Archive for October, 2008

Modern Energy Wind Project: Grand Valley State University

Modern Energy Wind Project: Grand Valley State UniversityModern Energy Wind Project at Grand Valley State University September 2007

Farmergy Installs 10kW Solar System at Adolphus Busch Property (Belleau Farm)As Seen In the St. Louis Post-Dispatch: October 24, 2007 Belleau Farm displays solar panels By Nancy Cambria ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH Wednesday, Oct. 24 2007 O’FALLON, MO. EUR

Expert Foresees 10 More Years Of Research & Development To Make Solar Energy Competitive

‘Major Discovery’ Primed To Unleash Solar Revolution: Scientists Mimic Essence Of Plants’ Energy Storage SystemUntil now, solar power has been a daytime-only energy source, because storing extra solar energy for later use is prohibitively expensive and grossly inefficient. Researchers have now hit upon a simple, inexpensive, highly efficient process for storing solar energy.

Expert Foresees 10 […]

Sharp’s Forecast is not Dull

Sharp’s Forecast is not DullSharp Solar Energy Solutions Group foresees the U.S. reaching Japan’s level of solar power production by 2010 and passing Germany soon thereafter. As the two top solar generators in the world, Japan and Germany got a head start in the game because of their country’s energy shortcomings (the first step is […]

Questions of Energy Security: Ask the Candidates (NY Times)

Deep Layoffs Announced at Yucca Mountain (AP)Yucca Mountain’s tunnel is closed and most workers have gone home.

Purdue boasts green benefits from putting resting PCs to workUniversity has research work automatically sent to unused machines using open-source software called Condor READ MORE

Bacteria Power: Future For Clean Energy Lies In ‘Big Bang’ Of EvolutionBacteria may hold […]

As Seen in the St. Charles County Journal: Farmergy Installs Solar Panels on Busch Estate

As Seen in the St. Charles County Journal: Farmergy Installs Solar Panels on Busch EstateAs Seen October 31, 2007 in the St. Charles County Journal Busch estate installs solar panels By Eric Becker Kirkwood-based Farmergy on Oct. 23 completed the installation of what it says is the largest private solar energy panel project in the […]

Europe Rallies Behind Nanotechnology To Wean World From Fossil Fuels

Proposed Extraction Process May Have Economic, Environmental BenefitsA researcher from the University of Alberta has proposed an experimental electrical heating process to draw oil from largely untapped deposits, which could yield major rewards for oil production and be more environmentally sound than current extractions processes.

SNI is Hiring!SNI is looking for a Commercial Design Engineer. For […]

Toyota and Audobon Announce First Grant Winners

Finance: How Oil-Rich Countries Are Reshaping the WorldHarvard Business Review says Gulf countries are investing their wealth in new ways that will engender a broader systemic change in international trade and finance in the decades to come. FORTUNE says $500 oil is coming and we’ll be lucky to get through it without “blowing each other […]

Renewable Energy Tax Credits Extended as Far as 2016

Solar Night “Modern Energy Wind Project” at Western Michigan University Featured on Front Page of Kalamazoo GazetteDownload Front Page Story (PDF File) Featuring Solar Night Industries From the Kalamazoo Gazette Newspaper (8.13.2007) Visit the Solar Night Industries Skystream Wind Turbine Product Page

Press Release from Solar Night Industries1.14.2008-Solar Night Industries (PINKSHEETS: SLND) to host January Training […]

Highest Power Tabletop Laser Ever Built

Hot Laptops: Engineers Aim To Solve ‘Burning’ Computer Problem“Laptops are very hot now, so hot that they are not ‘lap’ tops anymore,” says Avik Ghosh, an assistant professor of computer and electrical engineering at the University of Virginia. “If we continue at our current pace of miniaturization, these devices will be as hot as the […]

Intel pushes the limits of free cooling to 90 degrees

Saratoga Environmental ExpoThe Saratoga Environmental Expo this past weekend was a pleasant surprise.