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May 2010

The Debate That Will Define America's Future

Submitted by Stefan Wray on Thu, 05/27/2010 - 11:00pm
Publication Date: 
Fri, 28 May 2010 04:00:00 GMT
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1275019200
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http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2010/05/the-debate-that-will-define-americas-future?cmpid=rss

The Gulf of Mexico oil spill disaster, the Massey, West Virginia coal mine accident, the Tennessee coal ash disaster in 2008, the BP oil refinery disaster in Texas in 2006, and countless other fossil fuel disasters are finally having an effect on public opinion. And the sting of record prices from 2008 is still in the recent memory of American consumers. Fully 2/3 of Americans believe Congress needs to make our country's energy needs a top priority.

Scientists Study Fish Schools for Wind Farm Ideas

Submitted by Stefan Wray on Thu, 05/27/2010 - 7:10pm
Publication Date: 
Fri, 28 May 2010 00:10:49 +0000
Time Stamp: 
1275005449
Original URL: 
http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/scientists-study-fish-schools-wind-farm-ideas/

Presently Fluid Dynamics Expert, John Dabiri, is very much on the quest of improving designs of wind turbines. Spotting behaviours that may throw light on energy-related practices in biological system and trying to implement that in real-life situations is part of that quest and Mr.Dabiri is jubilant that he is learning lessons from a [...]

Windpower 2010 Closes in Dallas

Submitted by Stefan Wray on Wed, 05/26/2010 - 11:00pm
Publication Date: 
Thu, 27 May 2010 04:00:00 GMT
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http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2010/05/windpower-closes-in-dallas-as-the-nations-largest-energy-show?cmpid=rss

The Windpower 2010 Conference & Exhibition concluded on Wednesday in Dallas, Texas, with about 20,000 attendees including a broad range of industry leaders and with a record of nearly 1,400 companies exhibiting the latest in wind power technology over an area the size of six football fields, according to the American Wind Energy Assocation (AWEA).

Eco-Friendly Planes Designed by MIT-Led Team on the Anvil

Submitted by Stefan Wray on Wed, 05/26/2010 - 3:32pm
Publication Date: 
Wed, 26 May 2010 20:32:27 +0000
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1274905947
Original URL: 
http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/eco-friendly-planes-mit/

The NASA Research Program ‘N+3′ has thrown open a challenge for exploring the potential to develop quieter subsonic commercial planes as well as supersonic commercial aircraft that burn less fuel and pollute less. The team led by MIT are working on developing two models to meet the NASA criteria as well to [...]

AMSC & Sinovel Expand Partnership

Submitted by Stefan Wray on Tue, 05/25/2010 - 11:00pm
Publication Date: 
Wed, 26 May 2010 04:00:00 GMT
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1274846400
Original URL: 
http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2010/05/amsc-sinovel-expand-partnership?cmpid=rss

American Superconductor Corporation and Sinovel Wind Group Co. Ltd. announced at the American Wind Energy Association's Windpower 2010 Conference & Exhibition in Dallas, Texas that they have expanded their strategic partnership to include additional wind turbine designs for both the onshore and offshore markets. Under the new agreement, Sinovel and AMSC's wholly-owned AMSC Windtec subsidiary, will design and jointly develop a range of advanced, multi-megawatt-scale wind turbines that Sinovel plans to market and sell worldwide.

Future Air Travel will have Less Noise, Less Exhaust

Submitted by Stefan Wray on Tue, 05/25/2010 - 2:02am
Publication Date: 
Tue, 25 May 2010 07:02:09 +0000
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1274770929
Original URL: 
http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/future-air-travel-less-noise-less-exhaust/

EU’s ‘Clean Sky’ – the 1-6 billion euro research project – with 86 participating partners from 16 nations – has goals like developing unique application-specific technologies and evaluation and advancement of the entire aeronautic system. Aviation experts from ACARE (Advisory Council for Aeronautics Research in Europe) are expecting to achieve 50% reduction of noise [...]

Thundering Plains Signs O&M Agreement With NAES

Submitted by Stefan Wray on Mon, 05/24/2010 - 11:00pm
Publication Date: 
Tue, 25 May 2010 04:00:00 GMT
Time Stamp: 
1274760000
Original URL: 
http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/partner/naes-corporation/news/article/2010/05/thundering-plains-signs-o-m-agreement-with-naes?cmpid=rss

Bradley M. Palmer II, President and CEO of Thundering Plains Wind Farm LLC, announced today the execution of a binding commitment for a multiyear O&M services agreement with NAES Corporation for its 150 MW wind power generating station currently being developed in West Texas.

National Renewable Energy Laboratory Analysis Shows Promise for New Remote Sensing Technology in Wind Resource Assessment

Submitted by Stefan Wray on Mon, 05/24/2010 - 11:00pm
Publication Date: 
Tue, 25 May 2010 04:00:00 GMT
Time Stamp: 
1274760000
Original URL: 
http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/partner/second-wind-inc-2810/news/article/2010/05/national-renewable-energy-laboratory-analysis-shows-promise-for-new-remote-sensing-technology-in-wind-resource-assessment?cmpid=rss

DALLAS, May 25, 2010 – A study by the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) confirms that measurements taken by Second Wind's Triton wind profiler system of wind speed and direction correlated well to meteorological (met) tower-based measurements.

Nanosolar: Solar Power at a Lower Cost

Submitted by Stefan Wray on Sun, 05/23/2010 - 7:00pm
Publication Date: 
Mon, 24 May 2010 00:00:05 +0000
Time Stamp: 
1274659205
Original URL: 
http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/nanosolar-solar-power-lower-cost/

In a market-friendly scenario, Nanosolar claims to be able to produce electricity at 5-6 cents/kilowatt hour almost as cheap as power from coal and at about one-third the cost of other solar power. Nanosolar claims: Nanosolar claims mass production of solar power will now become feasible with their differently manufactured solar panels. Conventional silicon-made [...]

MIT Researchers Print a Solar Cell on Paper

Submitted by Stefan Wray on Wed, 05/19/2010 - 2:01am
Publication Date: 
Wed, 19 May 2010 07:01:52 +0000
Time Stamp: 
1274252512
Original URL: 
http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/mit-solar-cell-on-paper/

We love the idea of clean and green fuel. But they come with certain disadvantages. First one is they are heavy on pocket of a commoner. Second disadvantage is their power conversion rate is quite low. Last one is you need storage space to save all the power converted by a clean and green [...]