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Under Pressure: Startup Company Turns Water into Power By David Ferris When Frank Zammataro thinks about water pressure, he sees an opportunity to create electricity. Zammataro, 53, is President and Co-Founder of Rentricity—a New York City energy company that has discovered a new way to tap into the excess pressure in water-treatment plants, reservoirs, and factories to help power our …

Ever since mankind originally came into being, sunlight was and definitely will continually be readily available. For decades many individuals have been worrying in regard to the escalating energy bills. On account of this, solar technology systems have grown to be an excellent alternate option over the years. Direct sunlight is readily at your disposal especially in regions near the …

Solar power systems are also known as photovoltaic panels plus the atoms which are present in these panels are excited by the action with the sun’s power. These atoms are present in a silicon layer that lies among two panels known as protector panels. A formation of electric current takes place consequently with the action with the electrons from the …

ClearEdge Power Signs Market-Defining $500 Million Multi-Phase Agreement to Deliver 50 Megawatts of Clean Energy to Güssing Renewable Energy When completed, agreement will be one of the largest ever in the stationary fuel cell industry HILLSBORO, Ore. – January 10, 2012 – ClearEdge Power, a manufacturer of scalable, continuous onsite power systems, today announced that Güssing Renewable Energy GmbH, a …

Public Utilities Commission orders utilities to use renewable sources before electricity from fossil fuels San Francisco – The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) voted unanimously today to strengthen a key clean energy policy in California called the Loading Order. The Loading Order sets a priority list for electricity sources. California’s utilities must first employ energy efficiency and conservation to meet …

ACEEE REPORT: U.S. BETTER OFF “THINKING BIG” ABOUT ENERGY EFFICIENCY INSTEAD OF FOCUSING FIRST ON DEVELOPMENT OF NEW ENERGY SOURCES How Lack of Emphasis on Major Energy Efficiency Investments Leaves “3 Jokers in the U.S. Economic Deck”; Slashing Energy Use 60% Could Generate 2 Million Jobs & Save the Equivalent of $2600 Per Household Annually. WASHINGTON, D.C.///January 12, 2012///America is …

Utilities worry about a lot of things, such as keeping the lights on, earning a return for investors, and making regulators and customers happy with their service. Now there is a new worry: How can they protect customers from what one utility refers to as “mental fatigue?” By Elisa Wood January 11, 2012 In this particular case, the utility raises …

Good article today on ZD Net about the next year in electric cars. 7 trends driving electric vehicles in 2012 As 2011 draws to a close, the environment for electric vehicle adoption remains positive — despite a dramatically altered political landscape, which could result in reduced federal financial support for pilots or individual purchases moving forward, and battery safety concerns …

Since ancient times, individuals have depended on fossil fuels for their energy requirements. Coal was essentially the most utilized source of energy. Gradually the dominance of coal gave solution to petroleum. Control of the oil resources has played a most important role in world economic climate and politics. However, each of these fuels are finite. But long ago, they actually …

Catching a nasty virus certainly isn’t on anyone’s holiday wish list, but for solar power it might be just what the doctor ordered. With the help of a genetically modified virus, materials researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have found a way to boost the efficiency of one type of thin-film photovoltaic cell by 30 percent. For years, engineers …

New Program Supports Renewable Energy Installations London, England – 20 December 2011 – Greycon Ltd., a world leader in supply chain optimisation for the paper, printing, film and nonwovens industries, today announced a new program that supports renewable energy installations through free consulting and development for photo-voltaic (PV) installations. Inspiration for this new program came to Greycon from its customer, …

“GDC Strikes Steam in Menengai,” exalts the cover of this spring’s issue of Steam, the magazine of Kenya’s Geothermal Development Company. A column of steam spurts high into a deep blue sky in the cover photo—the geothermal industry’s equivalent of the black column that spurts from a successful oil well. But steam is even more valuable than oil, at least …

Not only big corporations are now shifting to the use of solar power electricity systems. Attracted to its various benefits, corporations, non-profit organizations, schools and even small businesses are investing for their installation. Along with their benefits, rewards from the state, solar rebates from local utility companies, inflating rates of electricity and effects of global warming contribute to the desire …

December 14, 2011—As the US has launched an anti-dumping investigation of China’s solar products, the Chinese PV industry is taking steps towards self-preservation – Taiwanese vendors will reap the benefits of these measures, and will likely see increased sales. According to statistics from EnergyTrend, a research division of TrendForce, module products from China account for over 50% of the U.S. …

Around the world lack of energy is an issue experienced by all of us, mainly because of this, most people are in search of a less expensive electrical source. Countless individuals are going to use magnet machines since they are useful, thus numerous ways that; they are indeed uninterrupted power. You may find out more about magnet motor at Magnet …

Test results indicate that the company’s breakthrough design will produce conversion efficiency far in excess of current solar technology Santa Barbara, CA – December 13, 2011 – Solar3D, Inc. (OTCBB: SLTD), the developer of a breakthrough 3-dimensional solar cell technology to maximize the conversion of sunlight into electricity, today announced the results of a simulated test of its new solar …

Nearly 6-MW Array to Provide Clean, Green Power to 600 Homes ORLANDO – OUC – The Reliable One proudly announced the completion of the first solar farm in Orange County on Wednesday in a dedication ceremony that included Orange County Mayor Teresa Jacobs, Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer, OUC Board President Maylen Dominguez and OUC Commissioner Dan Kirby. The Stanton Solar …

By Elisa Wood December 7, 2011 Electric utilities operated under a rarefied business model for decades. Their customers were captive so they rarely had to think about what motivated them to buy. New government energy efficiency mandates have changed that, and done so with an ironic twist. Now utilities must figure how to get their customers to refrain from buying. …

OriginOil will work with DOE’s Office of Biomass Programs to create standards for algal biomass Los Angeles, CA – December 8, 2011 – OriginOil, Inc. www.originoil.com (OTC/BB: OOIL), the developer of a breakthrough technology to extract oil from algae and an emerging leader in the global algae oil services industry, today announced the funding of a new research agreement with …

A milestone has been reached on the road to developing advanced biofuels that can replace gasoline, diesel and jet fuels with a domestically-produced clean, green, renewable alternative. Researchers with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)’s Joint BioEnergy Institute (JBEI) have engineered the first strains of Escherichia coli bacteria that can digest switchgrass biomass and synthesize its sugars into all three …