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Another Solar Tower

Jonathan Buck on January 16, 2008 | 825 Views

Couldn't resist trying out this new functionality on wattwatt. A new project for Australia:

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Australian Government incentives on solar power in homes

Jonathan Buck on September 3, 2008 | 68 Views
First admission: I work for the IEC, the organization that supports wattwatt. Second admission: I work in communications.  But I couldn't help sharing this from Australia thanks to my ...

Ocean energy for Ireland = horse with a furlong start

Philippa Martin-King on August 15, 2008 | 242 Views
Thomas C. Foley, who's US Ambassador to Ireland recently said this: "If I came up to you and said I knew how to get Ireland 20 per cent of ...

'Major discovery' from MIT primed to unleash solar revolution

Jose Vaz Pinto on August 1, 2008 | 710 Views
Scientists mimic essence of plants' energy storage system A breakthrough of the MIT Solar Revolution Project mimic essence of plants energy storage system, in a simple, inexpensive, highly efficient process ...

How Much is a Solar Rooftop Array Worth to You?

Kristen Lee on June 25, 2008 | 832 Views
SunRun, a San Francisco-based company which "installs and operates residential solar systems" is trying to break down the price barrier and make solar arrays more affordable for homeowners.   http://www ...

Compulsory electricity labelling in Upper Austria favours renewables

Philippa Martin-King on June 19, 2008 | 417 Views
In Upper Austria it's mandatory on each electricity bill, for energy suppliers to state the source of electricity being invoiced and how it was generated. Consumers therefore know the ...

HP Technique Doubles Efficiency of Solar Panels

Kristen Lee on June 6, 2008 | 1039 Views
With so many recent advancements in solar energy, I can't wait to see what will be available to consumers in the next few years. Featured article from Matter Network ...

New Energy combined of Biomass Pellt and Stirling Engine

Shinichi Nishidate on May 21, 2008 | 1057 Views
About 5 years ago I could have a chance to study stirling engine and I met one test model of it as our new certification enterprise. I could find a ...

More Efficient Solar Cells?

Kristen Lee on May 15, 2008 | 830 Views
Looks like UC-San Diego researchers have found a way to improve efficiency in thin-film solar panel cells: spike them with nanowires! Seems that they act like an extension of the ...

Sustainable energy - the biggest and best projects around the world

Philippa Martin-King on May 5, 2008 | 746 Views
Rarely do we get to see a review of some of the world's most impressive sustainable energy projects . From Geothermal to photovoltaic, solar, wind and wave, offshore and deep ...

New energy source discovered….

Mat Feakins on March 27, 2008 | 1139 Views
As our petro-economies lights go out we are forced to look at as many of the different options of renewable energy that are available. This weeks Anglo French nuclear talks ...

Solar cell directly splits water for hydrogen

Chris Zumbrunn on February 26, 2008 | 1200 Views
"Plants trees and algae do it. Even some bacteria and moss do it, but scientists have had a difficult time developing methods to turn sunlight into useful fuel. Now, Penn ...

"Tidal farm" is the new buzzword in renewables

Pippa Rojo on February 25, 2008 | 854 Views
One of the world’s first commercial-scale tidal stream projects is due to launch off the coast of Anglesey, near to Holyhead in north Wales in three or four years ...

Are windfarms going to be banned in favour of national defence?

Pippa Rojo on February 4, 2008 | 875 Views
It appears that the British plans to suppy a third of national energy needs through offshore wind farms are being jeopardized by claims that the turbines interfere with defence radars ...

Half top ten emerging environmental technologies are about electricity

Pippa Rojo on January 7, 2008 | 832 Views
According to Live Science , five of today's top ten emerging technologies involve electricity. They either use it to preserve something else or generate it with renewable means. That just ...

Renewable Energy in the Developing Countries

Franklin Ossuetta on December 18, 2007 | 943 Views
Recently the government of Indonesia, a country with a very large population decided it was going to stop the felling of trees for Timber and Wood as trade commodity. Instead ...