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

1. It's Not the Heat, It's the humidity: Electricity From Air
(Feed Articles / NewsVine - Alternative Energy Feed)

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2. UTC Power announces fuel cell installation at Albertsons supermarket
(Feed Articles / FuelCell - Top News on Fuel Cells)

A new Albertsons supermarket in the San Diego community of Clairemont will generate nearly 90 percent of the electricity it needs with a ... ...

3. New Urine Fuel Cell From UK Could Piss Off Oil Companies Badly
(Feed Articles / NewsVine - Alternative Energy Feed)

... that could create that fuel cell which transforms urine into electricity. ...

4. Hezbollah urges power-starved Lebanon to build nuclear plant (AFP)
(Feed Articles / Yahoo - Environment News)

AFP - Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah on Tuesday called on Lebanon to consider building a nuclear power plant in the energy-starved nation.

5. Summary Box: Quiet Prius will have noisier option (AP)
(Feed Articles / Yahoo - Environment News)

AP - WHEN QUIET IS A PROBLEM: Hybrid cars, powered by a combination of gasoline and electric motors, can run on electricity and are far quieter than cars with traditional gasoline engines. That has drawn ...

6. Ceramic Fuel Cells announcement: Placing and Subscription to raise £10.0 million (AUD17.4 million)
(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 ... ...

7. Tribal Lands Struggle To Bring Clean Power Online
(Feed Articles / NPR - Environment News)

Many tribal lands in the U.S. don't have electricity yet have a tremendous capacity to produce it from clean energy sources. Only one tribe is currently operating a utility-scale energy facility, as bureaucratic ...

8. New 1-MW Waste-to-energy Plant Goes Online in UK
(Feed Articles / REW - Bioenergy News)

... into clean electricity that will be fed into the National Grid. Methane is a greenhouse gas that is 21 times more damaging to the environment than carbon dioxide. ...

9. Ceramic fundraising to support further growth
(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 ... ...

10. A (Load) Balancing Act: The Challenge Of Clean Power
(Feed Articles / NPR - Environment News)

As new solar and wind energy projects come online in California, electricity grid operators are struggling to smooth out the irregularities in power that come from renewable sources. They are exploring ...

11. How to Make the Most of Solar Power
(Feed Articles / ENN - Environmental Science and Technology)

... system to offer electricity for commercial and residential applications. There are many methods available to try to increase their output. There is now a new entrant to the realm of solar panel accessories ...

12. China province cuts power to 500 factories (AFP)
(Feed Articles / Yahoo - Environment News)

AFP - Authorities in eastern China have cut off electricity to more than 500 factories for a month after they failed to meet emission reduction targets, state media reported Monday.  ...

13. Caribbean Island Closer to Becoming Geothermal Energy Exporter
(Feed Articles / ENN - Energy Research News)

... 12 megawatts of electricity by 2012, and another 108 MW of capacity will be in operation by 2015. ...

14. How to Make the Most of Solar Power
(Feed Articles / ENN - Energy Research News)

... system to offer electricity for commercial and residential applications. There are many methods available to try to increase their output. There is now a new entrant to the realm of solar panel accessories ...

15. Ceramic Fuel Cells sells a BlueGen unit to Tokyo Gas
(Feed Articles / FuelCell - Top News on Fuel Cells)

Ceramic Fuel Cells Limited will install a BlueGen gas-to-electricity unit with Japan’s largest gas utility, Tokyo Gas.  Mitsui ... ...

16. Ceramic Fuel Cells to receive $3.9 million from legal case
(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 ... ...

17. Calif. Leads In Clean Energy, But Challenges Loom
(Feed Articles / NPR - Environment News)

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger hopes his state will generate a third of its electricity from renewable power by 2020. It's an ambitious goal that will take an unprecedented effort. But economic and bureaucratic ...

18. Sewage-cleaning device produces electricity, too
(Feed Articles / ENN - Environmental Science and Technology)

Small units that purify household sewage could provide a source of electricity for urban and remote communities in the developing world, according to researchers. The units would be populated with Shewanella ...

19. Free and Low-Cost Solar Energy
(Feed Articles / ENN - Energy Research News)

If solar electricity or solar water heating isn't your cards right now, there are plenty of other ways to take advantage of the sun’s energy–for little or no money. One of the simplest is hanging your ...

20. Caribbean Island Closer to Becoming Geothermal Energy Exporter
(Feed Articles / ENN - Top Environmental Stories)

... 12 megawatts of electricity by 2012, and another 108 MW of capacity will be in operation by 2015. ...

21. How to Make the Most of Solar Power
(Feed Articles / ENN - Top Environmental Stories)

... system to offer electricity for commercial and residential applications. There are many methods available to try to increase their output. There is now a new entrant to the realm of solar panel accessories ...

22. Jamaica Gleaner News - A remarkable turnaround in nuclear power
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There seems no end to the increasing demand for energy. Global electricity consumption is expected to grow by over 50 per cent over the next 25 years with most of the energy still coming from fossil fuels ...

23. Detroit Edison Buying 20 MW of Biomass Energy
(Feed Articles / REW - Bioenergy News)

The Michigan utility Detroit Edison got the go-ahead for two electricity contracts totaling 20 MW sourced from landfill gas and wood waste. The Michigan Public Service Commission approved the contacts ...

24. The Necessity of Smart Grids
(Feed Articles / REW - Bioenergy News)

Two interesting press clippings came across my desk this week. The first recounted the effects of the abnormally high temperatures in July on the East Coast electricity system. If you didn't follow this, ...

25. Sewage-cleaning device produces electricity, too
(Feed Articles / ENN - Energy Research News)

Small units that purify household sewage could provide a source of electricity for urban and remote communities in the developing world, according to researchers. The units would be populated with Shewanella ...

26. Russia's Agony a 'Wake-Up Call' to the World (OneWorld.net)
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OneWorld.net - VIENNA, Aug 11 (IPS) - A wind turbine on an acre of northern Iowa farmland could generate 300,000 dollars worth of greenhouse-gas-free electricity a year. Instead, the U.S. government ...

27. California School Set to Become First Grid-Positive U.S. College
(Feed Articles / EERE - Energy Research News)

California college has announced plans to become the first "grid-positive" school, using solar arrays to supply more than 100% of the college's electricity needs. ...

28. Renewable Power Users and Sources
(Feed Articles / ENN - Environmental Science and Technology)

... In 2008, about 19% of global final energy consumption came from renewables, with 13% coming from traditional biomass, which is mainly used for heating, and 3.2% from hydroelectricity. The EPA has just ...

29. Stringing together a picture of superconductors
(Feed Articles / MIT - Energy Research News)

... superconductor, or a material that conducts electricity with no resistance. The research, published in the Aug. 5 online edition of Science, is one of the first to show that gauge/gravity duality can shed ...

30. Stanford's New Solar Cells Are The First to Produce Electricity From Both Light and Heat
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Though the sun offers us a couple options for exploiting its energy -- light and heat -- we've always had to choose to use one at a time, because solar-energy technology hasn't been able to capture both ...