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| Wind Turbine Blades Change Shape |  |
| Morphing blades made of advanced composite materials that can rapidly change their shape depending on the wind could help lead to advanced wind turbines that perform better and last longer. Wind energy is growing more and more popular worldwide. The United States is currently the world`s largest generator of wind energy by total megawatts... |
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| Cambridge firm`s green energy source fuels speculation | |
| Joule Biotechnologies Inc.’s secret ingredient, a designer organism, looks like green Jell-O before it’s refrigerated. Whatever it is, the stuff swirls inside a bottle being shaken by a machine called an agitator. When there’s enough of it, the gunk will go into a solar panel-like contraption..“We are converting sunlight to liquid energy,’’ |
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| Solar Powered Plane Could Fly for Five Years Straight | |
| Aurora Flight Sciences has unveiled a solar-powered concept plane, the Odysseus. The autonomous surveillance craft boasts the ability to fly above the earth for up to five years straight, deriving power solely from its solar panels. |
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| Turbine test plant sought for Detroit | |
| The City of Detroit and the nonprofit NextEnergy business accelerator are hoping to win a U.S. Department of Energy wind turbine testing plant for the city. |
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| Santa Clara University Doubles Green Power Commitment | |
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| Study: Buxton best area in NC for wind energy | |
| A new study says the best spot for utility-scale wind energy is in the Pamlico Sound off Buxton along North Carolina`s Outer Banks. |
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| China Racing Ahead of U.S. in Drive to Go Solar | |
| President Obama wants to make the United States "the world`s leading exporter of renewable energy," but in his seven months in office, it is China that has stepped on the gas in an effort to become the dominant player in green energy - especially in solar power , and even in the United States. |
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| SMA America Helps Solar Power System Managers Keep Up-to-Date with Mobile Performance Data | |
| Solar power system owners and operators can now assess critical performance data on the go, through the release of the SMA Sunny Portal Web site optimized for cell phones, announced SMA America, Inc. Administrators can log in to the new site by visiting http://www.sunnyportal.mobi through any Web-enabled phone. |
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| Australian Senate Passes Renewable Energy Target Bill | |
| Australia`s upper house has passed a climate change bill, effectively mandating a renewables portfolio standard that should establish a 20% contribution to electricity production from renewables by 2020. |
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| U.S. Geothermal Closes CAN $10.9M Placement | |
| U.S. Geothermal Inc. has closed a private placement of 8,100,000 Subscription Receipts, at CAN $1.35 per Subscription Receipt, for gross proceeds of more than CAN $10.9 million [US $10.14 million]. Each Subscription Receipt will be automatically exchanged, without additional consideration on the exchange date for one Unit of the company. |
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| Downtown Denver Condominium Commits to 100% Wind Power | |
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| EPA Names National Top 50 Green Power Purchasers | |
| The Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Green Power Partnership has released its latest list of top green power purchasers nationally. Retaining their places among the top five are, in order: Intel Corporation, PepsiCo, Whole Foods Market, Kohl’s Department Stores, and Dell Inc.
In addition, there were a number of newcomers to the Top 50 list this quarter including: Deutsche Bank AG (24th), Lockheed Martin Corporation (35th), The Bank of New York Mellon (37th), Herman Miller Inc. (46th), City of San Diego, CA (49th) and Citi (50th). Collectively, the top 50 largest purchases amount to more than 12.3 billion kWh annually, or more than 70 percent of the green power commitments made by all EPA Green Power Partners.
EPA’s Green Power Partnership works with more than 1,100 partner organizations that voluntarily purchase green power to reduce the environmental impacts of conventional electricity use. Overall, the partners buy more than 16 billion kWh of green power annually.
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| Web Hosting Company FatCow Commits to 100% Wind Energy | |
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