News about Solar, Wind and alternative green power technologies

Gaelectric Raises $18 Million to Reserve Transmission Capacity

Gaelectric, the renewable energy and energy storage group has raised a fund of $18 million to use like a deposit in order to book 960MW of transmission capacity for the development of wind energy in Montana, found in the United States. Gaelectric North America has made an announcement that the funds that have been raised [...]

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Abu Dhabi Holding an International Conference On Renewable Energy

In Abu Dhabi a five-day conference on renewable energy has been hosted. It has been organised by the Environment agency in collaboration with the World Renewable Energy Network (WREN). The Conference gathered above 500 scholars, researchers and experts. The conference held at the Armed Officers Club and Hotel in Abu Dhabi September 26-30, 2010 was [...]

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Fuel Cell Efficiency Advancing To Support Personalized Energy Systems

Individualized energy systems are becoming increasingly common. Homes and small business do nowadays generate their own energy for powering cars, cooling and/or heating. Recently, this era of personalized energy systems took another twist as scientists identified an effective catalyst in the system. During the 240th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, at Boston, the [...]

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Wind Power Supported Through the Recovery & Reinvestment Act: Part 3/3

Integrating today’s technology into Manufacturing of Wind Power Wind energy has reached an advanced state of technology, and it does already contribute to the second largest portion of America’s renewable energy. Hydropower is the largest renewable sources providing 2 percent of U.S’s electricity supply. In 2009 the wind energy capacity was 35 GW, and that [...]

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Solar Power Supported Through the Recovery & Reinvestment Act: Part 2/3

Integrating today’s technology into Manufacturing of Solar Power Solar power is a luxury, if we compare it to the cost of generating electricity from fossil fuel. Currently, solar power represents less than one percents of U.S’s total energy supply. The Recovery Act is promoting solar power technologies both for deployment and manufacturing. The strategy implemented [...]

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NASA Going Green

Despite the fact that NASA has been knocked off its orbit recently, one of its most current activities never left the ground. However, it is yet leading the pack in innovation. An announcement has been made by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration previously this week. According to it, its enormous 50,000 square-foot, two-story Sustainability [...]

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Innovative Thin Film Solar Technology Used By Walmart

Improved photovoltaic technology has emerged. These thinner solar films are lighter and have a lesser impact on the environment in comparison to conventional solar panels. Recently, Walmart reported its effort to expand renewable energy through the thinner, lighter, and cheaper thin film solar technology. Currently, the corporation is targeting another 20 to 30 sites in [...]

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Biomagnetics Diagnostics Going to Emphasis on Renewables

Biomagnetics Diagnostics, the pink sheets-listed diagnostic system developer has made an announcement regarding its intention to focus on the renewable energy sector after the completion of its merger with the biofuel company Zhuhai Energy Science Technology. The company stated that it is anticipating all the essential government approvals to be done this week and that [...]

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Global Fuel Cell Market on the Edge to Exceed $ 1 billion by 2014

Following a new study carried out by SBI Energy that indicates that the fuel cell technology is an emerging one and which could possibly reach over $1 billion by the year 2014, there has been a renewed interest on behalf of the renewable energy investors. According to the report, Fuel Cell Technologies, the market of [...]

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Small Businesses Obtain $30 Million for Investing in Projects Dealing With Clean Technology

Thirty million dollars will be made accessible for the development of clean-energy technologies for small businesses in the United States under the Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer programs. An announcement had been made by the Energy Secretary of the United States, Steven Chu, that the financing will be used from the [...]

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