News tagged with renewable electricity
NREL Uncovers Clean Energy Leaders State by State
Nov 24, 2009 |
3.4 / 5 (5) |
2
(PhysOrg.com) -- That California and Texas still lead the United States in generating renewable energy probably is no surprise. But, NREL's 2009 State of the States report shows that several smaller states ...
Who wants to pay more for green electricity?
Jul 02, 2009 |
2.5 / 5 (8) |
12
A research report in the International Journal of Environment and Pollution suggests that individuals prefer to be involved in a collective contribution to green electricity that involve everyone paying more, rather than h ...
'Smart' fridges stay cool by talking to each other
Jan 13, 2009 |
not rated yet |
2
(PhysOrg.com) -- 'Smart' fridges that run on renewable electricity and are capable of negotiating the most energy efficient way to keep food cold have been developed by researchers from CSIRO’s Energy Transformed ...
Search results for renewable electricity
Schwarzenegger to issue renewable energy order
Sep 14, 2009 |
5 / 5 (1) |
0
(AP) -- Administration officials say Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is moving ahead with plans to sign an executive order establishing the most aggressive renewable energy standard in the nation.
Berkeley Lab examines state-level renewables portfolio standards policies
Apr 14, 2008 |
5 / 5 (1) |
0
Renewable electricity is being supported by a growing number of states through the creation of renewables portfolio standards (RPS). A report released by the U.S. Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory ...
Study says businesses can create clean energy jobs
May 25, 2009 |
2.8 / 5 (5) |
2
(AP) -- The organizers of a global business summit on climate change say millions of new jobs would be created in the U.S. alone by relying almost entirely on renewable or low-carbon sources of electricity.
North West tidal barrages could provide five percent of UK's electricity
Mar 25, 2009 |
3 / 5 (2) |
0
Engineers at the University of Liverpool claim that building estuary barrages in the North West could provide more than 5% of the UK's electricity.
Report: Use 'brownfields' as energy parks
Jan 29, 2009 |
4.6 / 5 (7) |
0
Northwest Michigan could generate hundreds of new jobs and generate enough electricity for thousands of its residents by converting abandoned factories and other brownfield sites for renewable energy production.
Australia targets 20 pct renewable energy by 2020
Aug 18, 2009 |
3 / 5 (6) |
1
Australia on Thursday passed a clean energy law requiring the country to produce 20 percent of its power from renewable sources by 2020 in move that could draw billions of dollars of green investment.
Harnessing the power of salt, Norway tries osmotic power
Nov 23, 2009 |
4.2 / 5 (6) |
4
After wind, sun, currents and tides, a company is preparing to make clean electricity by harnessing another natural phenomenon, the energy-unleashing encounter of freshwater and seawater.
Major progress in technology needed for 25 percent renewable energy use to be affordable
Jun 24, 2008 |
3.6 / 5 (7) |
4
Dramatic progress in renewable energy technology is needed if the United States desires to produce 25 percent of its electricity and motor vehicle fuel from renewable sources by 2025 without significantly increasing consumer ...
Plugging into an electric vehicle revolution
Oct 27, 2009 |
5 / 5 (1) |
0
A road trial of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs), which could one day end up in every Australian driveway, is underway. Over the next three months, staff from Victorian energy distributor SP AusNet ...
New renewables to power 40 per cent of global electricity demand by 2050
Mar 11, 2009 |
1.8 / 5 (8) |
1
With adequate financial and political support, renewable energy technologies like wind and photovoltaics could supply 40 percent of the world's electricity by 2050, according to findings from the International Scientific ...
List of search results for renewable electricity
