$2.00): (OTCBB: NNVC), (OTCBB: ACUZ), (OTCBB: AMOK)
Point Roberts, WA (Investorideas.com Newswire) August 2, 2010 – OTC VOLUME LEADERS reports on the most active trading stocks on the OTCBB. …..

Green Energy Stocks; OTC Volume Leaders; Most Active ($5.00-$10.00): (OTCBB: NEWN), (OTCBB: EVCPD), (OTCBB: NWYF), (OTCBB: ELRE)
Point Roberts, WA (Investorideas.com Newswire) August 2, 2010 – OTC VOLUME LEADERS reports on the most active trading stocks on the OTCBB. …..

Water Stocks; Middlesex Water Company (NASDAQ:MSEX) Reports Financial Results for Second Quarter
ISELIN, NJ – August 2, 2010 (Investorideas.com Water Stocks Newswire) – Middlesex Water Company (NASDAQ:MSEX) today reported second quarter operating revenues of $26.5 million compared to $23.1 millio…..

Lithium Stocks Directory for Investors following Mining Stocks and Green Stocks
August 2, 2010 (Investorideas.com Mining Stocks Newswire) Investor Ideas and its leading mining and green investor portals (www.gold-miningstocks.com and www.renewableenergystocks.com) provide investo…..

Wind Turbine Prices Remain Low
New Figures from Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF) show that wind turbine prices are still low compared to when they peaked in 2008. …..

Rebalancing the World’s Energy Portfolio
The U.S. has taken a shortsighted approach to “financing” our energy future for decades. We are rapidly depleting our energy capital of oil, gas and coal at greater rates each year, and giving very li…..

Renewable Energy World Conference & Expo North America CALL FOR ABSTRACTS!
Renewable Energy World Conference & Expo North America, set for March 8-10 in Tampa, Florida, is now accepting abstract submittals for the 2011 conference program. Submit your abstracts by Friday, Au…..

AltE Direct Launches Wholesale Website as Tool for PV Installers
New website serves as a one-stop location for solar installers to obtain products, information, and IREC accredited education from NABCEP certified installer staff. …..

Chapter Excerpt: Aubrey Eneas and the Birth of Solar Steam Power
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Tracking the East Coast and West Coast NIMBY boundaries
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DOE Funding Smart Grid, Advanced Solar Start-ups
Last week, U.S Energy Secretary Steven Chu today announced that the Department of Energy will award a total of $188 million to small businesses in 34 states to develop technologies with a strong poten…..

Top Green Power Purchasers
For many years, the voluntary market for renewable energy was the main driver for the market. Today, it’s state-level renewable energy targets. Even so, the voluntary market is still going strong, rep…..

SunEdison To Develop 1.5 MW of Solar PV in Ontario
The solar-services provider SunEdison said it will develop 1.5 MW of projects in Toronto, Ontario for a large private real estate company, CanFirst Capital Management. …..

US VC Cleantech Investment Continues To Soar
According to Ernst and Young, U.S. venture capital (VC) investment in cleantech companies in Q2 2010 hit $1.5 billion in 65 financing rounds, a 63.8% increase in capital and a 4.6% increase in deals c…..

Melting Silicon in Reverse
Like an ice cube on a warm day, most materials melt — that is, change from a solid to a liquid state — as they get warmer. But a few oddball materials do the reverse: They melt as they get cooler. …..

1 GW of Solar Projects To Be Developed in China
One of China’s largest appliance manufacturers has said it will invest in 1 GW of solar PV projects in the country’s northern province of Gansu. The company signed a cooperative framework agreement wi…..

AeroFarms Appoints Dr. Ronald W. Hart to Board of Directors
Aero Farm Systems LLC, a provider of aeroponic technology and solutions, announced today that Dr. Ronald W. Hart has been appointed to the company’s board of directors. Dr. Hart is an internationall…..

OutBack Power Technologies Welcomes New Director of Product Management
OutBack Power Technologies, Inc., a manufacturer of reliable and durable power electronics products for renewable energy applications worldwide, welcomes Phil Undercuffler as Director of Product Mana…..

Will We Find the ‘Black Swan’ of Clean Energy?
This is a unique time in history for energy inventors and entrepreneurs. As the need for clean, scalable sources of energy becomes more important, investors are looking for unique “Black Swan” techno…..

BP claims “milestone” as drill mud holds well shut
LONDON/HOUSTON (Reuters) – Oil giant BP claimed “a significant milestone” on Wednesday in efforts to plug for good the well that has spewed millions of barrels of crude into the Gulf of Mexico. …..

ICE profit soars 41 percent, beating Street
NEW YORK (Reuters) – IntercontinentalExchange Inc said second-quarter profit soared 41 percent, topping expectations, as marketplace volatility boosted futures and over-the-counter trading at the exch…..

U.N. cuts pre-2012 Kyoto offset estimate to new low
LONDON (Reuters) – A United Nations agency cut its forecast on Wednesday for pre-2012 Kyoto Protocol carbon offsets by 3 percent to its lowest level yet, estimating that only 981 million tonnes will c…..

GM unit invests $5 million in electric car start-up
DETROIT (Reuters) – General Motors’ venture capital unit is buying a minority stake in electric car start-up Bright Automotive to advance the development of fuel-efficient vehicle technologies. …..

China to invest $15 billion over 10 years for green autos: paper
BEIJING (Reuters) – The Chinese government will invest more than 100 billion yuan ($14.8 billion) to subsidize its fledgling environmentally friendly car industry over the next 10 years, the Shanghai …..

Ecuador, for pay, will not drill in Amazon reserve
QUITO (Reuters) – Ecuador signed a deal on Tuesday creating a trust fund to hold donations from Germany and other rich nations willing to pay the Andean country to refrain from drilling for oil in an …..

Islands warn rich nations’ emissions pledges fall short
BONN (Reuters) – Rich nations’ emissions reductions pledges fall dramatically short of what is required to limit global warming to two degrees centigrade, a group of 43 small islands said on Tuesday a…..

Arcadis sees brisk U.S. environmental demand
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – Dutch engineering consultancy Arcadis NV posted a higher than expected rise in second-quarter revenue on Wednesday as the U.S. economic recovery led to improved demand for its en…..

Hanwha Chem to buy 50 percent of Solarfun for $370 million
SEOUL/BANGALORE (Reuters) – South Korea’s Hanwha Chemical will acquire a 49.99 percent stake in Chinese photovoltaic (PV) cell maker Solarfun Power Holdings Co for 434 billion won ($370 million) to ex…..

U.S. keeps climate goal despite Senate setback
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States stands by its 2020 target for reducing greenhouse gas emissions despite the Senate’s failure to pass legislation to fight climate change, the top U.S. climate …..

Bulgaria to expand Kozloduy nuke if Belene is scrapped – minister
Bulgaria will expand its nuclear energy capacity even if the construction of the Belene NPP project is scrapped, Economy Minister Traicho Traikov said on August 2 2010. …..

Isotope-producing reactor back in action in August
Medical isotopes are used in diagnostic imaging for several diseases, including those of the heart and cancers. …..

Ottawa should do more to provide PET scanners to Canadians, says medical group
The inside of one of the twin MAPLE reactors at Chalk River, which are designed to produce isotopes for medical diagnoses and treatment. …..

Duke University: Solar energy now cheaper than nuclear power
A paper by Duke University researchers claims solar energy costs are now cheaper than nuclear energy costs, as solar energy costs have been dropped a lot over the past decade while nuclear energy has …..

Supes Agree Seismic Safety An Issue At Nuclear Power Plant
Public safety took center stage at Tuesday’s Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors meeting. …..

Nuclear Energy Is Cheap and Reliable
Today nuclear power produces 20 percent of our nation’s electricity but 70 percent of our carbon-free electricity Lamar Alexander is a GOP senator from Tennessee and chairman of the Senate Republican …..

Nuclear Power Delivery UK signs preliminary work deal with Horizon
Preliminary work set fo North Wales site. Nuclear Power Delivery UK, the delivery organization for the Westinghouse-designed AP1000 nuclear reactor, has signed a contract with Horizon Nuclear Power fo…..

Letter: Start reprocessing nuclear waste
All the discussion about the spent nuclear fuel rods is political nonsense. The technology to reprocess and reuse nuclear material has been available for many years. …..

NRG cuts spending on nuclear plants until federal loan guarantee is in place
NRG Energy executives said Monday they will cut monthly investment in new nuclear plants by 95 percent until the U.S. government gets moving on loan guarantees. …..

WK29794 Analysis of Spent Nuclear Fuel to Determine Selected Isotopes …
Work Item: ASTM WK29794 – New Test Method for Analysis of Spent Nuclear Fuel to Determine Selected Isotopes and Estimate Fuel Burnup 1. Scope 1.1 A sample of spent nuclear fuel is analyzed to determin…..

The Case for Nuclear Power Is as Strong as Ever
It has been suggested recently that, in light of the tragic Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, America needs to plan for a massive catastrophe at one of the country’s 104 working nucle…..

International Nuclear Safety Experts Conclude IAEA Peer Review…
An international team of senior experts on nuclear safety regulation recently completed a two-week International Atomic Energy Agency review of the governmental and regulatory framework for nuclear sa…..

Steel giant nuclear bid may revive
SHEFFIELD Forgemasters could resurrect its multimillion pound nuclear expansion plans early next year after conciliatory moves by Business Secretary Vince Cable. …..

jordan, south korea: A loan from Seoul for a nuclear reactor
South Korea on Monday lent energy-poor Jordan 70 million dollars to help build the kingdoms first nuclear research reactor, a project worth 130 million dollars. …..

Nation seeks to learn from China’s nuclear power plan
The Viet Nam Atomic Energy Commission has a nuclear co-operation agreement with China’s Guangdong Nuclear Power Group. …..

Prospects dim for third Calvert Cliffs nuclear unit
Constellation Energy and the French EDF Group say they’re committed to building an enormous nuclear-power plant next to the one Constellation already operates at Calvert Cliffs on the Chesapeake Bay. …..