Hawaiian Winds Get Federal, State, Private Sector Attention
HONOLULU, Hawaii, April 6, 2008 (ENS) – The U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory has signed a memorandum of understanding with a Massachusetts-based wind farm company to establish a remote research affiliate partner site on Maui. It is the first such partner site for the National Renewable Energy Laboratory’s wind technology program outside [...]
Read More »Need Fuels Algae to Biodiesel Revival
BOZEMAN, Montana, January 20, 2008 (ENS) – The same slippery brown algae that covers streamside rocks, making footing hazardous for anglers, contains oil that can be turned into diesel fuel, says a Montana State University microbiologist. Keith Cooksey is one of many U.S. scientists who studied the feasibility of turning algal oil into biodiesel in [...]
Read More »Solar Panels: Powering Your Residence
The National Solar Radiation Database was recently updated, providing new information (available here [www.nrel.gov] in PDF format) about what parts of the country are best suited to take advantage of the power the sun’s rays can provide (when absorbed by solar photovoltaic cells and inverted to useful current, of course). This information (a map of [...]
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