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Hybrid Organic Solar Cells Now More Efficient

renewable energies Master feed — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 07:05:41 +0000

Success greets the research team of National Research Council’s National Institute for Nanotechnology (NINT) and the University of Alberta. The plastic solar cells have now an operating life of 8 months instead of mere hours. And they are low-cost, environmentally efficient, unsealed plastic dollar cells – a green energy source. Developing economically viable plastic [...]
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The great wind power bait and switch – The Boston Globe

renewable energies Master feed — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 06:35:08 +0000

HOW MUCH are you willing to pay for green energy? Almost any
ratepayer would say that if the electric utilities could obtain a significant
amount of their power from a renewable source, and do so without raising rates,
then that would be a good deal. It would certainly appear to be a good deal

Green technology helps turn up the heat in homes and businesses across the country – Belfast Telegraph

renewable energies Master feed — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 13:11:06 +0000

THE recession is providing some surprising comfort for the Co Armagh firm Green Energy Technology. “We have seen a slowdown, definitely,” says business development manager Damien Phillips. “But, on the flipside, people are making more careful decisions.” Faced with the increasing costs of domestic

Green firm aiming to generate GBP30m – Scotland on Sunday (Edinburgh, UK)

renewable energies Master feed — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 10:13:18 +0000

A GREEN energy company founded just three years ago is targeting a quadrupling of turnover to GBP30 million as demand soars for domestic wind turbines. Icon Energy, based in Kinross, is building a network of agents across Scotland to deliver sales and maintenance. A push south of the Border and

Hunt for new forms of energy turns to seabed – Mail on Sunday (London, UK)

renewable energies Master feed — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 13:11:14 +0000

AN UNDERWATER tidal version of a wind farm is to be developed with the help of a Pounds 500,000 grant from the Welsh Assembly. This new form of green energy could over decades provide sustainable power to light up more than two million homes. The grant, which is expected to be the first in a

Old pits may hold clue to new energy ; Clean power under streets – The Journal (Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, Uk)

renewable energies Master feed — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 17:17:28 +0000

EVIDENCE from Tyneside pits could be used to help pioneering work
into green energy for the future. Scientists from Newcastle University plan to drill 2,000m below the streets
of Newcastle to find heat for clean power. They will tap into an underground sea of hot water which they hope can

Letters to the editor; – The Belleville Intelligencer

renewable energies Master feed — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 05:43:04 +0000

Province in the wrong with solar power flip-flop The arrogance and incompetence of this government has hit a new
plateau with the flip-flop on the solar power generation program. The Green Energy Act seemed to be a glimmer of hope for this
misguided government with a stack of “success” stories

Rethink Fit and microFit program – The Windsor Star

renewable energies Master feed — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 03:41:13 +0000

I would like to bring to the attention of your readers a
situation which has developed in Ontario in response to green energy
and the Fit and microFit program. In 2007, the Ontario government set a target of 100,000 solar
installations and 50,000 jobs. As of Oct. 1, 2009, under the
microFIT

Public Service Company of Oklahoma signs wind power agreement – Journal Record (Oklahoma City, Ok)

renewable energies Master feed — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 02:13:14 +0000

Public Service Company of Oklahoma customers will have the option to
purchase renewable, or “green” energy, following an agreement signed with
NextEra Energy Resources for the long-term purchase of 99 megawatts of
renewable energy from a wind farm under construction near the Grady County
community

Solar generators will still earn reasonable profits; – The Owen Sound Sun Times

renewable energies Master feed — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 05:43:10 +0000

Editor: Re: “Proposal darkens solar’s future” July 10. Ontario’s Green Energy Act is ambitiously leading the way in North
America, as we move from dirty coal generation to clean energy
renewables like wind turbines and solar panels. Thousands of
Ontarians are taking part in a brand new and very