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Waste Generator Briefs.(Briefs)(Sierra Club; American Solar Energy Society; NASA climatologist James Hansen's report on energy management)(heavy-duty truck and engine manufacturers compliance with federal emission standards)(Super Bowl XLI's powered by re
Energy Sierra Club offers climate roadmap One of the nation's pre-eminent climate scientists and two nongovernmental organizations unveiled a plan in Washington Jan. 31 to drastically reduce greenhouse gas emissions using only energy eff ...
Tags: compliance, greenhouse gas, NASA, renewable energy, Sierra Club, solar energy
Research articles 2007-02-05
Concentrating Solar Power: A Review of Technology
The limited supply of fossil hydrocarbon resources and the negative impact of CO2 emissions on the global environment dictate the increasing usage of renewable energy sources. Concentrated solar power CSP is the most likely candidate for providing the majority of this renewable energy, because it is amongst the most cost-effective...
Tags: Royal Academy Of Engineering, Renewable Energy, Solar Energy, Concentrated Solar Power, Telecom & Utilities
White papers 2004-02-20
Renewable Energy Source: SOLAR
This white paper report explains the fundamentals of solar energy. It in detail explains the electricity generation from the solar energy. The paper also discusses direct (non-electric) uses of solar energy and active direct uses such as heating water, and "passive" direct uses such as designing sun-friendly homes. The paper...
Tags: Renewable Energy, Solar Energy, Telecom & Utilities
White papers 2003-11-04
Effect of Fuel Cost on the Price of Desalination Water: A Case for Renewables
The only natural resource of Cyprus is solar energy, which is abundantly available. It is thus sensible to develop desalination systems which can even partly be powered from solar energy systems, either through a combination of photovoltaics and the existing or planned reverse osmosis systems or from a combination of...
Tags: Renewable Energy, Reed Elsevier Inc., Solar Energy, Telecom & Utilities
White papers 2001-03-20
Waste Generator Briefs.(Renewable Energy Systems Americas)(Toyota Motor Sales U.S.A. Inc.)(Freedonia Group Inc.)
Energy Study: Solar products demand to triple Demand for solar energy products is projected to triple by 2010, according to research from The Freedonia Group Inc. The Cleveland-based industry market research...
Tags: manufacturing, renewable energy, solar energy, Toyota Motor Corp., wind farm
Research articles 2007-01-08
World's Largest Solar Photovoltaic Power Plant to Be Built with GE Investment and PowerLight Technology
STAMFORD, Conn. & BERKELEY, Calif. & LISBON, Portugal -- GE Energy Financial Services, PowerLight Corporation and Catavento Lda announced today that they will build the world's largest solar photovoltaic power project. The 11-megawatt solar power plant, comprising 52,000 photovoltaic modules, will be built at a single site in Serpa, Portugal,...
Tags: financial service, GE Energy, General Electric Co., PowerLight Corp., renewable energy, solar energy
Research articles 2006-04-27
University of California: Berkeley, California
Berkeley is the oldest of the UC campuses and serves as the flagship of California's public university system. The Associated Students of the University of California ASUC wanted to deploy a renewable energy system, but needed a way to finance it. In a virtually unanimous vote, the students and Graduate...
Tags: Berkeley, University Of California, PowerLight Corp., Telecom & Utilities, Solar Energy, Renewable Energy
Case studies
WisconSUN Case Study: The Bircher Home
This case study describes about the Bircher home which is not only energy efficient but also uses renewable energy systems, and takes a very practical approach to solar energy. The solar energy systems did not cost a fortune (about $9,000), cover the entire roof, or meet 100% of Bircher family's...
Tags: Renewable Energy, Telecom & Utilities, Bircher Home, Solar Energy
Case studies
Shell Solar in Sri Lanka: Improving Lives With the Flick of a Switch
Shell Solar Lanka, a subsidiary of Royal Dutch/Shell, intends to target the market segments where potential customers will be able to save money over the lifetime of a solar home system by moving away from the inconvenience and recurring cost of kerosene lanterns and battery charging, while receiving better service....
Tags: Telecom & Utilities, Solar Energy, Renewable Energy
Case studies
Great Wine and Clean, Renewable Energy are a Terrific Mix
This case study describes about solar energy system which was designed as a ground mount in Saratoga, CA. This system included 136 Sharp 185 solar modules and 9 Sunnyboy 2500 UL-SBD inverters. This solar energy system provides about 34,222 kwh per year, after taking into account various real-world efficiency losses....
Tags: Renewable Energy, Solar Energy System, Wine, Solar Energy, Telecom & Utilities
Case studies
Solar in the retail club.(news & notes)(Costco Companies Inc., Renewable Energy Concepts Inc. )(Brief article)
The next advance in solar electrical power may be in availability, rather than technology. A major merchant, Costco Corp., is said to be negotiating with a system integrator to offer solar power systems through its stores, at least in California and The next advance in...
Tags: Costco, renewable energy, solar energy
Research articles 2006-05-01

Additional Resources

Making Piedmont a "green" leader
Piedmont's League of Women Voters is going green by helping its community conserve energy, reuse and renew by following PG&E's lead on addressing global climate change. "We've talked about it for a long time to push the community to go to the City Council meetings and see...
Articles 2008-11-26
New Zealand Utility Takes Major Step toward Smarter Grid to Improve Reliability and Reduce Negative Impact of Power Outages
GE's Smart Grid Technology also Helps New Zealand Add More Renewable Power to Grid ATLANTA -- With goals of improving power reliability for consumers and adding more renewable energy, such as wind and solar to the grid, WEL Networks of Hamilton, New Zealand, is implementing GE smart grid...
Articles 2008-11-25
Phoenix Firm Targets Electric Utilities and Solar Energy Vendors Worldwide
Front Page Public Relations( www.frontpagepr.com ) unveiled two energy related marketing programs todayto help utilities and vendors market solar energy, renewable energy,alternative energy, green power, energy efficiency Energy Star products,energy rebates, net metering, feed-in tariffs and utility Demand SideManagement DSM programs to consumers and businesses that will benefitfrom the transition...
Articles 2008-11-25
BioSolar's Production Plans Elevate Its BioBacksheetTM Technology to the Forefront of the Media's Attention
SANTA CLARITA, Calif. -- BioSolar, Inc. (OTCBB:BSRC) continues to garner interest from solar cell manufacturers and members of the media, including California Energy Circuit and PV Tech, following the company's recent announcement that it is preparing for preproduction of its anticipated BioBacksheet[TM], a protective covering for photovoltaic solar cells made...
Articles 2008-11-24
SolarReserve Hires Top International Energy Expert Alistair Jessop for International Project Development
LOS ANGELES -- SolarReserve, a Santa Monica-based developer of utility-scale renewable energy solar power plants, has hired Alistair Jessop as vice president to oversee the company's efforts in Europe and other selected international markets. Jessop will be responsible for developing solar power projects in these regions based on SolarReserve's unique...
Articles 2008-11-24
Solar thermal comes out of the shadows
There is energy to be harvested in deserts of Southern California, Arizona, Spain and Africa: Sunlight focused so intensely it can melt salt, vaporize water and run air conditioners from Phoenix to Seville long after the sun has set. This is concentrating solar power, and it represents...
Articles 2008-11-21
TGI Solar Establishes Solar Power Italy Srl
TGI Solar Power Group Inc. (PINKSHEETS: TSPG),a full turnkey supplier of vertically integrated systems for a variety ofapplications from Solar Parks solar to grid to commercial markets,announced today that it established Solar Power Italy Srl to launch a rangeof solar products and systems for the Italian residential, commercial andsolar power...
Articles 2008-11-20
Destiny, Florida Announces Florida's First Green Energy Station
- America's First Eco-Sustainable City Teams Up With Mid-State Energy, Inc. to Unveil E-Station in 2009 - DESTINY, Fla., Nov. 20 /PRNewswire/ -- Destiny, Florida, America's first eco-sustainable city, announced today that the first green E-station in Florida will be located at the Southeast corner of 441...
Articles 2008-11-20
GWS Technologies, Inc. Announces Customer Financing Available for Microgeneration Products
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- GWS Technologies, Inc., (OTCBB: GWSC) an alternative energy company developing and marketing solar and wind-powered renewable energy products and solutions, today announced that Kingwood Capital will provide the company's commercial and residential customers with financing to purchase the company's growing line of microgeneration products. "This...
Articles 2008-11-20
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