Renewable energy news articles 
ICP Solar Technologies solar chargers available from Leroy Merlin
ICP Solar Technologies Inc. has announced that Leroy Merlin, one of Europe’s largest retailers of home improvement merchandise, will stock Sunsei® solar chargers and related products in 2009. It is estimated that Leroy Merlin, which carries items ranging from decorations and accessories to construction materials, will purchase approximately $0.4 million of ICP Solar’s chargers next year. "We are extremely pleased to announce that Leroy Merlin ... [more]
Microgrid helps UK communities to become carbon neutral
The Cheshire village of Ashton Hayes is being used by power engineering specialist EA Technology as a test bed to develop a new way of generating and managing energy communally. The model would then be available as a ready-to-use template for other communities. The Ashton Hayes Going Carbon Neutral project has already seen success in reducing its energy usage. EA Technology is working with the project team to take the work a step further by d... [more]
Turning bio waste into bio ethanol
Ethanol, a popular type of bio fuel is traditionally produced by fermenting sugars present in plants such as corn and sugarcane with yeast. The process requires the use of the most edible parts of the plants which are rich in starch and certain types of sugars called hexoses, resulting in the loss of a valuable source of nutrition. Producing energy by transforming crops into bio ethanol at a time when famine and food shortages affects large ar... [more]
Yingli Green Energy to supply 1.5MW of photovoltaic modules to China Mobile
Yingli Green Energy Holding Company Limited has announced that its principal operating subsidiary in China, Baoding Tianwei Yingli New Energy Resources Co., Ltd. has won a bid to supply approximately 1.5MW of PV modules to China Mobile Communications Corp., the largest mobile phone operator in China. The bid accounted for over 31% of China Mobile’s total recent PV module procurement. Tianwei Yingli expects to enter into a definitive supply co... [more]
Tetra Tech wins $69 million contracts for wind farm projects
Tetra Tech, Inc. has been awarded two engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) projects and one balance of plant (BOP) construction project for wind farms. In aggregate, these wind farms will generate 218.2 MW of clean energy, enough to power more than 55,000 homes. The combined value of the three awards is $69 million. For Oklahoma Gas & Electric Company, Tetra Tech will provide EPC services for the OU Spirit Wind Farm, which shall co... [more]
Other Renewable energy news and reviews
'Fish technology' draws renewable energy from slow water currents (Environmental News Network)ANN ARBOR, Mich.---Slow-moving ocean and river currents could be a new, reliable and affordable alternative energy source. A University of Michigan engineer has made a machine that works like a fish to turn potentially destructive vibrations in fluid flows into clean, renewable power. |
Governor puts state on path to national renewable energy leadership (High Plains Journal)Oklahoma, one of the nation's oil and gas production leaders, is now poised to become a leader among states in the development of renewable energy. Gov. Brad Henry today put the nation on notice of Oklahoma's plans to tap its huge store of renewable resources by endorsing the 25x'25 Vision. |
'Fish Technology' Draws Renewable Energy From Slow Water Currents (Science Daily)Slow-moving ocean and river currents could be a new, reliable and affordable alternative energy source. Engineers have made a machine that works like a fish to turn potentially destructive vibrations in fluid flows into clean, renewable power. |
'Fish Technology' Draws Renewable Energy from Slow Water Currents (Newswise)Low-moving ocean and river currents could be a new, reliable and affordable alternative energy source. A University of Michigan engineer has made a machine that works like a fish to turn potentially destructive vibrations in fluid flows into clean, renewable power. |
State Reviews Private Sector's Renewable Energy Proposals (Resource Investor)The minerals and energy department is assessing private sector interest in future renewable energy projects. |
PG&E Adds More Renewable Wind Energy to its Power Mix (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)Pacific Gas and Electric Company announced today it has entered into a long-term agreement with Hatchet Ridge Wind, LLC, a subsidiary of Babcock & Brown, to purchase up to 103 megawatts of renewable wind energy. |
Settlement money to fund renewable-energy grants (The Barre Montpelier Times Argus)MONTPELIER -- The state will use money from a court settlement to fund renewable-energy grants in towns across the state. ... - BY PETER HIRSCHFELD Vermont Press Bureau |
Experts Wary of Money Problems for Renewable Energy Market (Deutsche Welle)The current financial crisis has some German experts worried about a cut in renewable energy funds. But industry professionals say that no matter which way the wind turns, the turbine blades will keep churning. |
China And U.S. Cooperate On Renewable Energy (Environmental News Network)The Institute of Electrical Engineering of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has signed a memorandum of understanding with the American National Renewable Energy Laboratory for collaboration on the technology of photovoltaic electricity generation. |
Nike, Starbucks call for climate policies, renewable energy (Los Angeles Times)Firms and investor group back emissions cuts, renewable energy. Nike Inc., Starbucks Corp., Levi Strauss & Co. and two other U.S. companies called Wednesday for aggressive policies to limit global warming to help rescue the country from an economic crisis. |
