Posts Tagged clean energy

Americans Willing to Pay Extra for Clean Energy, Study Says

Posted by Boniface Ndirangu in Green Economics on May 15, 2012

Barack Obama’s January 2011 State of the Union address called for a National Clean Energy Standard (NCES) that would target having 80% of all energy sources in the US to be generated from green sources by 2035. The U.S. citizens are ready to pay the extra cost – as long as they will get green [...]

On-Plant Carbon Capture Much More Efficient Than Air Scrubbing, Study Says

Posted by Ovidiu Sandru in Pollution on December 13, 2011

To get rid of carbon dioxide from our atmosphere, one sure way to go would be capturing the gas directly from the air. However, this is more of a challenge than would be capturing the carbon at the source of its emission, the power plant furnaces, say Stanford and MIT researchers. A similar study has [...]

Chinese Coal Producer to Harvest Clean-Burning Combustible Ice

Posted by Ovidiu Sandru in Energy news on November 24, 2011

As China expects a period of peak energy demand from 2020 to 2025, its largest coal producer, China Shenhua Group, now announced that it wants to start commercializing combustible ice, a gas hydrate (methane+water) found in the Qinghai province. The country first made public the discovery of combustible ice in May 2007, under the bed [...]

Obama Plans an $8 Bln Green Energy Budget for 2012

Posted by Mihai Sandru in Green Economics on February 15, 2011

The Department of Energy has $29.5 available billion for the fiscal year 2012. About $8 billion would be invested in solar, wind and advanced batteries. “Whomever leads in the global, clean energy economy will also take the lead in creating high-paying, highly skilled jobs for its people,” the administration said about the budget.

Scatec Solar Plans Huge Solar Power Project for Iron County

Posted by Mihai Sandru in Solar Power on February 9, 2011

Oslo-based Scatec Solar plans a new solar power project in Iron County, Expected to be the largest in Utah, the Norwegian company says the investment will be around $500 million. The photovoltaic panels will be placed across 650 acres in northwestern Parovan.

China's Ambitious Plan To Increase Renewable Energy To 500 GW By 2020

Posted by Mihai Sandru in Green Economics on December 6, 2010

China has published an astonishing and ambitious plan for renewable energy increase for the next 10 years. The plan is to get not less than 500 GW of clean energy on the grid by 2020.

Hybrid Electric Tugboat Proving Capable to Reduce Emissions

Posted by Mihai Sandru in Hybrid vehicles on November 26, 2010

Emissions reduction has been proven to be present even in the shipping industry, the clean energy sector. This time it’s about a hybrid electric tug boat, named Carolyn Dorothy, on which the University of California-Riverside has conducted a study whose end results show that the ÃƒÂ¢€Ã…â€œlittle ladyÃƒÂ¢€ does indeed reduce emissions considerably.

Oregon Utilities Setting Target of Reducing CO2 Emissions 10% Below 1990 Levels

Posted by Mihai Sandru in Green News on November 13, 2010

To decrease the amount of greenhouse emissions 10% below 1990 levels, Portland General Electric (PGE) in Oregon intends to replace coal plants with 2,362 MW wind energy systems and 557 MW of simple-cycle combustion turbines burning natural gas.

Ohio's New Solar Power Plant to Create More Than 600 Green Jobs

Posted by Mihai Sandru in Solar Power on October 8, 2010

A former coal strip mine is going to be transformed into a huge solar power plant in Ohio, creating 600 permanent jobs. The 49.9-megawatt project will be developed by New Harvest Ventures and Agile Energy, and the produced energy for the next 20 years will be bought by American Electric Power.

The White House To Be Equipped With Solar Panels, After All

Posted by Mihai Sandru in Solar Power on October 7, 2010

Previous news were saying that the Obama administration doesn’t have any plans of installing solar panels on the White House. Not even a month has passed, and a representative of the White House in Washington, DC says solar panels will be installed on the White House in order to impulse Americans to adopt green energy.

Huge “Bloom Box” Hydrogen Fuel Cells Provide Clean Electricity To Adobe Systems

Posted by Mihai Sandru in Hydrogen Power on October 4, 2010

Adobe Systems is launching a new emission-free fuel cell technology for cars, under the name of “Bloom Box” fuel cells, in San Jose, California. What is new about the project is the size of the fuel cell, as large as a parking space, that can provide clean energy for dozens of cars or even for [...]

Wind Tunnel Concept Converts Wind Energy Generated by Subway Trains into Electricity

Posted by Mihai Sandru in Green Designs, Wind Power on September 6, 2010

Metropolitan cities around the world build more and more underground subway systems in order to minimize the number of vehicles on the roads. The industrial designers also though to help city authorities by redesigning the current systems, making them more efficient.

Shanghai Railway Station Benefits 6.8 MW Solar Power Plant Since Sunday

Posted by Ovidiu Sandru in Solar Power on July 20, 2010

Germany and Spain may be the leaders in solar photovoltaics, but China comes from behind and amazes everyone with an enormous power station just above the Beijing-Shanghai railway station. The plant is able to produce 6.3 MWh (megawatt-hours) of electricity and can provide the needs of 12,000 households in Shanghai.

Converting Plastic Waste into Clean Energy Without Releasing Harmful Emissions

Posted by Mihai Sandru in Experiments on May 16, 2010

Student scientists at Northeastern University have designed an apparatus capable to transform waste plastic into an alternative fuel without releasing harmful emissions.

New Sources of Combustible Ice Could Power China for 90 Years

Posted by Mihai Sandru in Biogas on March 12, 2010

China has recently discovered major deposits of combustible ice on the tundra of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. According to the researchers, this new source of low-emission fuel could power China for 90 years.

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