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

1. 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 ...

2. Sweden to build 2,000 new wind turbines: minister (AFP)
(Feed Articles / Yahoo - Environment News)

AFP - Sweden will build 2,000 new wind turbines over the next decade as part of a bid to dramatically increase its production of renewable energy, Enterprise and Energy Minister Maud Olofsson said Tuesday. ...

3. 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.” ...

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

... other energy conversion and storage applications. After years of working on a novel way of making membranes through a unique layer-by-layer assembly, the team has developed a material specifically designed ...

5. Biomass Crop Assistance Program to Spur Production of Renewable Energy
(Feed Articles / EERE - Energy Research News)

The U.S. Department of Agriculture is proposing new regulations for the Biomass Crop Assistance Program, which is designed to spur production of non-food biomass crops for renewable energy. ...

6. Drill Gate: Obama Administration Ignores American People, Enacts De-Facto Ban on New Offshore Energy Exploration and Production
(Feed Articles / Institute for Energy Research)

One of the most disappointing aspects of the Obama Administration’s domestic policy has been the way it has dealt with domestic energy production – in particular new offshore energy production. It took ...

7. CO2 Regulation in US Hits more speedbumps
(Feed Articles / ENN - Energy Research News)

... the best bet is to encourage renewable energy production. ...

8. Review of Haynesville, the movie
(Feed Articles / ENN - Energy Research News)

... to review since energy and environmental aspects are key to the film. Haynesville provides interesting insights into the future role of natural gas in meeting the country’s energy ...

9. Energy Diversification: A National Security Imperative
(Feed Articles / REW - Bioenergy News)

According to the Energy Information Administration, the U.S. imports about 60% of its oil, with more than two-thirds of it used for transportation. Oil is essential to the basic functioning of the global ...

10. Haynesville, the Movie
(Feed Articles / ENN - Energy Research News)

... to review since energy and environmental aspects are key to the film. Haynesville provides interesting insights into the future ...

11. Haynesville, the Movie
(Feed Articles / ENN - Top Environmental Stories)

... to review since energy and environmental aspects are key to the film. Haynesville provides interesting insights into the future ...

12. CO2 Regulation in US Hits more speedbumps
(Feed Articles / ENN - Top Environmental Stories)

... the best bet is to encourage renewable energy production. ...

13. Review of Haynesville, the movie
(Feed Articles / ENN - Top Environmental Stories)

... to review since energy and environmental aspects are key to the film. Haynesville provides interesting insights into the future role of natural gas in meeting the country’s energy ...

14. Obama pushes energy plan that GOP may support (AP)
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AP - Looking for a political and policy victory, President Barack Obama on Wednesday pushed energy proposals designed to attract allies and opponents alike, calling for increased ethanol production and ...

15. Obama unveils new biofuels, carbon capture, initiatives (AFP)
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AFP - US President Barack Obama on Wednesday unveiled a new strategy to reinvigorate US production of biofuels, vowing he would not let nations like China race ahead in building new energy economies.  ...

16. POET CEO to outline ethanol impact at Retech 2010
(Feed Articles / REW - Bioenergy News)

Ethanol limits oil imports and makes our environment cleaner, but its positive impact in the future will be many times what it is today thanks to more efficient production technology and commercialization ...

17. API: U.S. Crude Oil Imports Decreased by 9.2% in 2009
(Feed Articles / EERE - Energy Research News)

... also moved slightly closer to energy independence. ...

18. Levitating magnet brings space physics to fusion
(Feed Articles / MIT - Energy Research News)

... as a new way of creating a power-producing plant based on nuclear fusion — the process that generates the sun’s prodigious output of energy. Fusion has been a cherished goal of physicists and energy researchers ...

19. Mr. President, Don’t Forget About America’s Job-Creating Energy Resources
(Feed Articles / Institute for Energy Research)

IER calls on the administration to unlock taxpayer-owned energy resources IER President: “Americans need jobs and America needs fuel to drive economic growth and prosperity. Increasing domestic energy ...

20. Whither the Wind
(Feed Articles / Institute for Energy Research)

Production of Inefficient Wind Energy Linked to Government Subsidies, Costly Mandates IER Prez: Picking winners and losers in the market—the cornerstone of this Administration’s energy agenda—is the quickest ...

21. Rentech & ClearFuels Bio-Refinery Awarded US $23M from DOE
(Feed Articles / REW - Bioenergy News)

Rentech Inc. and ClearFuels Technology Inc. on Monday announced today that their project to construct a biomass gasifier at Rentech's Energy Technology Center (RETC) in Denver, Colorado has been awarded ...

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

The U.S. biomass thermal industry is poised to offer significant carbon and financial savings for consumers. Biomass for thermal energy is up to 90% efficient; in contrast, using biomass for the production ...

23. EPA agents search Chevron facilities in Alaska
(Feed Articles / ENN - Energy Research News)

Agents from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency investigating possible air-pollution violations spent two days searching Chevron-owned oil facilities in Alaska, company and government officials said ...

24. REN-21 Launches Interactive Renewables Map
(Feed Articles / REW - Bioenergy News)

The Renewable Energy Policy Network REN21 has launched its Renewables Interactive Map, which contains information on renewable energy, including support policies, expansion targets, current shares, installed ...

25. 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 ...

26. DOE: Fossil Fuel Remains Economic-Driver Through at Least 2035
(Feed Articles / Institute for Energy Research)

Govt. report shows fossil fuels to power 78 percent of economy in 2035 Washington, DC – Yesterday, the Energy Information Administration (EIA) — the independent statistical analysis arm of the US ...

27. China Solar Energy Technology and Investment Congress
(Feed Articles / ENN - Energy Research News)

... senior executives, top-level Chinese government officials, industry experts and leading production and technology directors, the China Solar Energy Technology and Investment Congress organized by Noppen ...

28. MIT’s big wheel in Copenhagen
(Feed Articles / MIT - Energy Research News)

... developed by researchers at MIT, can store energy every time the rider puts on the brakes, and then give that power back to provide a boost when going uphill or to add a burst of speed in traffic. But ...

29. New Poll: Nearly 7 in 10 Americans Favor Offshore Energy Development
(Feed Articles / Institute for Energy Research)

... energy exploration and production. Thomas J. Pyle, president of the non-partisan Institute for Energy Research (IER), issued this statement: “The American public understand full-well that energy stability ...

30. EERC Moving Cellulosic Biofuel Production Technology Toward Commercialization
(Feed Articles / REW - Bioenergy News)

The University of North Dakota's Energy & Environmental Research Center (EERC) Foundation and Whole Energy Fuels Corporation said that they plan to commercialize a cellulosic biofuel production technology ...