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

1. Get Smart – the sensible solution
(Feed Articles / REW - Green Power News)

An illustrious meeting of the most influential Power and Energy suppliers took place this week in Germany. Chaired by Michael Lewis MD Eon Renewables, the challenge of the meeting was to look at innovative ...

2. Renewables Well Represented in MIT Technology Review's 2010 TR50
(Feed Articles / REW - Bioenergy News)

MIT's Technology Review has released the 2010 TR50, the first list of the 50 most innovative companies in the world. Spanning energy, computing, the Web, biomedicine, and materials, each company on the ...

3. Chu: Energy initiatives could bring jobs to Colo. (AP)
(Feed Articles / Yahoo - Environment News)

AP - Promoting Colorado's renewable energy industry is key to generating jobs and easing dependence on foreign oil — but the U.S. is lagging behind China in its investment in renewables, U.S. Energy ...

4. Rare Earth Elements are Vulnerable to Supply Disruptions When China Controls 97% of the World’s Production
(Feed Articles / Institute for Energy Research)

... technology such as hybrids and renewables to reduce power these dictators could exert on the United States.[i] But, as with [...] ...

5. Karbone Sponsors Wall Street Green Trading Summit IX
(Feed Articles / REW - Green Power News)

... event promises to sell out again even in this rough economy. Created by Peter Fusaro nine years ago, the conference combines emissions, renewables, cleantech, green hedge funds, environmental software ...

6. Startup pursues glucaric acid potential in detergent market
(Feed Articles / CleanTech - Energy News Feed)

Rivertop Renewables is one of 25 new companies the Cleantech Group spotted in the past week looking to raise money. Details in the Pitch o’ the week. ...

7. Jet Engines the Inspiration for New Wind Power Technology
(Feed Articles / Alternative Energy News Top Stories)

Wind power has recently received a nice boost as one of the hottest forms of energy on the market. When comparing the recent market growth against all forms of energy, both renawables and non-renewables, ...

8. E: The Environmental Magazine - Renewable energy
(Feed Articles / FindArticles - Alternative Energy)

January 1, 2010 -- [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] In a November/December 1997 cover story "Energy for the Next Century," E looked at why renewables were unable to compete... ...

9. Obama's State of the Union Address Highlights Renewables' Role
(Feed Articles / REW - Bioenergy News)

In his first State of the Union address, US President Barack Obama has highlighted the key role of renewables in the economic development of the country. ...

10. Global Energy Industry Stalls as Renewables Improve
(Feed Articles / REW - Bioenergy News)

EIC Monitor, a quarterly report from the Energy Industries Council (EIC) trade association, reports that recovery in the global energy industry stalled in the final quarter of 2009, with newly announced ...

11. Powerful Renewables Panel at Wall Street Green Trading Summit IX
(Feed Articles / REW - Green Power News)

This year's Wall Street Green Trading Summit IX (www.wsgts.com) has a totally new renewables program. We are featuring new innovative financing ideas in this economic environment. Hear from the experts ...

12. REN-21 Launches Interactive Renewables Map
(Feed Articles / REW - Bioenergy News)

The Renewable Energy Policy Network REN21 has launched its Renewables Interactive Map, which contains information on renewable energy, including support policies, expansion targets, current shares, installed ...

13. When Will Renewable Energy Companies Overtake Traditional Energy Companies?
(Feed Articles / REW - Bioenergy News)

Renewable energy has got buzz, growth and growing government support. But it's no secret that it still makes up a small portion of the overall energy mix. As interest in renewables increases, the question ...

14. Inside cleantech Europe: That was the week that was!
(Feed Articles / CleanTech - Energy News Feed)

ScottishPower Renewables claims a major milestone at its CCS pilot plant, while a busy week for VC financing is led by a €18 million deal for German solar company Heliatek. ...

15. Singapore consortium spearheads eco-park in China
(Feed Articles / CleanTech - Energy News Feed)

New $1.5 billion to $2 billion cleantech center is expected to derive energy from renewables and use environmentally friendly water management practices. ...

16. PG&E looks at compressed air to meet RPS target
(Feed Articles / CleanTech - Energy News Feed)

California utility is addressing backfire from smart meters, defending its relationship with BrightSource and exploring new forms of renewables. ...

17. Renewable Energy World Asia moves to Singapore in 2010 for annual gathering of renewables industry professionals.
(Feed Articles / REW - Hydrogen Fuel Cell News )

... developments and ideas for the future of the Asian renewables sector. ...

18. Can Flywheels Help Balance Electricity Supply and Demand?
(Feed Articles / NewsVine - Alternative Energy Feed)

Beacon Power hopes to demonstrate the feasibility of the old technology to help balance fluctuating inputs from renewables ...

19. The Federal Energy Subsidy Scorecard: How Renewables Stack Up
(Feed Articles / REW - Bioenergy News)

In a speech at the United Nations and afterward at the G-20 summit meeting in September, President Obama called for elimination of government subsidies for greenhouse gas (GHG) emitting fossil fuels. ...

20. U.S. ag industry increasing use of renewables
(Feed Articles / CleanTech - Energy News Feed)

Farmers are taking advantage of incentives to implement alternative energy projects, with the USDA increasing the number of projects it’s backing for fiscal year 2009.

21. DOE to Invest $24 Million in Three Wind Energy Research Facilities
(Feed Articles / EERE - Energy Research News)

To encourage research into utility-scale wind energy power as well as to broaden academic study of renewables, DOE is funding three university-led facilities in Illinois, Maine, and Minnesota. ...

22. Fossil Fuel Subsidies More Than Double Those for Renewables
(Feed Articles / REW - Bioenergy News)

The largest U.S subsidies to fossil fuels are attributed to tax breaks that aid foreign oil production, according to research from the Environmental Law Institute (ELI). The study, which reviewed fossil ...

23. E.ON Climate & Renewables, Bionersis Forge CDM Partnership in Southeast Asia
(Feed Articles / REW - Bioenergy News)

Bionersis and E.ON Climate & Renewables (EC&R), the division in charge of E.ON Group's global renewables and climate protection activities, have announced that they forge a partnership on Clean Development ...

24. U.S. Climate Plan will Boost Nuclear, Renewables
(Feed Articles / ENN - Environmental Science and Technology)

A U.S. cap-and-trade market on greenhouse gases should be designed carefully to avoid unfair economic pain in fossil fuel industries and other parts of the economy, experts told lawmakers on Wednesday.  ...

25. U.S. Climate Plan will Boost Nuclear, Renewables
(Feed Articles / ENN - Energy Research News)

A U.S. cap-and-trade market on greenhouse gases should be designed carefully to avoid unfair economic pain in fossil fuel industries and other parts of the economy, experts told lawmakers on Wednesday.  ...

26. U.S. Climate Plan will Boost Nuclear, Renewables
(Feed Articles / ENN - Top Environmental Stories)

A U.S. cap-and-trade market on greenhouse gases should be designed carefully to avoid unfair economic pain in fossil fuel industries and other parts of the economy, experts told lawmakers on Wednesday.  ...

27. American Renewables Sells Biomass Project
(Feed Articles / REW - Bioenergy News)

American Renewables LLC has agreed to sell its Nacogdoches Power LLC biomass project, located in Sacul, Texas, to Southern Power. Under the agreement, Southern Power will own, construct and operate the ...

28. Renewables a Hot Topic in Thailand
(Feed Articles / REW - Bioenergy News)

Here in Bangkok, the first Renewable Energy World Asia event started on Wednesday, alongside the long-established POWER-GEN Asia. Thanks in part to Thailand's 15-year Renewable Energy Development Plan, ...

29. Recharged By Renewables
(Feed Articles / Alternative Energy News Top Stories)

FPL Group and Duke Energy are the renowned companies known for their commitment to clean and green energy. It is often said, charity begins at home. They are trying to lead by example. They will collaborate ...

30. The real story on cleantech in China
(Feed Articles / CleanTech - Energy News Feed)

The Chinese government wants 8 percent of energy from renewables and 30 GW of wind by 2020. What does this mean for investors? ...