Renewable Energy News

Posted February 9, 2012:

• New Battery Could Lead to Cheaper, More Efficient Solar Energy

Posted February 2, 2012:

• Biosolar Breakthrough Promises Cheap, Easy Green Electricity

Posted February 1, 2012:

• New Tool Determines Value of Solar Photovoltaic Power Systems

Posted January 25, 2012:

• Classifying Solar Eruptions

Posted January 24, 2012:

• New Material to Remove Radioactive Gas from Spent Nuclear Fuel

Posted January 17, 2012:

• Power Generation Is Blowing in the Wind

Posted January 11, 2012:

• Solar Energy: New Sunflower-Inspired Pattern Increases Concentrated Solar Efficiency
• Greenhouses and Solar Power: Crop Testing With a Special Photovoltaic Panel for Greenhouses

Posted January 9, 2012:

• New Research Helps Predict Bat Presence at Wind Energy Facilities

Posted December 28, 2011:

• Weather Deserves Medal for Clean Air During 2008 Olympics

Posted December 23, 2011:

• Go to Work on a Christmas Card: UK's Wrapping Paper and Festive Cards Could Provide Energy to Send a Bus to the Moon More Than 20 Times

Posted December 21, 2011:

• Paint-on Solar Cells Developed

Posted December 15, 2011:

• Discovery of a 'Dark State' Could Mean a Brighter Future for Solar Energy

Posted December 14, 2011:

• Ramping Up Wind Energy Research

Posted December 13, 2011:

• Small Reactors Could Figure Into US Energy Future
• Engineers Study How Hills, Nearby Turbines Affect Wind Energy Production

Posted December 9, 2011:

• Literature Review on Solar Energy and Wildlife Impacts Research
• New Solar-Powered Classroom Brings Science to Schools in Developing Countries

Posted December 8, 2011:

• Building a Sustainable Hydrogen Economy

Posted December 7, 2011:

• Solar Power Much Cheaper to Produce Than Most Analysts Realize, Study Finds

Posted December 1, 2011:

• Six Myths About Electricity in the U.S. South Dubunked
• Interdigitated Back-Contact Silicon Solar Cells Above 23% Efficiency

Posted November 30, 2011:

• Gone With the Wind: Why the Fast Jet Stream Winds Cannot Contribute Much Renewable Energy After All

Posted November 29, 2011:

• Cost-Effectiveness of Biofuels and Their Ability to Cut Fossil Fuel Use Questioned

Posted November 23, 2011:

• Nanoparticle Electrode for Batteries Could Make Grid-Scale Power Storage Feasible
• Insect Cyborgs May Become First Responders: Search and Monitor Hazardous Places

Posted November 22, 2011:

• Carbon Mitigation Strategy Uses Wood for Buildings First, Bioenergy Second

Posted November 18, 2011:

• Corn Gene Boosts Biofuels from Switchgrass

Posted November 15, 2011:

• Large Differences in the Climate Impact of Biofuels, Swedish Research Finds

Posted November 11, 2011:

• 2012: Killer Solar Flares Are a Physical Impossibility, Experts Say

Posted November 10, 2011:

• A Light Wave of Innovation to Advance Solar Energy: Researchers Adapt Classic Antennas to Harness More Power from the Sun
• Rare Earth Metal Shortages Could Hamper Deployment of Low-Carbon Energy Technologies

Posted November 9, 2011:

• Americans Using More Fossil Fuels

Posted November 8, 2011:

• Wood Biofuel Could Be a Competitive Industry by 2020

Posted November 3, 2011:

• Hybrid Power Plants Can Help Industry Go Green: Affordable Solar Option for Power Plants

Posted November 2, 2011:

• Solar Power Could Get Boost from New Light Absorption Design
• Solar Energy: Solar Concentrator Increases Collection With Less Loss
• Australian Technology Aims to Make Storing Radioactive Waste Safer

Posted October 18, 2011:

• Industrial by-Products Upgraded Into Fuel

Posted October 17, 2011:

• Links in the Chain: Global Carbon Emissions and Consumption Difficult to Attribute
• New Record Voltage for Organic Solar Cells Opens the Tech to Consumer Electronics
• Now You Can Determine the Solar Efficiency of Your Roof

Posted October 13, 2011:

• Does Converting Cow Manure to Electricity Pay Off? Successful Renewable Energy Project in Vermont

Posted October 12, 2011:

• New Saudi Arabias of Solar Energy: Himalaya Mountains, Andes, Antarctica
• Cheaper Yet Efficient Thin Film Solar Cells Created

Posted October 6, 2011:

• Ionic Liquid Catalyst Helps Turn Emissions Into Fuel

Posted October 4, 2011:

• Certain Biofuel Mandates Unlikely to Be Met by 2022; Unless New Technologies, Policies Developed

Posted September 27, 2011:

• Researchers Use Carbon Nanotubes to Make Solar Cells Affordable, Flexible

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