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Inkjet Deposition of Etchant and Dopant Materials
Posted in Solar Power, Energy Efficiency, Renewable Energy, Products on Tuesday, September 07 2010
Trident Solar (Brookfield, CT) and Alpha (South Plainfield, NJ), a Cookson Electronics company, have collaborated on additive, non-contact inkjet technologies that provide enhanced production yields and could increase cell efficiency up to 1% when compared to the use of traditional screen printing technologies.  
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New, Inexpensive Catalyst Boosts Oxygen Production for Home Energy Systems
Posted in Alternative Fuels, Energy Storage, Solar Power, Transportation, Energy Efficiency, Renewable Energy, Hydrogen, News on Thursday, September 02 2010
The era of personalized energy systems — in which individual homes and small businesses produce their own energy for heating, cooling, and powering cars — took another step toward forward as MIT scientists have discovered a powerful new catalyst that is a key element in such a system.
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Funding Opportunity for Geothermal Heat Extraction R&D
Posted in Geothermal Power, Renewable Energy, Government Initiatives, Carbon Dioxide, News on Monday, August 23 2010
The Department of Energy’s Geothermal Technologies Program recently announced a $15 million funding opportunity to research and develop innovative methods to extract heat from geothermal resources from the Earth’s crust to produce clean, renewable energy.
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Open Software Platform Helps Save Energy
Posted in Solar Power, Wind Power, Energy Efficiency, Renewable Energy, Government Initiatives, News on Thursday, August 12 2010
Starting in 2011, energy suppliers in Germany will be required to offer electricity at variable rates under the German Energy Act. A new energy management software platform will enable customers to opt for flexible electricity rates, so that they can purchase power at times when it is available more cheaply. Another advantage is better utilization of the power grid.
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Sustainable Biochar to Mitigate Climate Change
Posted in Biomass, Remediation Technologies, Climate, Renewable Energy, Pollution, Carbon Dioxide, News on Wednesday, August 11 2010
By producing biochar - a charcoal-like substance made from plants and other organic materials - up to 12 percent of the world's human-caused greenhouse gas emissions could be sustainably offset, which is more than what could be offset if the same plants and materials were burned to generate energy.
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Switchgrass Lessens Soil Nitrate Loss Into Waterways
Posted in Biomass, Remediation Technologies, Renewable Energy, Pollution, News on Tuesday, August 10 2010
By planting switchgrass and using certain agronomic practices, farmers can significantly reduce the amount of nitrogen and nitrates that leach into the soil, according to Iowa State University research.
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PETE: A New Solar Energy Conversion Process
Posted in Solar Power, Energy Efficiency, Renewable Energy, Videos on Tuesday, August 03 2010
Stanford engineers have discovered a process called photon enhanced thermionic emission (PETE) that simultaneously combines the light and heat of solar radiation to generate electricity, and could offer over double the efficiency of existing solar cell technology. The process could reduce the costs of solar energy production enough for it to compete with oil.
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