Renewable Energy

• Disney promotes a wind project in southern Chile

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  Disney is promoting an initiative entitled "Winds of change in Patagonia": a joint effort by the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) and researchers from the Department of Architecture at the Federico Santa María Technical University (UTFSM) in Valparaíso, Chile.

• Turbo charging the UK clean tech sector

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  This week the UK’s Carbon Trust launched a new service designed to “turbo charge” and stimulate investment in early-stage clean tech companies. The Entrepreneurs Fast Track service is intended to help create a step-change in the growth of high tech, low carbon businesses in the UK.

• Guide published on renewable energy certificates in North America

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  Information provider, Research and Markets, has published a guide on renewable energy certificates (REC) in the USA and Canada. This extensive guide covers everything there is to know about these instruments including: the benefits and barriers to REC market development, eligibility criteria for RECs, and RECs in state Renewable Portfolio Standards.

• Campaign launched to boost uptake of solar power in Georgia (US)

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  The Georgia Solar Energy Association ("Georgia Solar") is launching the Go SOLAR Georgia Campaign to highlight the economic development and job creation benefits Georgia could realize by investing in solar energy. In terms of solar resource, the state ranks tenth among the US’s 50 states.

• Siemens adds 1,356 MW to pipeline in just a week

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  The wind turbine division of the German multinational, which has just announced that it will provide 68 2.3-MW turbines to the Scottish utility Scottish & Souther Energy, has also signed a framework agreement with several Russian entities that provides for the manufacture of wind turbines and the installation of at least 1.2 GW in Russia.

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• Low-cost and high performance heliostats

  (Mon, 12 Jul 2010 10:52:03 -0700)

  Heliostats are the component with the greatest impact on the cost in solar tower CSP installations, assuming 50% of the total investment. In the last years, there have been serious attempts to reduce cost by relaxing some features. The TITAN TRACKER concept achieves the goal of reducing cost offering higher performance than the rest of heliostats.

• The US Solar PV Backsheet Market - Industry Trends and Opportunity Analysis to 2015

  (Mon, 12 Jul 2010 10:51:37 -0700)

  The “The US Solar PV Backsheet Market - Industry Trends and Opportunity Analysis to 2015” report provides market analysis and volume forecasts up to 2015 in the US. The report contains detailed analysis of PV backsheets installed, pricing, market revenues, share of imports and exports, backsheet demand based on domestic module production, lead time analysis and key product analysis.

• Case Study: San Francisco MTA Transit Shelter

  (Mon, 12 Jul 2010 10:51:06 -0700)

  The Challenge: Reinvent the traditional transit shelter to take advantage of solar power. The Solution: Create a next-generation transit shelter that is both environmentally innovative and aesthetically pleasing.

• Intersolar North America

  (Fri, 02 Jul 2010 02:33:30 -0700)

  Intersolar North America, taking place from July 13-15 in San Francisco's Moscone Center West Hall, promotes the development of business opportunities throughout the U.S. solar industry. More than 570 U.S.-based and international exhibitors and 20,000 trade visitors are expected.

• Extracting Oil from Algae

  (Thu, 24 Jun 2010 11:02:59 -0700)

  OriginOil is very specifically a technology company that wants to make it possible for producers to scale up algae industrially. We are very focused on helping to develop an algae industry in which many players do not exist yet. That means that we have to define our role very narrowly, so that other roles can be developed.

Australian Research

• Beryllium in Australian export thermal coals

  (Wed, 21 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +1000)

  A fact sheet on the occurrence of beryllium in Australian and other coals, the behaviour of beryllium during combustion and the environmental and health effects of beryllium released as a consequence of coal use.

• Chromium in Australian export thermal coals

  (Wed, 21 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +1000)

  A fact sheet on the occurrence of chromium in Australian and other coals, the behaviour of chromium during combustion and the environmental and health effects of chromium released as a consequence of coal use.

• Antimony in Australian export thermal coals

  (Wed, 21 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +1000)

  A fact sheet on the occurrence of antimony in Australian and other coals, the behaviour of antimony during combustion and the environmental and health effects of antimony released as a consequence of coal use.
  

• Cobalt in Australian export thermal coals

  (Wed, 21 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +1000)

  A fact sheet on the occurrence of cobalt in Australian and other coals, the behaviour of cobalt during combustion and the environmental and health effects of cobalt released as a consequence of coal use.

• Fluorine in Australian export thermal coals

  (Wed, 21 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +1000)

  A fact sheet on the occurrence of fluorine in Australian and other coals, the behaviour of fluorine during combustion and the environmental effects of fluorine released as a consequence of coal use.

 Energy Technology