News about Solar, Wind and alternative green power technologies

Britain Can Eliminate Greenhouse Emission over the next 20 Years through Offshore Wind, Insulation & Electrification

The British government is willing to decrease greenhouse emission with 30 percent by year 2020 and as much as 80 percent by year 2050. However, a more effective strategy could be implemented. According to “Centre of Alternative Technology (CAT)” it is possible to become a zero-carbon economy by year 2030 through 10 steps. 1. Fewer [...]

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China’s Urge for Renewable Energy

China is expanding gigantically in manufacturing and tertiary sectors. It is also engaging itself in a sustainable path towards a low-carbon growth strategy. A development approached is emphasized on renewable energy sources. There have already been 11 five-year plans (2006 to 2010) established to assure investments in the clean energy, where the prime focus is [...]

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The very First Solar Powered Desalination Plant will be Constructed in Cyprus

The very first joint solar power and desalination plant will be build in Cyprus, succeeding the accomplishment of a research project done by the Cyprus Institute. The objective of the research was to offer a practical solution to the problem of water shortage that is faces by Cyprus and various other Mediterranean countries, while taking [...]

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An Overview Of Enel Green Power

Enel Green Power forms part of Enel Group, and it is deeply dedicated to expand the use of renewable sources in both Europe and America. The company is also a pioneer in the worldwide market for renewable solutions. The Italian organisation has operations generating an estimated 21 billion kwH from renewable sources like the sun, [...]

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A Green Economy Is Impossible with a Mistrusted Federal Government

A Recent CBS News-NY Times poll, asked Americans “How likely do you think it is that within the next 25 years the United States will develop an alternative to oil as our major source of energy?” There was a total of 59 percent who expected that renewable energy would overtake oil as a source for [...]

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A More Effective Way to Produce Solar-Grade Silicon

A Norwegian manufacturer, Elkem Solar, has through research and development been able to establish a more effective way to produce conventional silicon production. The company based in Kristiansand has achieved some of its set goals: 1. The Cost of silicon production has been decreased considerably in respect to typical production approaches. 2. The energy consumption [...]

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Solar Energy: Less Expensive Solar Concentrator Requiring Fewer Photovoltaic Cells

In accordance with the April 2010 issue of ScienceDaily, a Ph.D. student in electrical engineering of the University of California, San Diego, designed a novel solar concentrator that could lead to solar concentrators that are cheaper and need fewer photovoltaic cells than actual solar concentrators. At the UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering, Jason [...]

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Motorcycles Powered by Compressed Air

The typical motorcycles used in the world of today, has an engine that burns gasoline. This source of power emits greenhouse gas and therefore, negatively contributes to environmental pollution. Two Scientists in India have found a ground-breakthrough. They have designed a cleaner motorcycle engine: an engine using compressed air to rotate a small air turbine. [...]

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Expanding Renewable Energy A Priority For APEC

The Energy Minsters from the Twenty-one countries in the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation are acknowledging the decrease in the cost of renewable energy technologies. However, they are claiming an urge for a constant effort to ensure that price will reduce even further. Wind, solar, bio-energy and geothermal are renewable sources for electricity. Bio-fuel is alternative [...]

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Interesting Facts about Solar Energy

There exists intriguing facts and figures concerning solar energy. Did you know that the sun is the ultimate source of energy supporting life on earth? It is also the fundamental prerequisite for the formation of any other type of energy. Fossil fuel is a product of solar energy. It is through the dynamic process of [...]

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