Wednesday, March 28, 2012

Alternative Energy - BP's Landis Sees Wind Competing Without US Help




March 19 (Bloomberg) -- Katrina Landis, chief executive officer of BP Plc's alternative-energy unit, talks about BP's investments in alternative-energy, including wind power, and US government subsidies. She speaks with Adam Johnson and Trish Regan from the Bloomberg New Energy Finance Summit on Bloomberg Television's "Street Smart." (Source: Bloomberg)



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Solar Energy - Solar energy generation in three dimensions




Experiments and numerical simulations demonstrate the benefits of arranging photovoltaic panels into macroscopic three dimensional structures. Article can be found here: www.quantumday.com



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Next Big Future

Solar power towers overpower PV panels by 20X
Register
"Our findings suggest that harnessing solar energy in three dimensions can open new avenues towards Terawatt-scale generation," the authors write in the abstract of their article, "Solar energy generation in three dimensions", published online by the ...
Innovative 3-D solar designs from MIT can double the solar power generated in ...Next Big Future
Next Generation Solar PanelsGreen Chip Stocks
MIT 3D solar panels gather up to 20X more powerUbergizmo
Fierce Energy -eco-business.com
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Solar3D High Efficiency Solar Cell Fits into Highest Growing Segment; Next ...
Power Engineering Magazine
Solar3D's 3-dimensional solar cell is forecast to be the highest efficiency among currently anticipated next generation silicon solar cells. Jim Nelson, CEO of Solar3D, commented, "There is a greater emphasis worldwide on rooftop applications, ...

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Solar3D 3-Dimensional Solar Cell Reduces Payback on Solar Power Systems by at ...
MarketWatch (press release)
These revolutionary cost benefits, which have eluded the solar industry to date, can make solar power affordable for millions of people. "We have achieved these cost benefits with our 3-dimensional cell design," said Jim Nelson, CEO of Solar3D.

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Electrical Marketing's LiveWire

Solar3D's New Tests Reveal Game Changing Solar Cell
MarketWatch (press release)
The results reveal that the company's breakthrough solar cell can produce 200% of the power output of conventional solar cells. The company's innovative single wafer silicon solar cell is based on a 3-dimensional design with two very powerful and ...
Does Solar 3D, Inc. (OTCBB: SLTD) Have the Ability to Advance Their Solar Cell ...OTCEquity.com

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Solar3D Thinks Its Solar Cells Can Produce 200% the Power of Conventional ...
CleanTechnica
Solar3D is a young solar cell company looking to mass produce 3-dimensional (3-D) solar cells. Take a stroll through our Solar3D articles from the past year for a little more history. Now, the innovative solar company is under the impression that “it ...

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renewable energy - The End of Nature




The End of Nature
The End of Nature (Paperback)
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Solar Concentrator - Impact: Solar Concentrators to Improve Efficiency of Solar Panels




UC Merced Professor Sayantani Ghosh is developing a solar concentrator that could allow solar panels to be used in new places, such as car windows.






Tuesday, March 27, 2012

solar power companies - Solar Energy for Farming - Solar Panel Efficiency




tinyurl.com Solar Energy for Farming - Solar Panel Efficiency



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Next Big Future

A New Dimension for Solar Energy
Product Design & Development
Now, a team of MIT researchers has come up with a very different approach: building cubes or towers that extend the solar cells upward in three-dimensional configurations. Amazingly, the results from the structures they've tested show power output ...
Innovative 3-D solar designs from MIT can double the solar power generated in ...Next Big Future
MIT 3D Solar Panels The Clean Energy Game Changer?EarthTechling
3D solar towers offer up to 20 times more power output than traditional flat ...Gizmag

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Environmental Leader

Accordion-shaped solar tower captures more light
CNET
Because the cost of solar panels has dropped so much, designing three-dimensional structures to take in more light intake and boost power output now makes sense, according to researchers at MIT. by Martin LaMonica March 26, 2012 9:41 AM PDT Follow ...
Next Generation Solar PanelsGreen Chip Stocks
Clean Links: Solar, Wind, Energy Efficiency, Clean Transport, Energy Storage ...CleanTechnica
Think solar power can't compete with big utilities? Think againMinnesota Public Radio
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette -Power Engineering Magazine
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Energy companies vie to build solar farm on Westport landfill
Fall River Herald News
The site is about 15 acres; the 2.5 acres directly atop the landfill are the most desirable for a solar farm as the land would not have to be cleared. Solar energy companies American Capital Energy and Smart Energy Capital are the two finalists out of ...

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Board rejects solar farm
Boston.com
By Jose Martinez Months of meetings filled with questions about the composition of solar panels, potential noise from solar-power inverters, and even the preservation of an old maple tree infested with ants ended last week with the Holliston Planning ...




GigaOm

Another lawsuit to protect critters from solar farms
GigaOm
Its original developer, Tessera Solar, sold it to K Road Power in late 2010 after receiving final approval from the US Department of Interior. K Road said it wanted to change the technology to use mostly solar panels instead of only solar mirrors.

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Solar Electricity - Karmic Juggernaut - "Oo Wah Hoo" - Solar powered recording [HQ]




Recorded using a solar-powered mobile recording studio. What you see is what you hear. Shot in various outdoor locations throughout New Jersey. Directing and video production by JR Skola and Dawn of Man Productions www.dawnofman.com Engineered and mixed by Kevin Grossman and James McCaffrey Solar engineering by Kevin Grossman www.karmicjuggernaut.com






Alternative Energy - Alternative Energy - Wind by Eco Energy




Subject : Alternative Energy, KMITL Wind Energy By : Eco Energy Group Present to : Dr.Surin Khomfoi



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The View From California
Wall Street Journal
When Jerry Brown was first elected governor of California, the renewable-energy movement was in its early days. Now, more than three decades later, he's back at the helm in California. Renewable energy has grown into a major industry, but the political ...

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The Siren Song Of Natural Gas
Wall Street Journal
This much is clear: The sudden abundance of inexpensive natural gas in the US has changed energy markets in profound ways. Even some of the most ardent supporters of alternative energy are grappling with gas. "Shale gas was a black swan," says venture ...

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Natural Gas as a Game Changer
Wall Street Journal
How do proponents get the skeptics to buy into what Mr. Pickens and Mr. Rendell say is a huge opportunity to boost the US economy without giving up on developing significant sources of renewable energy? The Wall Street Journal's Kimberley A. Strassel ...




Santa Barbara Independent

Gates: Cheap, Clean Energy Not Coming Soon
Wall Street Journal (blog)
For all the coverage of this conference, check out: http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/tag/economics) Microsoft co-founder and philanthropist Bill Gates is also an investor and proponent of alternative energy. But despite Mr. Gates' enthusiasm for ...
Bill Gates: Increase funding for clean energy researchLos Angeles Times
Bill Gates: New nuclear could be “energy miracle”Pacific Coast Business Times
Bill Gates says money, changes needed to reach zero carbon emissionsVentura County Star
Santa Barbara View
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Republican Arguments Running Out of Gas
Huffington Post
Hailed by many as a campaign speech, the tone and tenor of the president's address should be a reminder that the issue of energy policy is highly political -- and one not likely to go away anytime soon. The reality is that the president has very little ...

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