Alternate Energy

Enel Adds 20 MW of Geothermal in Italy
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Oprah & Sarah Palin, Time to Make Solar Mainstream
One Block Off the Grid (our former owner) has a great post this week on “Why Solar Can’t Go Mainstream Without Sarah Palin.” While I don’t agree with every specific point in the article, I think t…..

South Korea Planning Massive Off Shore Wind Farm
Wind energy currently meets a mere 1.5% of global electricity generation. But scientists foresee a lot of potential in this alternative energy source. Asian countries are also trying to embrace clean…..

G-20 Reaffirms Commitment to Cut Fossil Fuel Subsidies
The finance ministers and central bank governors of the world’s 20 largest industrialized and developing economies, known as the G-20, aim to phase out fossil fuel subsidies by 2020, and steps are alr…..

DOE Launches New Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Advisory Committee
DOE has launched its Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Advisory Committee to provide advice on issues under the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy. …..

USDA Boosts more than 500 Rural Clean Energy Projects
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is providing more than $30 million in loans and grants to 516 recipients for rural renewable energy and energy efficiency projects. …..

Electric Vehicles Attractive for Fleets: Study
The Electrification Coalition, a year-old nonprofit group of business leaders, has released an analysis of the business case for U.S. fleets to adopt electric-drive technology. As many as 200,000 of t…..

DOE-Backed Public EV Charging Program Expands to Washington, D.C.
The first public electric vehicle (EV) charging station in Washington, D.C., was unveiled by ChargePoint America, with construction supported in part by a $15 million DOE Recovery Act grant. …..

Interior Department OKs Second Large Solar Project on Nevada Public Lands
The U.S. Department of the Interior has approved the second large-scale solar energy project on U.S. public lands in Nevada, a 500-megawatt concentrating solar power facility. …..

SunPower Ramps Up Production, Soon its Solar Down Near $1 a Watt
SunPower has sold out of its solar panels for the rest of this year, and into early 2011, despite a huge 65% ramp-up of production at its new Malaysian factory.In a conference call covering company …..

Rising electricity cost has jolted state
From an article by Tom Content in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: The price of electricity has shot up faster in Wisconsin than in all but five other states since 2000, which could pose a threat to t…..

Senator Max Baucus Might be Able to Extend Section 1603 Cash Grants for Wind Power Development
Senator Baucus will find a way to extend a 30% cash grant program for wind power, he told NAW (North American Windpower) this week. The tax credit known as Section 1603 has done more than any Federa…..

The Largest Solar Power Plant in Massachusetts Is About to Go Online
The largest solar power station in New England is finished and ready to deliver power by the end of November. The plant is established on a piece of industrial contaminated property in Springfield, Ma…..

A New Solar-Powered A/C System for Vehicles Developed by PolyU Researchers
Researchers from the Polytechnic University (PolyU) in Honk Kong in collaboration with industry partners, have recently developed a new solar energy-powered A/C system for vehicles and already complet…..

Magna’s BionX electric bikes to be part of California bikeshare pilot
Magna Marque, a subsidiary of Canadian autoparts giant Magna International, has announced a four-week bikeshare trial in California that will sees its BionX electric bikes used on the Sacremento campu…..

IBM Planning to Offer Smart Grid Solutions to India
IBM, one of the world’s leading IT companies and smart grid solutions leaders is planning to offer its services to Indian utilities over the next few years. IBM’s General Manager of Global Energy and …..

Cost is King in Battle for Solar Dominance
November 16, 2010 (Investorideas.com renewable energy/ green newswire) – In the face of renewed pricing pressures, solar device manufacturers have had to refocus on minimizing costs and maximizing per…..

Green Car Stock News; EVCARCO (OTC.BB: EVCA) Cleared to Franchise in Hawaii Through Hawaii’s Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs
DALLAS, TX and FORT WORTH, TX and HONOLULU, HI – November 16, 2010 (Investorideas.com renewable energy/green newswire) – EVCARCO (OTCBB: EVCA) (Pinksheets:EVCA) and its Board of Directors are proud to…..

Etch-A-Sketch Inspires Photonics Breakthrough
It’s just a wisp of a childhood memory to millions, but to one scientist at the University of Pittsburgh the venerable Etch A Sketch has provided the inspiration for a major breakthrough in next-ge…..

World’s First Fully Solar Powered Motorway To Be Open In Italy, Between Catania and Siracusa
Italy, the country with the world’s first highway ever built (in 1926), is now preparing the addition of another motorway segment between Catania and Siracusa (the A18). But this is not just another m…..

How Energy Reform Can Break the Partisan Stalemate
Published by National Journal Energy & Environment Expert Blog By Teryn NorrisNovember 16, 2010 In the aftermath of the mid-term elections, it’s unlikely that Washington can overcome the crippling…..

Exelon to Invest $5 Billion in Low-Carbon Energy Projects
11/16/2010 – In support of its Exelon 2020 strategy to eliminate the equivalent of its 2001 carbon footprint by 2020, …..

Suniva Gets $15 Million Loan Guarantee From Export-Import Bank
11/16/2010 – Suniva, Inc… …..

German Tesla Roadster Driver Reports 40,000 Miles In One Year, Without Any Problems
When you purchase a car, you probably take a look at it first. If it looks good, then you think about its performance. If it suits, then you look for reviews of people who drove one and how it did on …..

Avoiding a Climate Science War
By Daniel Goldfarb Originally published at Americans for Energy Leadership Everybody loves a good fight, and Andrew Revkin reports that scientists are gearing up for an upcoming slugfest over the …..

$1.2 Million Grant To Clemson University For Studying How To Safely Deploy Plutonium Waste
Because plutonium, a radioactive byproduct of spent nuclear fuel, can move pretty fast through the soil, the U.S. Department of Energy granted $1.2 million to Clemson University scientists to study ho…..

Educating the Energy Generation: Workforce Needs in Renewable, Nuclear Power Sectors
By Jesse Jenkins, originally at the Breakthrough Institute Today, the race for dominance in clean energy technology sectors pits the United States against the greatest international competition for…..

WPL is penalized for unclear information about wind-farm project
From an article by Judy Newman in the Wisconsin State Journal: Wisconsin Power & Light got a slap on the wrist from state regulators for not making it clear that there will be problems getting electr…..

Offshore Wind Energy Coming to India Soon?
Offshore wind energy could be launched in India within few years if positive results are obtained from a New and Renewable Energy ministry-backed survey. The survey being conducted by Chennai-based C…..

Newly Discovered Polymer Bends When Lit And Could Help Organic Solar Cells
A new polymer film could enhance the light harvesting properties and hence the efficiency of organic solar cells. The material developed by Riken, a Japanese research institute, has a “polymer brush”-…..

NASA Develops Solar Shield System For Protecting Power Grids From Future Solar Storms
Solar “power” is not always beneficial for the environment and our technology. A new challenge has landed in NASA scientists’ courtyard: preventing blackouts that may be caused by the next solar st…..

The Story of an Energy Storage Startup
To decrease the transportation sector’s reliance on gasoline, viable alternatives must be found. Ultracapacitors — energy storage systems with very high energy density — might be a technology tha…..

SEI Leads Renewable Energy Tour to Cuba
2006 was “The Year of the Energy Revolution” in Cuba. Government Ministries and NGOs developed a nationwide plan focused on energy efficiency and independence. The entire electrical system was upgrad…..

The US PV Market Holds Promise for Foreign Companies
Over the next couple years the growth rate of the U.S. PV market will undoubtedly surpass that of more established markets such as Germany, Italy and Spain, making it one of the leading PV markets in …..

Three Top Geothermal E&P Companies
Last week, I was on a panel at the Inside Commodities Conference, and spent some time talking with Tyler Mordy, director of research at Hahn Investment. He’s a top-down analyst (and CFA Charter holde…..

SEIA, Others Call for Extension of TGP in US
On a conference call today, Rhone Resch of the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA), along with Ed Fenster, co-founder and CEO of SunRun, Mark Conroy, president and CEO of MegaWatt Solar, and E…..

WindTamer Corporation Announces Initiation of Certification Process for Its 8.0GT Wind Turbine With Intertek
WindTamer Corporation (“WindTamer” or “The Company”) (OTC Bulletin Board: WNDT) announced today that its 8.0GT wind turbine has been submitted to Intertek (LSE: ITRK) for testing, inspection and cert…..

Growth Energy Testifies at EPA Hearing on E15 Label
Growth Energy CEO Tom Buis released the following statement after testifying today at the EPA’s public hearing on the agency’s proposed rule governing how pumps carrying E15 will be labeled. The E15 …..

Duke Researchers: Watch out for CO2 Contamination
Leaks from carbon dioxide injected deep underground to help fight climate change could bubble up into drinking water aquifers near the surface, driving up levels of contaminants in the water tenfold …..

Agenda announced for IntertechPira’s 6th Annual Photovoltaics Summit
IntertechPira is pleased to announce the complete agenda for the 6th annual Photovoltaics Summit 2011, scheduled for January 19-21 at FireSky Resort in Scottsdale, AZ, US. This year’s event will pro…..

The Efficiency Race: How do CdTe and CIGS Stack up?
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Solergy, Inc Launches Next-Generation CPV with Record-Breaking 32.9% Efficiency
Solergy, Inc., developers of the next generation of high concentrated photovoltaic technology (HCPV), today announced at a press conference in Milan the their launch and introduction of two unique fl…..

European Director General for Energy confirmed as Key note speaker at European Gas Markets Summit
EyeforEnergy the leading events co-coordinator and business intelligence provider for the Oil and Gas industries are pleased to confirm Philip Lowe Director General for Energy, European Commission as…..

Psst! Solar Fred’s solution to a competitive solar market: Answer this one question every month.
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How Residential Solar as a Service Began
The residential solar lease may bring successful companies like SolarCity, SunRun and Sungevity to mind. But do you remember when a company called Citizenre was the poster child of the sector? You ma…..

#1 Best-Selling “Energy” Book on Amazon
What clean energy technologies will dominate the future? How will big money and politics affect the outcome? These are only a few of the questions fundamental to the book, RENEWABLE ENERGY – FACTS …..

Finalists for the CPV industry development award at the 1st CPV Today Awards
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Finalists for the most significant CPV project at the 1st CPV Today Awards
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Finalists for the CPV best commercialized innovation of the year at the 1st CPV Today Awards
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Finalists for the CPV component supplier of the year at the 1st CPV Today Awards
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Will US Help Underwrite Armenian Nuclear Energy Plans?
Date : Wed, 17 Nov 2010 10:43:14 +0400 WILL US HELP UNDERWRITE ARMENIAN NUCLEAR ENERGY PLANS? by Giorgi Lomsadze EurasiaNet Nov 16 2010 NY The State Department hopes to gauge US private interest in fu…..

Errors found in reactor report
Containment vessel plates sit at a construction site at Plant Vogtle. The first new reactor is scheduled to go on line in 2016. …..

Giant Holes in the Ground
Pay dirt: Construction has begun on a pair of large nuclear reactors at the Southern Company’s Vogtle plant in Waynesboro, Georgia. …..

Court upholds Xcel’s Prairie Island power increase
A boost in power generation at Xcel Energya s Prairie Island nuclear power plant in Minnesota was upheld by the state Court of Appeals Tuesday. …..

Uranium ETF for the Nuclear Trade
Over the years I’ve written articles about two different nuclear energy ETFs. First the Market Vectors Nuclear Energy Portfolio in 2007 and then the PowerShares Global Nuclear Portfolio . …..

American scientists attempt to ‘create a sun on Earth’ using nuclear fusion
It may look like a stadium or factory, but this building could contain the answer to safe renewable energy of the future. …..

PPL nuclear plant issued safety warning
A preliminary “white” finding, signifying low-to-moderate safety concerns, is included in the most recent report for the Susquehanna nuclear power plant by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission repor…..

MomentumNUCLEAR FOLLIES
DUMMERSTON, Vt. — When President Barack Obama said, during his State of the Union speech, “But to create more of these clean energy jobs… that means building a new generation of safe, clean nuclear…..

Russia Set To Become World-Class Nuclear Dump
Russia is set to become the world’s biggest nuclear dump as a lucrative agreement with the US edges closer. …..

U.S. – Interested’ In Armenian Nuclear Project
Daniel Rosenblum, co-chairman of the U.S.-Armenia Joint Economic Task Force, at a news conference in Yerevan, 15Nov2010. …..

Uranium One narrows loss on record sales
Vancouver uranium miner Uranium One narrowed its third-quarter losses compared with last year on record sales and improving production costs. …..

Change in political climate doesn’t deter TVA coal cuts
The new, more-conservative political climate in Washington could thwart hopes for climate control legislation. …..

Nuclear waste at Va. site awaits permanent home
Decades after the federal government agreed to build a permanent storage site for the nation’s nuclear waste, temporary sites including one in southeastern Virginia continue to warehouse the radioacti…..

Talks with South Korea on nuclear plant fail, Japan next
Turkey’s Energy Minister Taner Y ld z said the issue on building a nuclear energy plant in Turkey by S. Korea will be clarified on Monday during the G-20 Summit in Seoul. …..

Researcher Will Study Plutonium Underground For Energy…
Environmental scientists at Clemson University have received a three-year, $1.2M grant from the U.S. Department of Energy to study how plutonium, a byproduct of used nuclear fuel, interacts with soil……

Protests continue at Gorleben nuclear waste storage facility
Demonstrations against the German government’s nuclear power policy continued as protesters marched near the Gorleben waste storage site. …..

Nuclear plants needed to meet energy demand: UAE paper
Abu Dhabi, Nov 14 The United Arab Emirates should look for alternatives to natural resources and nuclear plants for each emirate should be part of a long-term federal strategy, a prominent newspaper o…..