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August 2010

E.ON, SIEMENS, Hochtief and Siag Confirm Their Participation in the Texas Offshore Wind Energy Roundtable (TOWER) Conference

Submitted by Stefan Wray on Tue, 08/24/2010 - 11:00pm
Publication Date: 
Wed, 25 Aug 2010 04:00:00 GMT
Time Stamp: 
1282708800
Original URL: 
http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/partner/german-american-chamber-of-commerce-inc-6496/news/article/2010/08/e-on-siemens-hochtief-and-siag-confirm-their-participation-in-the-texas-offshore-wind-energy-roundtable-tower-conference?cmpid=rss

Houston, TX – August 25, 2010 - The first Texas Offshore Wind Energy Roundtable (TOWER) Conference and the Offshore Wind Law (OWL) Conference have caught the attention of key offshore wind energy companies. E.ON Climate and Renewables Europe, SIEMENS, Hochtief and Siag have confirmed their participation in the conference.

PETE Process Promises Successful Technology Fusion

Submitted by Stefan Wray on Tue, 08/24/2010 - 3:38am
Publication Date: 
Tue, 24 Aug 2010 08:38:58 +0000
Time Stamp: 
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Original URL: 
http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/pete-process-technology-fusion/

A new joint venture research work at Stanford and SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, supported by Department of Energy and DARPA has come up with a new solar energy conversion process that can potentially double the efficiency of solar cells. Stanford engineers have discovered this new and totally different process to harvest energy from sun. [...]

Audi Testing Water in Electric Car Production

Submitted by Stefan Wray on Mon, 08/23/2010 - 3:10am
Publication Date: 
Mon, 23 Aug 2010 08:10:54 +0000
Time Stamp: 
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Original URL: 
http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/audi-electric-car-production/

The entrepreneurial Audi is planning to take advantage of changes portended in the automobile market with an eye towards emission-free vehicles. Until now Audi has not shown any interest in electric car production but now that there is a growing demand for small and electronically-driven cars, Audi is keen to join the race. [...]

Texas Could Be a Renewable Energy Powerhouse

Submitted by Stefan Wray on Tue, 08/17/2010 - 11:00pm
Publication Date: 
Wed, 18 Aug 2010 04:00:00 GMT
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Original URL: 
http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2010/08/texas-could-be-a-renewable-energy-powerhouse?cmpid=rss

This week the Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation released a report that shows that a robust renewable energy market in Texas could create almost 23,000 new jobs and spur $2.7 billion annually in local and state tax revenue over the next 10 years.

Wind Energy Instruments getting Bigger & Better

Submitted by Stefan Wray on Tue, 08/17/2010 - 4:33pm
Publication Date: 
Tue, 17 Aug 2010 21:33:13 +0000
Time Stamp: 
1282080793
Original URL: 
http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/wind-energy-instruments-bigger-better/

Renewable energy production and demand growth is gaining momentum in many ways across the world. There is a booming demand of wind power today and all wind energy equipment manufacturers are gearing up to meet the demand and take advantage of it. Wind power capacity growth will be reaching 447GW in the next five [...]

Graphene: Solar Cells of the Future?

Submitted by Stefan Wray on Tue, 08/10/2010 - 4:48pm
Publication Date: 
Tue, 10 Aug 2010 21:48:40 +0000
Time Stamp: 
1281476920
Original URL: 
http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/graphene-solar-cells/

A southern California University team has come up with what could be the alternative new breed of economical and flexible solar cells. For some decades now, organic photovoltaic cells (OPV) have been acclaimed as the new solar cell prototypes and extolled for their light weight, flexible substrates, low cost and easy manufacturability. Research [...]

USPS Goes Green

Submitted by Stefan Wray on Mon, 08/09/2010 - 4:20pm
Publication Date: 
Mon, 09 Aug 2010 21:20:01 +0000
Time Stamp: 
1281388801
Original URL: 
http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/usps-goes-green/

In strict adherence to guidelines released by the Department of Energy, the United States Postal Service gets on a fast track to reach the goal for energy reduction. Green roofs, green buildings and an optimally efficient management system of energy consumption form part of the energy-reduction strategy.

Power Guzzlers:
Use of air conditioning is one [...]

U.S Steelworkers and Chinese Manufacturers Unite!

Submitted by Stefan Wray on Sun, 08/08/2010 - 11:00pm
Publication Date: 
Mon, 09 Aug 2010 04:00:00 GMT
Time Stamp: 
1281326400
Original URL: 
http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2010/08/u-s-steelworkers-and-chinese-manufacturers-unite?cmpid=rss

In an interesting announcement late last week, the United Steelworkers (USW), the union that represents those working in the U.S. steel industry, announced that it had struck a deal with A-Power Energy Generation Systems and Shenyang Power Group (SPG), two Chinese power companies. The deal they struck refers to A-Power's plans to supply wind turbines to the SPG-owned 600-MW Texas wind farm set to begin construction soon.

POET conducts biomass harvest research in Texas

Submitted by Stefan Wray on Sun, 08/08/2010 - 11:00pm
Publication Date: 
Mon, 09 Aug 2010 04:00:00 GMT
Time Stamp: 
1281326400
Original URL: 
http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/partner/poet-7042/news/article/2010/08/poet-conducts-biomass-harvest-research-in-texas?cmpid=rss

POET this week will begin harvest research in corn fields near Navasota, Texas to learn more about biomass collection for cellulosic ethanol production.

First Factory Built Solar Charging Station

Submitted by Stefan Wray on Tue, 08/03/2010 - 4:41pm
Publication Date: 
Tue, 03 Aug 2010 21:41:37 +0000
Time Stamp: 
1280871697
Original URL: 
http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/factory-built-solar-charging-station/

International Green Energy Expo Korea 2010 was chosen as the venue where SunPods SP-300 was first displayed. This is the first factory built-to-order solar-powered integrated electric-vehicle charging station – ready for powering up immediately. This ready-to-use solar power platform from SunPods is called EV Plug-N-Go.

Perfect launch pad:
Deagu, South Korea, played host to [...]