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The Solar Decathlon
07/31/11 - Bob Hetherington - AltEnergyMag
First of the series - coveing all entries. Here are 5 of the entries in this years Solar Decathlon for your interest and enjoyment. More to come in future issues. These students have earned the support of us all. Thanks for giving us your view of the future!
 
Fuel Cell Benefits Drive Repeat Customers
02/21/12, Elizabeth Delmont, Fuel Cells 2000
Companies might be trying fuel cells to portray a green image, or to stay on the cutting edge of technology. They become repeat customers because the technology works and saves money over incumbent systems. As our reports show, there is a business case for fuel cells. With corporate, government, and international interest, fuel cell deployments are sure to grow even more over the next few years.
 
The Battle for Energy
08/26/11 - Florian Ion Petrescu , Relly Victoria Petrescu - Bucharest Polytechnic University
The share of renewables in electricity generation is around 18%, with 15% of global electricity coming from hydroelectricity and 3% from new renewables. This paper aims to disseminate new methods of obtaining energy.
 
Energy Storage and Variable Renewable Energy Sources
11/16/11, Contributed by, CALMAC
Climate change, national security, energy independence, jobs and energy cost are some of the factors that are merging to reinvigorate efforts in energy storage development.
 
Solar Thermal 101
07/31/11 - Apricus Solar
We've cobbled together some great factoids from the Apricus website to create this overview of Solar Thermal systems. Why are we not using this technology on every home that is exposed to the sun?
 
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Energy Storage for the Grid
01/04/12, Tom Granville, Axion Power
Currently, the PowerCube™ is configured as a behind the meter resource. In essence this means that Axion acts as a virtual generator by curtailing load. When the PowerCube is commanded to take load from the grid it uses that power to charge its battery. When commanded to discharge, the battery is discharged into the plants load effectively reducing or curtailing its power consumption.

The Zebra Breakthrough
07/31/11
Our strategy is focused on being close to the market. For the last 25 years the photovoltaic sector has operated mainly in a horizontal fashion. Now the time for vertical integration has come, and we are well positioned for this change. With this in mind, the recent joint venture Espe-SunParc will allow Silfab to be completely involved in every segment of the downstream market, including Solar Farms.

Electric Vehicle Market Expansion in China
07/12/11 - Dan Malone - Dykema
China fully intends to make its automotive industry one of its pillar industries; and those who do business there must be ever mindful of that reality. China appears determined to segue from "Made In China" to "Made By China". The profundity of that change in preposition should resonate even among those doing well in China.

Solar Power Purchase Agreements (PPA)
05/11/12, Scott Wiater, President, Standard Solar
PPAs are best for organizations that own their own buildings or homes. Or plan to occupy their space for an extended period of time. Also, a property owner who has a large open property or rooftop space (such as a warehouse or distribution center) may also enter into a PPA in connection with a rooftop or property lease as a means to generate not only renewable energy, but also revenue from energy sales to the local utility.

Sorting out the Subsidies
03/02/12, Interview with Michael Livermore, Institute for Policy Integrity
Subsidies for fossil fuel industries discourages investments in renewable projects and cleaner forms of energy.

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Intersolar North America Welcomes Record-Setting Number of Attendees to San Francisco

Events

SOLAR POWER INTERNATIONAL 2012
Sep 10 - 13 2012, Orlando, FL

GRIDWEEK
Oct 02 - 04 2012, Washington, DC

AWEA OFFSHORE WINDPOWER CONFERENCE & EXHIBITION
Oct 09 - 11 2012, Virginia Beach, VA

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