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

1. In Profile: Alex Slocum
(Feed Articles / MIT - Energy Research News)

... as much electric power as the nation currently uses. He’s also looking into ways of storing solar power, using molten salts to store the thermal energy for delivery later. With the right policies in ...

2. DOE Awards Nearly $1.4 Billion in Loan Guarantees to BrightSource Energy
(Feed Articles / EERE - Energy Research News)

DOE has awarded a conditional loan guarantee for nearly $1.4 billion to BrightSource Energy for three utility-scale concentrated solar power plants in southeastern California. Pending regulatory approval, ...

3. DOE Awards Nearly $1.4 Billion in Loan Guarantees to BrightSource Energy
(Feed Articles / EERE - Energy Research News)

DOE has awarded a conditional loan guarantee for nearly $1.4 billion to BrightSource Energy for three utility-scale concentrated solar power plants in southeastern California. Pending regulatory approval, ...

4. What's stopping us getting solar power from deserts?
(Feed Articles / ENN - Energy Research News)

Plans to use concentrating solar power plants in the Sahara to generate and export electricity have been on the table for years. Now, it looks as though political will might help move things forward  ...

5. What's stopping us getting solar power from deserts?
(Feed Articles / ENN - Top Environmental Stories)

Plans to use concentrating solar power plants in the Sahara to generate and export electricity have been on the table for years. Now, it looks as though political will might help move things forward  ...

6. Solar Cells from Tobacco Plants May Be a Reality Soon
(Feed Articles / Alternative Energy News Top Stories)

... Berkeley. It will be nice to see tobacco used for something other than lung cancer. This new discovery is based [...] Posted in: Biofuels, PhotoVoltaics, Solar Power  ...

7. Saudi Arabia to Replace Oil with Sun Power for Desalination Plants
(Feed Articles / ENN - Energy Research News)

... minerals from sea water. Much of this may be changing, however, as Saudi Arabia is now interested in using solar energy to provide the power needed, instead ...

8. Saudi Arabia to Replace Oil with Sun Power for Desalination Plants
(Feed Articles / ENN - Top Environmental Stories)

... minerals from sea water. Much of this may be changing, however, as Saudi Arabia is now interested in using solar energy to provide the power needed, instead ...

9. Frim hopes to build big solar plant in western AZ
(Feed Articles / NewsVine - Alternative Energy Feed)

An Arizona company wants to build one of the largest solar power plants in the country in western Arizona's Mohave County. ...

10. Trends & Innovations - Thursday (Investor's Business Daily)
(Feed Articles / Yahoo - Environment News)

Investor's Business Daily - Tobacco plants could play a part in the production of solar power cells, says a Discovery News report citing research at the Univ. of Calif., Berkeley. Genetically engineered ...

11. Power from down under
(Feed Articles / MIT - Energy Research News)

... time, unlike sources such as solar or wind power. “So that’s certainly very promising,” he says. “It’s not completely infinite, but for all practical purposes it is.” Probing underground One of the ...

12. eSolar strikes deal to build power plants in China (AP)
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AP - A U.S. solar power company said Saturday it will help build a series of solar thermal power plants in China, as the world's biggest emitter of greenhouse gases tries to decrease its heavy reliance ...

13. US solar company to build power plants in China (AP)
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AP - Southern California's eSolar Inc. has signed a major agreement to build a series of solar power plants in China. ...

14. Two of the Country's Biggest Solar Power Plants Get Utility Contracts
(Feed Articles / NewsVine - Alternative Energy Feed)

Major power companies in Florida and New Mexico announced this week that they would start buying large amounts of energy from certain solar power producers soon. ...

15. What meant the year 2009 for Photovoltaic Industry in the Czech Republic and what did we for it ?
(Feed Articles / REW - Green Power News)

... in the next year - 2010 !!! NOBILITY SOLAR PROJECT, Corp. ...

16. Despite Action, Spain's Carbon Footprint Increases
(Feed Articles / NPR - Environment News)

... new house in Spain must have a solar water heater. The country also has made massive investments in solar power plants, wind farms and public transport. However in the last ten years Spain's carbon footprint ...

17. Solar Energy Industry Brings Ray of Hope to the Rust Belt
(Feed Articles / ENN - Energy Research News)

Areas hard-hit by the U.S. automakers' slump are pitching themselves to green technology firms. Workers and machines that used to crank out cars are now making parts for solar and wind power plants. ...

18. Solar Energy Industry Brings Ray of Hope to the Rust Belt
(Feed Articles / ENN - Top Environmental Stories)

Areas hard-hit by the U.S. automakers' slump are pitching themselves to green technology firms. Workers and machines that used to crank out cars are now making parts for solar and wind power plants. ...

19. Liquid battery big enough for the electric grid?
(Feed Articles / MIT - Energy Research News)

... revolutionize the way electricity is used and produced on the grid, enabling round-the-clock power from America's wind and solar power resources, increasing the stability of the grid, and making blackouts ...

20. eSolar takes solar thermal to Sub-Saharan Africa
(Feed Articles / CleanTech - Energy News Feed)

Californian CSP developer signs with South African firm to sell licenses to build modular 46-MW power plants through solar-rich region. ...

21. Fat Spaniel hopes to hook utilities on new monitoring software
(Feed Articles / CleanTech - Energy News Feed)

California startup also reveals it plans to launch a new program by the end of the year to calculate the economic viability of proposed solar power plants. ...

22. Google plans new mirror for cheaper solar power (Reuters)
(Feed Articles / Yahoo - Environment News)

... the cost of building solar thermal plants by a quarter or more. ...

23. Google Plans New Mirror For Cheaper Solar Power
(Feed Articles / NewsVine - Alternative Energy Feed)

... reduce the cost of building solar thermal plants by a quarter or more. ...

24. Moser Baer, SunEnergy team for 1 MW Chandrapur plant
(Feed Articles / CleanTech - Energy News Feed)

Indian and German firms win bid for one of the world's largest thin-film amorphous-silicon solar power plants in the world, expected to be completed by January. ...

25. Seven solar makers eye Gujarat for new production facilities
(Feed Articles / CleanTech - Energy News Feed)

Moser Baer, Solar Semiconductor, Lanco Solar and others are in talks with government officials following the recent go-ahead for 716 MW of solar power plants. ...

26. Siemens backs Arava Power for biggest solar PV project in Israel
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German firm pays $15 million for a 40-percent stake of the only company in Israel to have a permit to develop photovoltaic plants.

27. SolarBee Gets Busy on Wastewater Treatment - Could Have A Huge Impact On Electricity Consumption
(Feed Articles / NewsVine - Alternative Energy Feed)

SolarBee, the North Dakota company that has made a name for itself with solar-powered circulators to improve water quality in ponds and lakes, has developed solar equipment for wastewater treatment plants ...

28. Acme plans to beat eSolar on cost of solar thermal in India
(Feed Articles / CleanTech - Energy News Feed)

Indian infrastructure developer is using a license from eSolar to build 1 GW of power plants, with the first slated for March. ...

29. Ask AP: Nuclear power, St. Paul's supposed bones (AP)
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AP - Wind and solar power get a lot of attention when the future of energy comes up for discussion. But are there any plans to generate more power by building new nuclear plants?  ...

30. Interior Department Expedites Solar Energy Development in the West
(Feed Articles / EERE - Energy Research News)

The Interior Department has identified 24 large tracts of public land that could potentially host utility-scale solar power plants. The agency is studying the environmental and resource suitability ...