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Finding a solution to Radar Interference from Wind Farms. Greenland to Increase share of renewable energy through storage of hydrogen Largest Solar PV power generation comes online in Florida Cell Phone Towers to double as wind energy generators. G.E. powers China's largest chicken waste biogas plant

Conference-Characterization of Advanced Materials Under Extreme Environments for the Next Generation Energy Systems

U.S. and South Africa Sign Agreement on Cooperation in Nuclear Energy R&D

Vienna, Austria – U.S. Secretary of Energy Steven Chu and South African Minister of Energy Dipuo Peters signed a bilateral Agreement on Cooperation in Research and Development of Nuclear Energy on September 14 in Vienna. This Agreement will facilitate cooperation in the areas of advanced nuclear energy systems and reactor technology. The two countries will [...]

SmartGridCity-Boulder Colorado becomes 1st fully Functioning Smart City in the world

DENVER – Xcel Energy’s SmartGridCity™ project in Boulder, Colo., has completed construction of the infrastructure and launched the remaining software to enable all SmartGridCity operational functions. This step makes it the first fully functioning smart grid enabled city in the world that increases reliability, provides customers with greater energy use information, and allows participating customers [...]

Biomass Gasification Process Provides Heat and Electricity at a Michigan Feed Company

Heat Transfer International has completed a biomass gasification heat and electric power generation plant at a feed mill in Howard City Michigan.

This first of its kind facility which was  designed, manufactured and installed by HTI at Sietsema Farm Feeds turns turkey litter into syngas that is then used to make heat and electricity required in the [...]

U.S. Nuclear Energy Status Scorecard

Since we are on the topic of Nuclear energy here is the latest scorecard from the U.S. Deparment of Energy.

Nuclear Power Deployment Scorecard

Powering Future Decades

Current Scorecard – July 14, 2009

Proton Energy Systems is Granted Patent for Breakthrough Hydrogen Technology

PPS

StableFlow Technology Key to Maximizing Efficiency in Large Power Generators

Wallingford CT based hydrogen-technology producer Proton Energy Systems (www.protonenergy.com) said today it earned a patent for its proprietary control system for regulating the purity and pressure of the hydrogen gas used to cool large electric power generators.

 

Proton’s StableFlow system is a breakthrough product for electric power [...]

AT& T Developing Wireless Smart Grid Sensor Technology

Cooper Power Systems, a division of Cooper Industries, Ltd. (NYSE: CBE) recenlty announced that it has entered into an agreement with AT&T, to jointly market and sell to utility companies smart grid sensor devices that are certified on AT&T’s wireless data network.

Utilities can now receive real-time system performance data to efficiently operate their electrical grids, reduce [...]

Recovering Kinetic Energy from Our Roads and Highways

New Energy Technologies, Inc., a next-generation alternative and renewable energy developer, today announced that the Company has expanded testing of its newest MotionPower™ prototype for generating electricity from the movement of cars and light trucks to include new, active durability field tests of the device at the Holiday Inn Express® Baltimore, owned and operated by [...]

Methane Digesters will allow Farmers to Produce Biogas-Energy from Animal Manure

GE Energy’s Jenbacher Onsite Biogas Power Solution Helps U.S. Dairy Farmers Reduce Site Emissions Wisconsin Agricultural Technology Expo Showcases GE’s ‘Cow-Powered’ Biogas-Energy Technology

As lawmakers in Washington, D.C., debate new federal climate-change legislation, Wisconsin’s dairy industry is leading the way in demonstrating the benefits of using cow manure methane digester biogas. In the last several years, [...]

United States D.O.E. to Fund the Nation’s Best and Brightest Researchers

Obama Administration Announces $85 Million in Recovery Act Funding for Early Career Scientists’ Research

WASHINGTON, DC— U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu announced today that up to $85 million in funding under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act will be awarded in early 2010 to support at least 50 early career researchers for five years at U.S. [...]