Decades Of Renewable Research Some very brilliants minds have been tackling the issue of sustainable, renewable energy for a very long time. Traditional alternative energy solutions such as wind and water turbines, solar panels, and high-capacity storage have been in various stages of use and development, in both commercial and residential applications, for many decades. [...]
Feb 28, 2011 – Akeena Solar, Inc. d/b/a Westinghouse Solar (Nasdaq:WEST), a designer and manufacturer of solar power systems, announced their anniversary of 10 years in business. The commemoration will kick off next month with a Silicon Valley reception to honor individuals who have helped grow the company and the industry, followed by key celebrations [...]
Feb 28, 2011 – Siemens Energy has received a follow-up order for the turnkey construction of eight photovoltaic plants in Italy. The solar power plants will be erected in the Marche and Abruzzo regions, between the Adriatic Sea and the Apennine Mountains. The customer is Viridis Energia, a joint venture between Echidna S.p.A. and La.G.I. [...]
Feb 25, 2011 – The residential installations set the groundwork for the deployment and installation of Blink commercial charging stations, including the Blink Level 2 Pedestal Charger and Blink DC Fast Charger. In October 2010 ECOtality announced that the company will install approximately 920 publicly available Level 2 charging stations in and around the Phoenix [...]
Feb 25, 2011 – Normal electric cars are charged in an hour at a maximum charging power of 22 kW. Siemens is launching a charging point Charge CP700A on the European market which can charge electric cars with a normal battery capacity within an hour. The charging power has been doubled to 22 kW in [...]
Feb 25, 2011 – TEI S.p.A., a leading Italian environmental engineering company, has purchased an LM6000 aeroderivative gas turbine from GE (NYSE: GE) for a second combined-cycle power plant to be located in the Chianti region of Italy, near Tuscany. This project follows the success of the first mid-merit project between the two companies, which [...]
Feb 24, 2011 – Oil price spiked over $100 today and closed slightly under. Please comment with your projection for peak oil price in the next month. Alternative energy stocks and oil stock prices are both increasing due to the Middle East turmoil.
Feb 23, 2011 – Protests continue in Bahrain, Libya etc. Libya is a large producer of oil [in contrast to Egypt] and already half of its production seems to have been halted already. Please leave your comments on what you foresee in the region and its effects on the price of oil and alternative energy [...]
Feb 23, 2011 – The Plumen 001 is named for a bird’s feather. This CFL was designed by Hulger and comes from Plumen in London. It uses 80% less electricity and lasts 8 times longer than incandescent bulbs. Energy efficient can be stylish.
Feb 15, 2011 - The New York Times reports on a zero energy building in Golden, Colorado. “Low whirring air sounds emanate from speakers in the floor, meant to mimic the whoosh of conventional heating and air-conditioning systems, neither of which the 222,000-sq-ft office building has, or needs, even here at 5,300 feet elevation. The [...]
Feb 15, 2011 – Before deregulation if you wanted to offset your home’s energy needs and be at all green you could either install solar panels or a wind turbine in your yard. There exist a number of ways to do this depending on your state utility company and whether or not you wanted to [...]
Feb 11, 2011 – Mubarack resigned today as president of Egypt. President Obama will make statement on Egyptian situation at 3:00 PM today. Please leave your comments here on how you believe this will affect oil prices in the near term and how it will affect movement to alternative energy sources as a means to [...]
Feb 2, 2011 – How will the chaos and political change in Egypt, Tunisia, Jordan and the rest of the Middle East affect the delivery and cost of oil and natural gas? How will it affect the development of solar energy, wind turbines and other alternative fuels and technology? Will biofuels be used more often? [...]
Feb 2, 2011 – As part of the High-Performance Solar Thermal Power research project sponsored by the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety, Siemens together with German partner companies is to build a power plant test facility operating with molten salt as heat transfer medium. The partner companies include the [...]
Feb 2, 2011 - Akeena Solar, Inc. d/b/a Westinghouse Solar, (Nasdaq:WEST), a manufacturer and distributor of solar power systems, announced that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) issued the company another patent that covers key aspects of its Westinghouse Solar panel. The company also announced it had received three foreign patents. Currently, Westinghouse Solar [...]
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