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Inexpensive, Environmentally Friendly Process to Extract Hydrogen from Plants

A team of Virginia Tech researchers has discovered a way to extract large quantities of hydrogen from any plant, a breakthrough that has the potential to bring a low-cost, environmentally friendly fuel source to the world.

5 Apr 2013

DOE Announces Five-Year Renewal of Funding for Joint BioEnergy Institute

Reaffirming the Obama administration's commitment to the development of sustainable alternatives to fossil fuel energy, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has announced a five-year renewal of funding for the Joint BioEnergy Institute (JBEI), a Bay Area multi-institutional scientific partnership. Under the renewal, JBEI will be funded at the rate of $25 million annually through 2018.

5 Apr 2013

KKAB to Build New Biomass CHP Plant in Sweden

Katrinefors Kraftvärme AB (KKAB), a 50/50 joint venture owned by Metsä Tissue, part of Metsä Group, and the local municipal energy company VänerEnergi AB, will build a new biomass combined heat and power (CHP) plant in Mariestad, Sweden, in conjunction with the Metsä Tissue mill. This will be the second bioenergy plant operated by KKAB.

4 Apr 2013

New Technique to Produce Renewable Energy

4 Apr 2013

Project Agreements Signed for 330 MW Sarulla Geothermal Power Project in Indonesia

Ormat Technologies, Inc. announced today that Sarulla Operations Ltd. (SOL) has signed a Joint Operating Contract (JOC) and Energy Sales Contract (ESC) for the 330 MW Sarulla geothermal power project in Tapanuli Utara, North Sumatra in Indonesia.

4 Apr 2013

Daegu Hosts 10th IGEEC Expo to Promote Renewable Energy

Daegu has hosted IGEEC since 2004 to promote renewable energy industry develop and boost export. Now, the exhibition grew to be the top 10th global exhibition.

4 Apr 2013

SolarReserve Completes Molten Salt Receiver Panel Assembly on Crescent Dunes Solar Energy Plant Tower

SolarReserve, a U.S. developer of large-scale solar power projects, today announced completion of the assembly of the molten salt receiver panels that sits on top of the 540 foot solar power tower for its 110 megawatt (MW) Crescent Dunes Solar Energy Plant located near Tonopah, Nev.

3 Apr 2013

GSEA Celebrates Successful Initiation of Georgia Power's Advanced Solar Initiative

The Georgia Solar Energy Association, the state's leading voice for solar advocates and professionals, is celebrating the successful initiation of Georgia Power's Advanced Solar Initiative, which will vastly increase Georgia's beneficial solar investment over the next three years.

3 Apr 2013

EKIESL Emerges as India's Largest Corporate Buyer of Renewable Energy Certificate

EKI Energy Services Limited emerged as India's First Largest Private Indian Corporate Buyer of Renewable Energy Certificate (REC) for off-setting the Organizational Carbon Foot Prints, through voluntary participation in last month's REC-trading session on 28th March 2013.

3 Apr 2013

Sheffield Wind Project Does Not Impact Water Quality and Aquatic Life, Reports Vermont ANR Program

First Wind, an independent U.S.-based renewable energy company, today announced that for the second year in a row the Vermont Agency of Natural Resources (ANR) Biomonitoring and Aquatic Studies Program has issued a report that showed that water quality tests at the Sheffield Wind project demonstrate the project has not had an adverse impact to water quality and aquatic life of nearby cold-water streams.

2 Apr 2013