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NRG, SunPower plan 250-megawatt solar plant

NRG Solar and SunPower said today they expect to begin construction on a large 250-megawatt solar installation next year in California's central coastal region. The California Valley Solar Ranch plant will use SunPower's solar photovoltaic panels, which are ...

CNET |

Can Faith Slow Climate Change?

Give us all a reverence for the Earth as your own creation, that we may use its resources rightly in the service of others and to your honor and glory.. The prayer was recited regularly by a young Sally Bingham ...

Scientific American |

Is Now the Right Time to Buy Solar Stocks?

Renewable Energy stocks have been suffering for over a year, but the sector's poster-child has also been the whipping boy. ) Ian Tharp - CIBC World Markets These numbers were brought home to me by a presentation by Ian S. Tharp ...

SeekingAlpha |

Study warns against hyping carbon-fixing biochar

Of all the approaches to cutting carbon emissions, making charcoal and putting it in the ground as fertilizer would seem one of the least controversial. Environmental advocacy group the National Resources Defense Council today published an analysis that seeks to ...

CNET |

Advantages and Disadvantages of Switchgrass as Biomass

Introduction to the Advantages and Disadvantages of Switchgrass as Biomass. Switchgrass is widely cultivated in the US both as a soil restoration crop and a biomass crop, being easily harvested using proven techniques. It is usually transported in large bales ...

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Massachusetts approves Cape Wind PPA

Throughout 2010, I've been watching the Cape Wind project work its way through the development and regulatory processes. This week the DPU issued a decision approving a 15-year power purchase agreement between Cape Wind and National Grid. ) Under the ...

Renewable Energy World |

How to Test Photovoltaic Cells

Photovoltaic cells, also called solar cells, produce an electric current when exposed to light. The presence and strength of this current is measured when testing to see if a photovoltaic cell is working. Expose the photovoltaic cell to direct sunlight ...

eHow |

Sustainable Energy Defined

There are three basic demands an energy source must meet to be characterized as ?sustainable: The long-term availability of the energy source that guarantees to meet any present or future consumption needs. The energy source must be replenishable without human ...

Bright Hub |

Offshore Wind Power to Take Flight Off Atlantic Coast

On the heels of yesterday's good news about progress for offshore wind energy in Massachusetts, today the Obama Administration announced a major new initiative to accelerate the development of clean, offshore wind power along the Atlantic Coast.. The Interior ...

Environmental News Network |

What animal collectively makes up the largest biomass on Earth?

You sometimes hear very large estimates for the biomass of certain animal groups, like ants or nematodes, but these consist of thousands of different, specialised species. Staggeringly, cow biomass exceeds 650 million tonnes (1.3 billion cattle conservatively weighing 500kg ...

BBC Focus |

Salazar vows to speed wind energy projects

Interior Secretary Ken Salazar vowed Tuesday to spur offshore wind projects in the Atlantic Ocean by expediting permits and identifying promising areas for wind power.. Salazar and developers of the nation's first offshore wind farm signed a lease last ...

Forbes |

TEDx Event in Athens Greece

The TED home page has announced that November 26 2010 will see the first TEDx event organized in Athens Greece with the central theme being " TED, which stands for Technology, Entertainment, Design is an international event that hosts well known ...

Suite 101 |

U.S. corn ethanol 'was not a good policy'

Former vice president Al Gore said support for corn-based ethanol in the United States was " "It is not a good policy to have these massive subsidies for [U.S.] first-generation ethanol," said Gore, speaking at a green energy business conference ...

CNET |

SUSI Partners completes €15m first close for renewable energy fund

Swiss investment house SUSI Partners has held the ?15m first close of a fund targeting European solar and wind project investments. SUSI has already committed equity to several projects in France and Germany.. The SUSI Sustainable Euro I fund is ...

Alternative Assets Network |

State regulators approve Cape Wind power contract

Massachusetts utility regulators today approved the initial power purchase agreement for Cape Wind, bringing the controversial offshore wind farm product closer to construction. The rates which National Grid agreed to purchase power from Cape Wind are above market rates. In ...

CNET |

U.S. corn ethanol "was not a good policy": Gore

Former vice-president Al Gore said support for corn-based ethanol in the United States was " U.S. blending tax breaks for ethanol make it profitable for refiners to use the fuel even when it is more expensive than gasoline. "It is ...

Scientific American |

The Demand for Oil in the Face of Renewables, Electric Vehicles

When my father passed away not too long ago, he left me some ExxonMobil (NYSE: , shale oil and tar sands) cost-effectively will be able to play in the oil industry of tomorrow.. But I have to think that those betting ...

Renewable Energy World |

DJ HOT STOCKS TO WATCH IN BARRON'S: Dover, Starbucks, Saks

Dow Jones)--Below are companies mentioned in Barron's whose stocks are expected to move. Dover Corp. (DOV) is an industrial conglomerate tied to hot concepts in energy and communications, has 23% revenue gains and record margins. Dover shares have ...

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U.S. Treasury Grant for Solar Energy May Be Extended

Will the 30% US Treasury Grant for solar and other renewable energy set to expire at the end of the year be extended?. While the Investment Tax Credit for solar and other renewable energy technologies doesn't expire until 2016 ...

SeekingAlpha |

Why Bulls Expect Only More From Soaring Dover

SHOW US A HOT CONCEPT in energy or communications or even food retailing and we'll wager that Dover is somehow central to its success.. Dover expects free cash flow to total $2.5 billion between 2011 and 2013. "Based ...

Barron's |

25,000 Reasons Congress Should End the Ethanol Tariff

With the lame-duck Congress back in session and a potential showdown brewing over ethanol policy - we knew this week offered a critical window of opportunity to send lawmakers the strongest message yet to end the $6 billion dollar per year ...

Renewable Energy World |

Ground and Air Source Heat Pumps & How They Work to Heat Your Home

A ground source heat pump extracts the heat from the ground through five different types of geothermal loops (previous article), the heat having been absorbed into the ground from the summer sun.. This device is fitted on the return line ...

Bright Hub |

Look To Emerging Markets For Renewables Growth

With the recent debt problems in Europe and austerity plans beginning to take shape, many investors believe that alternative forms of energy are dead in the water. Spain, one of the leaders in solar energy, has seen new projects nose-dive ...

Investopedia |

Obama's Green-Collar World Meets Reality

LOBBYIST MICHAEL MCKENNA has a word of advice for his clients: McKenna, a Republican, predicts that fiscally conservative Republicans in the next Congress will begin a multiyear process of cutting industry-specific and company-specific tax subsidies as part of their aggressive ...

Barron's |

4 Derivative Plays on GM's IPO (11/17/10)

The biggest news on The Street is GM's (GM) IPO. American Axle (AXL) is a good play on GM, from which it derives 80% of its sales. GM is concentrating on battery-operated cars instead, but there might be increases ...

SeekingAlpha |

Low-temp ceramic micro fuel-cells promise affordable methane power

Now, a new platinum-free micro-SOFC (solid oxide fuel cells) could change all that; the handiwork of researchers led by Shriram Ramanathan at the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS), the all-ceramic design makes for more reliable fuel cells ...

SlashGear |

Renewable enery specialist Platina Partners picks up Italian solar portfolio

European private equity firm Platina Partners, which specialises in renewable energy infrastructure investments and buy-outs, has acquired a group of ten solar projects from Italian construction firm Degennaro Group. With a combined capacity of 10MW, these solar plants in Puglia ...

Alternative Assets Network |

Japan Pioneers Smart Energy

By coordinating energy use for electricity, heating, and transportation, four Japanese cities plan to reduce their carbon footprints and increase reliance on renewables. While smart-grid projects manage electricity, the Japanese "smart community" demonstration projects will also manage energy for heating ...

MIT Technology Review |

Cheap Diesel-Powered Fuel Cells

A Norwegian company is developing silent diesel generators based on a new kind of fuel cell. In large-scale production, the new fuel cells could also be significantly cheaper than high temperature solid-oxide fuel cells, such as those being sold by ...

MIT Technology Review |

A Better Platinum Catalyst for...

A new type of catalyst could lead to fuel cells that use a fifth of the platinum they use now. "This is excellent work that should enable us to use less platinum in fuel cells," says Jean-Pol Dodelet, a professor ...

MIT Technology Review |

Germany Takes a Sun Bath

In fact, if it weren't for bold and innovative public policies by certain foreign countries, such as Brazil, Spain and Germany, many public companies in the U.S. would have had a much more difficult time getting started. I ...

Barron's |

Germany Takes a Sun Bath

I recently had the privilege of meeting Hohn during a trip to Germany to study its efforts to transform the country's coal and steel industries in the Ruhr Valley, located in Hohn's home state of North-Rhine Westphalia. Roughly ...

SmartMoney |

Turned on by Utilities Stocks

For years, most investors left UBS stock analyst David Lefkowitz alone. Indeed, some firms, like Wisconsin Energy, expect their profits to rise at double-digit rates this year. Analysts expect Wisconsin Energy's profits to rise 19% in 2010 and another ...

SmartMoney |

Reportlinker Adds Global Silicon and Ferro Silicon Industry

The report profiles 69 companies including many key and niche players such as Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing Ltd., China National Bluestar (Group) Corporation, Bluestar Silicon Materials Co. Ltd, Compagnie De Saint-Gobain, CC Metals and Alloys, LLC, Dow Corning Corporation, Elkem AS ...

Investors Business Daily |

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Designs on Life: The Future of Eco-Architects

The future of sustainable housing and eco-design is perhaps something everyday folks consider vaguely. Solar panels, biomass (whatever that is) and wind turbines may be a workable reality now, but ...

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Solar Power Energy For Your Home

Solar power energyis the beaminglight andheat from thesun that has been reined by humans sinceancient times utilizing a range of ever-evolving methods. Solarradiation along with the alternate solar resources such ...

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What are Tranducers

Transducer play an important role in the field of instrumentation and control engineering. Any energy in a process should be converted from one form into another form to make the ...

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Nikola Tesla's Secret

Many people have been fascinated with the secrets of Nikola Tesla, in particular the Tesla Generator, which has now finally been revealed and is available to download below from TeslaSecret ...

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Home Solar Power-Intro

Getting home solar electricity is more affordable today than 10 years ago. In fact, many state governments are currently offering tax rebates to persons that choose to convert to solar ...

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Alternate energy investing

Investing in Alternative Energy Stocks

Alternative energy stock portfolios are a great part of a modern investor's financial plan, due to the fac that there is so much upward ...

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Renewable Types Of Energy

In many areas around Australia and all round the world there are requirements for power supply that is not economically feasible or are just not physically possible for mains power ...

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Brobdingnagian Energy Investment in China

Russia and China has signed a contract recently to enhance the energy cooperation, in the mean while Moscow stated that it will strive hard to provide energy to the countries ...

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SBSC Signs Joint Venture with Santa Rosa City

Spectrum Blue Steel Corporation (SBSC) and Santa Rosa Nueva Ecija finally signed a joint venture agreement regarding the deployment of the biosphere process system or biosphere machines in the city ...

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Green Energy Efficiency Drives Vehicle Tracking

Emission reduction is, without doubt, transforming attitudes towards design technology for the next generation of vehicle manufacturing in the 21st century. Realistically, fleet operators, will support and paying lip service ...

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Uhv To Find Solutions For The Wind Power

For clean, renewable energy access difficult problems April 19, the State Grid Corporation issued in Beijing, "Green Development White Paper" for the plight of his prescription: high voltage power grid ...

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Solar PV Feed In Tariffs Reach The UK

By harnessing solar energy, Solar PV FITs mean that anyone generating up to 5 megawatts of electricity can receive payments for every single unit of electricity, with additional payments for ...

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What is Renewable Energy

Renewable energy is energy that is derived from natural resources such as sunlight, wind, rain, tides, and geothermal heat. These are naturally replenished as opposed to non-renewable energy such as ...

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Wireless Energy : WiTricity (16)

WiTricity is an exciting company with an even more exciting idea. WiTricity was founded in 2007 in response to the invention of wireless electricity. That's right, electricity can now ...

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What is Biomass Energy?

In short, biomass energy is the process of incinerating organic waste, such as dead trees, branches, yard clippings, crops, wood chips or sawdust, to create energy. Biomass is converted into ...

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Green Energy in the Developing World

Green Energy in the Developing WorldIn the United States, we are becoming increasingly more aware of the effects of fossil fuels on global warming. The biggest challenge we face is finding a way to incorporate ...

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Renewable Energy Investment Trends in India

I was on a hunt on an assignment that required researching on the renewable energy investment trends in India. While doing that, I came across a number of interesting pieces ...

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How can renewable energy really become disruptive?

I was reading a classic paper on disruptive business ideas from Clayton Christensen "Six Keys to Building New Markets by Unleashing Disruptive Innovation". A thought-provoking paper indeed.

 

The topic of ...

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Why Use Green Electric ?

Green electricity is a wonderful alternative to conventional electric companies. Green electricity is generated through renewable sources, such as solar energy, thermal energy, geothermal energy and wind power. While it ...

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City Lighting Will Enter China, "solar Age"

2006 China Solar Lighting Technologies Forum held in Texas. This indicates that China has taken a substantial solar step lighting, solar lighting to replace conventional energy lighting is the general ...

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Alternate energy investment

The US government must continue to back the expansion of the role of alternative energy research and development and its implementation by companies and homeowners. Although this writer believes in ...

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Pros and cons of the Green Investment Bank

The Green Investment Bank has been formed in order to fund renewable energy and low-carbon projects. The bank will raise equity for green investing in wind turbine farms, smart grids ...

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Eco Innovations

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"Wind power holds enormous potential to help reach our nation's clean energy goals," said U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu in a ...

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Government Heating Grants

Heating your home can be expensive, but there are schemes, initiatives and other things you can do that can save you thousands of pounds and improve your energy efficiency.

Warm ...

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Green Energy Home

Green energy or sustainable energy is said to be the key to tomorrow, because if humanity continues to use the common energy sources of today that pollute the environment and ...

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What Are The Types Of Renewable Energy?

What Are The Types Of Renewable Energy?

What is Renewable Energy?

Renewable energy uses energy sources that are continually replenished by nature?the sun, the wind, water, the Earth's ...

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Renewable Energy ? Is It Worth It?

Save the planet! Renewable Energy! Go Green! Use solar! All these statements are thrown around the world today, but what do they really mean and is it useful? Are solar ...

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Methods of Green Energy Production

If you possess a swimming pool in your back yard you may realize that during the summer time, green power is used to warm up the water and bring the ...

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The Complete Guide For Green Power ? Part 2

The Complete Guide For Green Power ? Part 2

Economic Development and National Security

 

? Stimulate economies. Manufacturing, installing, and operating renewable resources in the United States requires a clean energy workforce ...

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Solar Photovoltaics Installation in Halifax

Solar Photovoltaics have recently been made popular due to the introduction of the UK feed-in tariff. The Teed-In Tariff (FiT) is a fixed rate of pay for energy units exported ...

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DIY Solar Power That Anyone Can Afford

New innovations in the solar power industry are making solar more affordable than ever. Now nearly anyone can afford a small start-up kit that will allow homeowners and business owners ...

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What Are Feed-In Tariffs?

Feed-in tariffs allow individuals and organisations to help work towards our renewable energy goals while being rewarded for their efforts and the electricity they produce - even if they're the ...

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Benefits Of Having Renewable Energy Projects

Today when the whole world is suffering from huge energy crisis, renewable sources of energy is the only alternative to save the earth from total energy black outs. Therefore, investing ...

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How The Feed In Tariff Scheme UK Works

Renewable energy is the conversation on minds of many alike these days. Anyone can now receive grants on promoting zero or low usage of carbon electricity. The Feed in Tariff ...

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