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Energy Independence Within Reach Says Architecture 2030 Founder

Energy independence is within our grasp, according to Edward Mazria, founder and executive director of Architecture 2030

24 Aug 2008

Solar Power Plant to be Build in China by Yingli Green Energy

Yingli Green Energy Holding Company Limited, one of the world’s leading vertically integrated photovoltaic product manufacturers, today announced that it has entered into a framework agreement with the local government of a county in Beijing regarding the proposed construction of a 10 MW solar power plant

24 Aug 2008

Science Talk to Focus on How Nanotechnology Can Help Renewable Energy Storage

The science of renewable energy storage and how nanotechnology can benefit that science is the subject of Los Alamos National Laboratory's next Frontiers in Science Lecture beginning August 26 in Los Alamos

24 Aug 2008

Hawaiian Coal Plant to Transform into BioEnergy Facility

U.S. Senator Daniel Akaka and U.S. Representatives Neil Abercrombie and Mazie Hirono helped launch Hawaii's newest renewable energy project at a Hawaiian blessing ceremomy for the Hu Honua Bioenergy Facility in the community of Pepeekeo, on the Big Island's Hamakua Coast

21 Aug 2008

Construction Begins on Thin Film Solar Cell Plant

Less than three months after announcing a strategic investment into thin-film photovoltaics, Masdar, the Abu Dhabi renewable energy company, yesterday broke ground on its first photovoltaic production plant in Ichtershausen

21 Aug 2008

New Research Assesses the Sustainability of Corn Stover as a Biofuel Crop

With oil prices skyrocketing, the search is on for efficient and sustainable biofuels. Research published this month in Agronomy Journal examines one biofuel crop contender: corn stover.

19 Aug 2008

Company Continues Drive Toward Becoming North America's Clean Energy Development Leader

CPV Renewable Energy Company, LLC announced today it has purchased forty-four (44) 2.3 MW wind turbines from Siemens Power Generation for delivery in 2009. The turbines will be allocated to the Keenan wind project in Woodward County, Oklahoma.

19 Aug 2008

Octillion Entered Agreement to Further Develop Photovoltaic Window Technology

Octillion Corp., a next-generation alternative and renewable energy technology incubator, today announced that it has entered into a Sponsored Research Agreement with scientists at Oakland University to further the development of its NanoPower Window technology. In addition to working to advance the Company's solar photovoltaic technology, scientists and collaborating researchers will explore additional nanotechnology applications that may be derived from their efforts.

18 Aug 2008

Southern California Edison to Provide 900 Megawatts of Wind Power

Southern California Edison (SCE) signed a 20-year contract with DCE, an affiliate of Caithness Energy, which will provide up to 909 megawatts of wind power. Developers say that once completed, the Caithness project will be one of the world's largest fully permitted wind farms.

18 Aug 2008

Breakthrough Could Revolutionise the Renewable Energy Industry

An international team of researchers led by Monash University has used chemicals found in plants to replicate a key process in photosynthesis paving the way to a new approach that uses sunlight to split water into hydrogen and oxygen.

17 Aug 2008