Posts Tagged renewable 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 [...]

Chinese Automaker BYD Unveils World's Largest Battery for Renewable Energy Storage

Posted by Ovidiu Sandru in Energy Storage on January 9, 2012

BYD is already being known as China’s main producer of electric cars. They also produce their own ferrous batteries for the cars, which they now use to store wind and solar power in what represents the world’s largest renewable energy storage based on batteries. Having the size of a football field, the huge battery bank [...]

Germany Uses More Renewable Energy Than Ever Before, Surpassing Nuclear

Posted by Ovidiu Sandru in Energy news on December 20, 2011

Among the world’s most developed countries, Germany seems to be on the right track concerning renewable energy production. The country’s renewable resources have been used more than the classic ones this year, reports BDEW, Germany’s Federal Association of Energy. Therefore, nuclear power dropped to 17.4 percent after Chancellor Angela Merkel had decided to show down [...]

Google Pulls Plug on Renewable Energy Project

Posted by Ovidiu Sandru in Energy news on November 23, 2011

Anyone knows that by trying to catch two (or more) rabbits at once you probably won’t catch any. So does Google, it seems. Larry Page, their CEO, has now decided to pull the plug on a renewable energy project once ambitious: Renewable Energy Cheaper than Coal. Maybe Page took Steve Jobs’s advice to focus on [...]

Germany Could Store Renewable Energy in Ex-Nazi Labor Camps from Harz Mountains

Posted by Ovidiu Sandru in Energy Storage on November 22, 2011

Germany has set itself on a one-way road towards adopting clean, renewable energy, even if that means giving up what is today its most prolific resource: nuclear power. However, Germany has lots of other options, so many that they’ll need extra storage for the energy that can be produced using offshore wind turbines or solar [...]

EKZ's Software Manages Whether Your EV Charges With Renewable Energy or Not

Posted by Ovidiu Sandru in Electric Vehicles on October 13, 2011

Swiss people have traditionally been very precise, civilized and conscious (one can even say eco-conscious, judging by how their country runs). Now, a Swiss firm, EKZ, working with IBM, is trying to “civilize” how electric cars will charge, even if electric cars haven’t made it to regular Joe’s garage… yet. EKZ has already developed a [...]

Nuclear Power Surpassed By Renewables In 2011

Posted by Ovidiu Sandru in Nuclear Power on July 7, 2011

While some political forces in the U.S. still press for funding more nuclear power more, renewable energy production has exceeded nuclear during the first three months of 2011.

U.N. Report Says 80% Energy Production From Renewables Possible by 2050

Posted by Ovidiu Sandru in Energy news on May 23, 2011

A recent United Nations report says that by 2050 up to 80 percent of the global energy could be supplied from alternative resources if public policies will come up with proper incentives.

India to Invest $37 Bln for 17,000 MW Green Energy Capacity by 2017

Posted by Mihai Sandru in Green Economics on May 16, 2011

India currently relies heavily on coal for its mass consumption of energy. Even though the country’s renewable energy capacity represents 11% of the global installed power capacity, for India it is not enough. The ministry for New and Renewable Energy has recently announced an investment of $37 billion in green energy generation, which should add up another 17,000 MW in the next 6 years.

Wind/Wave Power Not Infinite and Not Renewable, German Scientist Claims

Posted by Ovidiu Sandru in Wave power, Wind Power on April 1, 2011

Wind power had always been considered our salvation from peril, our last and most accessible “renewable” resource on this planet. Well, Axel Kleidon, a scientist at the Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry in Jena, Germany, has another theory: wind and wave power are not so renewable and infinite, after all.

CryoEnergy System Stores Peak Energy Into Liquid Air

Posted by Mihai Sandru in Energy Storage on March 31, 2011

The CryoEnergy System uses air comprised in refrigeration units and exposed to the extreme temperature of -196 °C. The resulted liquid air is then kept in an insulated tank, whose ambient pressure doesn’t exceed 1 bar.

The Empire State Building to Be Powered by Wind Turbines

Posted by Mihai Sandru in Green Buildings, Wind Power on January 11, 2011

Empire State Building, the tallest building in New York, and referred to as one of the wonders of the modern world, will buy 100% wind power from Texas-based Green Mountain Energy Company. According to the AIA (American Institute of Architects), the Empire State Building is the first on the List of America’s Favorite Architecture.

24 Percent of New England's Power May Come From Wind

Posted by Mihai Sandru in Wind Power on December 22, 2010

In the region of New England, the land and ocean winds may be an alternative source of electricity in the next ten years. A research conducted by GE Energy Applications & Systems Engineering revealed that 24% of the electricity can be taken from the power of wind.

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.

Thailand To Be Supplied With 9.43MW Worth Of Solar Panels From Suntech

Posted by Mihai Sandru in Solar Power on November 10, 2010

Thailand will be supplied with some more solar panels for a new power plant, as a result of the signed agreement between the authorities and Suntech Power Holding Co. The latter will provide approximately 9.43MW worth of panels to the installation.

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