Archive for February, 2007
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Thursday, February 15th, 2007There’s an interesting article in today’s UPI Energy Watch about San Francisco based MMA Renewable Ventures, a compnay that finances renewable energy systems. While the article points out that there are other companies that finance systems or creates purchase power agreements with customers as part of an upfront financing agreement, MRA Renewable Ventures is […]
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UK Wind Power reaches 2 Gigawatt milestone
Saturday, February 10th, 2007BBC News is reporting that the UK has become only the seventh country in the world to have more than two gigawatts of operational wind power capacity.
The UK passed this “major milestone” when the 36 turbine Braes O’Doune wind farm started producing electricity on Friday. The Braes O’Doune wind farm generates 72 megawatts, enough […]
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2009 Toyota Prius: SPY REPORT
Saturday, February 10th, 2007Popular Mechanics has a picture and a short description of what’s coming in the 2009 Prius. There’s rumors of a possible solar cell on the roof of the car and plug in capability, along with more power and better gas mileage due to improvements in Toyota’s Hybrid Synergy Drive.read more | digg story
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Florida Town Gets Solar-Powered Street Lights!
Saturday, February 10th, 2007Solar power in the Sunshine State — sounds like a winner to us! The town of Dania, Florida has taken a page from Treehugger, and decided that solar-powered street lights would be a good idea.read more | digg story
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Scientists are taking 2nd look at biofuels - International Herald Tribune
Saturday, February 10th, 2007Biofuels, long a cornerstone of the quest for greener energy, may sometimes produce more harmful emissions than the fossil fuels they replace, scientific studies are finding.read more | digg story
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MarketWatch: Alternative Energy Capital Cycle in Early Stages
Wednesday, February 7th, 2007Analysts at the New York based Jefferies Group Inc. are telling investors that the alternative energy field is at “the very early stages of the capital cycle.” Overall trends such as global warming realization, energy security needs, and technological advances are causing there to be larger involvement from hedge funds, venture capitalists and […]
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Could Nanotech “Coaxial Cable” Increase Solar Cell Efficiency?
Tuesday, February 6th, 2007From NewScientistTech - Researchers at Boston College have developed cables 300 nanometers in diameter that can transmit visible light. In case you were wondering, 300 nanometers is smaller than the shortest visible wavelength and is invisible to the human eye. Like a regular coaxial cable, this cable consists of 3 parts - […]
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Engineers at the Univerity of Delaware Receive Grant for Research into Catalysts for Hydrogen Conversion
Sunday, February 4th, 2007The University of Delaware has announced that its researches have received a $960,000 grant from the US Dept of Energy (DOE) to identify low-cost nano catalysts that could spur the chemical conversion of liquid fuels into hydrogen.
The project, which will last three years, is part of the DOE’s attempt to develop advanced technologies to supply […]
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New look for my blog - Alternative Energy.Info
Saturday, February 3rd, 2007Well, I finally got around to changing the default wordpress blog to something new. I hope you like it. I’m probably going to be playing around with the Wordpress Theme Editor over the next couple of days, so you might see more changes. I would appreciate any feedback you might […]
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A Carbon Neutral Superbowl?
Saturday, February 3rd, 2007According to a “Greening the Superbowl” article in Forbes, this year marks the third try for the NFL in offsetting greenhouse gas emissions at the superbowl. In this years matchup between the Bears and the Colts, the NFL expects to be carbon neutral. The NFL is buying enough renewable energy certificates from […]
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