SD panel OKs tax break for small energy projects
(AP) -- Property tax breaks will be awarded for investments in small renewable energy projects, a South Dakota legislative committee decided Wednesday, despite concerns that the exemptions would result...
View ArticleUN emission market needs urgent reform
The United Nations (UN) global carbon market requires substantial reform because it too often fails to support the projects and people it is meant to help, according to new research from the Economic...
View ArticleSDSC's Trestles supercomputer speeds clean energy research
A team of Harvard University researchers has been allocated time on the Trestles supercomputer at the San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) at the University of California, San Diego to perform...
View ArticleNew study forecasts sharp increase in world oil production capacity, and risk...
(Phys.org) -- Oil production capacity is surging in the United States and several other countries at such a fast pace that global oil output capacity is likely to grow by nearly 20 percent by 2020,...
View ArticleNew technology reduces data center energy consumption by more than 20 percent
FIT4Green project concentrated in finding new solutions for saving energy in data centres. The project designed and implemented an energy-aware plug-in on top of the current data centres' management...
View ArticleOcean mavericks in Maine turn tide for electrical grid
(Phys.org)—Sadly speaking, the U.S. ocean-energy industry has had to take a back seat to Europe, where government subsidies help entrepreneurs and innovative companies work on their technologies....
View ArticleU.S. approves huge wind farm in Wyoming
A proposed wind farm in southern Wyoming soon may become the largest of its kind anywhere in North America, according to U.S. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar, who authorized the project Oct. 9 during a...
View ArticleBosch follows Siemens out the door of Desertec renewable energy project
(Phys.org)—Another German industrial giant has bailed out of the Desertec project, which is trying to safeguard the future of a green Europe with expanded use of renewable energy. Bosch has confirmed...
View ArticleCooling solution for supercomputer heralds new age in renewable energy
The development of a renewable system for cooling Australia's largest supercomputer is a step closer, following the start of an innovative geothermal energy project in Perth.
View ArticleResearch to pinpoint power-hungry appliances that could help cut home energy...
New research by The University of Nottingham and energy company E.ON could help people to save money on their energy bills by identifying which of their household electrical appliances are using the...
View ArticleScientists calculate the carbon footprint of grid-scale battery technologies
(Phys.org) —Americans take electrical power for granted whenever they flip on a light switch. But the growing use of solar and wind power in the United States makes the on-demand delivery of...
View ArticleOregon wave energy project may be delayed
The company planning a wave energy project off the south Oregon coast says it may not be finished this year.
View ArticleResearchers release massive database of molecules that might be useful in...
Researchers hoping to make the next breakthrough in renewable energy now have plenty of new avenues to explore – Harvard researchers today released a massive database of more than 2 million molecules...
View ArticleThe PROMISE of greater energy efficiency on Europe's islands
While the EU may be made up of 28 Member States, the number of islands within the union runs into the thousands, dotted around the seas of the North Atlantic to the Mediterranean. While climate and...
View ArticleEnergy efficient building in the public eye
Building showcase projects must guide public building to become more energy efficient.
View ArticleGreen-energy community projects need better government backing
Community-led sustainable energy projects are not taken seriously enough by the government, according to a new report from the University of East Anglia.
View ArticleGoogle buys up Dutch wind energy for data center
Google says it will buy the entire output of an 18-turbine, 62-megawatt Dutch wind energy project in the Netherlands to supply power to a major data center it is building.
View ArticleAbu Dhabi fund offers $57 mn loans for clean energy
An Abu Dhabi fund said Sunday that it will provide $57 million worth of concessional loans for clean energy projects in five developing countries.
View ArticleSwitching to energy efficient electrical appliances
EU-funded researchers have developed an online software platform to help household appliance designers make their products more energy efficient.
View ArticleResearchers to put cutting edge wave power technology to the test in real...
Oceans – which after all cover some 71 % of the earth's surface – represent an untapped source of clean, renewable energy. Early demonstrations have already shown that the energy stored in waves can be...
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