• Natural Gas Leak Detection and Detectors

    Updated: 2011-04-29 19:49:21
    Natural gas has become pretty common in our everyday lives, but it is not completely safe. What are the hazards and how likely is a gas leak to occur? The article describes precaution measures that can be taken by using proper natural gas leak detection systems. General Points During the last several years, natural gas has become very popular m...

  • The Costs of Inaction

    Updated: 2011-04-29 10:17:00
    Despite what has been said in recent Congressional hearings and debates; despite the House vote to block the Environmental Protection Agency's climate regulations; and, despite what a handful of vocal skeptics are saying, climate change is real. It is happening. But, it is not just about changes in weather patterns. This phenomenon could cost the U.S. billions of dollars and thousands of jobs if we doing nothing to slow it.

  • Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Briefing Features City of Saint Paul and PG&E

    Updated: 2011-04-28 19:37:50
    On Thursday, May 12 AltaTerra Research will host the online briefing, "Solutions for Sustainable Cities: Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Planning and Deployment." The briefing will feature speakers from the City of Saint Paul, Minnesota and Pacific Gas and Electric Company. Registration is complimentary for government employees.

  • Advantages and Disadvantages of Coal for Power Plants

    Updated: 2011-04-27 20:49:50
    Fossil fuels are indeed the top fuels used all over the world for generating power and electricity. Among the fossil fuels, coal is the most widely used fuel in power plants. Coal fired plants use different kinds of machinery that convert heat energy produced from combustion into mechanical energy. Coal, gas, and oil are the fossil fuels responsibl...

  • Our geothermal future

    Updated: 2011-04-27 18:23:44
    The recent combination of natural disasters, wars, and other terrible, international crises has impacted us in myriad ways, including our ...

  • Our Final Podcast. For Now.

    Updated: 2011-04-26 16:18:25
    We're sorry to announce that after five years of production, our Inside Renewable Energy podcast series will be coming to a close after this week's episode.

  • Renewables on the business agenda

    Updated: 2011-04-25 18:12:28
    David Appleyard, conference director at Renewable Energy World Europe (REWE) examines the transformation of renewables from niche interest to major driver in the global energy arena highlighting some of the key industry issues that will be addressed at this year's conference.

  • Renewable Energy World Europe announces schedule of panel discussions and keynote speakers

    Updated: 2011-04-25 18:06:51
    Renewable Energy World Europe, Europe's leading renewable energy conference and exhibition, today announced details of the major panel discussions and keynote speakers scheduled for this year's event at Fiera Milano City in Milan, from 7-9 June. With Europe's 20-20-20 targets topping the industry agenda, organisations of all sizes and types are having to adopt a more strategic approach to renewable energy technologies. This year's joint plenary panel discussion sets out to address European Power Policy and will examine how the industry can deliver on its ambitious clean energy targets.

  • Final Push for Global Giving

    Updated: 2011-04-22 20:25:32
    We need to raise just $1,600.00 to make our overall goal of $5,000.00 for the Women Wind Weavers project on Global Giving.  Any size donation much appreciated. The funds will go to pay the women to learn and teach a … Continue reading →

  • Altman Amendments offer 2nd chance at creating competition within energy bill.

    Updated: 2011-04-22 05:03:26
    In current form, SB 2078 effectively cripples the state's existing net-metering program, while simultaneously providing a market for renewable energy that only utility companies can participate in, and shutting the door on independent production of renewable energy.

  • Pros and Cons of Natural Gas Use

    Updated: 2011-04-22 00:11:46
    Natural gas has become very popular during the last few years due to its daily use in our homes. Read this article to discover how extensive the use of gas is and the respective advantages and disadvantages of its use. Natural Gas and its Uses Natural gas is mainly composed of methane and a small percentage of other hydrocarbons (e.g. ethane). This...

  • Top Performing Clean Energy Funds in 2010

    Updated: 2011-04-21 14:12:08
    When Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF) released their clean energy league tables for 2010, the top of the list was my favorite exchange traded fund (ETF), the Powershares Cleantech Portfolio ETF (AMEX: PZD), with an annual return of 7.6%. Second place was the Winslow Green Growth (WGGFX) mutual fund (7.4% return), which is one of what I consider to be the three best clean energy mutual funds.

  • Scrutiny of Boiling Water Reactors Implemented at Vermont Yankee and Fukushima Won't Dampen Market Value Long Term According to SBI Energy

    Updated: 2011-04-21 12:19:22
    Sign-In or Create a Free Account World's 1 Renewable Energy Network for News Information News Blogs Podcast Video Finance Companies Products Jobs Calendar Magazines Events Recent Activity About Blog Press Releases Calendar Products Feeds Contact Scrutiny of Boiling Water Reactors Implemented at Vermont Yankee and Fukushima Won't Dampen Market Value Long Term According to SBI Energy By SBI Energy 2011-04-21 07:19:22.0 Do you like this article Email Bookmark Print Feed Share Tweet Share New York , April 20, 2011 Executives from Entergy Corporation filed a complaint with the U.S . District Court Monday after Vermont state officials threatened to shut down operations at the Vermont Yankee Nuclear power plant in Vernon . The complaint comes 4 weeks after the U.S . Nuclear Regulatory Commission

  • Climate Risk: Yet Another Reason to Choose Renewable Energy

    Updated: 2011-04-20 10:19:00
    Recent events in Japan have brought new attention to how national energy systems are vulnerable to natural disasters. But, one risk has largely flown under the radar: climate change. Considerable scientific research has looked at how our energy choices are threatening the climate, but much less attention has been paid to the other side of the equation.

  • Stiebel Eltron signs major partnership deal with UK distributor

    Updated: 2011-04-20 01:00:00
    Stiebel Eltron has agreed a partnership deal with Leicester-based renewable energy distributor Underfloor Warehouse (UFW).

  • Renewables Roadshow scheduled for September

    Updated: 2011-04-20 01:00:00
    This September, the Renewables Roadshow focuses on the renewables revolution. Giving visitors the opportunity to interact with exhibiting manufacturers, merchants nd professional bodies, in addition to four theatres designed to simplify technologies & training.

  • Ormandy puts Ugandan president in hot water

    Updated: 2011-04-20 01:00:00
    Ormandy Electric is providing hot water storage at the State House, Uganda, home to the country's President, Yoweri Museveni.

  • Uranium 235 Vs. Thorium 90 Compared - Nuclear Power Generation Perspective

    Updated: 2011-04-19 01:53:14
    Uranium – 235 is currently used as fuel in the world’s nuclear reactors, producing High Level Wastes such as Plutonium-238 (half life 87 yrs). However, when irradiated Thorium-232 is used as a fuel, it is projected to produce up to 10,000 times less long-lived radioactive waste than uranium-235. Uranium and Thorium Nuclear Power...

  • Announcing TIREC 2011 - The 3rd annual Turkish International Renewable Energy Congress

    Updated: 2011-04-18 12:41:02
    The 3rd annual Turkish International Renewable Energy Congress will once again be the must-attend event in the region, bringing together major players in geothermal, solar and wind with government ministers and regulators.

  • BRE release report on reducing the impact of urban air pollution

    Updated: 2011-04-18 01:00:00
    The Building Research Establishment (BRE) has issued new guidance to help architects and designers achieve acceptable indoor air quality in areas with high outdoor pollution levels, while also providing sufficient ventilation for the building.

  • Biasi spearheads VAT scrappage campaign

    Updated: 2011-04-18 01:00:00
    Biasi UK has launched an online e-petition campaign to lobby the coalition Government to scrap VAT on all renewable products and high efficiency boilers.

  • REHAU hosts ground source workshop

    Updated: 2011-04-18 01:00:00
    REHAU is hosting the first of its regional ground source workshops at Salford Quays on Wednesday 18 May.

  • Guide To Buying Used Power Plant Equipment

    Updated: 2011-04-17 20:51:23
    If you need a quick solution to your energy needs and you are in short of project financing, installing used power plant equipment may be the answer. Read on to find about what you should know when buying used power plant equipment. Why buy a used power plant? Why would one install a used power plant when the current trend is to go for a high e...

  • What is the Best Indoor Humidity Range for People, Books, and Electronics?

    Updated: 2011-04-16 03:36:12
    This article provides an engineering perspective on the best range of humidity for people, books, and electronics. Also discussed is how humidity is measured and the best ways to control indoor humidity. Humidity is a strange beast: allow humidity to get too high, and all manner of issues crop up, but let it drop too low, and unique new problems re...

  • Viessmann strengthens renewable sales team

    Updated: 2011-04-15 01:00:00
    Viessmann has created dedicated leadership roles for domestic and commercial sales teams targeting renewables.

  • Making the most of renewable energy investments

    Updated: 2011-04-15 01:00:00
    The UK has dropped from third to 13th place in the global league table of renewable energy investment, according to rankings published in the Guardian.

  • Plasma Nanoscience Needed for Green Energy Revolution

    Updated: 2011-04-14 10:35:00
    A step change in research relating to plasma nanoscience is needed for the world to overcome the challenge of sufficient energy creation and storage, says a leading scientist from CSIRO Materials Science and Engineering and the University of Sydney, Australia.

  • Editor's Letter: After Japan

    Updated: 2011-04-13 10:34:00
    In the first moments after the earthquake, it appears that reactors across Japan successfully saw control rods inserted into their cores. Here the technology worked well. It was after the reactors came offline that systems began to fail.

  • Can We Get an Energy Plan, Please?

    Updated: 2011-04-13 10:07:00
    The last month was a big one for energy. Oil prices reached two-and-a-half year highs; Japan dealt with a nuclear power plant on the verge of a meltdown; the one-year anniversary of the Gulf Oil disaster neared; and the International Energy Agency, historically known as an interest group for oil producing nations, issued a report calling a more aggressive build-out of clean energy to offset declining oil production and climate change.

  • Lufft Weather Stations Adding Efficiency and Value to Large Solar Plants

    Updated: 2011-04-12 17:49:29
    Lufft USA has been working with large Solar Energy developers, owners and operators to meet growing regulatory requirements for project monitoring. Larger power plant projects are required to monitor meteorological data and report it with power production of their site. Solar radiation measurements are a part of this. The Lufft WS301 and WS501 are fully integrated with solar pyranometers to provide a full range of data for project operators. Flexible communication capabilities, including MODBUS- RTU interface make them easy to install and integrate with any system.

  • A Nobel Prize for Renewable Energy

    Updated: 2011-04-12 17:30:49
    President Obama's Nobel Peace Prize was conferred in anticipation of the future good he would do more than for deeds he had already accomplished. Can there not be a Nobel Prize in physics and chemistry prospectively announced for scientists who achieve a breakthrough in solar energy or storage technologies in the next five years? A Nobel is an incentive all by itself, even if such breakthroughs would bring with them their own commercial rewards.

  • Financial Trends: The IPO Myth

    Updated: 2011-04-12 11:19:00
    Ask the CEO of any leading emerging private cleantech company what their ultimate end-goal is and you'll often get a similar response: "To IPO the business, of course." For many entrepreneurs in the cleantech sector, the IPO exit is perceived as the Holy Grail and the yardstick by which to measure success.

  • Nominations open for 2011 Projects of the Year!

    Updated: 2011-04-11 18:58:58

  • Pollution, Global Health Concerns Drive Growth of Water and Air Purification Systems

    Updated: 2011-04-11 07:01:00

  • Expanding Military Interest in Microgrid Technology Fuels $4 Billion Industry

    Updated: 2011-04-11 01:05:00
    The world microgrid market reached $4 billion last year with North America claiming 74% of 2010's total industry share, finds market research publisher SBI Energy. Fueled by rapidly growing solar, renewable energy and smart grid markets, the microgrid has become a viable solution to supply energy to local communities. Microgrid installations around the world include everything from diesel generator-based rural electrification projects that supply electricity to small rural communities to large, futuristic cities and theme parks using the newest microgrid technologies.

  • How to Install UV Lights in Air Handler

    Updated: 2011-04-04 21:59:46
    Using UV lamps for improving the air quality indoors is the right solution for killing airborne bacteria and removing other pollutants. Read to learn the best practices for installing UV lamps in air handlers. How to Install UV Lights in Air Handler According to the EPA, indoor air quality, including surprisingly in large, well-enclosed commercial ...

  • Small Wind Turbines for Developing Countries

    Updated: 2011-04-04 16:01:02
    The Appropriate Technology Collaborative Designs That Work Skip to content ATC Home ATC Mission Design Teams University of Michigan BLUELab 2011 M-Heal Enhanced Stethoscope 2011 Michigan State University 2009 Michigan State University 2007 Projects Guatemala Water Nicaragua Maternal Health 2010 Women Wind Weavers of Guatemala Press Blog ATC Newsletter Design Library Bamboo Reinforced Concrete BioFuels Solar LED Lighting Solar Refrigeration Treadle Pump Donate to ATC Thank You ATC Women Wind Weavers Global Giving Small Wind Turbines for Developing Countries Posted on April 4, 2011 by jb Traditional Weaving From Michigan : Engineering Two things stand out in the town of Nueva Santa Catarina Ixtahuacan , Guatemala : electric power is scarce and women are expert weavers . A Michigan

  • ATC Women Wind Weavers @ Global Giving

    Updated: 2011-04-02 16:41:54
    The Appropriate Technology Collaborative Designs That Work Skip to content ATC Home ATC Mission Design Teams University of Michigan BLUELab 2011 M-Heal Enhanced Stethoscope 2011 Michigan State University 2009 Michigan State University 2007 Projects Guatemala Water Nicaragua Maternal Health 2010 Women Wind Weavers of Guatemala Press Blog ATC Newsletter Design Library Bamboo Reinforced Concrete BioFuels Solar LED Lighting Solar Refrigeration Treadle Pump Donate to ATC Thank You Update from Guatemala : It broke our hearts to have to say we could not help” ATC Women Wind Weavers Global Giving Posted on April 2, 2011 by jb Women Wind Weavers BLUELab We have started our spring 2011 campaign to fund the Women Wind Weavers of Guatemala . Donate : Women Wind Weavers : Problem Women bear the brunt

  • Distillation Eficiencies for the Larger Scale - Different Types of Distillation

    Updated: 2011-04-01 07:32:26
    Various distillation processes are used worldwide in large scale usage. These methods of separating the elements of different solutions like crude oil are very efficient, and they are less complicated as well. Introduction Distillation processes are well known and important in various industries for the purification of liquid products. It is a proc...

  • How to Solve Elastic Collision Problems

    Updated: 2011-03-30 03:03:01
    The article describes in detail the steps on how to solve elastic collision problems by using the momentum and kinetic energy conservation principles. Types of Collisions - What is an Elastic Collision? In physics, a collision is defined as the phenomenon in which a momentum and energy transfer takes place between two or more objects. There are...

  • Volume 45, Number 6, April 2004

    Updated: 2011-03-22 06:02:17
    Energy Conversion and Management, Volume 45, Number 6, April 2004. Loaded on 2004-01-17

  • Volume 45, Number 5, March 2004

    Updated: 2011-03-22 06:02:17
    Energy Conversion and Management, Volume 45, Number 5, March 2004. Loaded on 2003-12-13

  • Volume 44, Number 20, December 2003

    Updated: 2011-03-22 06:02:16
    Energy Conversion and Management, Volume 44, Number 20, December 2003. Loaded on 2003-08-23

  • Volume 44, Number 19, November 2003

    Updated: 2011-03-22 06:02:15
    Energy Conversion and Management, Volume 44, Number 19, November 2003. Loaded on 2003-08-02

  • Volume 44, Number 17, October 2003

    Updated: 2011-03-22 06:02:13
    Energy Conversion and Management, Volume 44, Number 17, October 2003. Loaded on 2003-06-28

  • Volume 44, Number 16, September 2003

    Updated: 2011-03-22 06:02:11
    Energy Conversion and Management, Volume 44, Number 16, September 2003. Loaded on 2003-05-17

  • Volume 44, Number 15, September 2003

    Updated: 2011-03-22 06:02:11
    Energy Conversion and Management, Volume 44, Number 15, September 2003. Loaded on 2003-05-17

  • Michigan M-Heal Students Prepare For Guatemala

    Updated: 2011-02-27 18:09:26
    The Appropriate Technology Collaborative Designs That Work Skip to content ATC Home ATC Mission Design Teams 2011 University of Michigan BLUELab Michigan State University 2009 Michigan State University 2007 Projects Nicaragua Maternal Health 2010 Guatemala Water Press Blog ATC Newsletter Design Library Bamboo Reinforced Concrete BioFuels Solar LED Lighting Solar Refrigeration Treadle Pump Donate to ATC Thank You Recent Appropriate Technology Talk Michigan M-Heal Students Prepare For Guatemala Posted on February 27, 2011 by jb University of Michigan M-Heal Biomedical Engineering students are on their way to Guatemala to work with local Doctors , Clinics and health professionals on a new stethoscope that connects rural clinics to regional hospitals .  The Enhanced Stethoscope uses the

  • 5 Ways to Creatively Save (Energy)

    Updated: 2011-01-26 22:33:49
    This guest post is written by Leon Harris of Southern States. If you would like to write a guest post for this site, then please visit guidelines and suggestions for guest posts at Ez DIY Electricity. There’s no denying that we’re wasteful when it comes to energy. We’ve gotten so used to having it on [...]Advertisement

  • Recent Appropriate Technology Talk

    Updated: 2011-01-05 21:09:48
    Here are some of the comments we received from our recent presentation at the Great Lakes Bioneers Conference: “What they are doing is wonderful!  Very pleased to know about it” “The presenter was so passionate and had such amazing ideas … Continue reading →

  • A Look at 2011 at ATC

    Updated: 2011-01-03 14:58:13
    2011 will be a busy year at ATC. We are currently working on redesigning our solar lighting systems for rural off-grid homes + designing a light with a built in solar panel that can be taken outside to charge in … Continue reading →

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