Renewable Energy News

Posted January 4, 2011:

• US Does Not Have Infrastructure to Consume More Ethanol, Study Finds
• Wake Up and Smell the Willow: 'Pre-Roasted' Plant Matter Could Be Burned in Coal-Fired Power Stations

Posted December 27, 2010:

• Enzyme Cocktail Could Eliminate a Step in Biofuel Process

Posted December 20, 2010:

• Comprehensive Wind Info Collected to Improve Renewable Energy
• New Ideas Enhance Efficiency of Wind Turbines

Posted December 16, 2010:

• Wind Turbines Help Crops by Channelling Beneficial Breezes Over Nearby Plants
• Policies to Spur Renewable Energy Can Lower Energy Costs

Posted December 14, 2010:

• Champion Hydrogen-Producing Microbe

Posted December 13, 2010:

• An Answer to Green Energy Could Be in the Air

Posted December 3, 2010:

• Method Developed to Simultaneously Desalinate Water, Produce Hydrogen and Treat Wastewater

Posted December 2, 2010:

• More Efficient Polymer Solar Cells Fabricated

Posted November 30, 2010:

• Novel Metal Catalysts May Be Able to Turn Greenhouse Gases Into Liquid Fuels
• Study Assesses Nuclear Power Assumptions

Posted November 29, 2010:

• 'Green' Way to Generate Heat and Electricity With Use of Fuel Cells

Posted November 25, 2010:

• Developing Countries Can Cut Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Help the Poor

Posted November 23, 2010:

• Optimizing Large Wind Farms

Posted November 21, 2010:

• Enhancing the Efficiency of Wind Turbines

Posted November 10, 2010:

• Growing Sorghum for Biofuel

Posted November 9, 2010:

• Researchers Aim to Harvest Solar Energy from Pavement to Melt Ice, Power Streetlights
• Global Warming Reduces Available Wind Energy, New Research Finds

Posted November 8, 2010:

• Power Grid of the Future Saves Energy

Posted November 5, 2010:

• Offshore Wind Farms: Low Loss Solutions for Transferring Current

Posted November 1, 2010:

• Scarcity of New Energy Minerals May Trigger Trade Wars, Expert Suggests

Posted October 26, 2010:

• Harnessing Tidal Energy More Efficiently Than Ever Before

Posted October 25, 2010:

• Stable Way to Store the Sun's Heat: Storing Thermal Energy in Chemical Could Lead to Advances in Storage and Portability

Posted October 22, 2010:

• Green Carbon Center Takes All-Inclusive View of Energy
• Energy Saving Lamp Is Eco-Winner: Swiss Researcher Evaluates Environmental Friendliness of Light Sources
• Falkland Islands Radar Study Impacts Climate Research: New Equipment Will Monitor Activity Which Creates the ‘Southern Lights’

Posted October 21, 2010:

• Offshore Wind a 'Mixed Bag'
• Value-Added Sulfur Scrubbing: Converting Acid Rain Chemicals Into Useful Products

Posted October 7, 2010:

• Structure of Plastic Solar Cells Impedes Their Efficiency

Posted October 5, 2010:

• Wind Farms Extend Growing Season in Certain Regions

Posted September 27, 2010:

• Rain or Shine, Researchers Find New Ways to Forecast Large Photovoltaic Power Plant Output

Posted September 24, 2010:

• How Heating Our Homes Could Help Reduce Climate Change

Posted September 23, 2010:

• Successful Sludge-to-Power Research Developed

Posted September 20, 2010:

• Swedish Biofuels Do Have Major Benefits for the Climate

Posted September 17, 2010:

• Environmental Impact of Organic Solar Cells Assessed

Posted September 14, 2010:

• Computer in Wrapping-Paper Form Give Solar Cells a Makeover

Posted September 13, 2010:

• Satellites Search for 770m Tons of Dust in the Air

Posted September 12, 2010:

• Funneling Solar Energy: Antenna Made of Carbon Nanotubes Could Make Photovoltaic Cells More Efficient

Posted September 9, 2010:

• Energy Technologies Not Enough to Sufficiently Reduce Carbon Emissions, Expert Concludes
• Main Climate Threat from Carbon Dioxide Sources Yet to Be Built

Posted September 1, 2010:

• Metal-Mining Bacteria Are Green Chemists

Posted August 31, 2010:

• A Decade of Studying the Earth's Magnetic Shield, in 3-D
• Off-the-Shelf Dyes Improve Solar Cells

Posted August 24, 2010:

• Can the World Be Powered Mainly by Solar and Wind Energy?
• Americans Using Less Energy, More Renewables

Posted August 22, 2010:

• Self-Cleaning Technology from Mars Can Keep Terrestrial Solar Panels Dust Free

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