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Austria’s most efficient thermal power plant

Gabriel — Sat, 23 Jun 2012 11:43:06 +0000

The heat-and power cogeneration plant had already commenced operation in May 2012. With an electrical rating of 838 MW and an efficiency of 59.2 percent in straight power generation, the new plant surpasses the contractually agreed performance values. Thanks to the district heating output of 400 MWth, more than 80 percent of the energy in […]

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Underwater solar cells to harvest renewable energy

Adrian — Fri, 15 Jun 2012 21:08:58 +0000

A team from US Naval Research Laboratory leaded by Philip Jenkins recently demonstrated a method for harvesting solar power underwater at depths of 30 feet. Due to this source of renewable energy underwater, long term installations of autonomous systems will have enough power to work properly. As Jenkins says, this technology is meant to be […]

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EU research breakthrough will cut 4G / LTE mobile network energy use in half

Gabriel — Tue, 22 May 2012 19:14:56 +0000

In coming years, internet access will be dominated by wireless devices such as mobile phones and tablets. Today there are 1.2 billion mobile broadband users, and the figure is growing by hundreds of millions each year. Mobile video and other data services consume much more energy than calls and SMS. This creates additional costs for […]

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The energy efficient soldier

Gabriel — Thu, 10 May 2012 18:23:34 +0000

Researchers at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory Electronics Science and Technology Division are working to help the U.S. Marine Corps (USMC) reduce expeditionary energy supply needs and risks and increase the effectiveness of forward deployed forces. “One of the most significant challenges currently facing the Marine Corps is the need to supply sufficient electricity to […]

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The Environmental Energy Innovation Building Completed in Ookayama Campus

Gabriel — Sat, 28 Apr 2012 18:24:16 +0000

When you take the Tokyu Ooimachi line between Jyugaoka and Ookayama, you will come across a huge building covered in black panels just after you pass by Midorigaoka station. This is the new Environmental Energy Innovation Building built in Ookayama campus, which was just completed this February. This building, which will be used for the […]

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Waste to energy technology moves from the lab to the marketplace

Gabriel — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 19:43:32 +0000

Technology invented by a University of California, Davis, researcher that converts solid waste into renewable energy is debuting today as the first commercially available, high-solid anaerobic digestion system in the United States. Ruihong Zhang, a UC Davis professor of biological and agricultural engineering, has been working on her anaerobic digester technology for the past decade, […]

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Munich is maintaining the interest for renewable energy

Adrian — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 18:25:53 +0000

Munich continues to maintain its interests for renewable energy power sources and also to glow the Allianz Arena, the place where the local soccer team FC Bayern Munich plays. As we noticed in a Smartplanet’s article, the local utility company SWM – Stadtwerke Munchen also called Munich City Utilities has joined with Siemens AG to […]

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Carnegie Mellon University Purchases 100 Percent of its Energy From Wind Power

Gabriel — Sat, 14 Apr 2012 19:36:12 +0000

Carnegie Mellon University has announced that it will purchase green power to offset 100 percent of the university’s electric consumption for 2012. The purchase reflects CMU ‘s longstanding commitment to promoting environmental sustainability. CMU will purchase 116,000 megawatt hours (MWh) of Green-e certified renewable energy credits from Renewable Choice Energy. The power supported by the […]

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The Rooftop Solar Challenge – How can we make it easier and more affordable to use solar power in our homes

Gabriel — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 18:53:51 +0000

The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, is part of a national effort to find out. UT ’s Howard H. Baker Jr. Center for Public is participating in the US Department of Energy’s Rooftop Solar Challenge, an effort to encourage wider use of solar energy by streamlining the permitting processes, cutting red tape, and lowering the costs […]

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Scotland keeps the target on renewable energy

Adrian — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 15:17:47 +0000

Scotland is 35% power by renewable energy. Seems to be impressive but the goal is to get 100% of its power using renewable energy by 2020 appeared in an article on Treehugger. “The Department of Energy and Climate Change statistics said the amount generated in Scotland rose by 45% last year to 13,750 Gigawatt hours […]

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