Energy Research Project for Alternative Energy, Renewable Energy, and Green Energy Technologies

That developed countries have accelerated their energy efficiency gains, renewable power investment is rising, and electrified vehicles are hitting the road are all signs of an ongoing energy technology revolution, according to a new report from the International Energy Agency (IEA).

As the fallout from the Gulf oil crisis widens, spotlight falls on alternative energy options.

The chances of producing solar power as a more commercially viable source of alternative energy seem brighter now with the positive research results pioneered by University of Illinois professors. The Department of Energy and National Science Foundation-funded team led by Professors John Rogers, and Xiuling Li, has been exploring ways to find more optimal [...]Posted in: Future Energy, PhotoVoltaics, Solar Power

The Section 1603 Treasury cash grant program appears to have stimulated incremental renewable power capacity additions in 2009, thereby supporting U.S.-based renewable energy jobs, according to a new report by researchers Mark Bolinger, Ryan Wiser, and Naïm Darghouth of the U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.

A recent NRDC analysis of a Pew study found that the ten nations leading the world in government investment in renewable power have now passed the US by.

An Atlanta nonprofit announced a hydrogen fuel project Monday and a German solar panel maker promised 350 jobs for Dublin, broadening Georgia's diverse alternative energy industry.

Solar energy is an enormous resource that is readily available in all countries throughout the world, and all the space above the earth. Long ago scientists calculated that an hour’s worth of sunlight bathing the planet held far more energy than humans worldwide could consume in a year. I firmly believe that India should accelerate the use of all forms of Renewable Energy (photovoltaic, thermal solar, solar lamps, solar pumps, wind power, biomass, biogas, and hydro), and more proactively promote Energy Efficiency. However, in this article, I will only focus on the use of Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) technology to meet India’s future energy needs. Concentrated solar power plants have been used in California, USA since the 1980s. More recently, Pacific Gas & Electric has signed contracts to buy 500 megawatts of solar thermal power from two solar companies. First, NextEra Energy Resources will sell 250 megawatts of CSP generated power from the Genesis Solar Energy Project to be located in Riverside, California. Second, Abengoa’s Mojave Solar project will supply the remaining 250 megawatts from a plant located in San Bernardino County, California. Subject to California Public Utility Commission approval of the power purchase agreements, construction of these solar energy generating plants is expected to start in 2010 with operations planned to begin in 2013. Both these solar thermal power projects will contribute to meeting California’s aggressive Renewable Portfolio Standard, which calls for moving away from fossil fuels to solar and other renewable energy sources that avoid pollution and greenhouse gas emissions.

So how do we go about it? Drill, use alternative energy? It apparent we are going to have to come up with an energy solution, so what should it be?