Energy Research Project for Alternative Energy, Renewable Energy, and Green Energy Technologies

1. Ceramic Fuel Cells announces second European order for BlueGen
(Feed Articles / FuelCell - Top News on Fuel Cells)

Ceramic Fuel Cells Limited (AIM/ASX: CFU), a leading developer of high efficiency and low emission electricity generation units for homes ... ...

2. CLEAN ENERGY PATENT GROWTH INDEX - Shine-On Solar Edition
(Feed Articles / REW - Green Power News)

... electricity, are the leaders with Boeing having the most patents in this sector. Solar PV is dominated by first generation PV technologies and led by Canon." ...

3. Life after silicon
(Feed Articles / MIT - Energy Research News)

... it; that force is what determines whether the semiconductor can conduct electricity or not. By comparing the performance of transistors with different gate lengths at different frequencies, del Alamo’s ...

4. E: The Environmental Magazine - Generation solar: third-generation solar cells will work better, cost less
(Feed Articles / FindArticles - Alternative Energy)

November 1, 2009 -- Turning sunlight into electricity is big business, with the market for photovoltaic technologies expected to grow a whopping 39.9% over the next... ...

5. Selling chip makers on optical computing
(Feed Articles / MIT - Energy Research News)

Computer chips that transmit data with light instead of electricity consume much less power than conventional chips, but so far, they’ve remained laboratory curiosities. Professors Vladimir Stojanović ...

6. SEPA Commends Florida Power & Light for Largest US Solar Facility
(Feed Articles / REW - Green Power News)

... Center uses over 90,000 photovoltaic panels to turn the sun's rays into electricity to power more than 3,000 homes. ...

7. President Obama lights up MIT
(Feed Articles / MIT - Energy Research News)

... conducted at this Institute," Obama said, citing work that could lead to windows that generate electricity, batteries that are grown by viruses rather than being built, highly efficient new lighting systems ...

8. Powering Up The Nation’s Largest Solar Power Plant
(Feed Articles / Alternative Energy News Top Stories)

Florida Power & Light Company (FPL) has announced the near completion of its DeSoto Next Generation Solar Energy Center in Arcadia, Florida. This solar power plant will be producing electricity ...

9. A minor that's major
(Feed Articles / MIT - Energy Research News)

... Grejtak, who three years ago started the annual dormitory energy competition at MIT — a two-month contest to see which dorm can lower its electricity usage the most —  and has been running it each ...

10. Ener-G To Build Three Waste-to-Energy Project in Lithuania
(Feed Articles / REW - Bioenergy News)

Ener-G has landed a hat-trick of landfill generation contracts in the Baltic state of Lithuania – supplying enough renewable electricity to power up to 5,500 homes in the country. Soon, 5.5 megawatts (MW) ...

11. SEPA Commends Southern California Edison
(Feed Articles / REW - Hydrogen Fuel Cell News )

... Edison (SCE) and First Solar, the two installations will have a generation capacity of 550 megawatts of photovoltaic solar electricity, enough to provide power to approximately 170,000 homes. ...

12. Another Record for U.S. Renewable Electricity
(Feed Articles / REW - Hydrogen Fuel Cell News )

The latest figures from the Energy Information Administration show that net U.S. electrical generation from renewable energy sources (biomass, geothermal, solar, water, wind) reached an all-time monthly ...

13. Wind Turbines Could Theoretically Power the Entire World, and Then Some | Good News Wednesday
(Feed Articles / NewsVine - Alternative Energy Feed)

Sleek, streamlined wind turbines have become the icons of the green movement, but for all the growth in wind power — it accounted for 42% of all new electricity generation added to the U.S. ...

14. SUN DAY Analysis: Renewable Electrical Generation Sources Soar
(Feed Articles / REW - Bioenergy News)

... renewable sources of electricity continued to enjoy double-digit growth during the past year. By comparison, coal and natural gas use has plummeted while nuclear power has remained essentially stagna ...

15. The Facts About Air Quality and Coal-Fired Power Plants
(Feed Articles / Institute for Energy Research)

PDF (869 KB) Coal-fired electricity generation is far cleaner today than ever before. The popular misconception that our air quality is getting worse is wrong, as shown by EPA’s air quality data. Modern ...

16. Ernst & Young Release Renewable Energy Country Attractiveness Indices
(Feed Articles / REW - Bioenergy News)

... in electricity generation. Changes to weightings in the index have resulted in overall rises in solar score for countries such as the U.S., Spain and India which have strong concentrated solar power (CSP) ...

17. A-Power Wins US $75.3M in Biomass Contracts
(Feed Articles / REW - Bioenergy News)

A-Power Energy Generation Systems Ltd. has signed contracts with the subsidiaries of Anhui Wenergy Co. Ltd. to build two micro-grid electricity generation systems in Anhui Province, China. The systems ...

18. Out-of-State Wind and Solar Generation Could Be Excluded from Participating in California's Renewable Portfolio Standard
(Feed Articles / REW - Green Power News)

... Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS). Both bills would at the same time require California's utilities to increase renewables procurement to 33% of electricity sales by 2020, and AB 64 would extend that ...

19. Votenet Solutions Supports Renewable Energy Development via Partnership with Renewable Choice Energy
(Feed Articles / AEN - Top Energy News)

Purchase of Renewable Energy Credits supports generation of wind powered electricity and offsets environmental impact Washington, D.C. (PRWEB) April 22, 2009-- Votenet" Solutions, ... ...

20. Microbes turn electricity directly to methane without hydrogen generation
(Feed Articles / NewsVine - Alternative Energy Feed)

A tiny microbe can take electricity and directly convert carbon dioxide and water to methane, producing a portable energy source with a potentially neutral carbon footprint, according to a team of Penn ...

21. Efficiency Alone Could Cut U.S. Electricity Use by 30 Percent: RMI Study
(Feed Articles / ENN - Energy Research News)

SNOWMASS, Colo. - An assessment of the "electric productivity" of the 50 states indicates that shoring up performance gaps through energy efficiency could not only cut consumption by 30 percent, but also ...

22. UK: Why our sustainable energies are unsustainable
(Feed Articles / ENN - Energy Research News)

... from transport and electricity generation to prevent the globe's climate becominghotter, and more unpredictable, the most advanced "renewable" technologies are too often based upon non-renewable resources, ...

23. Sempra solar energy project makes advances in costs
(Feed Articles / ENN - Energy Research News)

Generating clean electricity that's as cheap as power from fossil fuels is the Holy Grail of green-energy companies. A new solar project powering California homes appears to be closing in on that prize.  ...

24. Los Angeles Seeks to Add 1.3 Gigawatts of Solar Power by 2020
(Feed Articles / ENN - Energy Research News)

Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa recently announced plans for Los Angeles to supply 10% of its electricity generation from solar power. Dubbed "Solar LA", the ambitious plan would create the largest ...

25. Los Angeles Seeks to Add 1.3 Gigawatts of Solar Power by 2020
(Feed Articles / ENN - Top Environmental Stories)

Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa recently announced plans for Los Angeles to supply 10% of its electricity generation from solar power. Dubbed "Solar LA", the ambitious plan would create the largest ...

26. China And U.S. Cooperate On Renewable Energy
(Feed Articles / ENN - Energy Research News)

... of photovoltaic electricity generation. ...

27. China And U.S. Cooperate On Renewable Energy
(Feed Articles / ENN - Top Environmental Stories)

... of photovoltaic electricity generation. ...

28. California study shows high cost of renewable power
(Feed Articles / ENN - Energy Research News)

If California expands its renewable power generation to be a third of electricity delivered in the state by 2020, it may cost $60 billion, the state's utility regulator said in a report issued on Thursday. It ...

29. Vital Renewable Energy Company Secures Funding for Brazilian Ethanol Projects
(Feed Articles / REW - Bioenergy News)

... to launch renewable energy projects in Brazil, focused mainly on ethanol and electricity generation. ...

30. California study shows high cost of renewable power
(Feed Articles / ENN - Energy Research News)

If California expands its renewable power generation to be a third of electricity delivered in the state by 2020, it may cost $60 billion, the state's utility regulator said in a report issued on Thursday. It ...