By Institute for Energy Research
The Obama Administration sold its $787 billion stimulus plan on the basis of improving the economy through investing in green energy and by doing so, increasing employment in the United States. But what is actually happening, particularly with wind and solar projects, is that the majority of the manufactured components [...]
GET ready for the advent of cheap and affordable power from solar cells.
Two Chinese entrepreneurs flew in on Sunday from Hong Kong to offer their products, which promise to deliver power to those areas that are not connected to the power grid.
They are Li Hao Bo, general manager of Full Energy Corp. Ltd.; and John [...]
Two state agencies signed a collaboration agreement
Two of the largest solar power research institutes, the Institute of Electrical Engineering (IEE) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the American National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), recently signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU), with the express purpose of forwarding international research and technological development of next-generation photovoltaic [...]
WIND power is picking up as Singapore breezes ahead in its drive to become a global clean energy centre.
Danish wind power company Vestas Wind Systems officially launched its $500 million wind research centre here on Monday.
The government will also give research a boost with a $25 million fund to turn green research into marketable applications. [...]
An International Symposium on the Peaceful Applications of Nuclear Technology in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries will be held at King Abdul Aziz University (KAU) in Jeddah on Nov. 3-5. The Higher Education Ministry and the KAU’s department of nuclear engineering are jointly organizing the event. The chairman of the department, Mohammed ibn Subian [...]
By Julie Belschner
CLEMSON UNIVERSITY — Lowering the cost of gasoline pumped into a car isn’t likely to happen anytime soon.
But the number of miles a car travels on a gallon of gas could increase drastically through something as simple as the heat produced by the automobile’s exhaust.
Two-thirds of a car’s fuel is emitted unused [...]
By Song Jung-a in Seoul
LG Electronics will buy a 75 per cent stake in Conergy’s solar module plant in Germany, the South Korean company said yesterday, its first overseas foray into the lucrative sector.
The group sees the deal, which is expected to cost LG at least Won200bn ($180m), as a potential driver of future growth [...]
by Song Jung-a in Seoul
LG Electronics will buy a 75 per cent stake in Conergy’s solar module plant in Germany, the South Korean company said yesterday, its first overseas foray into the lucrative sector.
The group sees the deal, which is expected to cost LG at least Won200bn ($180m), as a potential driver of future growth [...]
