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

1. 'Hot Dot' patches tested on Gulf oil cleanup crews (AP)
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AP - "Hot dots" have shown up on the arms of football players and Special Forces soldiers. Now workers scrubbing oil from Gulf Coast beaches have tried the round patches that quickly change colors as body ...

2. Free and Low-Cost Solar Energy
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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 ...

3. All charged up
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... team used a fan to prevent overheating, which by stressing the chemical and mechanical components can lead to degradation. To test a rapid-charging system under realistic conditions, the team converted ...

4. 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 ...

5. Silicon can be made to melt in reverse
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... device that allowed the researchers to precisely control the rate of heating and cooling. And to actually observe what was happening as the material was heated and cooled, they drew upon high-power synchrotron-based ...

6. Renewable Power Users and Sources
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... 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 ...

7. Intersolar North America 2010 – Reflections on the U.S. Solar Water Heating Market
(Feed Articles / REW - Green Power News)

8. BTEC Commends Legislators for Introduction of Thermal Renewable Energy and Efficiency Act
(Feed Articles / REW - Bioenergy News)

... the Thermal Renewable Energy and Efficiency Act of 2010 in the U.S Senate and House of Representatives (S. 3626 and H.R. 5805, respectively). The legislation would assist in developing renewable heating ...

9. Fibers that can hear and sing
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... the heating and drawing process intact. The right stuff The heart of the new acoustic fibers is a plastic commonly used in microphones. By playing with the plastic's fluorine content, the researchers ...

10. Top Kill 2: BP aims to turn off Gulf oil spill spigot soon (The Christian Science Monitor)
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The Christian Science Monitor - The Gulf oil spill drama is heating up this weekend. ...

11. Costs for Thermo-photovoltaic Cells Significantly Reduced
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... Adding these TPV cells to domestic power systems can help generate power along with heating water. TPV systems are also too complex [...] Posted in: Inventions, PhotoVoltaics, Waste Energy  ...

12. British report clears climate scientists of exaggeration
(Feed Articles / ENN - Top Environmental Stories)

... Copenhagen and helped sour the public's belief in the need to cut greenhouse gas emissions blamed for heating up the planet. ...

13. Sunny with Some Spots
(Feed Articles / ENN - Environmental Science and Technology)

... are regions of intense magnetic activity where convection is inhibited by strong magnetic fields, reducing energy transport from the hot interior to the surface. The magnetic field causes strong heating ...

14. ‘Efficiency Forward'
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... energy than incandescent bulbs, in some locations. About a third of the electricity savings will result from changes to various heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) systems, such as reducing ...

15. Tax Fraud Plagues Carbon Trading Program
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According to Bloomberg New Energy Finance, tax fraud is the carbon trading market’s most egregious form of cheating, affecting about seven percent of this $125 billion market in 2009. In August 2009, seven ...

16. Tax Fraud Plagues Carbon Trading Program
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According to Bloomberg New Energy Finance, tax fraud is the carbon trading market’s most egregious form of cheating, affecting about seven percent of this $125 billion market in 2009. In August 2009, seven ...

17. Pellets Box Crepito - Wood Energy Expo
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... his heating expenses throughout the season instead of normally having a delivery on pallets for the whole season at the beginning of the winter. Thanks to this innovation and to the distribution concept ...

18. Aqua Insert Lohberger - Wood Energy Expo
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... Its total airtightness and its small power (8 kW) are ideal to smartly integrate itself in a living room and to supply warm domestic water and additional heating on a solar installation. Finally, it gives ...

19. Boiler Cooker Lohberger - Wood Energy Expo
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While the wood cooker market is in expansion again, this cooker with a modern aesthetic and very well made meets also the needs of new Low Consumption Buildings. It offers the possibility of both heating ...

20. Arctic drilling opponents gain momentum from Gulf oil spill (The Christian Science Monitor)
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... is heating up fast. ...

21. Fired Up: Bioheat Gains Momentum as Recovery Takes Hold
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The renewable energy industry has grown substantially in recent years, despite the down economy. But while solar, wind and to a lesser extent, geothermal energy put up solid growth numbers, the bioheating ...

22. In the World: Clean Water for Ghana
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... clay, forming it into a shape and heating it in a kiln, the Potters for Peace method entails breaking the clay into small pieces that are dried in the sun for a few days. After the pieces are ground into ...

23. Explained: Thermoelectricity
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... explored in more detail by French physicist Jean Peltier, and it is sometimes referred to as the Peltier-Seebeck effect. The reverse phenomenon, where heating or cooling can be produced by running an ...

24. More than 100 percent energy efficiency in new Danish heat plant
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Recently I visited a heating system in the Danish city of Svendborg. A new double gas boiler should in future keep city residents warm – and it happens to a plant which promises more than 100 percent ...

25. SOLAR SERDAR - INTRODUCTIONS TO ECOLOGICAL HEATING AND VENTILATION
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26. Low-Carbon Fuel Standards Would Curb Secure Oil Supplies to U.S. Markets and Increase Gasoline Prices, with No Global Environmental Gain
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... are looking into the passage of a California-like standard, which would restrict the carbon intensity of their transportation and home heating fuels. Unfortunately, such a standard [...] ...

27. Federal Buildings Go Green with $4 Billion in Recovery Act Funds
(Feed Articles / EERE - Energy Research News)

... upgrades such as high-efficiency heating and cooling, solar panels, and solar water heaters. ...

28. US Senators Introduce Renewable Heating Tax Credit
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Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), Mike Crapo (R-ID), and Mark Begich (D-AK) have introduced a bill that would help businesses across the country meet their heating needs with renewable ...

29. Biomass Thermal Energy Council Applauds Senators for Action on Renewable Heating
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... across the country meet their heating needs with renewable biomass. ...

30. Secretary Chu Announces More Stringent Appliance Standards for Home Water Heaters and Other Heating Products
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U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Steven Chu announced today that the Department has finalized higher energy efficiency standards for a key group of heating appliances that will together save ...