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

1. Bloom Energy Launches Cheaper, Cleaner Electricity (NewsFactor)
(Feed Articles / Yahoo - Environment News)

NewsFactor - Following a prelaunch buildup that could be called the energy world's equivalent of the Apple iPad rollout, Bloom Energy launched its cleaner-energy-in-a-box product Wednesday. The Bloom Energy ...

2. Debut of promising fuel-cell tech light on details (AP)
(Feed Articles / Yahoo - Environment News)

AP - A richly funded clean-energy startup is keeping critical parts of its business plan secret as it launches its first product amid fanfare.  ...

3. Bloom Energy unveils fuel cell of the future (AFP)
(Feed Articles / Yahoo - Environment News)

4. A new way to build membranes for fuel cells
(Feed Articles / MIT - Energy Research News)

... are especially good at blocking the migration of methanol fuel. Direct-methanol fuel cells are considered a promising clean-energy source because they efficiently convert fuel to electricity without combustion, ...

5. CLEAN ENERGY PATENT GROWTH INDEX - Shine-On Solar Edition
(Feed Articles / REW - Green Power News)

Heslin Rothenberg Farley & Mesiti P.C. is pleased to announce the Shine-On Solar edition of the Clean Energy Patent Growth Index (CEPGI) by the firm's Cleantech Group. The CEPGI tracks the granting ...

6. Silencing the brain with light
(Feed Articles / MIT - Energy Research News)

... member of the McGovern Institute for Brain Research at MIT. ‘Clean and digital’ Boyden first demonstrated the use of light to reduce brain activity in 2007. However, the feat was performed in cells, ...

7. Clean Future Solutions Now
(Feed Articles / REW - Green Power News)

Welcome to Clean Future Solutions! We are the premier online superstore for clean green living. We specialize in clean energy solutions and environmentally friendly products for your home or business. ...

8. Reporter’s Notebook: How to spur energy storage innovations
(Feed Articles / MIT - Energy Research News)

... class were held on Friday, Dec. 11.   Graduate students Daniel Codd (mechanical engineering), Wendelin Michel (AeroAstro), and Paul Tu (MIT Sloan School of Management) proposed the “Clean Aviation” ...

9. The Climate Conundrum Over Nuclear Energy
(Feed Articles / NPR - Environment News)

No one is thrilled about nuclear waste, but nuclear power plants generate lots of electricity and no carbon dioxide. As America looks to a clean-energy future, number crunchers say nuclear can't be ruled ...

10. Inside cleantech Europe: That was the week that was!
(Feed Articles / CleanTech - Energy News Feed)

Gimv and Agri Investment Fund launch a €60M agricultural fund, while Norwegian electricity company Statkraft unveils the world’s first osmotic power plant.

11. Dairy plants to disinfect water with UV systems
(Feed Articles / CleanTech - Energy News Feed)

A new industry ruling paves the way for an Israeli substitute for pasteurization to reduce electricity use and cost to clean equipment at U.S. dairy plants. ...

12. IIT bio cell’s double duty: water treatment and power
(Feed Articles / CleanTech - Energy News Feed)

Kharagpur, India-based team of researchers looks to increase electricity output from a new battery technology that they say can also clean sewage water. ...

13. Smart Grid to be Stimulated
(Feed Articles / ENN - Environmental Science and Technology)

President Barack Obama will announce the largest investment of economic stimulus funds in clean energy during a visit to Florida, an Obama administration official said on Monday. The announcement will ...

14. Smart Grid to be Stimulated
(Feed Articles / ENN - Energy Research News)

President Barack Obama will announce the largest investment of economic stimulus funds in clean energy during a visit to Florida, an Obama administration official said on Monday. The announcement will ...

15. Smart Grid to be Stimulated
(Feed Articles / ENN - Top Environmental Stories)

President Barack Obama will announce the largest investment of economic stimulus funds in clean energy during a visit to Florida, an Obama administration official said on Monday. The announcement will ...

16. President Obama lights up MIT
(Feed Articles / MIT - Energy Research News)

... efficient and clean energy technologies. "Nations everywhere are racing to develop new ways to produce and use energy," he said in remarks delivered to a packed Kresge Auditorium. "The nation that wins ...

17. California Accelerates its Pursuit of Clean Energy
(Feed Articles / EERE - Energy Research News)

California is using a two-pronged approach in committing to clean energy, with the governor mandating that a third of the state's electricity come from renewable energy by 2020, while the state's utility ...

18. Big Dreams For Small Wind Turbines
(Feed Articles / NPR - Environment News)

As huge wind farms get up and running to generate electricity on mountaintops and in fields, another market for wind energy is also emerging, known as "small wind." These turbines provide clean power to ...

19. Electricity and Desalination from Wastewater
(Feed Articles / Alternative Energy News Top Stories)

In most part of the world safe and clean drinking water is unavailable for daily consumption and industrial use. Currently to desalinate water two kinds of technologies are being used. First is known ...

20. Penn State discovers new electricity-generating desal process
(Feed Articles / CleanTech - Energy News Feed)

U.S. and China researchers collaborate on modified microbial fuel cell that desalinates salty water and cleans wastewater. ...

21. German firms lead massive North African solar project
(Feed Articles / CleanTech - Energy News Feed)

Deutsche Bank, E.ON, RWE, Siemens to finance €400 billion CSP plan that would power Europe with clean electricity from Africa. ...

22. US EPA Issues Clean Energy Action Guide for States
(Feed Articles / ENN - Top Environmental Stories)

The potential energy savings achievable through state actions is significant. EPA estimates that if each state were to implement cost-effective clean energy-environment policies, the expected growth in ...

23. The Facts About Air Quality and Coal-Fired Power Plants
(Feed Articles / Institute for Energy Research)

PDF (869 KB) Coal-fired electricity generation is far cleaner today than ever before. The popular misconception that our air quality is getting worse is wrong, as shown by EPA’s air quality data. Modern ...

24. China plans 440-bln dlr stimulus for green energy (AFP)
(Feed Articles / Yahoo - Environment News)

AFP - China is planning a stimulus package worth 440 billion dollars to expand its renewable energy use, state media said, as the country aims to rely more on cleaner ways to power its growth.  ...

25. WindCube Generates Electricity in Moderate Wind
(Feed Articles / Alternative Energy News Top Stories)

Wind power is the fastest growing industry in the alternative energy sector. Wind turbines generate clean and green power for us but they have certain precondition. One of it is the power unit has to ...

26. Minneapolis International Airport Installs Wind Generators
(Feed Articles / Alternative Energy News Top Stories)

These days many companies are exhibiting awareness about clean and green energy and trying to use that technology for reducing costs too. Recently Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport has set ...

27. Wal-Mart: Making Its Suppliers Go Green (BusinessWeek Online)
(Feed Articles / Yahoo - Environment News)

BusinessWeek Online - Jiangsu Redbud Dyeing Technology is a poster child for China's effort to clean up manufacturing. The textile maker, based in Changshu City, Jiangsu Province, slashed electricity use ...

28. Converting Old Fishing Gear To Energy
(Feed Articles / NPR - Environment News)

Old fishing gear often winds up in the water, which can be harmful to marine life. So some nonprofit groups created a program called Fishing For Energy. Its goal is to recycle old fishing gear into clean, ...

29. Obama's Energy Plans Remain Works In Progress
(Feed Articles / NPR - Environment News)

... changing to cleaner energy, officials say. Bigger projects and changes — like designing a new electricity grid for renewable energy — are still in the planning stages. ...

30. The Grid May Be Smart, But Will It Also Be Green?
(Feed Articles / NPR - Environment News)

The push is on to make the nation's aging electricity grid smarter, so it can handle our growing demand for electricity. Many assume that a smart grid will also be a green grid — delivering clean ...