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Offshore Wind Necessary to Meet EU's 20% Renewables Target

If Europe wants to meet its 20% binding target for renewable energy by 2020, it must increase its use of offshore wind, delegates heard today at the opening of the Offshore Wind Conference in Berlin, Germany.

4 Dec 2007

University of Delaware Car Runs On and Sends Electricity Back to Grid

The price of oil nearly reached $100 a barrel recently, but a new University of Delaware prototype vehicle demonstrates how the cost of the black stuff could become a concern of the past.

3 Dec 2007

Design and Operation of Power Systems with Large Amounts of Wind Power

The production of wind power varies and is harder to forecast than the fluctuations in electricity demand. Adding large quantities of wind power to power systems is therefore challenging.

3 Dec 2007

U.S. Program Aims to Develop Technology to Economically and Sustainably Produce Ethanol from Biomass

The United States has embarked on an ambitious program to develop technology and infrastructure to economically and sustainably produce ethanol from biomass.

28 Nov 2007

Europe Plans to Accelerate Energy Technologies for a Low-Carbon Future

Energy technologies will be crucial to successfully fighting against climate change and securing world and European energy supply.

28 Nov 2007

Smart Storage for Smaller Renewable Energy Systems

Development of the first hybrid battery suitable for storing electricity from renewable energy sources such as solar and wind is now a step closer.

27 Nov 2007

Connected Wind Farms More Cost Effective

Wind power, long considered to be as fickle as wind itself, can be groomed to become a steady, dependable source of electricity and delivered at a lower cost than at present, according to scientists at Stanford University.

22 Nov 2007

Camelina-Based Biodiesel Agreement Ushers in New Era for Biofuel-Specific Feedstocks

U.S. Senators Max Baucus (D-MT) and Jon Tester (D-MT), Montana Governor Brian Schweitzer, and representatives from state agriculture will join Targeted Growth, Inc. (TGI), a renewable energy bioscience company, and Green Earth Fuels, a vertically integrated renewable biodiesel energy company, as the two companies announce the formation of a joint venture called Sustainable Oils, Inc. at a press conference today.

20 Nov 2007

Could Nuclear Power be the Answer to Fresh Water Supplies?

New solutions to the ancient problem of maintaining a fresh water supply is discussed in a special issue of the Inderscience publication International Journal of Nuclear Desalination.

20 Nov 2007

Carbon Dioxide Emissions of 50,000 Power Plants Worldwide

Now for the first time, the CO2 emissions of 50,000 power plants worldwide, the globe’s most concentrated source of greenhouse gases, have been compiled into a massive new data base, called CARMA-Carbon Monitoring for Action.

14 Nov 2007