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

1. Clean Energy Spending Drops 15 Percent to Reach Lowest Level Since 2013
(Feed Articles / REW - Bioenergy News)

Global investment in clean energy slumped 15 percent in the first quarter to the lowest level in two years because of a decline in wind and utility-scale projects. ...

2. Energy Department Invests in Clean Energy at Federal Facilities
(Feed Articles / EERE - Energy Research News)

The Energy Department announced four projects will receive $2.85 million in funding to deploy renewable energy technologies at facilities throughout the federal government.

3. Fracking helping utilities reduce reliance on coal
(Feed Articles / ENN - Energy Research News)

... are increasingly turning to this low-cost, cleaner-burning fossil fuel.Bill Pentak stands in the middle of a construction site, looking up at his company's latest project towering overhead — ...

4. Nuclear: Is It Clean and Green?
(Feed Articles / REW - Green Power News)

... nuclear plants will last another 50+ years. If you’re interested in clean energy generation, then at least nuclear isn’t a dirty fossil fuel like ...

5. Solar Partnership Generates Cash, Credibility for Community Groups
(Feed Articles / REW - Green Power News)

Community groups and businesses that value environmental stewardship are building their reputation and earning cash through a unique partner program. Clean Energy Collective (CEC), a community solar developer ...

6. SMUD’s Community Renewable Energy Deployment Program: Partnering for Results in Clean Energy
(Feed Articles / REW - Green Power News)

... clean energy generation to SMUD’s customers. The projects bring local economic and environmental benefits though the creation of jobs, increa ...

7. Energy Department Expands Support of Alaska Native Clean Energy
(Feed Articles / EERE - Energy Research News)

... and federally recognized Alaska Native governments with clean energy projects. ...

8. Climate Listening Project Gets Across The EPA Clean Power Plan
(Feed Articles / Alternative Energy News Top Stories)

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9. Abengoa Offers Its First Green Bond to Raise 500 Million Euros for Clean Energy Projects
(Feed Articles / REW - Bioenergy News)

Abengoa SA, a Spanish energy and environment company, plans to issue its first green bond to raise 500 million euros ($642 million) to finance projects.

10. Energy Department Announces $5 Million for Clean Energy Projects at Federal Facilities
(Feed Articles / EERE - Energy Research News)

The Energy Department announced $5 millionfor nine projects that will advance the development of combined heat and power and renewable energy technologies at facilities across the federal government ...

11. Japan Bank Sets Aside $2 Billion for Clean Energy
(Feed Articles / REW - Bioenergy News)

Shinsei Bank Ltd., a lender for Goldman Sachs Group Inc.’s clean-energy projects in Japan, plans to provide as much as 200 billion yen (US $2 billion) in loans for renewable developments. ...

12. Can the Frigid Sakha Awaken Russia’s Clean Energy Potential?
(Feed Articles / REW - Bioenergy News)

Russia’s current electric power generation capacity is estimated at more than 220 GW. Some energy experts, however, predict that without a major additional upstream investment, Russian gas supplies could ...

13. Small Business Innovation Research Projects to Make a Big Impact on Clean Energy Economy
(Feed Articles / EERE - Energy Research News)

In the latest round of funding, the Energy Department's Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer programs are supporting 14 small businesses from 10 states with nearly ...

14. China Reiterates Plans to Boost Clean Energy
(Feed Articles / REW - Bioenergy News)

China, the world’s biggest investor in renewable energy, reiterated plans to boost construction of solar and wind power plants along with projects to transmit electricity from the clean sources. ...

15. Energy Department Invests $17 Million in Clean Energy Small Businesses
(Feed Articles / EERE - Energy Research News)

... efficiency, reduce the cost of installing clean energy projects, and generate electricity from renewable energy sources. ...

16. National Parks Roll on With Alternative Fuels
(Feed Articles / EERE - Energy Research News)

The Energy Department’s Clean Cities program and the National Park Service announced new projects at nine parks that deploy alternative-fuel and fuel-efficient vehicles on the road, cut vehicle idling, ...

17. UK unveils world first carbon capture project at gas-fired power station
(Feed Articles / ENN - Top Environmental Stories)

Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg and Energy Secretary Ed Davey have announced a ground-breaking deal with Shell which could generate enough clean energy to power half a million homes, and capture 1 million ...

18. The surprising value of waste
(Feed Articles / MIT - Energy Research News)

... can create work and renewable resources, the thinking goes. Over the past three years, MIT spinout Sanergy has developed a model that impacts the entire sanitation value chain — from clean toilets to ...

19. Renewable Energy Outlook for 2014 Is Decidedly Optimistic
(Feed Articles / REW - Bioenergy News)

Financial analysts are decidedly optimistic about the year ahead in clean energy. In conducting interviews with experts in venture capital deployments, project finance and other investment markets, the ...

20. DOE Awards $6.5 Million for Tribal Clean Energy
(Feed Articles / EERE - Energy Research News)

DOE has awarded $6.5 million to 19 clean energy projects by tribal nations in 10 states to support tribal energy. ...

21. Clean Energy Expert Tam Hunt: Rapid Clean Energy Growth Inevitable
(Feed Articles / REW - Green Power News)

At Scaling Green, we periodically attempt to highlight some of the brightest, most up-and-coming stars – key industry players, thinkers, etc. - in the cleantech world. Today, we feature Tam ...

22. Need a new material? New tool can help
(Feed Articles / MIT - Energy Research News)

... Materials Project’s launch that it could “drive discoveries that not only help power clean energy, but are also used in common consumer products.” This accelerated process, Chu added, could “potentially ...

23. Latin America Report: Environmental Concerns Surface
(Feed Articles / REW - Bioenergy News)

... the same for solar a bit further down the road. Meanwhile, hydropower continues to expand its lead in the clean energy race. ...

24. Up, down and all around
(Feed Articles / MIT - Energy Research News)

... explains. “In the austral summer, a lot of [research] will get done, and then they’ll clean it all up at the end of the year. “It was cool because I came into science from the side of supporting science,” ...

25. A Clean Energy Resource Too Large to be Ignored – Geothermal Power Gains Steam
(Feed Articles / ENN - Energy Research News)

Geothermal power’s been something of an orphan when it comes to the drive to transition from fossil fuel to clean, renewable energy economies. That’s despite the release of recent studies showing that ...

26. A Clean Energy Resource Too Large to be Ignored – Geothermal Power Gains Steam
(Feed Articles / ENN - Top Environmental Stories)

Geothermal power’s been something of an orphan when it comes to the drive to transition from fossil fuel to clean, renewable energy economies. That’s despite the release of recent studies showing that ...

27. The Chevrolet Carbon Stories, Part 3 Metrolina Greenhouse
(Feed Articles / ENN - Energy Research News)

... biomass fuel is mostly wood that would otherwise be destined for the landfill, or low value wood from forest thinnings. This type of biomass meets the United Nation's Clean Development Mechanism’s "Definition ...

28. The Chevrolet Carbon Stories, Part 3 Metrolina Greenhouse
(Feed Articles / ENN - Environmental Science and Technology)

... biomass fuel is mostly wood that would otherwise be destined for the landfill, or low value wood from forest thinnings. This type of biomass meets the United Nation's Clean Development Mechanism’s "Definition ...

29. ARPA-E Announces 2012 Energy Innovation Summit
(Feed Articles / EERE - Energy Research News)

... innovation community together to share ideas on clean energy. ...

30. African nations show leadership for action against climate change
(Feed Articles / ENN - Top Environmental Stories)

Africa is leading the push for clean energy policy-making as climate change turns millions of its people into "food refugees," the head of the U.N. Environment Program (UNEP) Achim Steiner said.  ...