Engineering Society of Detroit Conference on Alternative Energy
03/09/10
The ESD, the acronym for the Engineering Society of Detroit, is now 115 years old and it remains an august institution in the City of Detroit. Once housed in a magnificent marble building next to the Detroit Institute of the Arts it is an encompassing institution that holds many fine conferences on Engineering developments and Issues. Their recent conference held on March 3rd on Alternative Energy was something of a rousing affair, which we do indeed need since Michigan has been hardest hit in this recent Economic turn-down.

Distributed Energy Production And The DIY Movement
03/09/10
A distributed model revolutionized the way industrial-scale computing was delivered. Is it possible that something similar could be achieved for energy production?

Linear Cities Could Lead to 100% Global Sustainability
03/05/10
Energy, Food, & Transportation for the Components of our Genes, Forevermore!

AltEnergyMag Interview - Sanyo North America Now and in the Future
03/03/10
Aaron Fowles is the Specialist of Corporate Communications for SANYO North America Corporation’s Regional Offices, based in San Diego. In this position, Mr. Fowles oversees all public relations activities, including media relations, strategic planning and implementation for all North American regional companies.

10 Things Every Solar Company Should Know in 2010
03/03/10
Renewable Energy companies need Public Relations (PR) for several reasons. The following are the top 10 things I believe every RE company should be aware of in 2010. Remember, the solar industry is still a nascent industry just at the beginning of its steep growth curve. But general awareness of solar and other renewables and their benefits is very low among the general public. The industry needs to educate and communicate with the American public so they better understand renewables and the bright future they can bring to our world.

Cooling applications represent 25% of all electricity use in the United States, consuming over 7 quadrillion BTUs of energy and generating nearly 600 million metric tons of CO2 emissions annually. The Palo Alto Research Center (PARC), is developing a new form of refrigeration that could be three times as efficient as existing forms. It's based on thermoacoustics, a technology that works for cooling at extremely low temperatures (such as for liquefying gases), but hasn't been used for cooling at room temperature (what you need for household refrigeration). PARC has developed a proprietary thermoacoustic refrigeration technology that can achieve double the efficiency of the best current residential and commercial air conditioning and refrigeration systems. Wide adoption of PARC's technology could lead to dramatic energy savings and greatly reduced CO2 emissions. PARC's approach could:

• Double the efficiency of air conditioning
• Save 4 quadrillion BTUs (13% of total U.S. electricity use) per year
• Reduce CO2 emissions by 311 million metric tons annually

Hedging bets: Why the utilities can’t afford to ignore Concentrated Solar Power
Submitted on: 03/10/10, 09:28 AM
CSP Today talks to Dr Fred Morse, Chairman, Utility-Scale Solar Power Division, U.S. Solar Energy Industries Association and speaker at the upcoming 4th Concentrated Solar Power Summit USA this June 24-25, about current constraints on CSP in the US market.

SunPods™ and Capital Funding Group Announce Solar Financing Program
Submitted on: 03/09/10, 09:30 PM
Funding partnership makes it easier for commercial customers to purchase solar power generation.

SMA Solar Technology AG strengthens its presence in North America
Submitted on: 03/09/10, 11:34 AM
Solar Technology AG will strengthen its presence in North America with the foundation of a subsidiary in Canada.

SolarCity Opens Additional Operations Facility in Phoenix
Submitted on: 03/09/10, 09:33 AM
Building on Success of Solar Phoenix Program, City’s Largest Solar Installer Opens New Office in North Phoenix

New Report Outlines Bold New Vision for Solar in America
Submitted on: 03/09/10, 08:56 AM
A new environment America report outlines a vision for using the sun to meet 10 percent of the United States' energy needs by 2030.

WindLog - Wind Data Logger from RainWise

The WindLog' is a compact, inexpensive wind data logger, designed to meet the needs of people considering the purchase of a wind turbine. While many people rely on wind maps to assist them with this purchase decision, these maps don't provide the detailed information for a specific area. The WindLog allows you to do your own accurate wind study to optimize your turbine placement and its performance, once installed. Logs average speed, wind gust and average direction. 1 MB of Flash memory stores over a years worth of wind data. WindSoft, the free software program provided with the WindLog, can generate statistics, graphs and reports. It also can export CSV files for use with Microsoft Excel or any other application that supports CSV files.

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