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

1. Unmanned Solar-Powered Aircraft Soars Nonstop for 14 Days
(Feed Articles / EERE - Energy Research News)

An unmanned solar-powered aircraft stayed aloft over an Arizona proving ground for 14 days, smashing records for such flights, according to its makers. ...

2. Breakthrough in Thin-Film Solar Cells
(Feed Articles / Alternative Energy News Top Stories)

Scientists at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU) have come out with positive news about increased efficiency of thin-film solar cells. As we know that scientists are trying to increase the efficiency ...

3. Economical Solar Panels to Yield More Energy
(Feed Articles / Alternative Energy News Top Stories)

There has been research work going on to increase the efficiency of the cost-effective amorphous solar panels. TU Delft has been the center where this research work is being developed. The research ...

4. Explained: Bandgap
(Feed Articles / MIT - Energy Research News)

Why do some materials work well for making solar cells or light-emitting diodes (LEDs), while other materials don’t? One key factor is having the right bandgap. In a nutshell, bandgaps have to do with ...

5. Vodafone brings solar power mobile phone to India (AP)
(Feed Articles / Yahoo - Environment News)

AP - Vodafone Essar Ltd. has unveiled a solar-powered mobile handset in India to better serve the nation's energy-starved rural masses. ...

6. Top Five Mistakes When Considering Solar Power For Your Home
(Feed Articles / REW - Green Power News)

7. The Risk of Shale Gas Disrupting the Rise of Solar Power: Report from Renewable Energy Finance Forum-Wall Street
(Feed Articles / REW - Green Power News)

8. AWS TRUEPOWER TO DISCUSS UTILITY-SCALE SOLAR FINANCING AT UPCOMING GREENTECH MEDIA CONFERENCE
(Feed Articles / REW - Green Power News)

9. Solar Impulse completes first solar-powered night flight
(Feed Articles / ENN - Environmental Science and Technology)

A giant glider-like aircraft has completed the first night flight propelled only by solar energy, organizers said on Thursday. Solar Impulse, whose wingspan ...

10. Wifi hotspot powered by wind turbine and solar panel
(Feed Articles / NewsVine - Alternative Energy Feed)

"Students at the Rochester Institute of technology have put together this WiFi hotspot that is powered by a wind turbine and a solar panel. It gets its signal through a parabolic antenna pointed at a near ...

11. Clean Energy Builds Slowly, Despite Federal Cash
(Feed Articles / NPR - Environment News)

In pushing for cleaner energy sources, President Obama faces an uphill battle -- wind and solar power make up only a small fraction of the U.S. energy diet. And despite billions of dollars in Recovery ...

12. Industry giants Schneider Electric and EDF EN Canada Inc. a powerful combination in Ontario
(Feed Articles / REW - Green Power News)

Schneider Electric's Renewable Energies Business, global specialists in energy management and solar power plant design, announced today they were awarded another 30 Mega Watt (MW) contract with EDF EN ...

13. Italy's Enel opens innovative solar power plant (AFP)
(Feed Articles / Yahoo - Environment News)

AFP - Italian energy company Enel on Wednesday inaugurated an innovative solar thermal plant that stores heat from the sun in molten salts.  ...

14. Solar Impulse completes first solar-powered night flight
(Feed Articles / ENN - Energy Research News)

A giant glider-like aircraft has completed the first night flight propelled only by solar energy, organizers said on Thursday. Solar Impulse, whose wingspan ...

15. Swiss Solar-Powered Plane Makes First Night Flight
(Feed Articles / EERE - Energy Research News)

In a flight over Switzerland, a solar-powered aircraft flew for more than 26 hours, completing the first full day-and-night flight for a piloted solar-powered airplane, said organizers of the flight ...

16. Cell Phone Chargers to go Green
(Feed Articles / Alternative Energy News Top Stories)

... emanates from the huge number of still-in-use and out-of-use cell phones. Toxic products like lead, mercury, cadmium and other materials pose [...] Posted in: Future Energy, Industry, Solar Power  ...

17. 3 Questions: Richard Binzel on astronomers’ powerful new tool
(Feed Articles / MIT - Energy Research News)

... and comets by mapping large portions of the sky each night to look for moving objects in our solar system. Based in Hawaii, Pan-STARRS features the world’s largest digital camera — a 1,400-megapixel device ...

18. Three die in shooting at New Mexico company (Reuters)
(Feed Articles / Yahoo - Environment News)

Reuters - A former employee fatally shot two people in a rampage at a solar power products maker Emcore Corp's headquarters in Albuquerque, New Mexico, on Monday before killing himself, police said. ...

19. Trina Solar names Tzou as chief strategy officer (AP)
(Feed Articles / Yahoo - Environment News)

AP - Chinese solar power product maker Trina Solar Ltd. on Monday named Sean Tzou its new chief strategy officer. ...

20. VIDEO: Solar Stereo Speakers
(Feed Articles / Alternative Energy News Top Stories)

... Devotec Solar Sound 2 Stereo Bluetooth Speakers. Almost all phones, MP3 players and music players can be connected to these speakers wirelessly to [...] Posted in: Industry, Inventions, Solar Power  ...

21. Costs for Thermo-photovoltaic Cells Significantly Reduced
(Feed Articles / Alternative Energy News Top Stories)

Thermo-photovoltaic (TPV) cells are great for converting radiation from any heat source to power. These cells can generate power from the wasted heat which gets released when glass or steel is produced. ...

22. Solar Impulse completes first solar-powered night flight
(Feed Articles / ENN - Top Environmental Stories)

A giant glider-like aircraft has completed the first night flight propelled only by solar energy, organizers said on Thursday. Solar Impulse, whose wingspan ...

23. Solar-Powered Plane Completes Test Flight
(Feed Articles / NPR - Environment News)

The Solar Impulse, an experimental solar-powered plane, completed a 26-hour test flight on Thursday. It flew in loops over the Jura Mountains, west of the Swiss Alps in Switzerland. Its solar cells absorbed ...

24. DOE Offers $1.45 Billion Loan Guarantee to Abengoa Solar
(Feed Articles / EERE - Energy Research News)

DOE has announced a $1.45 billion conditional loan guarantee to Abengoa Solar to build a concentrating solar power generating facility in Arizona. The project will create 1,600 jobs during construction ...

25. President Obama Announces $1.45 Billion Conditional Commitment Offer for Abengoa Solar Inc.
(Feed Articles / EERE - Energy Research News)

In his weekly video address, President Obama announced the offer of a conditional commitment to Abengoa Solar Inc. for a $1.45 billion loan guarantee to finance the construction and start-up of a concentrating ...

26. ET Solar announces completion and grid connection of a 1.9MW PV power plant in Germany
(Feed Articles / REW - Green Power News)

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

Ronald McDonald House Charities of San Diego, Canadian Solar Inc. ("the Company," "Canadian Solar" or "we") (Nasdaq: CSIQ), one of the world's largest solar companies, and HelioPower, a leading solar ...

28. Schneider Electric introduces its solar solutions at Intersolar North America 2010
(Feed Articles / REW - Green Power News)

... be exhibiting at Intersolar North America, in San Francisco, California, from July 13 – 15. Intersolar North America focuses on photovoltaic (PV) and solar thermal technology and has quickly established ...

29. Obama Announces $2 Billion For Solar Power
(Feed Articles / NPR - Environment News)

President Barack Obama announced Saturday the awarding of nearly $2 billion for new solar plants that he said will create thousands of jobs and increase the country's use of renewable energy sources. ...

30. Spain to cut subsidies to renewable energy producers (AFP)
(Feed Articles / Yahoo - Environment News)

AFP - The government of Spain, a world leader in the renewable energy, said it has reached agreements with producers to slash subsidies for wind and solar power.  ...