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Archive for February, 2008

Better machines through origami

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Building batteries that don’t explode

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Mining lithium from geothermal “lemonade”

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Nanotech meets solar tech: Bloo Solar gets NSF grant

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Cellulosic ethanol upstart Mascoma fills coffers

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BP Solar Forges Partnership with Frederick County Schools

Wednesday, February 27th, 2008 Posted in Green News | Comments Off

BP Solar and Frederick County Public Schools (FCPS) penned a partnership agreement today to deepen their relationship to support education in the Frederick community. The partnership provides the two organizations with common objectives: to provide educational materials on ...

BP Ramps Up to Full Construction of Phase One of 750 MW Wind Farm in Texas

Wednesday, February 27th, 2008 Posted in Green News | Comments Off

BP Alternative Energy today announced that it has moved into full construction on phase one of the Sherbino Wind Farm located approximately 30 miles east of Fort Stockton in Pecos County, west Texas. Phase one of the project will have ...

Renewable Energy on a Fast Track

Wednesday, February 27th, 2008 Posted in Green News | Comments Off

The world's energy appetite is growing fast, and energy production capacity is being rapidly devoured. The world must find clean sources of power that can be developed on a fast track. Bourne Energy's RiverStar (Patent Pending) Kinetic Energy System, ...

Scaling Up Solar in India

Wednesday, February 27th, 2008 Posted in Green News | Comments Off

At the moment India has an installed capacity of only about 3 megawatts (MW) of grid-tied solar electricity, but Moser Baer PV (MBPV) has plans to change that.

UK Biomass Testing Given Go-Ahead

Wednesday, February 27th, 2008 Posted in Green News | Comments Off

Doosan Babcock, in collaboration with the UK's Carbon Trust, is developing new technology for the recovery of energy from the bio-ethanol production process. The testing project will be the first stage in the development of a new generation of low-carbon ...

Iberdrola Opens New Spanish Project

Wednesday, February 27th, 2008 Posted in Green News | Comments Off

Spanish renewables group Iberdrola has commissioned the country's second largest wind farm in Granada. The El Marquesado facility, in Andalusia has a capacity of 198 megawatts (MW) and cost more than EUR 250 million [US $375 million] to develop.

Sharp Reaches 2-GW of Solar Production

Wednesday, February 27th, 2008 Posted in Green News | Comments Off

At the end of 2007, Sharp Corporation became the first company to reach 2 gigawatts (GW) in cumulative solar cell production volume in the world. The company began research into solar cells in 1959 to develop a new technology to ...

REN 21 Says Renewable Energy Still Rising

Wednesday, February 27th, 2008 Posted in Green News | Comments Off

The renewable energy industry is stepping up its meteoric rise into the mainstream of the energy sector, according to the REN21 Renewables 2007 Global Status Report. Renewable energy production capacities are growing rapidly as a result of more countries enacting ...

Geothermal Energy, Power from the Underground

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Bedminster Signs Global Rights to Bio-energy Technology

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Scientists Tapping Arctic Ocean Methane

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groSolar Strengthens Presence In Canada

Wednesday, February 27th, 2008 Posted in Green News | Comments Off

groSolar is pleased to announce the addition of Chris Evans, Distribution Sales, to their sales team. Mr. Evans long history with renewable energy and presence in Canada will strengthen and broaden groSolar's reach in Canada.

House Passes Renewable Tax Credit Bill

Wednesday, February 27th, 2008 Posted in Green News | Comments Off

The U.S. House of Representatives passed the Renewable Energy and Energy Conservation Tax of 2008 (H.R. 5351) on Wednesday. The final vote was 236-182, with 11 members of the house not voting, and was largely split along party lines.

Government to help incubate clean-tech startups

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‘Negawatts’ provider EnerNoc boosts revenue

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