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Category: Renewable Energy

Equinox Summit Building Cleantech Roadmap

Equinox Summer: Energy 2030, Waterloo Global Science Initiative

With the "Equinox Summit: Energy 2030," organizers aim to move beyond talk and find a clear path to meeting the energy challenges the world faces. Read more →

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New Wind Power Plant Feeds Omaha Utility

Flat Water Wind Project, Nebraska, Gestamp

The Flat Water Wind Project goes online in Nebraska, providing up to 60 megawatts of green power to the Omaha Public Power District. Read more →

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HyperSolar Moves Along Solar Panel Magnifier

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HyperSolar has announced they have completed a design model for a solar concentrator prototype that will fit over the top of conventional solar panel cells. Read more →

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Solar Scaled Down For Disaster Relief

portable concentrating solar power system, Nanogen

Concentrating solar power is typically used on giant utility-scale plants. But Nanogen has scaled down CSP in a portable system intended for disaster relief. Read more →

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IKEA Gets Its Own Wind Power Plant

wind power plant, Sweden, Ikea, O2

Home-furnishing giant IKEA hooks up with Swedish wind developer O2 on a nine-turbine plant that will meet the energy needs of 17 stores. Read more →

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New Alloy Promises Better Heat To Energy

The United States Department of Energy (DOE) announced earlier this month that they have developed an alloy that achieved a 25% improvement of a substance's ability to convert heat to electric energy. Read more →

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150 MW Ideal Concentrating Solar Size?

parabolic trough, concentrating solar power (CSP)

CSP Today studied projects sized between 100 and 280 MW and found 150 the ideal size for concentrating solar power projects. Read more →

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Steam From Magma Well Possible Energy Source

Krafla volcano, iceland, geothermal research

Magma stopped researchers short in their drilling on Iceland's Krafla volcano. But they might have stumbled across a powerful source of very hot, dry steam. Read more →

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Where Wind Turbines And Motocross Combine

motocross track, wind power, texas

Here Enterprises breaks ground on its unique integration of wind power at a motocross track outside San Antonio, Texas. Flaming turbines of death anyone? Read more →

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Biomass Viable At $140 A Ton, Study Says

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What would it take for biomass-produced fuels to replace 30 percent of our petroleum use? A big jump in the price paid for raw materials, researchers say. Read more →

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