News about Solar, Wind and alternative green power technologies

Overview of Renewable Energy Supported Through the Recovery & Reinvestment Act: Part 1/3

America was the leader in the development of renewable energy like solar, wind and geothermal energy in 1980s. They are now making their best comeback by supporting the growth of renewable energy throughout the nation. The recent American Recovery and Reinvestment Act is one of the greatest investment plans ever seen in United States economy. [...]

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Worldwide Facts on Onshore and Offshore Wind Power

Onshore wind farms There are several onshore wind farms in construction. In the recent years wind energy has been representing one of the most successful renewable sources of energy. Since 1996 to 2008 the wind energy capacity has expanded enormously. In 2009, the global wind farm capacity reached 158,505 MW, which represented an increase of [...]

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Geothermal Energy Growing In The Philippines

Philippine is currently ranked as the world’s second-largest developer of geothermal energy. It is now going for a colossal expansion. A plan to provide contracts for another 19 geothermal power plants amounting to a total of US$2.5 billion (private investment) is soon to be launched. In the coming months, the Philippine’s government will be confirming [...]

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Sunglass Project: Solar Energy Using Glass is Being Enhanced by Tecnalia

Currently, the University of Cantabria and a Construction unit at Tecnalia are working together on a new mission entitled Sunglass project. The project emphasises on renewable for innovative buildings. The glass is supposed to enhance the performance of photovoltaic solar systems, so that more renewable energy can be used in the construction industry. Photovoltaic means [...]

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Wave Farms An Upcoming Source of Energy

Wave farms are a growing upcoming source of energy provision. It involves using a series of machines which extracts the forces (pull and push) of water to produce electricity or rather wave power. Portugal the Pioneer of Wave Farms Aguçadora Wave Park is the world’s first industrialised wave farm, and it is situated in Portugal [...]

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Americans Are Shifting Their Energy consumption towards Renewable Energy Sources

There is a slight decrease in the volume of energy being consumed in America but renewable are constantly playing a more significant role. When comparing 2008 and 2009, we can find that considerably more wind power, and less fossil fuel (petroleum and coal) was used in the United States. Additionally, a rise in hydro, geothermal [...]

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Finding The Position of the Sun

The term sun path has been assigned to notify the path of the sun which changes based on seasonal-and-hourly alteration as the earth rotates, as well as orbits the sun. The position of the sun is one of the main factors determining the amount of heat that can be derived from the sun. So precise [...]

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China Will Be Spending $3B on Alternative Energy – Trees

China is planning to make an investment of $3 billion during the next decade in order to develop alternative energy fuels, to fight against desertification as well as to avoid landslides. In accordance to what the leading engineer of the State Forestry Administration, Wu Jian, stated at a news conference during the week, that the [...]

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Solar Report: Solar Thermal Power Market Forecast to 2020

A recent report entitled Solar Thermal Power Market Forecast 2020 – Utilities to Drive Future Developments in the Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) Market – estimated that the solar energy market will continue to grow through the decade. The report scrutinizes the outlook of the global solar thermal market for 2020. The key trends and growth [...]

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Solar Energy Systems Being Established in Michigan By Xtreme Power, Detroit Edison And Ford

Finally, electric vehicles can make their entrance to the automobile industry as Ford, Detroit Edison and Xtreme Power are joining together to construct Michigan’s hugest solar power generation systems as well as vehicle charging stations at Ford’s Assembly Plant in Wayne. In the Ford’s Michigan Assembly Plant, Detroit Edison will be installing a 500 KW [...]

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