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Valorem Chooses RNRG to Support Wind Resource Assessment Activities In Africa

Renewable NRG Systems (RNRG), a designer and manufacturer of decision support tools for the global renewable energy industry, announced today that it has supplied complete resource assessment packages to French developer VALOREM to support their renewable energy project development activities in Africa. VALOREM is currently building a pipeline of five wind and solar farms at various development stages, totaling around 100 MW spread across various North African countries. The French company is also positioned as a service provider in Sub-Saharan Africa.

5 Jul 2016

Engineers Build New System to Assess Small-Scale Hydropower Potential

A unique computer modeling package that enables people to assess the capacity of a stream for hydropower has been designed by engineers from Oregon State University. This computer software can be used by people from any place in the globe. Generating electricity from a small-scale, “run of river” hydropower is a promising means for producing electricity in today’s world.

1 Jul 2016

Altering Lignin in Trees Results in Increased Biofuel Yield and Improved Access to Bioenergy Feedstocks

The natural component of plant cell walls, the scaffolding that covers every cell and plays an important role in the ability of plants to grow against gravity and reach heights ranging from unkempt grasses to the elevated splendor of redwoods is lignin.

30 Jun 2016

MIT’s Online Coal Mapping Tool Aims to Increase Cost-Competitiveness of Renewable Energy Sources

New environmental standards and policy mandates have caused several coal-fired power plants to close down across the U.S. However, there is still support for emissions-heavy coal fuel as it has the cost advantage. The basic idea is that coal is cheap, or at least seems so. This view makes it tough for low-carbon energy alternatives like solar and wind energies to contend.

23 Jun 2016

Hanwha Q CELLS Attains World-Record-Breaking Multicrystalline Solar Module Efficiency

Hanwha Q CELLS Co., Ltd. ("Hanwha Q CELLS" or the "Company"), one of the world's largest photovoltaic manufacturers of high-quality, high-efficiency solar modules, has achieved a world-record-breaking multicrystalline solar module efficiency.

21 Jun 2016

Researchers Aim to Produce Clean Energy from Sunlight, Water

Researchers from the University of Iowa (UI) are collaborating with HyperSolar, a startup company based in California, to produce clean energy from water and sunlight. Recently, the university renewed its one-year research agreement with HyperSolar, a company focused on commercializing low-cost renewable hydrogen, to advance the development of the new technology.

17 Jun 2016

Sustainability Criteria for Biofuel Production Need Room for Development

The European Union's Renewable Energy Directive has set a 10% target for renewable energy use in transport by 2020. Only biofuels that meet specified sustainability standards are incorporated in the renewable energy goals and permitted to leverage national support systems.

15 Jun 2016

Fraunhofer, German Weather Service Develop Better Models for Forecasting Renewable Energy Generation

It is a well-known fact that the wind does not blow and the sun does not shine with a steady intensity. This poses a major issue when it comes to the power grid wherein the power supply and power demand must go hand in hand.

2 Jun 2016

Global Renewable Energy Project Helps Reduce Galapagos Islands’ Greenhouse Gas Emissions

A global renewable energy project on the Galapagos Islands -- one of Earth's most fragile and important ecological treasures -- has helped avoid many tanker loads worth of risky diesel fuel imports since 2007, reduced the archipelago's greenhouse gas emissions and preserved critically endangered species.

30 May 2016

New Study Shows Possibility of Further Improving Vertical Axis Savonius Wind Turbine

Finnish invention, a vertical axis Savonius wind turbine can be further improved shows a new study from the University of Vaasa.

23 May 2016

Renewable Energy News

Valorem Chooses RNRG to Support Wind Resource Assessment Activities In Africa

Engineers Build New System to Assess Small-Scale Hydropower Potential

Altering Lignin in Trees Results in Increased Biofuel Yield and Improved Access to Bioenergy Feedstocks

MIT’s Online Coal Mapping Tool Aims to Increase Cost-Competitiveness of Renewable Energy Sources

Hanwha Q CELLS Attains World-Record-Breaking Multicrystalline Solar Module Efficiency

Researchers Aim to Produce Clean Energy from Sunlight, Water

Sustainability Criteria for Biofuel Production Need Room for Development

Fraunhofer, German Weather Service Develop Better Models for Forecasting Renewable Energy Generation

Global Renewable Energy Project Helps Reduce Galapagos Islands’ Greenhouse Gas Emissions

New Study Shows Possibility of Further Improving Vertical Axis Savonius Wind Turbine

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