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We’ve discussed the pros and cons of a proposed US Renewable Energy Standard of 15% by 2021 a bit here on Cleantechnica lately. While we struggle for that bare minimum, though, European nations are steaming ahead in their renewable energy targets. Northern Ireland announced this week that it plans to hit 40% renewable energy by [...]
In one of those happy research accidents that lead to new breakthroughs, scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have developed a new kind of nanowire that produces light, much like the glow produced by LED technology. The team was actually fine tuning a new method for manufacturing ultra thin or nanoscale [...]
Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in New York have been tapped for a $2 million study on the use of new nanoengineered ceramic materials to store energy, particularly from wind turbines and solar arrays. The four-year study could crack open the energy “bottleneck” inherent in wind and solar power, which arises from the variable nature [...]
The $1.2 billion Thanet Offshore Wind Farm started sending power to the electric grid last week. While I was caught up with other stories at the time, I thought this was definitely worth coming back to. The Thanet Offshore Wind Farm includes “100 Vestas V90 wind turbines that have a total capacity of 300 MW.” It [...]
UK shipping emissions might be as high as aviation emissions, according to some new research that finds emissions rates previously calculated were way to low because the industry only included fuel bought at UK ports in their calculations…. Yes, that would create an obvious problem (if you want accurate estimates). The new report, titled Shipping [...]
Many environmentalists claim that we don’t need utility scale solar in our deserts because we could simply solar power America from our rooftops. Technically, this is true. Most houses do have the space for it. However, that fact alone is not enough. As someone who asks people if they would like to get (free) solar [...]
The Philadelphia Navy Yard, once home mainly to mothballed ships and notorious for asbestos contamination, has undergone a gradual transformation in the last ten years since the site was cleaned up and new businesses moved in. Now things are really starting to heat up. The U.S. Department of Energy will put up $122 million for a new “Energy Innovation Hub” to be located at the Navy Yard, featuring a partnership between United Technologies and Pennsylvania State University.
The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has invited 34 clean energy companies to present their business plans at the annual Industry Growth Forum next month, and the event promises a glimpse into the green jobs growth potential of sustainable technology. The Growth Forum has already established an impressive record for attracting investors. Growth Forum presenters have raised more than $3.4 billion since 2oo3, which is all the more impressive considering that includes a full five years under the Bush administration, which was no friend to the clean tech business community.
