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

1. A Review of the Impacts of Government on Hydroelectric Power Generation and Development
(Feed Articles / Institute for Energy Research)

Table of Contents Executive Summary Background History of Hydropower Pre-Industrial Major Innovation Growth of Hydropower The New Deal The Public… The post A Review of the Impacts of Government ...

2. Australia is Reconsidering the Nuclear Option
(Feed Articles / Institute for Energy Research)

Australia is finally reassessing its ban on commercial nuclear power generation. The country, which has more known uranium resources than… The post Australia is Reconsidering the Nuclear Option ...

3. Best Tech Deals in April 2019
(Feed Articles / Yahoo - Environment News)

... off)  * Canon PowerShot SX530 Digital Camera for $249 ($130 off) * Fujifilm Instax Mini 90 Neo Instant Camera for $99.95 ($80 off)  Games and Consoles * Nintendo Switch Console for $254 ($46 off via ...

4. 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. ...

5. Ontario’s Cascade Generation Station begins 2.2 MW upgrade
(Feed Articles / REW - Green Power News)

The Cascade Generation Station on the Seguin River in Parry Sound, Ontario, Canada, is being upgraded from 1.2 MW to 3.4 MW, according to the project’s owner, Parry Sound PowerGen Corp.    ...

6. Inspiring Young Women To Pursue Careers in Energy
(Feed Articles / REW - Green Power News)

At last night’s PennWell Awards Ceremony, Kim Greene, a 24-year veteran of the power industry, was named the POWER-GEN 2015 Woman of the Year. Greene began her career as an engineer with Southern Company ...

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

... fleets with locally generated biogas and the country is home to the world’s first biogas powered commuter train operating between Linkoping and Vastervik. But if we were to do what has never been done ...

8. Halifax Water Generates Power from a 32-kW In-pipe Small Hydroelectric System
(Feed Articles / REW - Green Power News)

... Water. On Nov. 13, a 32-kW generating system within a drinking water distribution control chamber for Halifax Water began providing power. ...

9. Chile will increase small hydropower generation with 3-MW Los Pinos hydropower plant
(Feed Articles / REW - Bioenergy News)

Chile's Schwager Energy and China-based Shenyang Yuanda Commercial & Investment Co. signed a memorandum of understanding on Nov. 3 to build the 3-MW Los Pinos run-of-the-river hydroelectric plant in ...

10. UK sees 40% rise in power from on-site biogas
(Feed Articles / REW - Bioenergy News)

The UK increased its power generation from on-site biogas plants by 40% in 2014, according to a survey by the Department of Energy and Climate Change.    ...

11. Solar power growth impacting UK electricity sector
(Feed Articles / REW - Bioenergy News)

Q2 of 2015 saw a large increase in the generation of electricity from solar PV in the UK, with the growth having a significant impact on electricity market prices and other supply factors.

12. Renewables Generated 103 Percent of Portugal’s Electricity Consumption in March
(Feed Articles / Institute for Energy Research)

Portugal’s renewable electricity production (mostly from hydropower and wind energy) exceeded monthly consumption in March. The average renewable generation for... The post Renewables Generated 103 Percent ...

13. New England Needs More Natural Gas Pipelines
(Feed Articles / Institute for Energy Research)

New England has become heavily dependent on low cost natural gas, which accounts for about half of its power generation... The post New England Needs More Natural Gas Pipelines appeared first on IER. ...

14. Syria fired 40 missiles 'at nothing' after allied air strikes destroyed three Assad chemical sites
(Feed Articles / Yahoo - Environment News)

... and France provided support from the sea and jets. France fired 12 cruise missiles, three from a frigate and nine from aircraft, while the US provided the bulk of the firepower with 85 missiles in total. ...

15. Stanford researchers test public receptiveness to different wind energy turbines
(Feed Articles / ENN - Top Environmental Stories)

With global carbon emissions on the rise, wind power continues to be an attractive option for states and countries looking to limit fossil fuel use and increase renewable energy. Wind already accounts ...

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

... and Coal-Fired Power Plants appeared first on IER.  ...

17. SunEdison India Assets to Help Double Greenko Capacity
(Feed Articles / REW - Bioenergy News)

Greenko Energy Holdings, the green power developer backed by sovereign wealth funds, expects to double its capacity in India by 2019 with the help of assets acquired during the bankruptcy of SunEdison ...

18. 2016 US Renewable Generation Blows Past EIA’s Earlier Forecasts
(Feed Articles / REW - Bioenergy News)

According to the latest issue of the U.S. Energy Information Administration's (EIA) "Electric Power Monthly" report (with data through Dec. 31, 2016), renewable energy sources continued ...

19. Turbine Breaks World Record for Wind Power Generated in Just One Day
(Feed Articles / ENN - Environmental Science and Technology)

... by Danish energy company MHI Vestas, produced 216,000 kilowatt-hours of electricity in just 24 hours, enough to power 240 U.S. homes for a month. ...

20. Turbine Breaks World Record for Wind Power Generated in Just One Day
(Feed Articles / ENN - Top Environmental Stories)

... by Danish energy company MHI Vestas, produced 216,000 kilowatt-hours of electricity in just 24 hours, enough to power 240 U.S. homes for a month. ...

21. Game Changer for Organic Solar Cells
(Feed Articles / ENN - Environmental Science and Technology)

... generation of wearable devices and enable small-scale distributed power generation.The simple doping solution-based process involves briefly immersing organic semiconductor films in a solution at room ...

22. 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 ...

23. Ontario’s Cascade Generation Station begins 2.2 MW upgrade
(Feed Articles / REW - Green Power News)

The Cascade Generation Station on the Seguin River in Parry Sound, Ontario, Canada, is being upgraded from 1.2 MW to 3.4 MW, according to the project’s owner, Parry Sound PowerGen Corp.    ...

24. Inspiring Young Women To Pursue Careers in Energy
(Feed Articles / REW - Green Power News)

At last night’s PennWell Awards Ceremony, Kim Greene, a 24-year veteran of the power industry, was named the POWER-GEN 2015 Woman of the Year. Greene began her career as an engineer with Southern Company ...

25. Renewables have the economic advantage over fossil fuels
(Feed Articles / ENN - Environmental Science and Technology)

... of coal and gas power plants, so the entire economics of fossil fuel power generation will unravel.The cheapest way of generating energy today is to use renewable fuels - and the authors of a new analysis ...

26. 23 States to Rely on Geothermal, Solar, or Wind Power as a Primary Source of Electric Generation in 2016
(Feed Articles / REW - Bioenergy News)

At the end of the 20th century, electric generation in the U.S. came primarily from five sources; coal, nuclear, natural gas, petroleum, and hydroelectric. In 1999, 45 states relied on three of those five ...

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

Can America’s power grid accommodate a more dominant role for renewables in the energy mix? As the grid stands today, the answer is no. Our society is putting increasing demands on electric infrastructure ...

28. Nominate a Project or Woman of the Year
(Feed Articles / REW - Bioenergy News)

The power generation industry lit up Twitter with pictures of projects from all over the world during our #BestPowerProjects TweetUp.  ...

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

... they are based on electrochemical reactions, but researchers continue to struggle with making them cheaply and efficiently enough to compete with traditional power generation sources. ...

30. 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 ...