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

1. Artificial Light and Productivity
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Artificial light has, throughout history, been a powerful force contributing to the quality and productivity of human life. It is so significant to human life that society spends an enormous amount of ...

2. PETE Process Promises Successful Technology Fusion
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A new joint venture research work at Stanford and SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, supported by Department of Energy and DARPA has come up with a new solar energy conversion process that can potentially ...

3. Batteries Are the Shocking Truth about Electric Cars
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President Barack Obama flew to Holland, Mich., recently to attend groundbreaking ceremonies for a new lithium-ion battery plant, which the White House advertised as an example of federal stimulus grants ...

4. Vestas cuts 2010 forecasts, shares plunge (AFP)
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AFP - Shares in Vestas slumped on Wednesday after the Danish wind power group cut this year's earnings and sales targets following a second quarter loss.

5. Wind Energy Instruments getting Bigger & Better
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Renewable energy production and demand growth is gaining momentum in many ways across the world. There is a booming demand of wind power today and all wind energy equipment manufacturers are gearing ...

6. How to Make the Most of Solar Power
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A solar panel (photovoltaic module or photovoltaic panel) is a packaged interconnected assembly of solar cells, also known as photovoltaic cells. The solar panel is used as a component in a larger photovoltaic ...

7. Graphene: Solar Cells of the Future?
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A southern California University team has come up with what could be the alternative new breed of economical and flexible solar cells. For some decades now, organic photovoltaic cells (OPV) have been ...

8. USPS Goes Green
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In strict adherence to guidelines released by the Department of Energy, the United States Postal Service gets on a fast track to reach the goal for energy reduction. Green roofs, green buildings and ...

9. Solar Futures
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Solar power is the generation of electricity from sunlight. This can be direct as with photovoltaics, or indirect as with concentrating the sun's rays to boil water which is then used to provide power. ...

10. Renewable Power Users and Sources
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Renewable energy is energy which comes from natural resources such as sunlight, wind, rain, tides, and geothermal heat, which are renewable as opposed to fossil fuels for example which once gone are gone. ...

11. Nuclear Fusion
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Fusion power is the power generated by nuclear fusion reactions. In this kind of reaction, two light atomic nuclei fuse together to form a heavier nucleus and in doing so, release a large amount of energy. ...

12. First Factory Built Solar Charging Station
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International Green Energy Expo Korea 2010 was chosen as the venue where SunPods SP-300 was first displayed. This is the first factory built-to-order solar-powered integrated electric-vehicle charging ...

13. Hybrid Organic Solar Cells Now More Efficient
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Success greets the research team of National Research Council’s National Institute for Nanotechnology (NINT) and the University of Alberta. The plastic solar cells have now an operating life of ...

14. Super-sizing a cancer drug minimizes side effects
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... 1970s. Early on, doctors recognized that it harmed the kidneys, and cancer researchers began looking for alternatives. In the past few decades, the FDA has approved two less-toxic derivatives of cisplatin: ...

15. Breakthrough in Thin-Film Solar Cells
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... of the solar cells so that they can be considered as serious alternative to the fossil fuels. Researchers at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz [...] Posted in: Inventions, PhotoVoltaics, Solar Power  ...

16. Economical Solar Panels to Yield More Energy
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There has been research work going on to increase the efficiency of the cost-effective amorphous solar panels. TU Delft has been the center where this research work is being developed. The research ...

17. Nations pledge global support for clean energy
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The United States and dozens of other countries have pledged hundreds of millions of dollars toward clean energy initiatives to help battle climate change, U.S. Energy Secretary Stephen Chu said on Tuesday.  ...

18. President Obama Focuses on Advanced Battery and Electric Vehicle Manufacturing
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As part of the Economic Recovery Act, Obama administration officials fanned out across the nation this week in a series of ribbon-cutting and ground-breaking ceremonies to highlight their commitment to ...

19. More Power to Electronics Thanks to Nano-scale Wires
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Today a long-standing electronic dream has become a reality thanks to research done by a team of scientists from Bar-Ilan University, Israel, supported by U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) at ...

20. Solar Impulse completes first solar-powered night flight
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A giant glider-like aircraft has completed the first night flight propelled only by solar energy, organizers said on Thursday. Solar Impulse, whose wingspan ...

21. Cell Phone Chargers to go Green
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Today cell-phones have become an integral part of our life and are the most used mode of communication. More prevalent the use of cell-phone, more imperative is the need to curtail eco-pollution that ...

22. Scientists Revisit Power from Potatoes
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This could very well be the magic formula for future power generation. Yes, scientists are busy crafting what is now called as “solid organic electric battery based upon treated potatoes.” ...

23. VIDEO: Solar Stereo Speakers
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Imagine a cool poolside with golden sunlight, lifting music and relaxing time – sounds great, no! Now great music, wireless speakers, and excellent audio quality – all these are possible with ...

24. Costs for Thermo-photovoltaic Cells Significantly Reduced
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Thermo-photovoltaic (TPV) cells are great for converting radiation from any heat source to power. These cells can generate power from the wasted heat which gets released when glass or steel is produced. ...

25. Spain to cut subsidies to renewable energy producers (AFP)
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AFP - The government of Spain, a world leader in the renewable energy, said it has reached agreements with producers to slash subsidies for wind and solar power.

26. The Ultimate Solar Cell?
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The ultimate step in utilizing solar power is to convert maximum energy from sun into electricity. This will make solar power highly cost-advantageous compared to other traditional power sources. Capturing ...

27. eCRP Electric Motorcycle Launches for TTXGP
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A trip around the eCRP plant headquarters at Modena: The eCRP is the first of its kind of purpose-built electric superbikes, and today it is pitting against the legendary gas-powered Ducati, MV Agusta ...

28. New Process to Boost Hydrogen Fuel Cell Usage
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A new process is being tested by chemical engineers of Purdue University to get high hydrogen production at fuel-cell temperature-level with no catalyst use. This is full of promise for vehicles powered ...

29. Canada to phase out older coal-fired power plants
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Canada will phase out older coal-fired power plants to cut the country's greenhouse gas emissions, Environment Minister Jim Prentice said on Wednesday, as it moves to make natural-gas fired plants the ...

30. The Nuclear Power Resurgence: How Safe Are the New Reactors?
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... as an alternative to fossil fuels, questions remain about whether the newer reactors are sufficiently foolproof to be adopted on a large scale. ...