Tue, 24 Jul 2012 23:41:30 CDT forbes.com
Nellis Air Force Base, Nev. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) China's headlong rush into solar-energy equipment for export to the West has stirred global trade tensions. In May the U.S. Commerce Department said it would subject Chinese exporters to anti-dumping tariffs of up to 250% on solar panels.
Tue, 24 Jul 2012 21:20:09 CDT washingtonpost.com
The Obama administration on Tuesday announced its final plan for fast-tracking large-scale solar energy projects in a vast portion of the West, promising installations with enough wattage to power nearly 7 million homes over the next decade. Read full article >>
Tue, 24 Jul 2012 20:38:20 CDT dailymail.com
The U.S. Chamber of Commerces Institute for 21st Century Energy has launched "Shale Works for US," a campaign "to galvanize support" for the shale gas industry, said Karen Harbert, the institutes president and chief executive officer. Harbert launched
Tue, 24 Jul 2012 18:51:47 CDT wvgazette.com
A solar energy project at University High School is getting help from the Appalachian Regional Commission. The commission has awarded a $40,000 grant to help pay for installing a solar panel system on the south wall of the Morgantown schools
Tue, 24 Jul 2012 18:17:10 CDT reuters.com
WARSAW - A coal dust explosion hit Poland's top utility PGE Turow lignite power plant late on Tuesday, sparking a fire that caused a shutdown of three out of eight blocks of the plant responsible for 7 percent of the country's power supply.
Tue, 24 Jul 2012 17:17:00 CDT wsj.com
While Cnooc's takeover of Nexen would give the Chinese producer control of a significant Canadian oil-sands operator, it would also catapult it into the driver's seat in some of the Western world's richest frontiers.
Tue, 24 Jul 2012 16:41:29 CDT rigzone.com
The Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) Tuesday initiated the first ever drill designed to deploy critical pieces of state-of-the-art well control equipment to the ultra-deep seabed of the Gulf of Mexico in an effort to exercise the oil and gas industry's response to a potential subsea blowout.
Tue, 24 Jul 2012 16:26:07 CDT ezinearticles.com
Dye sensitized solar cells (DSCs) are a novel solar technology that has many promising characteristics. The most striking feature of DSC is their ability to be sprayed or painted onto any surface. Recently, researcher have found ingenious ways to increase the efficiency of these cells, thus bringing them closer to the market.
Tue, 24 Jul 2012 15:49:00 CDT wsj.com
European solar-panel makers filed a confidential complaint with the European Commission seeking import tariffs on Chinese-made panels, opening a new front in the battle over renewable-energy products.
Tue, 24 Jul 2012 15:30:21 CDT ezinearticles.com
High altitude wind turbines are a creative wind power concept that provides solutions to many problems facing conventional wind turbines. These machines can produce clean electricity at low cost because of their ability to reach astonishing elevations. Theoretically we could use this idea to tap into the jet stream and other large wind currents. The concept may seem a bit extreme, but it successfully illustrates weaknesses in wind turbine design and proposes simple ways to overcome them.
