Bali Governor Refuses Geothermal Project On Island, Quoting Religious Beliefs
Geothermal wells can offer tremendous energy quantities, yet there are people who, in the name of their religious beliefs, think geothermal as something evil and contrary to their lifestyle. Such a statement comes from Bali governor Made Mangku Pastika.
Market Analysis Company Predicts Cheaper Fuel Cells Within Few Years
RNCOS, a market analysis company, has evaluated the development of the fuel cell industry and recently published a research report called "Fuel Cell Industry Analysis." The report says that the global fuel cell industry will sustain its development trend in the near future.
New Nanoscale-Level Electronic Strain Microscopy Could Improve Li-Ion Batteries
A research team from the ORNL (Oak Ridge National Laboratory) performed a microscopy research on lithium ion batteries. They found out how they actually work at nanoscale levels and provided invaluable data never gathered before.
A123 Systems Officially Opened North America's Largest Lithium-Ion Battery Factory
The A123 Systems company has officially opened North America's largest lithium-ion battery factory. The 291,000-square foot facility is located in the Michigan state (Detroit suburb of Livonia) where it will focus on manufacturing prismatic cells and assemble battery packs for electric and hybrid cars.
Barack Obama Refuses New Solar Panels On The White House
U.S. president Barack Obama has recently refused a proposal to reinstall solar panels on the White House rooftops. The proposal came from Bill McKibben, the founder of a group of environmental activists, who went to Obama in a biodiesel-powered van. Ex-president Jimmy Carter had installed the proposed solar panels on the White House back in 1979. They used to provide heat and were a logo of America's will to free itself from foreign oil.
Solar Cells Featuring Carbon Nanotube Antennas Concentrate Light 100 Times
These days, MIT chemical engineers have come up with a new approach to concentrate solar power by 100 times without needing any lenses, mirrors or anything else than the solar cell itself.
New Stretchable Conductive Material Could Find Uses In Organic/Thin Film Solar Cells
Stretchable solar cells and other flexible electronic devices can celebrate the making of a material developed by three institutions from Germany and Japan called the "silver particle-containing polyurethane base electric wiring."
Vinalhaven, Maine, Has Three Noisy Wind Turbines That Stir Disputes
Wind turbines are not always friendly with their neighbors, because they emit loud sounds and disturb the normal activity of people, especially during nighttime. There are regulations to this, but they are interpretable, even in the eyes of experts, who see the same numbers and tell two different stories.
SunPower To Use Ice and Batteries For Storing Solar Energy
Storage technologies are often a roadblock for alternative energy, because of its intermittent nature. Utilities producing power from wind or solar, for example, have to develop ways of storing the energy for the periods when there isn't such a great demand on the grid, and the produced power is higher than the consumed.
Biglow Canyon – Oregon's 450 MW Wind Farm has Been Completed
Oregon has made a significant progress in the alternative energy field. Portland General Electric (PGE) has recently announced that the 450-MW Biglow Canyon wind farm in northern Oregon has been officially opened.
