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and Schlumberger have created Liquid Robotics Oil & Gas , a joint venture to develop services for the oil and gas industry using Wave Gliders, the first wave-powered, autonomous marine vehicles. A unique two-part architecture and wing system directly converts wave motion into thrust, and solar panels provide electricity for sensor payloads.

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MARCH 17, 2010

In 2009, combined global revenue for the three major clean-energy sectors—solar photovoltaics (PV), wind power, and biofuels—grew by 11.4% over 2008, reaching $139.1 Solar PV will grow from a $30.7 billion industry in 2009 to $98.9 billion in 2008. billion in 2008 to $2.2 billion in 2008 to $2.2

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DECEMBER 28, 2009

The US Department of Energy will invest up to $366 million to establish and operate three new Energy Innovation Hubs focused on accelerating research and development in three key energy areas, one of which is developing an effective solar energy to chemical fuel conversion system—i.e.,

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JUNE 29, 2010

and Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for the joint development of renewable energy and electric vehicles. Raser first unveiled its Extended Range Series Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle (PHEV) drive system, developed with FEV, at the 2008 SAE World Congress in Detroit. Solar project.

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DECEMBER 17, 2010

W from 2008 to 2009, even though wholesale module prices dropped substantially over this period. In the California Solar Initiative Program, average installed costs dropped by $1.00/W W in 2009, down by roughly 24 percent from 2008 levels. However, that drop in module prices appears to have made its way to customers in 2010.

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In a two-step thermochemical cycle, an exothermic reaction between metal and water produces hydrogen gas, followed by endothermic reduction of the metal-oxide product assisted by solar energy to regenerate metal fuel. water reaction kinetics is not fast enough to make such on-demand hydrogen production commercially viable.

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million) to acquire a 15% stake (3,076,000 shares at ¥650 per share) of Eliiy Power , a maker of large-format lithium-ion batteries primarily owned by Sharp, Daiwa House Industry Co. is planning to build a new factory near Tokyo by March 2010 to mass produce batteries for solar power systems. Inpex Holdings Inc. Eliiy Power Co.,

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MAY 26, 2015

Global Bioenergies, founded in 2008, has developed a synthetic isobutene pathway that, when implanted in a micro-organism, enables the organism to convert sugars (e.g., Again emphasizing that there has been no announcement of development direction, the potential building blocks for a solar fuels isooctane process are emerging.

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NOVEMBER 4, 2013

The applications, i.e. technologies, of particular concern as a result are electric vehicles, wind and solar energy, and lighting. The SET Plan was launched in 2008 with the objective to accelerate the development and deployment of cost-effective low carbon technologies. Reuse/recycling and waste reduction.

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MAY 27, 2009

President Obama announced more than $467 million from the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act will go to expand and accelerate the development, deployment, and use of geothermal and solar energy throughout the United States. Solar Energy. Solar Energy Deployment ($40.5 Concentrating Solar Power Research and Development ($25.6

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AUGUST 24, 2010

The United States used significantly less coal and petroleum in 2009 than in 2008, and significantly more wind power. There also was a decline in natural gas use and increases in solar, hydro and geothermal power according to the most recent energy flow charts released by the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. 51 in 2008.

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When Ifeanyi Orajaka was an undergraduate engineering student in 2008, he had his career all mapped out. In 2008 only about half of Nigeria’s 152 million citizens had electricity, according to a Macrotrends report. He began researching how solar energy technology worked.

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AUGUST 13, 2010

Ford, Detroit Edison and Xtreme Power are teaming up to establish one of Michigan’s largest solar power generation systems and electric vehicle charging stations at Ford’s Michigan Assembly Plant in Wayne, Mich. Ford will work with Detroit Edison to install a 500 kW solar photovoltaic panel system at Michigan Assembly.

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JUNE 29, 2018

Electricity generation from variable renewable electricity sources (VRE) such as wind and solar power has grown rapidly and is expected to continue to do so. While theoretically, increased use of wind and solar power also increases the need for balancing power, empirical evidence in Germany suggests otherwise.

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MARCH 8, 2009

In a deal brokered by the city’s newly commissioned Citizens Environmental Task Force, Exxon/Mobil, owners of the Exxon/Mobil Refinery in the City of Torrance agreed today to fund a bond that will make low cost financing of solar energy systems for home and apartment owners. That’s too much democracy for Torrance.

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2009

US subsidies for fuels and renewable energy, 2002-2008. The study, “Estimating US Government Subsidies to Energy Sources: 2002-2008”, found that fossil fuels benefited from approximately $72 billion over the seven-year period, while subsidies for renewable fuels totaled $29 billion. Nuclear was not included in the analysis.

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In 2015, the difference in emissions between the transportation and industrial sectors widened as transportation sector CO 2 emissions increased while industrial sector CO 2 emissions declined. These emissions were highest in 2007, prior to the recession, and have not returned to those levels, although they have increased since 2012.

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The Alliance has a strong industrial presence in Spain. Its four plants in Spain (Valladolid, Seville and Palencia) are equipped with solar panels saving every year more than 160 tons of CO 2. The Valladolid engine plant recycles a 100% of its industrial waste. In 2008 135,568 vehicles were produced at NMISA.

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OCTOBER 30, 2009

(Separately, PNNL is also a member of the Shewanella Federation, a cross-institution consortium consisting of teams of scientists from academia, national laboratories, and private industry working collaboratively to achieve a systems-level understanding of how Shewanella oneidensis MR-1 ( S. Tags: ARPA-E Bio-hydrocarbons Solar.

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AUGUST 14, 2009

Just about one year ago on July 2, 2008 I was on Larry Mantle’s “Airtalk&# (KPCC-FM 89.3 Pasadena) talking about getting my electric car and my solar panels. And we’ve now cut our electric usage in half through efficiency measures so the size of the solar I need is half as much. radio listeners.

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MAY 22, 2013

This program was signed into law by President Bush in 2008 and then awarded under the Obama administration in the years that followed. The Department first offered loans to Tesla and other auto manufacturers in June 2009, when car companies couldn’t get other financing and many people questioned whether the industry would survive.

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Since 2008, JetBlue has already offset more than 2.6 Carbon offsetting is a bridge to other industry-wide environmental improvements such as fuel with lower emissions. JetBlue first began offsetting carbon dioxide emissions with programs to balance customer flying during specific times of year.

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Solar photovoltaic (PV) is leading the cost decline, with solar PV module costs falling 75% since the end of 2009 and the cost of electricity from utility-scale solar PV falling 50% since 2010. Solar PV module prices have dropped 75% since 2009 and continue to decrease. Cape Wind will not lead the US energy revolution.

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MARCH 22, 2009

to support the company’s construction of a commercial-scale manufacturing plant for its proprietary cylindrical solar photovoltaic panels. This self-tracking design allows Solyndra’s PV systems to capture more sunlight than traditional flat-surfaced solar panel.

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MARCH 29, 2009

The Air Resources Board has revised its draft regulatory language for vehicle solar control requirements to specify only solar control requirements for new vehicles windows (glazing). Image from a 2006 Toyota/AIST study comparing conventional and solar reflective paint (SRP). Source: Hashem Akbari , Berkeley Lab (2008).

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per cent of the shares in Aleo solar AG - an established brand name in the solar market. Aleo manufactures models on the basis of in-sourced mono- and polycrystalline solar cells. The company has enjoyed some extensive recent success and in 2008 generated sales of roughly €360million.

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percent increase in emissions in 2010 was primarily driven by the rebound from the economic downturn experienced in 2008 and 2009. The industrial sector experienced an increase in total energy consumption of 5.7 A large drop in hydropower generation offset much of the increase in nuclear and wind and solar. percent per year.

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Danfoss A/S is one of the largest industrial companies in Denmark with a global group focused on development and manufacture of mechanical and electronic components for a number of industries, including solar energy, heating, industrial automation, water control and high pressure systems.

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JULY 2, 2010

Despite the continued economic crisis, global emissions of carbon dioxide, the main greenhouse gas, have remained constant in 2009 as strong increases in CO 2 emissions from fast-growing developing countries such as China and India, have completely nullified CO 2 emission reductions in the industrialized world. Source: PBL. Click to enlarge.

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NOVEMBER 11, 2013

Here he is singing it solo acoustic in 2008. ” No terrorist organization or foreign country has the power or ability to destroy what we love most about our country the way the oil, coal and gas industries are doing right now using our climate as a weapon of mass destruction.

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JULY 5, 2009

At team of researchers from Solix Biofuels ( earlier post ), Colorado State University and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory have calculated both an absolute upper limit to solar-based algal oil production as well as a feasible target range for production based on realistic efficiencies (calculated for six global sites). Weyer et al.

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The company’s biofuels platform is one piece of a technology strategy that also includes research and development of fuel cells and solar cells. In 2008, the Company successfully produced 91-octane gasoline from algae that fully conformed to ASTM standards.

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JUNE 21, 2009

Mitsubishi Cooperation (MC), the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) and Tokki Corporation have developed a new, highly-integrated Organic Photovoltaics (OPV) module. MC, AIST and Tokki have been conducting a Joint Research and Development project for OPVs since 20 March 2008. Structure of the OPV.

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An article in the latest issue of IEA Energy: The Journal of the International Energy Agency reports that Estonia, which has the most developed oil shale industry in the world, is collaborating in pursuing wider use of oil shale in a cleaner, more sustainable manner. Different that shale oil—i.e., In 2012, Estonia mined 15.86

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NOVEMBER 25, 2009

Global carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuels in 2008 were nearly 40% higher in 2008 than in 1990. surface temperatures, 1980-2008. For example, a La Niña climate pattern was active in 2008. However, 2008 was the ninth warmest year on record. Anthropogenic and solar variability influences on global.

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NYU Stern Professor Melissa Schilling found that the cost of generating electricity with geothermal or wind energy is a fraction of the cost of solar energy. Additionally, the performance of both is improving much more per dollar of R&D invested in them than solar technologies. Energy Policy 37 1767–1781 doi: 10.1016/j.enpol.2009.01.004.

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MARCH 9, 2009

Pininfarina and Bolloré, which set up a 50-50 joint venture at the beginning of 2008 with the purpose of designing, developing, manufacturing and distributing an electric car, displayed the latest version of the Pininfarina BLUECAR at the Geneva Motor Show on the Véhicules Électriques Pininfarina-Bolloré stand. The BLUECAR. Click to enlarge.

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