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

1. HUD Awards $100 Million for Housing Efficiency Retrofits
(Feed Articles / EERE - Energy Research News)

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has awarded more than $100 million in Recovery Act funds for energy efficiency upgrades in 100 affordable housing developments across the United ...

2. 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 ...

3. NJ gov to sign offshore wind energy bill (AP)
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AP - New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie plans to sign a bill into law that would offer tax credits to encourage the development of renewable energy resources. ...

4. Top 4 Clean-Tech Predictions for 2H 2010
(Feed Articles / REW - Bioenergy News)

All eyes are on the energy world with the recent catastrophe in the Gulf, a possible Energy bill in waiting and the increasingly global nature of clean technology. In addition to these market dynamics, ...

5. African Investors to Explore Opportunities in Renewable Energy in Germany
(Feed Articles / REW - Bioenergy News)

Business leaders and policy makers from several African countries are set to converge in Berlin Germany this October to explore opportunities in renewable energy in support of much needed infrastructural ...

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

... a move on the renewable energy front. St. Lucia’s government has signed an agreement with US-based Qualibou Energy for the development of a geothermal plant. If all goes as planned, the plant will generate ...

7. ADB Plans $1B in Asian Renewables Investment
(Feed Articles / REW - Green Power News)

The Asian Development Bank has said it will invest another $1 billion in renewable energy projects and private equity funds devoted to cleantech around the region. The ADB has been a strong backer of clean ...

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

... a move on the renewable energy front. St. Lucia’s government has signed an agreement with US-based Qualibou Energy for the development of a geothermal plant. If all goes as planned, the plant will generate ...

9. Ontario's Growing Pains: Will the Wind and Solar Industries Scale-up in Time?
(Feed Articles / REW - Bioenergy News)

With the Green Energy and Economy Act (GEEA) last May, the Ontario government launched the most ambitious feed-in tariff (FIT) program for renewable energy development in North America. The combination ...

10. Community-Centric Approach to Biomass Energy Necessary
(Feed Articles / REW - Bioenergy News)

A biomass energy approach that stresses multiple, smaller generation plants scaled to make use of local fuel supplies harvested sustainably would make biomass projects more appealing to communities and ...

11. DOE Funds Biomass Pretreatment Project
(Feed Articles / REW - Bioenergy News)

The U.S. Department of Energy has awarded a contract to a Cincinnati company, AdvaceBio Systems, for research and development of a pretreatment reactor system of biomass feedstocks. The National Renewable ...

12. Top Five Electric Vehicle Developments
(Feed Articles / REW - Green Power News)

13. Enolia Solar Systems to Install 1.5MW of SolarEdge Power Harvesting Systems in Greece, as Part of a New Partnership
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SolarEdge Technologies, a provider of end-to-end Distributed Solar Power Harvesting and monitoring solutions, is expanding its activity in Greece, announcing a partnership with Enolia Solar Systems SA, ...

14. First lawsuits linked to Gulf spill go to court (AFP)
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AFP - The first lawsuits linked to the Gulf of Mexico oil spill go to court Thursday, as BP prepared -- after months of trying -- to permanently seal its ruptured well.

15. Biomass Advancing in the Northeast
(Feed Articles / REW - Bioenergy News)

Gestamp Biomass, a division of Gestamp Renewables with worldwide operations, and New Hampshire-based Clean Power Development announced that they plan to bring biomass energy projects to the Northeast region ...

16. Intelligent Energy Opens Japan Office
(Feed Articles / FuelCell - Top News on Fuel Cells)

Intelligent Energy has announced the appointment of Masataka Yamakawa as General Manager, Sales and Business Development for Japan and ... ...

17. Renewable Energy Policy Update For China
(Feed Articles / REW - Bioenergy News)

As with the rest of the global renewable energy sector, China's renewables policy has evolved considerably over recent years. Here are the latest major developments and market trends. ...

18. Clean Power Development & Gestamp To Develop Bioenergy Projects
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Gestamp Biomass and Clean Power Development LLC announced the signing of an agreement under which they will work together to develop, finance and operate biomass energy projects across the Northeast region ...

19. Beneath the Surface: A Survey of Environmental Risks from Shale Gas Development
(Feed Articles / ENN - Energy Research News)

Washington, D.C.- Improved drilling techniques have unlocked vast new reserves of shale gas, a resource that could be large enough to displace significant amounts of coal, and an energy source that emits ...

20. Funding cuts will finish Britain's clean energy race
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In the 1970s the UK invested about 0.15% of GDP each year in research and development (R&D) into providing cheaper and cleaner energy. Britain was putting more public money into nuclear power and other ...

21. Beneath the Surface: A Survey of Environmental Risks from Shale Gas Development
(Feed Articles / ENN - Top Environmental Stories)

Washington, D.C.- Improved drilling techniques have unlocked vast new reserves of shale gas, a resource that could be large enough to displace significant amounts of coal, and an energy source that emits ...

22. DOE and DOI to Spur Offshore Renewable Energy Projects
(Feed Articles / EERE - Energy Research News)

... energy projects. ...

23. DOE Announces US $24M for Algae Research
(Feed Articles / REW - Bioenergy News)

The U.S. Department of Energy announced the investment of up to US $24 million for three research groups to tackle key hurdles in the commercialization of algae-based biofuels. The selections will support ...

24. University of North Florida secures $9.4 million for fuel cell development
(Feed Articles / FuelCell - Top News on Fuel Cells)

The University of North Florida has secured grants totalling $9.4 million from the U.S. Army and the U.S. Department of Energy for fuel ... ...

25. Topsoe and Riso DTU Receive Grant for on-Going Fuel Cell Development
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Topsoe Fuel Cell and Risø DTU have received a grant of 7.3 mill EUR from the Danish Energy Technology Development and Demonstration ... ...

26. Kevin Costner’s Oil Extractor Ready to Take Action in the Gulf
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... Concerned about the short-term and long-term ramifications of oil spills in 1993, Costner procured a technology transfer from the Department of Energy's Idaho National Laboratory for a centrifugal oil-water ...

27. NHA Drafts Legislation to Boost Hydropower Development
(Feed Articles / REW - Green Power News)

The National Hydropower Association is proposing draft legislation titled "Hydropower Renewable Energy and Jobs Act of 2010," telling HydroWorld.com the bill is intended to significantly boost hydropower ...

28. DOI and 10 East Coast States Form an Offshore Wind Energy Consortium
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The U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) and 10 East Coast states have established the Atlantic Offshore Wind Energy Consortium to promote the development of wind resources on the Outer Continental ...

29. Energy Department Offers Conditional Commitment to Support Nevada Geothermal Development with Recovery Act Funds
(Feed Articles / EERE - Energy Research News)

Energy Secretary Steven Chu today announced a conditional commitment to provide a partial guarantee for a $98.5 million loan by John Hancock Financial Services to the Nevada Geothermal Power Company ...

30. American Municipal Power and Standard Energy Announce 300 Megawatt Solar Energy Development
(Feed Articles / REW - Green Power News)

Standard Energy, LLC (AMP) and American Municipal Power, Inc., an affiliate of Standard Solar, today announced an agreement for the development of up to 300 megawatts (MW) of new solar energy generation ...