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GE Energy to Support Chinese Coal Group Initiative to Reduce Greenhouse Gases

GE Energy today announced that two of its ecomagination-certified Jenbacher coal mine methane (CMM) gas engines will contribute to China's efforts to reduce the amount of methane-rich greenhouse gases that escape from the nation's coal mines

10 Feb 2009

Installing Energy Efficient Andersen Windows and Doors May Mean You Qualify for 2009 Federal Tax Credit

Renewal by Andersen, the start-to-finish window replacement subsidiary of Andersen Corporation, is pleased to announce that all standard glass options for its replacement windows and doors qualify for this tax credit to consumers, helping consumers save money, energy and be more comfortable in their homes

10 Feb 2009

Solar Power Boost For Scotland as Solar Panels Can Now Be Installed Without Planning Permission

The majority of householders in Scotland will be able to install solar panels and other energy generating equipment without planning permission from now on, although government ministers have yet to decide whether to exempt wind turbines and air-source heat pumps

10 Feb 2009

Greece Says Yes to Clean Energy and Rejects Coal and Nuclear Power

Greece yesterday outlined an energy future of strong support for renewable energy, with development minister Kostis Hatzidakis ruling out investment in new coal-fired of nuclear power plants

10 Feb 2009

Turn Raw Biomass into Biofuel In Two Steps

Taking a chemical approach, researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have developed a two-step method to convert the cellulose in raw biomass into a promising biofuel

10 Feb 2009

Biofuel to Provide Viable, Sustainable Solution to Reducing Petroleum Dependence

An in-depth study by Sandia National Laboratories and General Motors Corp. has found that plant and forestry waste and dedicated energy crops could sustainably replace nearly a third of gasoline use by the year 2030

10 Feb 2009

Science of Carrier Multiplication Set to Increase the Efficiency of Solar Cells

Carrier multiplication research shows the possibility of solar cells that create more than one unit of energy per photon

10 Feb 2009

New Lamps Give More Light From Less Electricity

More light while consuming less from the new star in industrial lighting, the LUMILUX T5

9 Feb 2009

CO2 Levels Boost Plant Respiration and May Affect Climate and Crops

The leaves of soybeans grown at the elevated carbon dioxide (CO2) levels predicted for the year 2050 respire more than those grown under current atmospheric conditions, researchers report, a finding that will help fine-tune climate models and could point to increased crop yields as CO2 levels rise

9 Feb 2009

Efficiency Changes Could Cut 30 Percent of U.S. Electric Use and Avoid Need For 60 Percent of Coal Fired Electricity

Closing a national "electric productivity gap" could curtail up to 30 percent of current electric power consumption nationwide, according to a report released today

9 Feb 2009