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More Power to Electronics Thanks to Nano-scale Wires

renewable energies Master feed — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 07:07:01 +0000

Today a long-standing electronic dream has become a reality thanks to research done by a team of scientists from Bar-Ilan University, Israel, supported by U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) at Brookhaven National Laboratory. Producing superconducting nano-scale wires to facilitate faster and more powerful electronic devices has been the long-time ambition which had eluded achievement [...]
Posted in: Future Energy, Industry, Inventions

Cell Phone Chargers to go Green

renewable energies Master feed — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 20:52:25 +0000

Today cell-phones have become an integral part of our life and are the most used mode of communication. More prevalent the use of cell-phone, more imperative is the need to curtail eco-pollution that emanates from the huge number of still-in-use and out-of-use cell phones. Toxic products like lead, mercury, cadmium and other materials pose [...]
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Abengoa Solar teams up with Total and Masdar on large scale solar power plant in the Middle East

renewable energies Master feed — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 20:47:14 +0000

The bidding consortium of Abengoa Solar and Total has been selected in the competitive international Shams -1 tender by Abu Dhabi's future energy company Masdar to enter with Masdar into a joint venture to develop, own and operate in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi the largest solar plant in the Middle East. Featuring some 6,300,000 [...]

WINDS OF CHANGE – The Daily Telegraph

renewable energies Master feed — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 04:37:02 +0000

When it comes to colour, the UK’s future energy sector is a distinctive racing green. Prime Minister David Cameron has already said that he wants the coalition to be “the greenest government ever”,
and the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, Liberal Democrat Chris Huhne, has pledged

How will our future energy needs be met? – The Arizona Daily Star (Tucson, Az)

renewable energies Master feed — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 11:15:04 +0000

AZ electric utilities must file 15-year plans, regulators say State regulators have approved new rules that require Arizona’s electric
utilities to file long-term plans to show how they plan to meet future energy
needs. The rules, unanimously approved last week by the Arizona

Sun Shines on Solar Energy Future

renewable energies Master feed — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 07:00:47 +0000

The chances of producing solar power as a more commercially viable source of alternative energy seem brighter now with the positive research results pioneered by University of Illinois professors. The Department of Energy and National Science Foundation-funded team led by Professors John Rogers, and Xiuling Li, has been exploring ways to find more optimal [...]
Posted in: Future Energy, PhotoVoltaics, Solar Power

Achievers Under 40 profile: Max J. Myers, Treasurer, OGE Energy Corp. – Journal Record (Oklahoma City, Ok)

renewable energies Master feed — Wed, 26 May 2010 02:13:17 +0000

Max Myers is full of energy. Not just in his personal life, but in
his professional life as well. As an executive officer with OGE Energy Corp.
(the parent company of OG&E and Enogex), Myers is one of the key players
shaping Oklahoma’s future energy policy. He does this in part through serving as

Future Air Travel will have Less Noise, Less Exhaust

renewable energies Master feed — Tue, 25 May 2010 07:02:09 +0000

EU’s ‘Clean Sky’ – the 1-6 billion euro research project – with 86 participating partners from 16 nations – has goals like developing unique application-specific technologies and evaluation and advancement of the entire aeronautic system. Aviation experts from ACARE (Advisory Council for Aeronautics Research in Europe) are expecting to achieve 50% reduction of noise [...]
Posted in: Future Energy, Industry, Transportation

Nanosolar: Solar Power at a Lower Cost

renewable energies Master feed — Mon, 24 May 2010 00:00:05 +0000

In a market-friendly scenario, Nanosolar claims to be able to produce electricity at 5-6 cents/kilowatt hour almost as cheap as power from coal and at about one-third the cost of other solar power. Nanosolar claims: Nanosolar claims mass production of solar power will now become feasible with their differently manufactured solar panels. Conventional silicon-made [...]
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Solar Greenhouse to Produce Food and Electricity

renewable energies Master feed — Thu, 13 May 2010 07:32:02 +0000

Imagine a greenhouse that is producing solar power and food too. This excellent experiment is being done in Italy. The companies responsible for this project are Renewable energy company Solar ReFeel, CeRSAA and solar panel manufacturer Solyndra. The test site has been constructed at CeRSAA’s Albenga, Italy. The project intends to attain the production [...]
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