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

1. Shift to renewable electricity a win-win at statewide level
(Feed Articles / MIT - Energy Research News)

MIT research finds health savings from cleaner air exceed policy costs. ...

2. North Carolina Tries To Clean Up Its Electricity
(Feed Articles / NPR - Environment News)

North Carolina's governor is promising to quickly cut greenhouse emissions but will need to convince Duke Energy, the state's dominant utility, to abandon coal and gas in favor of solar and wind.

3. Existing Generating Resources Are Less Costly Than New Generating Resources
(Feed Articles / Institute for Energy Research)

The Institute for Energy Research (IER) and the American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity (ACCCE) released a report today that… The post Existing Generating Resources Are Less Costly Than New ...

4. Idaho Utility Spurns Coal, Pledges 100 Percent 'Clean' Energy By 2045
(Feed Articles / NPR - Environment News)

Idaho Power plans to stop using coal power plants. The news comes as a U.S. energy agency says renewable sources produced a record amount of electricity in 2018.

5. Clean Energy Makes Up Record Share of UK Power with Coal-to-Biomass Conversions
(Feed Articles / REW - Bioenergy News)

U.K. electricity from low-carbon sources accounted for almost a quarter of the country’s generation in the fourth quarter as Drax Group Plc converted a second coal-power plant to burn wood.

6. Biogas at Home: A Renewable No-Brainer
(Feed Articles / REW - Green Power News)

... The laws of thermodynamics are only paid once. The natural, clean burning energy produced in a home biogas digester is not the only benefit, it also produces higher quality fertilizer for gardens and landscaping ...

7. The 51st State: What’s Your Ideal Energy Market?
(Feed Articles / REW - Hydrogen Fuel Cell News )

Imagine a place where there is no electricity market. No rules, no policies, no market. A clean slate. This is what the Solar Energy Power Association (SEPA) calls the 51st State, a new initiative to get ...

8. Japan Anticipates Clean Energy Will Edge Out Nuclear Power
(Feed Articles / REW - Bioenergy News)

Japan anticipates that by 2030 clean energy such as solar and hydro will generate slightly more of the nation’s electricity than nuclear power plants. ...

9. North Carolina consumers could see $5B coal-ash cleanup bill
(Feed Articles / Yahoo - Environment News)

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A string of decisions by North Carolina regulators means electricity consumers could be seeing a multibillion-dollar bill to clean up mountains of waste Duke Energy created by spending ...

10. Rescinding Clean Power Plan a Positive Step Toward Free Market for Electricity
(Feed Articles / Institute for Energy Research)

This article was printed in the December issue of POWER magazine. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in early October announced it... The post Rescinding Clean Power Plan a Positive Step Toward ...

11. Cleaned-Up Coal and Clean Air: Facts About Air Quality and Coal-Fired Power Plants
(Feed Articles / Institute for Energy Research)

Coal-fired electricity generation is far cleaner today than ever before. The popular misconception that our air quality is getting worse... The post Cleaned-Up Coal and Clean Air: Facts About Air Quality ...

12. Briny Pool Bacteria Can Clean Up and Power Up
(Feed Articles / ENN - Top Environmental Stories)

Warm and salty wastewater is a by-product of many industries, including oil and gas production, seafood processing and textile dyeing. KAUST researchers are exploring ways to detoxify such wastewater while ...

13. 30% of Global Electricity Already Prepping For Rapid Decarbonization
(Feed Articles / ENN - Environmental Science and Technology)

... leaves plenty of wiggle room for “clean” coal and natural gas, at least in the near future. However, a look at the group’s sole U.S. member, American Electric Power, demonstrates that ...

14. Renewable Power Future Needs Facilitative Power Grid
(Feed Articles / REW - Bioenergy News)

... that wasn’t designed for today needs — much less what we’re asking of it to support a cleaner energy future. Modern, robust and flexible infrastructure for delivering electricity generation over long distances ...

15. WSU researchers determine key improvement for fuel cells
(Feed Articles / ENN - Environmental Science and Technology)

Washington State University researchers have determined a key step in improving solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs), a promising clean energy technology that has struggled to gain wide acceptance in the marketplace.The ...

16. Electricity generated with water, salt and a 3-atoms-thick membrane
(Feed Articles / ENN - Environmental Science and Technology)

... 3 atoms thickProponents of clean energy will soon have a new source to add to their existing array of solar, wind, and hydropower: osmotic power. Or more specifically, energy generated by a natural phenomenon ...

17. Electricity generated with water, salt and a 3-atoms-thick membrane
(Feed Articles / ENN - Top Environmental Stories)

... 3 atoms thickProponents of clean energy will soon have a new source to add to their existing array of solar, wind, and hydropower: osmotic power. Or more specifically, energy generated by a natural phenomenon ...

18. Biogas at Home: A Renewable No-Brainer
(Feed Articles / REW - Green Power News)

... The laws of thermodynamics are only paid once. The natural, clean burning energy produced in a home biogas digester is not the only benefit, it also produces higher quality fertilizer for gardens and landscaping ...

19. Obama Challenges Power Engineers To Do More With Less
(Feed Articles / NPR - Environment News)

If the president's Clean Power Plan survives legal and political challenges, the nation's electricity industry will have 15 years to remake itself and reduce CO2 emissions by a hefty margin. ...

20. The 51st State: What’s Your Ideal Energy Market?
(Feed Articles / REW - Hydrogen Fuel Cell News )

Imagine a place where there is no electricity market. No rules, no policies, no market. A clean slate. This is what the Solar Energy Power Association (SEPA) calls the 51st State, a new initiative to get ...

21. Japan Anticipates Clean Energy Will Edge Out Nuclear Power
(Feed Articles / REW - Bioenergy News)

Japan anticipates that by 2030 clean energy such as solar and hydro will generate slightly more of the nation’s electricity than nuclear power plants. ...

22. One Man Working Behind-the-Scenes to Halt Oklahoma Wind Energy
(Feed Articles / REW - Green Power News)

... been seen as promising areas for further development, with strong winds and nearby transmission lines that enable cheap, clean electricity.   Howe ...

23. Clean Energy Makes Up Record Share of UK Power with Coal-to-Biomass Conversions
(Feed Articles / REW - Bioenergy News)

U.K. electricity from low-carbon sources accounted for almost a quarter of the country’s generation in the fourth quarter as Drax Group Plc converted a second coal-power plant to burn wood.

24. Bolstering a Biofuels Market in the Middle East
(Feed Articles / REW - Bioenergy News)

... Eastern countries are the world’s leading producers of fossil fuels, several clean technology initiatives have been launched in the last few years, indicating the region’s commitment to exploiting renewable ...

25. Are Environmental Regulations Causing US Utility Bills to Surge?
(Feed Articles / REW - Hydrogen Fuel Cell News )

U.S. electricity markets face years of higher prices as clean-air regulations shut more coal-fired power plants than earlier forecast, cutting supply and forcing producers to rely more on natural gas ...

26. The 51st State: What’s Your Ideal Energy Market?
(Feed Articles / REW - Hydrogen Fuel Cell News )

Imagine a place where there is no electricity market. No rules, no policies, no market. A clean slate. This is what the Solar Energy Power Association (SEPA) calls the 51st State, a new initiative to ...

27. Energy Department Announces $2 Million to Support Manufacturing of Taller Wind Turbine Towers
(Feed Articles / EERE - Energy Research News)

The Energy Department announced $2 million for two organizations that will advance technologies to harness stronger winds available at higher heights, potentially increasing the amount of clean, renewable ...

28. Choosing Local (Renewable) Power: One California Community a Leader in Collective Action
(Feed Articles / REW - Bioenergy News)

... 5 percent of utility customers in Illinois, Ohio, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and California, but it’s Marin Clean Energy in California that stands a ...

29. Energy Poverty Coming to America; Coal Shuttered for Green Power
(Feed Articles / Institute for Energy Research)

Residents of Pueblo, Colorado are concerned about their skyrocketing electricity prices because the state’s Clean Air-Clean Jobs Act is forcing... The post Energy Poverty Coming to America; Coal Shuttered ...

30. Microgrids Missing from the UN’s Sustainable Energy for All Initiative
(Feed Articles / REW - Bioenergy News)

... affordable, clean, 100 percent electrification, technologically speaking, is at hand yet no one has stepped forward to lead. ...