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

1. Big power from tiny wires
(Feed Articles / MIT - Energy Research News)

... to a new way of producing electricity, the researchers say. The phenomenon, described as thermopower waves, “opens up a new area of energy research, which is rare,” says Michael Strano, MIT’s Charles ...

2. Insulators made into conductors
(Feed Articles / MIT - Energy Research News)

Most polymers — materials made of long, chain-like molecules — are very good insulators for both heat and electricity. But an MIT team has found a way to transform the most widely used polymer, polyethylene, ...

3. Build your own Small-scale hydro electric generator
(Feed Articles / NewsVine - Alternative Energy Feed)

Most machines that make electricity need some form of mechanical energy to get things started. Mechanical energy spins the generator to make the electricity. In the case of hydroelectricity, the mechanical ...

4. Salt River Solar & Wind Invites Customers to Go Solar! at the Maricopa County
(Feed Articles / REW - Green Power News)

Salt River Solar & Wind (http://www.saltriverenergy.com) invites customers to bring a copy of their electricity bill to receive a free solar quote from Booth #117 at the Maricopa County Home & Garden ...

5. In Profile: Alex Slocum
(Feed Articles / MIT - Energy Research News)

... will catch on. Such a system, he says, could theoretically be used to provide enough power to meet all of the nation’s electricity needs. Offshore wind farms — far enough out to avoid objections about ...

6. Venezuelan drought continuing
(Feed Articles / ENN - Top Environmental Stories)

... mostly underwater since 1985, when it was flooded. Former town resident Josefa Garcia, 74, is grateful for the drought, even though it has triggered Venezuela's worst-ever electricity ...

7. 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 ...

8. 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.

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

10. How to turn blueprints green
(Feed Articles / MIT - Energy Research News)

... diffused off of working surfaces.” And it also provided him with ways to estimate the amount of electricity that could be saved by using more natural light. Making it easy Simplicity has been a key design ...

11. The Trouble with Wind Power
(Feed Articles / NewsVine - Alternative Energy Feed)

"By most measures, wind energy has been a great business lately. "But if you think it's easy -- or cheap -- to get wind-powered electricity to places where it's needed, talk to Tom King. ...

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

... for the needs of advanced fuel cells — devices that can convert fuel to electricity without combustion, thereby avoiding the emission of any pollutants or greenhouse gases. This material has now undergone ...

13. What's stopping us getting solar power from deserts?
(Feed Articles / ENN - Energy Research News)

Plans to use concentrating solar power plants in the Sahara to generate and export electricity have been on the table for years. Now, it looks as though political will might help move things forward  ...

14. What's stopping us getting solar power from deserts?
(Feed Articles / ENN - Top Environmental Stories)

Plans to use concentrating solar power plants in the Sahara to generate and export electricity have been on the table for years. Now, it looks as though political will might help move things forward  ...

15. WaterMaker India looks to bring down air-to-water costs
(Feed Articles / CleanTech - Energy News Feed)

Mumbai-based firm says its technology that captures potable water from the air in Andhra Pradesh uses electricity or alternative power sources. ...

16. Alternative Energy Grows in Europe
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Wind and solar technology made up over half of Europe’s new electricity generating capacity in 2009, as the number of new coal and nuclear facilities fell More wind capacity was ...

17. 25% US Renewable Electricity Standard Will Create 274,000 Jobs
(Feed Articles / REW - Bioenergy News)

A new study released by Navigant Consulting finds that a 25% by 2025 national Renewable Electricity Standard (RES) would support hundreds of thousands of new American jobs and prevent a near-term collapse ...

18. First germanium laser
(Feed Articles / MIT - Energy Research News)

... move data — and maybe even perform calculations — using light instead of electricity. But more fundamentally, the researchers have shown that, contrary to prior belief, a class of materials called indirect-band-gap ...

19. Powering cube satellites
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... Khayms said of Lozano’s design. How the power system works Lozano’s design relies on electrospraying, a physics process that uses electricity to extract positive and negative ions from a liquid salt ...

20. Wind Energy could be big in eastern US
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Wind energy could generate 20 percent of the electricity needed by households and businesses in the eastern half of the United States by 2024, but it would require up to $90 billion in investment, according ...

21. Ceramic Fuel Cells announces second European order for BlueGen
(Feed Articles / FuelCell - Top News on Fuel Cells)

Ceramic Fuel Cells Limited (AIM/ASX: CFU), a leading developer of high efficiency and low emission electricity generation units for homes ... ...

22. Belo Monte dam approved in Brazil's Amazon
(Feed Articles / ENN - Top Environmental Stories)

... soaring demand for electricity but has raised concern over its likely impact on the environment and on native Indians. ...

23. California approves $350 million in rebates for solar water heating installations
(Feed Articles / REW - Green Power News)

... 6 million cubic feet of natural gas and 3 million kilowatt hours of electricity annually, while creating thousands of jobs. ...

24. Biomass Co-firing Increase for CEZ
(Feed Articles / REW - Bioenergy News)

National utility for the Czech Republic ?EZ Group reports that it produced more than 327 GWh of electricity from biomass during 2009 through co-firing. ...

25. 5 Unique Ways to Go Green if You're Living in a Dorm (U.S. News & World Report)
(Feed Articles / Yahoo - Environment News)

... electricity and saves more than $250,000 annually in utility costs. ... ...

26. Power from down under
(Feed Articles / MIT - Energy Research News)

Grants recently awarded to MIT researchers by the U.S. Department of Energy (DoE) could help to pave the way for a method of generating electricity that produces no greenhouse gas emissions, and that could ...

27. US Renewable Energy Industry Needs the Heat in Biomass
(Feed Articles / REW - Bioenergy News)

... of electricity is up to 40% efficient, and producing transportation fuels from biomass resources uses only 15% of the energy potential in this precious resource. It is vital to our economy – and our planet ...

28. Wind Energy could be big in eastern US
(Feed Articles / ENN - Top Environmental Stories)

Wind energy could generate 20 percent of the electricity needed by households and businesses in the eastern half of the United States by 2024, but it would require up to $90 billion in investment, according ...

29. Solar Power Is Now an Option for Even the Most Cash-Strapped Suburbanites
(Feed Articles / NewsVine - Alternative Energy Feed)

Residential solar leases offer a no-money-down, low-monthly plan that makes solar electricity cheaper than the stuff we get by wire -- and you don't have to buy the panels. ...

30. Colo. Dems want to raise renewable energy standard (AP)
(Feed Articles / Yahoo - Environment News)

AP - Colorado Democratic state lawmakers want to increase the amount of electricity coming from renewable sources, saying the move will help the environment and create jobs. ...