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

1. Energy-harvesting design aims to turn Wi-Fi signals into usable power
(Feed Articles / MIT - Energy Research News)

Device for harnessing terahertz radiation might enable self-powering implants, cellphones, other portable electronics. ...

2. New England and New York Have Almost Eliminated Coal-Fired Electricity
(Feed Articles / Institute for Energy Research)

The U.S. Northeast is phasing out its coal-fired power plants. Both New England and New York generated 15 percent of… The post New England and New York Have Almost Eliminated Coal-Fired Electricity ...

3. Japan Is Building Coal Fired Power Plants Despite Its Paris Accord Commitment
(Feed Articles / Institute for Energy Research)

Japan plans to build as many as 22 new coal-fired power plants at 17 different sites in the next five… The post Japan Is Building Coal Fired Power Plants Despite Its Paris Accord Commitment appeared ...

4. U.S. Coal-Fired Power Plants Continue to Retire
(Feed Articles / Institute for Energy Research)

In 2010, coal-generated 45 percent of the nation’s electricity with 317 gigawatts of coal-fired generating capacity—30 percent of the generating… The post U.S. Coal-Fired Power Plants Continue to ...

5. Germany Will Pay Its Utilities to Phase Out Coal
(Feed Articles / Institute for Energy Research)

Germany will pay utility companies billions of euros to speed up the shutdown of their coal-fired power plants as part… The post Germany Will Pay Its Utilities to Phase Out Coal appeared first on ...

6. Is This The Beginning Of The End For U.S. Nuclear Power?
(Feed Articles / NewsVine - Alternative Energy Feed)

Energy companies are shutting down their nuclear power plants and resorting to other forms of production. This is primarily due to the lack of funding and cheaper alternatives such as oil. With shale production ...

7. EPA Finalizes the Affordable Clean Energy Rule, Replacing Clean Power Plan
(Feed Articles / Institute for Energy Research)

The Affordable Clean Energy Rule (ACE) provides a plan for states to make realistic assessments and upgrade their power plants… The post EPA Finalizes the Affordable Clean Energy Rule, Replacing ...

8. Getting to the bottom of the “boiling crisis”
(Feed Articles / MIT - Energy Research News)

New understanding of heat transfer in boiling water could lead to efficiency improvements in power plants. ...

9. 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. ...

10. Nuclear Industry Reduces Costs at Existing Facilities
(Feed Articles / Institute for Energy Research)

Despite an unfavorable regulatory climate, the U.S. nuclear power industry reduced total generating costs at existing plants in 2017 to… The post Nuclear Industry Reduces Costs at Existing Facilities ...

11. Beijing to Shut All Major Coal Power Plants to Cut Pollution
(Feed Articles / REW - Bioenergy News)

Beijing, where pollution averaged more than twice China’s national standard last year, will close the last of its four major coal-fired power plants next year. ...

12. China Is Expected to Phase Out Renewable Subsidies, Continue to Build Coal Plants
(Feed Articles / Institute for Energy Research)

China’s energy regulator indicated the country will speed up efforts to ensure its wind and solar power can compete without… The post China Is Expected to Phase Out Renewable Subsidies, Continue ...

13. Aneel sets cap price for upcoming Brazilian hydroelectric power auction
(Feed Articles / REW - Green Power News)

Brazilian power regulator Agencia Nacional de Eneria Eletricqa (Aneel) has set wholesale cap prices for an upcoming power auction that includes more than 130 small hydroelectric plants.  ...

14. 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 ...

15. Experts Agree: We Can Preserve Electric Reliability and Protect Public Health Under Clean Power Plan
(Feed Articles / REW - Hydrogen Fuel Cell News )

Last June, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed the first ever national carbon pollution standards for existing power plants. Fossil fuel-fired power plants account for almost 40% of U.S. ...

16. The Big Question: What Do the Proposed EPA Regulations Mean for the Energy Industry?
(Feed Articles / REW - Hydrogen Fuel Cell News )

In June, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed a rule to restrict the amount of carbon dioxide released from power plants. The rule calls for reducing carbon 30 percent by 2030 over 2005 ...

17. 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.    ...

18. Major US Corporations Pledge To Increase Renewable Energy Usage, Decrease Carbon Footprint
(Feed Articles / REW - Bioenergy News)

... set to present final regulations that aim to reduce carbon emissions from power plants by 30 percent from 2005 levels by 2030 later this week. While visiting Kenya over the weekend, Obama repeatedly praised ...

19. The Latest Sign That Coal Is Getting Killed
(Feed Articles / REW - Bioenergy News)

Coal is having a hard time lately. U.S. power plants are switching to natural gas, environmental restrictions are kicking in, and the industry is being derided as the world's No. 1 climate ...

20. Germany Gives Dirtiest Coal Plants Six Years for Phase Out
(Feed Articles / REW - Bioenergy News)

German Economy Minister Sigmar Gabriel said 13 percent of power stations burning lignite, a cheap form of coal, would be phased out by 2021 under a program to cut power industry pollution. The government ...

21. Renewables to Beat Fossil Fuels With $3.7 Trillion Solar Boom
(Feed Articles / REW - Bioenergy News)

Renewable energy will draw almost two-thirds of the spending on new power plants over the next 25 years, dwarfing spending on fossil fuels, as plunging costs make solar the first choice for consumers and ...

22. 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. ...

23. Australia’s Biggest Power Producer Sees Future without Coal
(Feed Articles / REW - Bioenergy News)

Australia’s largest electricity producer committed to close its coal-fired power plants within 35 years as part of an effort to cut the nation’s dependence on the fossil fuel. ...

24. New system recovers fresh water from power plants
(Feed Articles / MIT - Energy Research News)

Technology captures water evaporating from cooling towers; prototype to be installed on MIT’s Central Utility Plant.

25. India Cuts Back on Nuclear Power Plants; Will Likely Turn to Coal
(Feed Articles / Institute for Energy Research)

India signed the Paris Accord, but it is already cutting back on its plans for nuclear power, which produces no... The post India Cuts Back on Nuclear Power Plants; Will Likely Turn to Coal appeared first ...

26. Keeping the balance: How flexible nuclear operation can help add more wind and solar to the grid
(Feed Articles / MIT - Energy Research News)

Model finds operating nuclear plants flexibly can reduce electricity costs, increase revenue for nuclear plants, and cut carbon emissions in electric power systems. ...

27. Technique Could Help the Nation's Coal Plants Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions
(Feed Articles / ENN - Top Environmental Stories)

... if power plants could turn captured carbon into a usable product. ...

28. How to Increase U.S. Carbon Dioxide Emissions: Close Nuclear Power Plants
(Feed Articles / Institute for Energy Research)

Since 2012, carbon dioxide emissions from the electric power sector declined by 10.5 percent, but those emissions reductions could be... The post How to Increase U.S. Carbon Dioxide Emissions: Close Nuclear ...

29. 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.  ...

30. Book Review: “Keeping the Lights on at America’s Nuclear Power Plants”
(Feed Articles / Institute for Energy Research)

For decades, misplaced fears of nuclear energy convinced environmentalists and lawmakers to shutter America’s nuclear power plants. However, a new... The post Book Review: “Keeping the Lights on ...