Alternate Energy

Enel Adds 20 MW of Geothermal in Italy
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Laser ‘Scribing’ to Increase Solar Cell Efficiency
Over the years, thanks to the devoted research work going on for increasing the efficiency of solar cells, today solar cells are no longer flat shaped or unyielding. Ultra thin film-type solar cells …..

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A Former "Most Wanted" Building Gets a Reprieve
“Most Wanted” posters identifying bandits and desperadoes are familiar images to anyone who has ever seen a Western movie. If they still made those posters, and if they offered rewards for turning in …..

Driving "Back to the Future": Flex-Fuel Vehicle Awareness
The 1908 Model-T Ford was the first vehicle designed to run on ethanol, which Henry Ford termed “the fuel of the future.” Today, about 8 million flexible fuel vehicles on our roads can run on either g…..

Geothermal Startup Will Put Carbon Dioxide to Good Use
Geothermal power holds enormous opportunities to provide affordable, clean energy that avoids greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide. One Utah-based startup is working on an innovative project that coul…..

Green Beer: Not Just for St. Patrick’s Day
While green beer is usually limited to St. Patrick’s Day, Manhattan Beer Distributors in New York City will now be able to deliver in a more sustainable way year-round. As part of an American Recovery…..

Mt. Wachusett Community College Makes Huge Investment in Wind Power
Mount Wachusett Community College in Gardner, Massachusetts, with support from DOE, made a huge investment in renewable energy by installing two utility-scale wind turbines on their campus in 2011. Th…..

BLM Lists 2011 Priority Renewable Energy Projects
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has announced its 2011 list of 19 priority projects for developing renewable energy on national public lands. The priority list includes nine solar projects, five w…..

U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon 2011 Participants Bring Innovation to D.C.’s Ward 7
In honor of the U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon 2011—which challenges 20 collegiate teams to design, build, and operate solar-powered houses that arecost-effective, energy-efficient, and a…..

Disneyland’s Dry Cleaning Gets an Energy Efficient Upgrade
As the provider of laundry and dry cleaning services for Disneyland Resort’s costumes and hospitality supply items, L&N Costume and Linen Service knows about both quantity and quality. Now, with the h…..

Kansas City Buses Provide Clean Ride for Kids
On March 16, the Kansas City, Kansas School District welcomed some newcomers to their community—47 natural gas school buses deployed as part of DOE’s Clean Cities Alternative Fuel Vehicle Pilot Prog…..

BIG Designs Hovering Solar Intersection for a 21st Century Stockholm
This near magical hovering design will be a new entrance portal into Stockholm. But it might as well be an entrance portal into a whole different world.The design is a reflective hovering sphere, the…..

Clean energy highlights of federal budget 2011
Okay, here are budget highlights related to clean energy and technology (in no particular order):1) $97 million over two years to renew funding for technology and innovations in areas of clean energy …..

Nissan Leaf Deliveries Not Affected by Japan Quake, States UK Company Official
Nissan UK has assured its customers that they won’t get left out of Leafs, even if Japan’s earthquake has destroyed most of the transportation infrastructure in the country. So far, 550 orders worth s…..

Kenyan Forests Endangered by European Biofuel Crops, Local Protesters Say
Cutting down forests for the sake of planting zero-carbon biofuel crops is like fighting for peace – war will generate even more war. Kenya’s Dakatcha Woodlands seems to face such an issue, since Euro…..

Sikar II – 100% Solar Powered Vehicle Attends The 2011 World Solar Challenge
Seven faculty members of De La Salle University, Manila and 22 engineering students have conceived a solar powered vehicle that will compete in the 2011 World Solar Challenge on October 16-23. The 3,0…..

Won’t Innovation, Substitution, and Efficiency Keep Us Growing?
While efficiency, substitution are key to our efforts to adapt to resource limits, they are incapable of removing those limits, and are themselves subject to the law of diminishing returns – Part 1…..

Solarball: Ultra-Cheap Solar-Powered Water Purifier for The Poorest of Us
Technology doesn’t always have to be complex to help people. Such is the case of a simple solar-powered water purifier designed by Monash University graduate student Jonathan Liow to help people in po…..

How Community Ownership Can Save Wind Power
Community ownership may provide the solution for increasing resistance to wind power in the United States. Wind power has expanded rapidly in recent years, but the new wind farms have a common charact…..

High Tech Garbage Truck Cuts Diesel Fuel and Emissions by 50%
The U.S. EPA’s Clean Diesel Campaign isn’t about to let a little garbage get in the way of a good thing. The agency has just put a new  fuel efficiency system for heavy duty diesel trucks on its E…..

Will feds give SDTC a new lease on life? We find out today at 4:30… stay tuned.
You’ll recall that last year the Canadian federal government refused to inject more funding into Sustainable Development Technology Canada, an agency that has proven crucial to helping Canadian energy…..

Can Nuclear Energy Be Green? Thorium And Traveling Wave Reactors Give It A Shot
Can Nuclear Energy Be Green?The recent events in Japan have sparked renewed debate over the risks of nuclear energy. Nuclear energy advocates defend uranium as a sustainable source of energy that is…..

Eco Engineering Internship at Dancing Rabbit
Are you looking for a clean tech summer internship? Are you an expert in cogen, biomass heaters or solar-thermal? Maybe you can help our project at Dancing Rabbit Ecovillage. Background Dancing Rabbit…..

World Water Day: 60 Posts on Water & Cleantech
Today is World Water Day. We’ve written quite a number of posts on different ways water is connected to cleantech over the years. Rather than write a whole new post on one or two aspects of this, I’ve…..

Ronald Erickson, CEO, of Visualant Inc. (OTCBB: VSUL), Discusses the Power and Accuracy of its Patent Pending Sensor Technology
Point Roberts, WA – March 22, 2011 – Investorideas.com, an investor research portal specializing in sector research, including security stocks, presents a Q&A interview featuring Mr. Ronald Erickson, …..

Clean Energy Car Stock News; EVCARCO (OTC.BB: EVCA) Displayed Alternative Energy Units at Ft. Worth Auto Show
FT. WORTH, TX – March 22, 2011 (Investorideas.com renewable energy/green newswire) – EVCARCO, Inc. (OTCBB:EVCA) reports the Ft. Worth Auto Show at the Ft. Worth Convention Center opened March 17th thr…..

Oʻahu Could Supply 25% of Its Electricity Demand from Onshore Wind & Solar Energy
500 MW of wind power and 100 MW of solar power could supply more than 25% of O’ahu’s projected electricity demand, a new study, the OÊ»ahu Wind Integration Study (OWIS), conducted by HawaiÊ»i Natu…..

E-Reader Going Green: Biblio Leaf
Glad tidings for book lovers with green ethics! Maybe the e-reader does not consume much power. But if you love to read online and think you should do your bit towards using renewable energy, you hav…..

BP Acquires CNAA, Expands its Biofuels Business in Brazil
03/22/2011 – BP recently announced that it has agreed to acquire majority control of the Brazilian ethanol and sugar producer …..

NYSERDA Program Offers $21.6 Million for Fuel Cell Technology Installation
03/22/2011 – The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) has announced an incentive program for businesses, hospitals or other large power consumers interested in installing…..

Is Cap-and-Trade Kaput?
What’s in a name? Everything when it comes to a carbon dioxide cap-and-trade programme in the US. Energy industry prognosticators saw US adoption as almost inevitable just two years ago following the…..

Consolidation Among China’s Wind Power Manufacturers Likely
This month the Chinese government formally released a new set of rules and restrictions for wind power equipment manufacturers relating to energy, land, in-house capital and technologies. The standar…..

Will solar development survive in North Africa and Middle East?
In recent weeks the world has seen a dramatic change in the political structure in North Africa and Middle East. With all eyes of the world on the region the question remains what does the future eco…..

Skyline Doubles Solar Concentration with New CPV Design
Two years after installing a pilot system to test its concentrating photovoltaic (CPV) technology, Skyline Solar is rolling out its next-generation design, bumping up the concentration factor and, in…..

Small Wind: Market Update
Small wind energy systems are experiencing significant growth as the technology finally appears to be coming of age. What can big wind’s little brother conjure up to advance the role of renewable ene…..

Contract closed on January 24th: Leybold Optics to build revolutionary large-scale glass coater for SAGE’s dynamic glass production
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Top Solar Industry and Finance Leaders Discuss Key Issues at PV America 2011 in April
PV America 2011, the foremost event for the solar photovoltaic industry in the Northeast/Mid-Atlantic region, features a lineup of recognized financial leaders and experts in the solar power field di…..

PV America 2011 to Showcase a Vibrant Solar Photovoltaic Industry in the Northeast/Mid-Atlantic Region
PV America 2011, the foremost trade show for the solar photovoltaic (PV) industry in the Northeast/Mid-Atlantic region, takes place April 3-5 at the Pennsylvania Convention Center in Philadelphia. P…..

Safe Nuclear Power: Leave it in the Earth!
Nuclear power is a gift from the earth, but recent disasters clearly demonstrate that we have chosen a very dangerous way to harness its power. The spent fuel rods currently close to meltdown in the …..

Spain’s Ecoenergies Launches Biomass Expansion
Spanish renewable energy firm Ecoenergies hopes to install as much as 37 MW of biomass capacity in the next three years, a company spokeswoman revealed last week. …..

DOE’s National Laboratories: Energy Innovation’s Best Kept Secret
Imagine the United States without solar and wind power industries. …..

Delta unveils the latest Product Innovations at the Hannover Messe
Delta Electronics Inc. presents its most up-to-date and energy-saving product highlights at the Hannover Messe. From the 4th to the 8th of April trade show visitors are invited to learn more about th…..

NLP Solar Sales Training: Spring Special
The NLP Solar Sales Training Course provides you with all the information and tools necessary to close a residential solar sale. …..

Potential for reduction of CO2 emissions in power generation by using solar Add-Ons in India
Technical Top Tip courtesy of Solar Power Group GmbH …..

Country Profile: Russia
Its vast geography includes every type of condition favourable to renewable generation, including windswept steppes, areas of high insolation and forestation and significant geothermal regions. Yet t…..

State of Wisconsin Issues Air Permit for United Ethanol
The Air Permit was recently approved by the State of Wisconsin for United Ethanol to begin construction of the EISENMANN BIOGAS-TS Anaerobic Digester. The $6.75 million project will install an anaero…..

FDA Halts Food From Affected Area Of Japan
The Food and Drug Administration said Tuesday it will halt imports of dairy products and produce from the area of Japan where a nuclear reactor is leaking radiation. …..

Japanese radiation now detectable in B.C.
View from above of the Fukushima nuclear power complex in northeastern Japan, where explosions and coolant system failures have caused a crisis. …..

World power could benefit from crises
Only a year ago, Russia’s dominance as a global energy supplier was threatened by low gas prices and a reputation as an unreliable trade partner. …..

New York nuke plant seismic review gets top priority
U.S. regulators have promised to make the Indian Point nuclear power plant north of New York City their top priority in a review of seismic risk at U.S. nuclear plants, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo …..

Appeals court considers site for nuclear disposal
Federal appeals court judges are considering whether the Obama administration had the authority to stop plans to bury the nation’s nuclear waste in Nevada. …..

Most Americans want a pause on nuclear projects: poll
A majority of Americans want the United States to tap the brakes on new nuclear power reactors following the crisis in Japan that has focused more attention on the already controversial power source, …..

Pool boils at Japan nuclear plant
The operator of Japan’s leaking nuclear plant says power lines have been hooked up to all six reactor units, though more work is needed before electricity can run through them. …..

General Electric Defends Nuclear Plant Design
General Electric has released a paper defending the performance of its nuclear reactor in Japan, and said the “station blackout” caused by the massive 9.0 earthquake and tsunami went beyond anything t…..

California panel weighs nuclear safety after quake
State lawmakers called on California utilities Monday to delay efforts to relicense nuclear power plants until the companies complete detailed seismic maps to get a true picture of the risks posed by …..

Calif. panel weighs nuclear safety after quake
State senators are reviewing whether California’s nuclear power plants and gas pipelines are safe from earthquakes as Japan’s scramble to control its damaged reactors brings up uncomfortable similarit…..

German-French division on nuclear plants
France launched an impassioned defense of nuclear power on Monday as European Union nations searched for answers to security questions raised by the earthquake and tsunami that crippled Japan’s main p…..

Vermont nuclear plant gets federal license renewals, despite calls for …
Federal regulators today gave the Vermont Yankee nuclear plant a 20-year license renewal, despite calls for reconsideration following the nuclear disaster in Japan. …..

WHO warns of "serious" food radiation in disaster-hit Japan
The World Health Organization said on Monday that radiation in food after an earthquake damaged a Japanese nuclear plant was more serious than previously thought, eclipsing signs of progress in a batt…..

No quick fix for Japan’s nuclear plant; radiation taints country’s food and water
Officials raced Monday to restore electricity to Japan’s leaking nuclear plant, but getting the power flowing will hardly be the end of their battle: With its mangled machinery and partly melted react…..

Stocks rise on dealmaking, easing Japan worries
Stocks jumped in early trading Monday on corporate dealmaking and easing worries about Japan’s nuclear crisis. …..

Testing Finds no Health Threat Along West Coast
Minuscule amounts of radiation from Japan’s stricken nuclear plant have reached the west coast but federal and state officials say it poses no health risk. …..

Fukushima food radiation concerns IAEA
The radioactive contamination of some food near Japan’s stricken nuclear plant has become a concern even as authorities report progress in their battle to prevent a meltdown at the site, United Nation…..

Asian markets rise as Japan nuclear crisis eases
A trader scurries across the floor of the New York Stock Exchange at the closing bell, Friday, March 18, 2011. …..

Chile protests seek Obama apology for CIA meddling
Several hundred people have protested in the Chilean capital ahead of Monday’s visit by President Barack Obama . …..