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

1. Schneider Electric to showcase solutions at the 25th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition
(Feed Articles / REW - Green Power News)

Schneider Electric announced today its participation at the 25th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition (EU PVSEC), the world's largest international conference for solar technology, ...

2. U.S. Energy Use Declines, Renewables Increase
(Feed Articles / REW - Green Power News)

A new government study shows that Americans are using less energy overall and making more use of renewable energy resources. ...

3. From DC Microgrids to DC-Powered Network Communities: Using Smart Power Servers with Renewable Energy
(Feed Articles / REW - Green Power News)

4. EERE Launches New Energy Basics Web Site
(Feed Articles / EERE - Energy Research News)

DOE's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewal Energy (EERE) has launched the new Energy Basics Web site, a fresh destination explaining energy efficiency and renewable energy technologies ranging from ...

5. Vice President Biden Releases Report Showing Recovery Act Energy Impact
(Feed Articles / EERE - Energy Research News)

Vice President Biden has announced the release of a new analysis showing that the Recovery Act has supported major breakthroughs in renewable energy generation and manufacturing capacity. ...

6. DOE Offers $15 Million Geothermal Heat Recovery Opportunity
(Feed Articles / EERE - Energy Research News)

DOE has announced a $15 million funding opportunity to research and develop innovative methods of producing clean, renewable heat energy from geothermal resources. ...

7. DOE Extends Renewable Energy Loan Guarantee Solicitation
(Feed Articles / EERE - Energy Research News)

DOE has extended the application deadline for the July 2009 energy efficiency, renewable energy, and advanced transmission and distribution technologies solicitation. ...

8. Renewable Energy Production Increased 8.3% & Coal Consumption Dropped 16.3% Last Year in Europe
(Feed Articles / NewsVine - Alternative Energy Feed)

The newest eurostat report on energy production and usage in Europe shows that renewable energy production increased 8.3% and coal consumption dropped 16.3% last year. In total, renewable energy accounted ...

9. More green energy for the globe
(Feed Articles / REW - Green Power News)

On 30th August begins the new TREE (Transfer Renewable Energy & Efficiency) series of seminars for employees of ministries and multipliers from 57 countries at the Renewables Academy, Berlin. The goal ...

10. Estimating Forward REC Price Curves
(Feed Articles / REW - Bioenergy News)

Almost all of today's renewable energy projects rely on regulatory financial incentives in order to make investment returns sufficiently attractive. Some incentives, such as rebates and tax credits, have ...

11. What's Your Game Plan?
(Feed Articles / REW - Bioenergy News)

When it comes to federal financial incentives, proper planning is essential for renewable energy project owners and developers who seek to maximize available incentives, avoid pitfalls and realize a quicker ...

12. Solar Installation Projects Well Underway in Ontario but Is It Enough?
(Feed Articles / REW - Green Power News)

13. Rare-Earth Resources Increase Chinese Clout
(Feed Articles / REW - Hydrogen Fuel Cell News )

Over the past 5 years, China has emerged as a world-leading producer of solar and wind technologies. Due to its insatiable appetite for energy, the country is quickly becoming a top installer of renewables ...

14. Tribal Lands Struggle To Bring Clean Power Online
(Feed Articles / NPR - Environment News)

... red tape and tax disincentives are hindering renewable energy development on Indian land. ...

15. Biomass in Microturbines
(Feed Articles / REW - Bioenergy News)

As concerns about global climate change increase, many of the world's governments are mandating increasing utilization of biomass in their energy portfolio. Many utilities are following suit, constructing ...

16. Our Dust Bowl Moment?
(Feed Articles / REW - Bioenergy News)

Our cover notes the 100th anniversary of PennWell Corp., which publishes this magazine plus dozens of other business-to-business magazines across a range of industries.

17. Is the Transmission 'Problem' Real?
(Feed Articles / REW - Bioenergy News)

Aside from policy stability, it's probably one of the most widely-cited problems facing the renewable energy industry: The lack of transmission. But is the problem really as big as we're told? Or are ...

18. Top 10 Key Biofuels Thresholds
(Feed Articles / REW - Bioenergy News)

We hear so much about the ethanol blend wall, that we can be excused for thinking it is the primary wall, or threshold, out there. The Growth Energy publicity juggernaut ceaselessly reminds us that, at ...

19. NJ gov to sign offshore wind energy bill (AP)
(Feed Articles / Yahoo - Environment News)

AP - New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie plans to sign a bill into law that would offer tax credits to encourage the development of renewable energy resources. ...

20. Greenpeace pushes for renewable energy in SAfrica (AP)
(Feed Articles / Yahoo - Environment News)

AP - South Africa has renewable resources that can provide solutions to the country's energy problems and create jobs — while fighting global warming, Greenpeace officials said Wednesday. ...

21. DOE Issues Loan Solicitation for Renewable Energy Manufacturing
(Feed Articles / EERE - Energy Research News)

DOE has issued a loan solicitation for renewable energy manufacturing projects, including turbine blades and photovoltaic systems. ...

22. DOE Designates New National Renewable Energy Center
(Feed Articles / EERE - Energy Research News)

DOE has designated Florida Atlantic University as the site of a new national center for ocean energy research. Also, Ocean Power Technologies has signed a settlement agreement with stakeholders for ...

23. A (Load) Balancing Act: The Challenge Of Clean Power
(Feed Articles / NPR - Environment News)

As new solar and wind energy projects come online in California, electricity grid operators are struggling to smooth out the irregularities in power that come from renewable sources. They are exploring ...

24. How to Exit the Age of Oil: Closing the Renewables Gap
(Feed Articles / REW - Bioenergy News)

We are living in a time when the theory of unlimited economic growth is running into the reality of limited energy sources. To solve the problem, it is commonly thought that renewables are simply a drop-in ...

25. New Possibilities in the Hunt for Financing
(Feed Articles / REW - Bioenergy News)

26. African Investors to Explore Opportunities in Renewable Energy in Germany
(Feed Articles / REW - Bioenergy News)

Business leaders and policy makers from several African countries are set to converge in Berlin Germany this October to explore opportunities in renewable energy in support of much needed infrastructural ...

27. After Slow Start, BlueFire Rebrands Itself
(Feed Articles / REW - Bioenergy News)

Remember BlueFire Ethanol? The company made a lot of headlines back in 2006 and 2007 during the ethanol boom. In an effort to re-brand itself as a more diverse company, It's now BlueFire Renewables. ...

28. POET, farmers kick off commercial biomass harvest for Project LIBERTY cellulosic ethanol
(Feed Articles / REW - Bioenergy News)

Farmers and POET today celebrated the upcoming collection and delivery of 56,000 tons of baled corn cobs and light stover in the first commercial harvest for Project LIBERTY.

29. Looking Beyond the Climate Bill Disaster
(Feed Articles / REW - Bioenergy News)

Considering it was an outcome that I very much expected, I still found the U.S. Senate's complete abandonment of carbon cap legislation on July 27 pretty devastating. Beyond the negative effects on the ...

30. Growth Energy Partners to Open Blender Pumps in Kensington and Kirwin
(Feed Articles / REW - Bioenergy News)

Growth Energy has joined forces with Pro Ag Marketing to install two blender pumps in Kirwin and Kensington, Kan. The Kirwin Blender pump station, branded Pro Ag Marketing, is located at 222 NE 4th St ...