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Renewable Technology in Bulgaria is the Next venture of Austria’s Soravia

Soravia, an Austrian project development and investment firm, intends to place capital in renewable technology. This does equally apply for the food industry of Bulgaria, as stated by Valeri Atanssov, the manager of the Bulgarian division of the company. Moreover, Soravia plans to maintain its real estate business development in the country, specializing on building [...]

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Batteries’ Affordability Is The Answer To More Wind and Solar Power Deployment

On March 4, a new published report by Chemical Reviews journal stated that advanced batteries utilized by the energy grid for wind and sun power storage should be dependable, long-lasting and non-toxic. However, the major key to a more expansive distribution is the batteries’ affordability. At present, this report is one of the most extensive [...]

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A Strong Green Power Partner – United States Air Force

America’s Air Force is one of the top purchasers of green power. U.S Environmental Protection Agency ranked them on the top 25 list of green power partners. Since 1997, the Air force became known for generating green power after it established its renewable facility that produces 243.9 MWh of energy. In the department of Defense, [...]

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A Concentrating Solar Power Facility is Being Constructed in India. – BHEL –abengoa

A Spanish firm, Abengoa, in collaboration with the Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL), which is an Indian public sector firm, have signed a partnership deed. The agreement consists of building a concentrated solar power facility in India. Abengoa is a large company which as solar power generation, bio-energy, operations and environmental service segments in Asia, [...]

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Electric Vehicles – Some Formulas For Charging Batteries

There is really progress going on in the field of electric engines. Electric engines are already four times better than internal combustion engines. The technology to bring pure plug-in electric vehicles to the road does already exist. The only restrain is the presence of efficient battery solutions; batteries allowing recharging to be done at an [...]

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Scaling up is a Daunting Challenge for Green Energy

In the rising demise of fossil fuel and the triumph of renewable energy – solar, wind, nuclear and other green energy alternatives have to become pervasive. Is it possible that alternative energy will soon be able to supply the world’s energy demands?4 In the first half of 2010, China installed the largest wind capacity. The [...]

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Southwest Windpower Reveals Its Latest Wind Turbine

Southwest Windpower has recently uncovered its latest and most competent small wind turbine. This small wind turbine has been named Skystream 600. Skystream 600 has been declared as having the capability to generate 74 percent more energy for residential and commercial use than its predecessor. It has the ability to offer a mean of 7.4 [...]

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WREC/WREN’s Facts On Renewable Energy

WREC/ WREN – World Renewable Energy Congress/ World Renewable Energy Network has forecast that the world’s population will rise beyond 12 billion by 2100. Apparently, if the steady progress and innovation in technological advancement proceed in this pace then energy demand will increase by 5-fold. The outlook would be even worse if fossil fuel policies [...]

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Bioengineers could augment the production of Ethanol through the development of bacterial strain

In United States, a group of bioengineers have altered bacterial strain in order to enhance its capability to produce ethanol. A publication of this research can be found in Biotechnology and Bioengineering. The latter reveals the way metabolic and adaptation engineering can be mutually used for improving strain. This is an advance in the biofuel [...]

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Power Grids Of The Future Won’t Waste Energy

During energy transmission lots of electricity is lost. For wind energy, generated in the North Sea or regional wind, solar, and bio-gas power plants to reach consumers, there is a long transmission line required. In this journey, lots of energy is lost. Nevertheless, new electronic components are providing a solution. Electricity flows very similarly to [...]

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