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United States: US renewable energy production now tops nuclear power
Published at Mar 28, 2013
source: Quartz
US president Barack Obama has pursued an energy policy he describes as “all of the above,” a bit of Bill Clinton-style triangulation that seeks to... -
United States: TREES USED TO CREATE RECYCLABLE, EFFICIENT SOLAR CELL
Published at Mar 27, 2013
source: Georgia Tech Newsroom
Georgia Institute of Technology and Purdue University researchers have developed efficient solar cells using natural substrates derived from plants such as trees. Just as importantly,... -
United States: Don’t delay Kansas’ renewable-energy revolution
Published at Mar 27, 2013
source: The Wichita Eagle
This week, the Kansas House of Representatives is set to reconsider House Bill 2241, which would delay the implementation of the state’s renewable energy portfolio... -
United States: The biggest fight over renewable energy is now in the states
Published at Mar 26, 2013
source: The Washington Post
Nowadays, a huge chunk of the action on clean energy in the United States is happening at the state level. Some 29 states and Washington... -
United States: New Solar-cell Design Based On Dots and Wires
Published at Mar 26, 2013
source: Renewable Energy World
Using exotic particles called quantum dots as the basis for a photovoltaic cell is not a new idea, but attempts to make such devices have... -
United States: Solar cells 'hairy' with nanowires could push back efficiency limits
Published at Mar 25, 2013
source: Treehugger
Researchers at the Niels Bohr Institute in Denmark and the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne in Switzerland have shown that nanowires- cylindrical... -
United States: Study of Peach Genome May Help Improve Plant Biomass Yield for Biofuels
Published at Mar 25, 2013
source: Azo Cleantech
Rapidly growing trees like poplars and willows are candidate “biofuel crops” from which it is expected that cellulosic ethanol and higher energy content fuels can... -
United States: Solar technology for farming and urban gardening
Published at Mar 22, 2013
source: Treehugger
Alternative energy has a long history on farms and ranches, beginning with windmills for water pumping and wind generators for electricity for remote locations. More... -
United States: Clean energy under attack from ALEC-backed fake freemarketeers
Published at Mar 22, 2013
source: Treehugger
Led by the usual false cries for a "level playing field", and under the pretense of saving rate payers money, corporate-backed political movers are chipping... -
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Canada: Canada: Biomass Thermal Energy Plant at the University of Victoria
Published at Mar 21, 2013
source: Canadian Biomass
To heat its buildings, the University of Victoria in British Columbia is thinking about the investment in a biomass thermal energy plant. Even though the...
