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

1. E: The Environmental Magazine - The drill's about to drop: in New York, new ways to find oil and gas pose serious environmental threats
(Feed Articles / FindArticles - Alternative Energy)

March 1, 2010 -- While climate change has been a driving force in speeding the development of renewable energy sources, it has also given new life to the search for... ...

2. Revolutionizing medicine, one chip at a time
(Feed Articles / MIT - Energy Research News)

... key to developing small wearable and implantable medical monitors is an ultra-low-power chip for interfacing to biomedical sensors, signal processing, energy processing and communications, developed by ...

3. Action needed to save climate, create jobs
(Feed Articles / MIT - Energy Research News)

Clean-energy technologies offer the promise of revitalizing a dwindling base of manufacturing jobs in the United States while also addressing the problems of climate change and energy security, said Democratic ...

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

A team of scientists at MIT have discovered a previously unknown phenomenon that can cause powerful waves of energy to shoot through minuscule wires known as carbon nanotubes. The discovery could lead ...

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

... the commander-in-chief his novel concept to store some of the energy harvested by offshore wind farms. Devices for doctors One of the programs Slocum has been especially interested in is a class that ...

6. Chile committed to biofuels based on algae
(Feed Articles / ENN - Energy Research News)

... competition launched last January by the National Energy Commission and the state development corporation of productive CORFO. ...

7. Norwegian Company Develops World’s Largest Wind Turbine
(Feed Articles / Alternative Energy News Top Stories)

As fossil fuels continue to diminish and climate change poses an ever-increasing threat, scientists around the world are searching for new and more efficient methods of generating energy. Wind energy ...

8. Taxing the Wind Industry in Wyoming
(Feed Articles / NewsVine - Alternative Energy Feed)

With currents of powerful wind gusts whipping across its plains and plateaus, Wyoming has become a new frontier for the wind industry — the latest energy development for a state that only recently experienced ...

9. New wheelchair gets its first real-world test
(Feed Articles / MIT - Energy Research News)

... and stable in African terrain, and you can travel long distances and uphill without using too much energy,” he told Winter. “I would say that we have [a] life saver … I just call it my little angel machine.” ...

10. Power from motion and vibrations
(Feed Articles / MIT - Energy Research News)

... last month in the IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits. Big steps toward tiny power There are a number of different approaches to harnessing vibrational energy, some using magnetic or electric fields. ...

11. China serious about renewable energy
(Feed Articles / ENN - Energy Research News)

China plans to build a national renewable energy center to enhance the country's clean energy development, the China Daily reported, citing a government official. The center, still ...

12. Obama Admin Delays Atlantic OCS Development until at Least 2014, Will Congress Force Interior’s Hand?
(Feed Articles / Institute for Energy Research)

... Salazar is well on his way to ensuring that no offshore energy exploration can take place in the Atlantic until at least 2014 [...] ...

13. A silver lining to the Copenhagen cloud?
(Feed Articles / MIT - Energy Research News)

... a “success” at the time. The Copenhagen conference “has elicited some strong reactions, both positive and negative,” said MIT Energy Initiative Director Ernest J. Moniz as he introduced the panelists ...

14. Celergy Networks Strengthens Its Smart Grid / Smart Energy Integration Business
(Feed Articles / REW - Green Power News)

Celergy Networks, a national network infrastructure installer and a pioneer in the integration of smart grid technology announced today the appointment of Martin W Greenwood as Executive Vice President ...

15. China Everbright invests in 54 MW straw-to-energy project
(Feed Articles / CleanTech - Energy News Feed)

The company launches its first biomass development project in China’s Anhui Province, with the Phase I expected to cost RMB 331M.

16. Iron-plated snail could inspire new armor
(Feed Articles / MIT - Energy Research News)

... mechanical properties. They found that the unique three-layer structure dissipates mechanical energy, which helps the snails fend off attacks from crabs that squeeze the shell with their claws in an attempt ...

17. Iowa approves final grant award for cellulosic project
(Feed Articles / REW - Bioenergy News)

The Iowa Department of Economic Development on Thursday approved an agreement for the final $5.25 million in financial assistance to POET's Project LIBERTY, a commercial-scale cellulosic ethanol plant ...

18. Department of Energy to Invest up to $12 Million to Support Early Stage Solar Technologies
(Feed Articles / EERE - Energy Research News)

DOE today announced that the Department's National Renewable Energy Laboratory will invest up to $12 million in total funding in four companies to support the development of early stage solar energy ...

19. Masdar Institute To Build Bioenergy Project
(Feed Articles / REW - Bioenergy News)

The Masdar Institute of Science and Technology, Boeing, Etihad Airways and Honeywell's UOP this week announced an agreement to establish a research and demonstration project called the Sustainable Bioenergy ...

20. Solar-Powered UAV Under Development
(Feed Articles / Alternative Energy News Top Stories)

If UAVs starts running on the solar system, then it will save lots of expensive fossil fuel and the add-ons in the form of greenhouse effects. Researchers at the Queensland University of Technology ...

21. DOE To Invest US $78M in Advanced Biofuels R&D
(Feed Articles / REW - Bioenergy News)

U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Steven Chu last week announced that DOE will invest US $78 million of funds allocated by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act for advanced biofuels research ...

22. Market report "Russian Renewable Energy 2009"
(Feed Articles / REW - Bioenergy News)

AEnergy.ru announces a report Russian Renewable Energy 2009. Renewable energy sector in Russia will boost in the upcoming years. This analytical report by AEnergy.ru is the first research revealing the ...

23. Sustainable Energy Fund Launches New Program to Acquire $20 million in Environmental Attributes
(Feed Articles / REW - Bioenergy News)

Sustainable Energy Fund (SEF) announced its planned acquisition of more than $20 million in environmental attributes to support the development of small scale renewable energy generation resources such ...

24. Asia Pacific Wind & Solar Markets Hot in 2010 Frost Says
(Feed Articles / REW - Bioenergy News)

Renewable energy development in the Asia Pacific region holds considerable potential for growth in 2010 as initiatives taken by governments in 2009 are likely to stimulate not only the massive adoption ...

25. Hidden Truths About Energy: Why One Source Just Won’t Cut It
(Feed Articles / ENN - Energy Research News)

Energy involves many complex issues, from how it is sourced to where it is used. Crafting intelligent energy policy also means understanding how cultural, social, and political issues come into play. ...

26. Ormazabal's Research and Technological Development Center
(Feed Articles / REW - Green Power News)

27. Syntec & EERC Developing Biomass-to-Butanol Production Technology
(Feed Articles / REW - Bioenergy News)

Syntec Biofuel Inc. (Syntec) has entered into a joint development program with the Energy & Environmental Research Center (EERC) at the University of North Dakota (UND) in Grand Forks for converting a ...

28. PNM Prepares for 80-MW Solar PV Program, Moves Forward on Bioenergy Project
(Feed Articles / REW - Bioenergy News)

An agreement reached last week between New Mexico utility PNM, environmental, renewable energy and government groups could pave the way for the development of nearly 80-megawatts (MW) of solar power. The ...

29. Hidden Truths About Energy: Why One Source Just Won’t Cut It
(Feed Articles / ENN - Top Environmental Stories)

Energy involves many complex issues, from how it is sourced to where it is used. Crafting intelligent energy policy also means understanding how cultural, social, and political issues come into play. ...

30. MP2 Capital and Oak Leaf Energy Partners to Provide Solar Power for 16 Denver Public Schools
(Feed Articles / REW - Green Power News)

Denver, Colo. --- The Denver Public School Board has approved plans for the development of photovoltaic (PV) solar energy projects on 16 school buildings throughout the school district. ...