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Òne Million Jobs Could Be Created In The US By Switching to Clean Energy

One million more jobs would be created in renewables in G8 countries by 2020 if the leaders of the world’s wealthiest countries agreed to switch from coal and other climate-destroying conventional energy sources to renewables in order to help slash carbon emissions and avert a climate catastrophe

7 Jul 2009

CIGS Solar Panels Cheaper and Use Less Raw Materials Than Traditional Solar Panels

Though the solar industry today predominately produces solar panels made from crystalline silicon, they remain relatively expensive to make. New players in the solar industry have instead been looking at panels that can harvest energy with CIGS (copper-indium-gallium-selenide) or CIGS-related materials

7 Jul 2009

Portable Power Plant in a Backpack Allows Renewable Energy to Be Generated Anywhere it is Required

Bourne Energy's new RiverStar BackPack Power Plant, the smallest of its RiverStar hydrokinetic energy series, is a portable zero-fuel continuous power generator which offers a new dimension in renewable energy systems - ultra-portable 24/7/365 power

7 Jul 2009

Scientists Use Nanotechnology to Tune Nanowires That Make Solar Panels More Efficient At Generating Electricity

A Stanford team has worked out how to tune and improve the light absorption efficiency of the nanowires for use in photovoltaic solar panels

7 Jul 2009

Green Roadway Project to Promote Environmentally Sustainable Technology and Renewable Energy Along the Historic Route 66

Gearing up for its national rollout, The Green Roadway Project demonstrated its new clean energy technology on old Route 66 and received the endorsement of the Route 66 Alliance

7 Jul 2009

Burger King Drive Through to Generate Electricity From Moving Cars

New Energy Technologies, today announced that engineers have completed development of the Company’s newest MotionPower prototype for generating electricity from the movement of cars and light trucks, and will now undertake active field tests of the device at a drive-thru located at a prominent Burger King® franchise in the New York metropolitan area

6 Jul 2009

Anti-Reflective Coating Under Development For More Efficient Solar Panels

XeroCoat Inc. has announced that the United States Department of Energy (US DOE) has awarded the company a grant for a $2.96 million project to develop a method for applying its patented anti-reflective (AR) coating technology directly onto assembled photovoltaic (PV) solar modules

6 Jul 2009

Big Profits to Come From Leading the World on Renewable Energy

New economic analysis shows UK can profit from leading the world in offshore wind and wave power

2 Jul 2009

Thin Film Solar Boost as DuPont and US Department of Energy Make a Deal

DuPont today announced plans with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) for a $9 million solar research program - part of the company's overall effort in providing more mainstream solar photovoltaic (PV) products for commercial and residential applications

2 Jul 2009

Clean Energy the Focus of New Energy Symposium

The expanding clean energy sector in New York State - including research supporting renewable energy technologies and the resulting business and economic development opportunities and impact - will take center stage at the fourth annual New Energy Symposium

1 Jul 2009