Top 5 Figures Influencing Renewable Energy in the U.S.

As Oilprice.com embarks on its Top 5 series, we thought it expedient to begin with our take on the key figures shaping and influencing U.S. renewable energy efforts, not least because the issue of energy security is being prioritized in campaigning ahead of U.S. presidential elections. In considering from the numerous choices for these top [...]

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Sludge And Solar Energy To Treat Industrial Wastewater

A group of researchers from the University of Almería (UAL), led by Professor Department of Chemical Engineering Jose Luis Lopez Homes is developing a study on how to decontaminate and disinfect industrial wastewater by a process that combines sunlight, activated sludge and membranes. Thus, in a first stage, the waters are treated in a bioreactor [...]

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Experts from Cuba, USA, Germany and Italy discuss Solar Energy

The sustainable management of renewable energy today focuses discussions at the 10th Cubasolar International Workshop, being held to 27 next in Guamá, Santiago de Cuba. In the coastal and mountainous municipality, the forum participants appreciate the various forms of exploitation of these energy alternatives. Cuban experts with colleagues from USA, Germany and Italy discussed issues [...]

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Gamesa plugs into the Toyota Prius

Gamesa and Toyota have signed a collaboration agreement to promote the use of electric vehicles in urban environments in Spain. Specifically, Toyota Spain has yielded to a plug-in hybrid Gamesa for six months, “to test and verify the car technology, identify possible constraints and analyze the recharging infrastructure needs,” according to the Spanish company. The [...]

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Solar Energy Moves Forward In Arizona

Arizona is taking steps to become a global leader in solar power generation. NRG Solar Companies Solar MidAmerican is moving forward in the development of one of the largest solar photovoltaic power plants in the world, located in western Arizona. The two companies, along with developer First Solar, the photovoltaic plant are operating Agua Caliente, [...]

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Clean Development Mechanism New Loan Scheme

At the African Carbon Forum in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia this week, a new loan scheme was launched aimed at helping to support Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) projects in least developed countries (LDCs). Such projects help to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and contribute to sustainable development and technology transfer, benefitting the economies of developing countries. The [...]

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Fracking Causes Earthquakes, but It’s Worth the Risk

The process of hydraulic fracturing is a mining technique which uses injected fluid to propagate fractures in a rock layer to release hydrocarbon deposits that would otherwise be uncommercial. Developed in the U.S. and first used in 1947 for stimulating of oil and natural gas wells, the use of “fracking” soared in the past decade [...]

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Black Shadows Over Solar Energy Sector In Europe

From Photowatt in France to First Solar in Germany, the solar industry sees its difficulties increase, especially in Europe where manufacturers of solar panels suffer from excess capacity in addition to a fall in government support. “The market exploded in the last three years in a way that was hardly sustainable in the long term,” [...]

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Gasoline is Expensive – Deal with it

The White House announced it was getting into the commodities game in an effort to protect consumers from some of the geopolitical factors spilling over into the retail gasoline market. OPEC and the IEA both said in their monthly reports that market perceptions were behind higher energy prices, not physical shortages. With most U.S. consumers [...]

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