ZeroPoint Clean Tech, Inc. (ZeroPoint) this week announced that its biomass gasification solution produced carbon negative heat and power for the last half-month of its 2011 operations in Germany. The carbon negative process utilizes biomass to create renewable gas and yields biochar as a co-product. Biochar is a highly stable form of sequestered carbon with [...]
A new report issued today by Fitch Ratings discusses the clean energy practices settlement enacted by California legislators on Nov. 23, 2011. The settlement, know as the Qualifying Facility and Combined Heat and Power (QF/CHP) Program, took the following steps: –Established capacity targets under the settlement for investor-owned utilities (IOUs); –Revised the calculation of Short [...]
FuelCell Energy, Inc. FCEL -0.02% a leading manufacturer of ultra-clean, efficient and reliable power plants, today announced a partnership agreement with Abengoa S.A. to develop localized stationary fuel cell power plants for markets in Europe and Latin America. Abengoa will develop, manufacture and market stationary fuel cell power plants using fuel cell modules provided by [...]
Center for Energy Transformation and Innovation Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, Gov. Peter Shumlin and Sandia National Laboratories Vice President Rick Stulen have announced a $15 million, three-year partnership to establish a joint Center for Energy Transformation and Innovation to be housed at the University of Vermont. Researchers at the center will collaborate on research in [...]
Hypersolar claims to have developed a breakthrough technology to make renewable natural gas using solar power. Today they announced that this new technology can help reduce the need for hydraulic fracturing (fracking) used to access underground natural gas resources. The company’s renewable natural gas is a clean, carbon neutral methane gas that can be produced above ground [...]
The Honourable Joe Oliver, Minister of Natural Resources, yesterday opened the Solar Canada 2011 conference in Toronto and highlighted the growing importance of renewable technologies in Canada’s energy mix. Minister Oliver discussed the solar industry’s strong foundation for growth and the Government of Canada’s continued support for research, development and deployment in solar technologies. “Through [...]
Beginning in December, residential electric customers served by Consumers Energy can submit applications to participate in the utility’s Experimental Advanced Renewable Program (EARP). This program allows electric customers to sell the output of customer-owned solar generating systems to Consumers Energy for a fixed price over a contract length of 15 years. Applications for this next phase of [...]
A team of scientists have used the Ozone Monitoring Instrument (OMI) on NASA’s Aura satellite to confirm major reductions in the levels of a key air pollutant generated by coal power plants in the eastern United States. The pollutant, sulfur dioxide, contributes to the formation of acid rain and can cause serious health problems. The [...]
Indices for Americas, Europe/Middle East/Africa and Asia/Oceania, and then for sub-sectors such as solar and wind, will offer fresh insight for investors and ETF providers NYSE Euronext in partnership with research company Bloomberg New Energy Finance have announced that they will launch three regionally-focused clean energy stock indices, enabling the quoted companies most active in [...]
AUBURN HILLS, Mich.–Energy Conversion Devices, Inc. (ECD) ENER-15.85%, a leading global provider of lightweight, flexible solar products and systems for the building-integrated and commercial rooftop market, filed a Current Report on Form 8-K with the Securities and Exchange Commission regarding the appointment, effective December 5, 2011, of Julian Hawkins as Chief Executive Officer and President [...]
London and New York. The annual value of renewable energy capacity installed will double in real terms to $395bn in 2020, rising to $460bn in 2030, compared with $195bn in 2010 – according to analysis company Bloomberg New Energy Finance. As a result, in 20 years’ time 15.7% of total energy production will come from [...]
Air pollution from the 10,000 largest polluting facilities in Europe cost citizens between € 102 and 169 billion in 2009. This was one of the findings of a new report from the European Environment Agency (EEA) which analysed the costs of harm to health and the environment caused by air pollution. Half of the total [...]
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory are evaluating the feasibility of developing solar power production on the Price’s Pit Landfill in Pleasantville and Egg Harbor, New Jersey. The assessment is part of the RE-Powering America’s Land Initiative through which EPA will help revitalize abandoned sites, clean [...]
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Torresol Energy Launches Commercial Operations of Twin Solar Thermal Plants in Spain
Solar Alliance and SEIA Merge to Establish U.S. Solar policies at the State Level
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