Climate Change and
Energy Security - Tackling
A Daunting Challenge
Andrew D. Weissman
Washington D.C.
February 2008
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A Different Era For The Energy Business
Sales of solar power equipment are hot. Wind energy projects are sprouting up across the landscape. Methane that builds up in the garbage in landfills is being sold in growing quantities to generate power.
Alternative energy - solar, wind, geothermal and a grab bag of other sources - is doing better than ever. But the main reason is not the increase in oil and natural gas prices.
When the cost of fossil fuels rose and fell in past years, the fate of many alternative energy projects rose and fell with them. But that is no longer true. Indeed, even if prices eventually recede from their current level of about $40 a barrel to something in the $30 to $35 range, as many expect, analysts predict that most renewable energy projects will not suffer as badly as they once did. Read More..
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NEW YORK (Associated Press) - Hydroelectric power has been around for decades, but an emerging technology is taking hold to capture energy from the ocean's crashing waves.
Several start-ups have begun deploying buoys that harness energy from wave movement in coastal areas of the U.S., Canada, Europe, South America and Africa. The energy is then sent back ashore via underwater cables.
Ocean power is just one type of renewable energy whose outlook has brightened amid surging energy prices and growing concern about global warming. Within that environment, companies like Finavera Renewables Inc., Ocean Power Technologies Inc., Ocean Renewable Power Company LLC and Pelamis Wave Power have emerged to develop wave-energy projects across the globe. Read More
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New Low Cost Solar Panels Ready for Mass Production
Colorado's State Univ.'s panels will cost less than $1 per watt.
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| Sept. 10, 2007 -- Colorado State University's method for manufacturing low-cost, high-efficiency solar panels is nearing mass production. AVA Solar Inc. will start production by the end of next year on the technology developed by mechanical engineering Professor W.S. Sampath at Colorado State. The new 200-megawatt factory is expected to employ up to 500 people. Based on the average household usage, 200 megawatts will power 40,000 U.S. homes. Read More.. |
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Sempra eyes cross-border power line
By Bruce V. Bigelow
UNION-TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER
February 28, 2008
Sempra Energy has applied for a federal permit to build a high-voltage transmission line across the international border that will connect a proposed wind-energy plant in Baja California to San Diego's power grid.
The estimated cost of the project is not yet available, Sempra spokesman Art Larson said last night.
The cross-border line would tie into the Southwest Power Link, a major 500-kilovolt transmission line operated by San Diego Gas & Electric Co. that runs parallel to Interstate 8.
The proposed line would carry as much as 1,250 megawatts of electric power Read More..
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Search giant Google on Tuesday pledged to spend hundreds of millions of dollars to make renewable energy cheaper than coal.
The effort, dubbed REGoogle itself to next year invest tens of millions in research and development in renewable energy. Technologies created by Google will likely be used by Google, whose data centers are voracious consumers of electricity. The company envisions either selling electricity from renewable sources or licensing technology on terms that would promote broad adoption, according to company founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin. Read More..
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Multi-year Analysis, Results and Recommendations
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Clean Energy Incubator, Austin Energy Agree to Test
Clean Technologies to Accelerate Commercialization
AUSTIN, Texas–The Austin Technology Incubator’s Clean Energy Incubator and Austin Energy have agreed to create the first test-bed environment in the United States for alternative energy companies to prepare their technologies for commercialization.
The partnership will allow clean technology companies to accelerate their path to market through early product validation with a leading utility.
“A major slowdown in getting clean energy companies to market is early utility validation,” said Joel Serface, director of Clean Energy Incubator. Read More.. |
BofA To Target Green Technology |
by The Business Review
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| Bank of America Corp. Chief Executive Kenneth Lewis says BofA will establish a team to identify and finance "the best new ideas in the green economy." Richard Cohen of the bank's strategic interests group will lead the team. Lewis announced the initiative Tuesday at an energy forum in Raleigh, N.C.
"This team will apply the broad capabilities of our company to the biggest environmental challenges," he told the 2008 Emerging Issues Forum at North Carolina State University's McKimmon Center. "We expect the group to be up and running within the coming months." Read More..
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Japan Mines `Flammable Ice,' Flirts With Environmental Disaster
By Shigeru Sato
Dec. 26 (Bloomberg) -- Fifty-five million years ago the world's climate was catastrophically changed when volcanoes melted natural gas frozen in the seabed. Now Japan plans to drill for the same icy crystals to end its reliance on imported energy. Billions of tons of methane hydrate, frozen chunks of chemical-laced water buried in sediment some 3,000 feet under the Pacific Ocean floor, Read More.. |
WESTWOOD, Mass., Mar. 6, 2008 – Fuel cell developer Acumentrics Corporation has received the American Society for Competitiveness (ASC) Philip Crosby Medallion for Global Competitiveness in recognition of the company’s exceptional technological performance.
WESTWOOD, Mass., Mar. 6, 2008 – Fuel cell
developer Acumentrics Corporation has received the American Society for Competitiveness (ASC) Philip Crosby Medallion for Global Competitiveness in recognition of the company’s exceptional technological performance.
“Systems that increase efficiency with near-zero emissions will be the cutting edge of America’s energy competitiveness in the coming years and decades,” said Acumentrics CEO Gary Simon. “This recognition from the ASC Read More.. |
Konarka Demonstrates First-Ever Inkjet-Printed Solar Cells.
Inkjet printing is considered promising because the company’s polymer solar photovoltaic devices can be fabricated very easily because of the compatibility with various substrates and it does not require additional patterning. Konarka calls products it Power PlasticR, a material that converts light to energy
The company discusses and analyzes the performance of highly efficient inkjet printed organic bulk heterojunction solar cells in a paper recently published in Advanced Materials, entitled,"High Photovoltaic Performance of Inkjet Printed Polymer:Fullerene Blends" by Dr. Stelios A. Choulis, Claudia N. Hoth, Dr. Pavel Schilinsky and Dr. Christoph J. Brabec, all of Konarka.
"Demonstrating the use of inkjet printing technology as a fabrication tool for highly efficient solar cells and sensors with small area requirements is a major milestone," commented Rick Hess, president and CEO at Konarka. "This essential breakthrough in the field of printed solar cells positions Konarka as an emerging leader in printed photovoltaics."
Inkjet printing is a commonly used technique for controlled deposition of solutions of functional materials in specific locations on a substrate and can provide easy and fast deposition of polymer films over a large area. The demonstration confirms that organic solar cells can be processed with printing technologies with little or no loss compared to "clean room" semiconductor technologies such as spin coating. The most popular printing tool for organic electronics, inkjet printing could become a smart tool to manufacture solar cells with multiple colors and patterns for lower power requirement products, like indoor or sensor applications.
Konarka Technologies, of Lowell, Massachusetts, is a developer of polymer photovoltaic technology that provide a source of renewable power in a variety of form factors for commercial, industrial, government and consumer applications. (3/3/08)
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Underfunded electric vehicle and windpower company seeks investment capital to expand manufacturing capability
We are a small electric vehicle and windpower manufacturer. We are seeking $300-500K in investment capital to expand our manufacturing, distribution and export capability. We are currently making small electric cars and small (american designed) windmills in southern china. We utilze small independant shops and local suppliers to provide parts for our products.
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