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

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

Washington, DC – The Solar Electric Power Association (SEPA) commends Florida Power & Light (FPL) and SunPower for the completion of the DeSoto Next Generation Solar Energy Center in Arcadia, Florida. ...

2. Largest solar panel plant in US rises in Fla. (AP)
(Feed Articles / Yahoo - Environment News)

AP - Greg Bove steps into his pickup truck and drives down a sandy path to where the future of Florida's renewable energy plans begin: Acres of open land filled with solar panels that will soon power thousands ...

3. 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 ...

4. World’s Largest Solar Power Project Planned
(Feed Articles / Alternative Energy News Top Stories)

Gujarat, a state of India, is quite eager to opt for alternative sources of energy. It started out as a small dream. The Gujarat government visualized only 500 MW of solar power generation by 2014. ...

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

... technology and engineering, and energy social sciences. So, for example, a solar energy project might require a detailed knowledge of the inherent physical limits to the system’s possible efficiency ...

6. Record Month for Renewable Energy in the U.S.
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The latest Electric Power Monthly Report released by the Energy Information Administration (EIA) shows net U.S. electrical generation from renewable sources (biomass, geothermal, solar, hydro, and wind) ...

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

The Solar Electric Power Association (SEPA) commends the announcement today that Southern California Edison and First Solar have agreed to build two large-scale solar power projects in southern California. ...

8. Record Month for Renewable Energy in the U.S.
(Feed Articles / ENN - Top Environmental Stories)

The latest Electric Power Monthly Report released by the Energy Information Administration (EIA) shows net U.S. electrical generation from renewable sources (biomass, geothermal, solar, hydro, and wind) ...

9. Canadian Solar, Guodian Power sign PV JV
(Feed Articles / CleanTech - Energy News Feed)

New agreement puts Beijing power generation company on track to achieve 510 megawatts of installed photovoltaic capacity in China by 2012.

10. Show Me the Money: Concentrating Solar Power Generation and Community Renewable Energy Deployment
(Feed Articles / REW - Green Power News)

The Department of Energy ("DOE") recently issued Funding Opportunity Announcements ("FOAs") pertaining to concentrating solar power ("CSP") generation and community renewable energy projects. ...

11. A Jump-Start for New Battery Plan
(Feed Articles / NewsVine - Alternative Energy Feed)

... as home solar cell power generation systems become en vogue. ...

12. Highly Adaptable Solar Cells
(Feed Articles / Alternative Energy News Top Stories)

There are two things that prevent solar cells from entering the mainstream: their prohibitive cost, and their inadaptability. Even if people can somehow overcome the cost barrier, the havoc they allegedly ...

13. New Generation of Solar Devices with Trapped Sunlight
(Feed Articles / Alternative Energy News Top Stories)

... scale be it large or small progress is being made. Here the researchers are inspired by the Greek legend Dionysius’ [...] Posted in: Future Energy, Inventions, Solar Power  ...

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

Ernst & Young has released the latest edition of its Renewable Energy Country Attractiveness Indices. The firm has introduced a revision to the Solar index, to reflect the increasing role of solar thermal ...

15. Toshiba, Sharp mull 'solar power tie-up' (AFP)
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AFP - Japanese consumer electronics giants Toshiba and Sharp are in talks on a possible tie-up in the solar power generation field, the companies said Friday.  ...

16. Ireland pushes for fast action on small-scale renewables
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Government establishes a short window for eligibility for new feed-in tariffs and subsidies for micro-generation projects in wind, solar, hydro and combined heat-and-power. ...

17. Turning Sunlight Into Liquid Fuel
(Feed Articles / Alternative Energy News Top Stories)

... of years. The green plants trap sunlight energy and convert it into electrochemical energy. Now scientists want to imitate the process of photosynthesis to [...] Posted in: Biofuels, Inventions, Solar ...

18. Atmospheric 'Sunshade' Could Reduce Solar Power Generation
(Feed Articles / AEN - Top Energy News)

“Injecting particles into the stratosphere could have unintended consequences for one alternative energy source expected to play a role in the transition away from ...

19. SEPA Statement on PG&E Launch of 500 MW Photovoltaic Initiative
(Feed Articles / REW - Green Power News)

Further substantiating the Solar Electric Power Association's prediction that electric utilities will quickly become the largest and most important customer for the solar industry, Pacific Gas and Electric ...

20. solar energy coming to Massachusetts
(Feed Articles / ENN - Energy Research News)

Being from temperate, often "partly cloudy" Massachusetts, I've often pondered the practical viability of solar power generation in New England. No vast deserts to provide mile upon mile of non-arable, ...

21. Sanyo, Nippon Oil announce solar power tie-up
(Feed Articles / AEN - Top Energy News)

Japan's Sanyo Electric Co. and Nippon Oil Corp. said Friday they would collaborate to produce thin-film solar cells for large-scale power generation. ... ...

22. Country's largest solar power plant in state soon
(Feed Articles / AEN - Top Energy News)

Countrys largest solar power plant in state soon KOLKATA, Jan. 19: The state is set to get the country's largest solar power generation plant ... ...

23. Gujarat announces solar power policy'09
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Gujarat government has announced a new solar power policy for state to promote solar power generation as an alternative source of energy. The government would ... ...

24. Sempra solar energy project makes advances in costs
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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.  ...

25. Epuron & GE Set US $250M Investment Target
(Feed Articles / REW - Bioenergy News)

... growth and investments in wind, solar, small hydroelectric, biogas and biomass power generation throughout the region. ...

26. 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 ...

27. 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 ...

28. FPL Breaks Ground on First Hybrid Solar Plant
(Feed Articles / REW - Bioenergy News)

Florida Power & Light Company (FPL) announced that it has broken ground on its Martin Next Generation Solar Energy Center, a hybrid solar energy plant and the first utility-scale solar facility in Florida. ...

29. LockMart Solar Power Testbed Will Foster Technology And Production Innovation
(Feed Articles / AEN - Top Energy News)

Lockheed Martin broke ground for a solar power testbed to support its entry into the utility-scale renewable power generation market. The Solar System Test ... ...

30. California study shows high cost of renewable power
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... is more costly to make electricity with renewable power -- solar, wind, geothermal and other sources that emit no or low amounts of global-warming greenhouse gases -- than with natural gas, nuclear and ...