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

1. FIRST RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE IN CALIFORNIA GOES SOLAR
(Feed Articles / REW - Green Power News)

... power engineering and installation firm, announced today a new 116kW roof-mount photovoltaic (PV) solar electric system at the Ronald McDonald House of San Diego at 2929 Children's Way in San Diego. This ...

2. US company displays hydrogen water purifier
(Feed Articles / FuelCell - Top News on Fuel Cells)

A small US company, The Essential Element, is demonstrating a portable device that purifies water and generates electricity, using solar ... ...

3. An Internet 100 times as fast
(Feed Articles / MIT - Energy Research News)

The heart of the Internet is a network of high-capacity optical fibers that spans continents. But while optical signals transmit information much more efficiently than electrical signals, they’re harder ...

4. With I.P.O., Tesla Bets on Electric Car's Future
(Feed Articles / NewsVine - Alternative Energy Feed)

4:23 p.m. | Updated Hours before Tesla Motors was expected to price its initial public offering, the electric car company increased the number of shares by 20 percent, suggesting that investors are shrugging ...

5. Walmart Canada to Use Plug Power GenDrive
(Feed Articles / FuelCell - Top News on Fuel Cells)

Plug Power has announced that its GenDrive fuel cell units will power Walmart Canada's fleet of electric lift trucks at the company's ... ...

6. Hawaii PUC Approves Biofuel Testing at Kahe Plant
(Feed Articles / REW - Bioenergy News)

The Hawaii Public Utilities Commission (PUC) has approved Hawaiian Electric Company's plan to test biofuel blends in a 90-megawatt (MW) steam turbine generating unit at Kahe Power Plant that presently ...

7. Sanyo’s HIT Solar Cells are a Hit in Italy
(Feed Articles / Alternative Energy News Top Stories)

Japan’s Sanyo Electric Company is creating a record by powering the largest solar pant in Italy with its HIT solar cells. The Project funded by a consortium led by Deutsche Bank is expected to ...

8. FuelCell Energy to Supply Direct FuelCell Power Plants to California Utility
(Feed Articles / FuelCell - Top News on Fuel Cells)

FuelCell Energy has announced that California utility company Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E) has ordered two 1.4 Megawatt DFC1500 fuel ... ...

9. 'You can’t play it safe and win’
(Feed Articles / MIT - Energy Research News)

... to provide housing for students through the summer, to enable them to do volunteer work or pursue unpaid internships. Jacinda Shelly, who received both her SB and SM in electrical engineering and computer ...

10. Ray Stata's Commencement address
(Feed Articles / MIT - Energy Research News)

... — and in the people of MIT — that we have actively looked for ways to help MIT do what it does best. For example, as a member of the Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Visiting Committee, I learned ...

11. President Hockfield's charge to the graduates
(Feed Articles / MIT - Energy Research News)

... to bring battery-enhanced electricity to remote villages in Tanzania, and to design wheelchairs for people in developing nations around the world. At the same time, MBA students in MIT Sloan’s wildly popular ...

12. Mineta San José International Airport Completes Solar Energy System with Canadian Solar PV Modules
(Feed Articles / REW - Green Power News)

... Airport (SJC) today announced the completion of a roof-mount photovoltaic (PV) solar electric system on the airport's new 3,350-space, seven-story rental car center and public parking garage. The environmental ...

13. Schneider Electric showcases photovoltaic solutions at Intersolar 2010
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Schneider Electric announced today its participation at the 2010 Intersolar tradeshow, the world´s largest international tradeshow for solar technology, in Munich, Germany, from June 9 – 11, 2010. This ...

14. Splitter-Saw Pinosa - Wood Energy Expo - Bioenergy Innovation
(Feed Articles / REW - Bioenergy News)

... type of wood at the same time, whatever its diameter, even with twisted wood. Pinosa has used the 'load sense' hydraulic pump system which enables to stop electricity consumption during dead times and ...

15. Cape Wind Sets Power Agreement with National Grid, Gets FAA Approval
(Feed Articles / EERE - Energy Research News)

Cape Wind Associates has agreed to sell to National Grid half of the electricity produced from its planned wind power project off the coast of Massachusetts. The company has also earned approval of ...

16. Lights, Camera, Action! Solar Takes Center Stage to Provide Free Electricity for $13 Million Peoria Center for the Performing Arts in Arizona
(Feed Articles / REW - Green Power News)

... budget concerns was a $9,000 per month electricity bill required to power stage and facility lighting systems for daily rehearsals and community performances. Theater Works needed a way to reduce their ...

17. New water-splitting catalyst found
(Feed Articles / MIT - Energy Research News)

... the splitting of water molecules using electricity. This could ultimately form the basis for new storage systems that would allow buildings to be completely independent and self-sustaining in terms of ...

18. Cape Wind Has Found a Buyer for Its Clean Power
(Feed Articles / ENN - Energy Research News)

Cape Wind, the first offshore wind farm in the US to win regulatory approval, has found a buyer for half of the electricity it will generate, when completed. Investor-owned energy ...

19. Solar Greenhouse to Produce Food and Electricity
(Feed Articles / Alternative Energy News Top Stories)

Imagine a greenhouse that is producing solar power and food too. This excellent experiment is being done in Italy. The companies responsible for this project are Renewable energy company Solar ReFeel, ...

20. Cape Wind Has Found a Buyer for Its Clean Power
(Feed Articles / ENN - Top Environmental Stories)

Cape Wind, the first offshore wind farm in the US to win regulatory approval, has found a buyer for half of the electricity it will generate, when completed. Investor-owned energy ...

21. groSolar and DECK Bring groEnergy Watch Monitoring to Large-Scale PV
(Feed Articles / REW - Green Power News)

... monitoring PV electricity production, along with building energy consumption, for any residential and commercial scale PV application. ...

22. E.ON to Sell US Assets to PPL for US $7.6B
(Feed Articles / REW - Green Power News)

E.ON U.S., a diversified energy services company that owns and operates Louisville Gas and Electric Company and Kentucky Utilities Company, announced that Germany-based E.ON AG, its parent company, and ...

23. THINK North America "EV Index" Tells The US What Cities Are Most Ready for Electric Cars
(Feed Articles / NewsVine - Alternative Energy Feed)

"Back in January, THINK electric car company rated and created a "US Ready Index" for cities across the nation. The purpose of THINK developing the EV-Ready Cities Index to measure which cities electric ...

24. Toyota Motors Sustainable Mobility Seminar
(Feed Articles / ENN - Top Environmental Stories)

... to my twenty-something son. It would be a waste. The seamless transition from electric to hybrid and back to electric that I experienced with my driving habits would not work for him since the driver really ...

25. Microsensors without microfabrication
(Feed Articles / MIT - Energy Research News)

... consists of a tiny metal bead suspended in what the center’s director, Neil Gershenfeld, describes as “a hole drilled in a circuit board.” A fluctuating electric field holds the bead aloft, in a tight ...

26. In The World: Better wound treatment for all
(Feed Articles / MIT - Energy Research News)

... electricity is rarely available. That's the problem that students in an MIT mechanical engineering class decided to tackle a few years ago. With the help of Dr. Robert Sheridan from Massachusetts General ...

27. Toward more efficient wireless power delivery
(Feed Articles / MIT - Energy Research News)

In 2007, MIT researchers announced that they had discovered a novel way of transmitting electricity without the use of wires. Now, the researchers have demonstrated that the system’s efficiency at transmitting ...

28. Viruses harnessed to split water
(Feed Articles / MIT - Energy Research News)

... problem of solar energy: It’s only available when the sun shines. By using sunlight to make hydrogen from water, the hydrogen can then be stored and used at any time to generate electricity using a fuel ...

29. FedEx to Introduce Its First Electric Truck in US
(Feed Articles / NewsVine - Alternative Energy Feed)

CHICAGO (AP) -- FedEx Corp. said Monday it will put four electric trucks into service in the Los Angeles area starting in June. They will be the company's first all-electric parcel delivery vehicles in ...

30. Md. Firm Offers Plug-In Points For Electric Cars
(Feed Articles / NPR - Environment News)

A Maryland entrepreneur is setting up places where city dwellers can plug in their electric cars. Mahi Reddy's company, Sema Connect, wants to sell hookups to hotels, apartment complexes, office buildings ...