Turning from 1st generation biofuels produced from food crops to 2nd generation biofuels produced from ligno-cellulosic feedstocks has been praised by many, but 2nd generation has a long way to go to reach full commercialisation.
31 August, 2011
New and improved energy from waste technologies such as advanced gasification are going to be essential if many countries are to address their considerable waste problems. Advanced gasification can reduce the amount of waste going to landfill, as well as maximise the renewable energy produced.
30 August, 2011
Bernd Hoevel, Senior R&D Manager, and Alain Sagnard, Senior R&D Engineer, at the Dow Chemical Company, describe how the company's foam core material and epoxy resin systems can help manufacture lighter, stronger wind turbine blades.
29 August, 2011
Sunlabob, a rural energy provider in Laos (located in Southeast Asia, and surrounded by Thailand, Myanmar, China, Vietnam, and Cambodia) has developed a hybrid mini grid which feeds 105 households with a daily peak load of 8kW.
29 August, 2011
A BILLION AND a half people around the world still don't have access to electricity. Could hybrid mini grids be the best way to provide electricity – particularly to rural, often isolated, areas?
26 August, 2011
The renewable energy industry is mulling over the announcements coming out of the UK regarding what seem on the surface to be ambitious emissions reduction targets. But what does it actually mean for renewable energy?
25 August, 2011
THE UK is to put in place the most ambitious targets on greenhouse gas reduction of any developed country, with the Government saying it will halve carbon dioxide emissions by 2025.
24 August, 2011
Part 2: With its SunShot program, the Department of Energy (DoE) has greatly expanded the reach past the one goal of a delivered US$1/W of solar power by 2017.
23 August, 2011
The British arm of giant financial consultant Ernst & Young's 2011 issue of its "Renewable energy country attractiveness indices" concludes that fixed feed-in tariffs (FiTs) are preferable to premium-based FiTs as well as bidding systems.
22 August, 2011
Fred Stoll, Chief Engineer, WebCore Technologies LLC, explains how TYCOR® W core material is helping wind turbine blade designers reduce the cost and weight of bigger blades while giving operations managers improved quality.
01 August, 2011
Based at Dow's European headquarters in Seneffe, Belgium, vice president Eric Peeters is on a mission to drive down the cost of solar power.
01 August, 2011