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PETE Process Promises Successful Technology Fusion
A new joint venture research work at Stanford and SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, supported by Department of Energy and DARPA has come up with a new solar energy conversion process that can potentially double the efficiency of solar cells. Stanford engineers have discovered this new and totally different process to harvest energy from sun. [...]Posted in: Inventions, ...Continue Reading...
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Audi Testing Water in Electric Car Production
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Wind Energy Instruments getting Bigger & Better
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Latest Gulf oil rig problem differs from BP spill (AP)
Friday, 03 September 2010
AP - Stark differences exist between the oil platform fire in the Gulf of Mexico and the blast that led to the massive BP spill. Most notably, no one... Read more...
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Oil falls below $75 ahead of US jobs report (AP)
Friday, 03 September 2010
AP - Oil prices fell below $75 a barrel Friday in Asia as investors awaited a report on U.S. employment that will influence guesses about the... Read more...
What makes the 2 Gulf oil explosions different? (AP)
Friday, 03 September 2010
AP - Here are some differences between the Deepwater Horizon rig disaster April 20 and the oil production platform explosion Thursday in the Gulf of... Read more...
U.S. offshore oil fire may delay lift of drill ban (Reuters)
Friday, 03 September 2010
Reuters - The Obama Administration is likely to stay focused on toughening regulatory oversight of the U.S. offshore oil industry and may push back... Read more...
No sign of oil after Gulf platform fire - Gov't (Reuters)
Friday, 03 September 2010
Reuters - An oil and gas platform operated by Mariner Energy burst into flames in the Gulf of Mexico on Thursday, but the crew of 13 escaped and... Read more...
Feds launch investigation of Gulf platform fire (AP)
Friday, 03 September 2010
AP - The agency that oversees offshore drilling will investigate the fire on an oil platform in the Gulf of Mexico.
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BP says oil spill costs hit $8 bln (AFP)
Friday, 03 September 2010
AFP - British oil giant BP said Friday that the devastating Gulf of Mexico oil spill disaster has cost about eight billion dollars so far....
BP oil spill costs hit $8 billion as ends rig probe (Reuters)
Friday, 03 September 2010
Reuters - BP Plc said the cost of dealing with its oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico had risen to $8 billion as the oil giant prepared to release the... Read more...
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Japan whale meat case echoes apartheid: Greenpeace chief (AFP)
Friday, 03 September 2010
AFP - Greenpeace chief Kumi Naidoo on Friday likened Japan's treatment of two of its anti-whaling activists to the tactics of the former apartheid... Read more...
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Thai firm rejects Indonesian oil spill cash claim (AFP)
Friday, 03 September 2010
AFP - A Thai-owned firm Friday rejected Indonesia's 2.4 billion US dollar compensation claim over a major oil spill off Australia's north which... Read more...
U.S. Keeping up with European Biomass Demand
Thursday, 02 September 2010
The U.S. has some of the best biomass resources in the world. The ironic thing is, we ship a lot of it over to Europe, where they put it to good use... Read more...
Mascoma Buys SunOpta BioProcess for $51 M
Thursday, 02 September 2010
Ethanol manufacturer Mascoma announced that it has acquired Canada-based SunOpta BioProcess Inc. (SBI), a division of SunOpta Inc. The two companies... Read more...
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Biofuel Co-Production: Will it Scale Quickly?
Wednesday, 01 September 2010
We've heard many promises about large-scale facilities for cellulosic ethanol and diesel, but so far we haven't seen many promising results. This... Read more...
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The Best Peak Oil Investments: Why Invest for Peak Oil?
Tuesday, 31 August 2010
The purpose of this series on peak oil investments has been to highlight companies outside the oil sector that are likely to benefit from increasing... Read more...
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Big Oil Still Likes Cellulosic Ethanol
Thursday, 26 August 2010
This week saw two major partnerships between large energy companies and smaller cellulosic biofuel producers.
District Energy 101
Thursday, 02 September 2010
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Solar Home Design Manual for Cool Climates
Wednesday, 01 September 2010
A house is the biggest single investment most of us will make in our lives - the way it is built and how it operates can reflect a long term... Read more...
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Next steps in your renewable energy training
Wednesday, 01 September 2010
As part of Solar Energy International's new Alumni Career Center and Online Campus career counseling services, we often hear from alumni who want to... Read more...
Chile Becoming a Hot Geothermal Market
Monday, 30 August 2010
The Chilean government is getting serious about geothermal. Last week, the country's energy minister said that Chile will support over $200 million... Read more...
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GEOTHERMAL ENERGY IN ARGENTINA
Friday, 27 August 2010
The Government of the province of Neuquén, Argentina, through its Agency for Investment Promotion and Development (Agencia de Promocion y Desarrollo... Read more...
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U.S. Geothermal Repowers and Expands in Nevada
Thursday, 26 August 2010
In the wind-swept desert of northern Nevada, U.S. Geothermal Inc. has set out to rebuild and nearly triple the output of an obsolete 3.6 MW (net)... Read more...
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California's Transmission Future
Wednesday, 25 August 2010
Since 2007, more money has been spent each year on renewable energy electricity capacity than on conventional power. Twenty-nine states and the... Read more...
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Rwanda Looks to Small Hydropower
Thursday, 19 August 2010
Rwanda is looking to small hydropower to help meet growing demand for electricity in a sustainable, easily-deployable way.
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Tyson Creek: Tapping into the Highest Head in North America
Thursday, 19 August 2010
The Tyson Creek project is the third hydro system developed by Renewable Power Corporation, a British Columbia company. On the Sunshine Coast of BC,... Read more...
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Assessing Ocean Energy Resources
Wednesday, 18 August 2010
Coastal communities are increasingly expressing interest in developing ocean energy projects. The city of King Cove, Alaska, recently undertook work... Read more...
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Intertek Opens Solar Thermal Test Lab
Thursday, 02 September 2010
Intertek a global leader in testing, inspection and certification services announces the addition of solar thermal testing capabilities to its... Read more...
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Solar FlexRack Chosen for 60kW Solar Array at Ohio Advanced Technology Center
Thursday, 02 September 2010
YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO — His initial experience with the Solar FlexRack has convinced another project manager that the innovative rack mounting system... Read more...
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Solectria Renewables Supplies over 10.5MW of Commercial & Utility-Scale Inverters to New Jersey
Thursday, 02 September 2010
Lawrence, MA – September 2, 2010 – Solectria Renewables, LLC, the leading U.S. PV inverter manufacturer, announced today that it will supply... Read more...
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New construction strategies emerge for farshore, deepwater wind farms
Friday, 03 September 2010
Despite a buoyant European offshore wind market, offshore construction & installation contractors that fall short of budget and technology challenges... Read more...
Iberdrola wins 258 MW contract for 9 wind farms in Brazil
Friday, 03 September 2010
Iberdrola Renovables, in a consortium with local energy company Neoenergia, is to supply Brazil with electricity from 9 wind farms over 20 years for... Read more...
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Colorado – A Leader in Wind Energy
Thursday, 02 September 2010
Colorado, with its high mountains and broad plains, has expansive wind resources. With an estimated six million acres of windy lands in Colorado,... Read more...
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Understanding "Beginning Construction" Under Section 1603
Thursday, 02 September 2010
The Treasury Department recently issued a series of FAQs in an effort to clarify when projects will be treated as having "begun construction" for... Read more...
Turkish Renewable Energy May Feed EU Grid
Thursday, 02 September 2010
Turkey plans to connect to the European electrical grid this month using GE's smart grid technology. The Turkish Electricity Transmission Company... Read more...