“Smart” will be buzz word in Asia this year
Tuesday, 15 May 2012 Toby Price The terms smart grids and smart cities have become more common in the past few years at a time of human being facing serious climate challenges. That’s why two events will be taking place in Asia la...
Energy from renewable sources – illuminating grid vulnerability
Tuesday, 15 May 2012 REM As new decentralised power generating units are connected to the grid almost daily, the expansion of our electricity grids is proceeding only slowly, taking our grid infrastructure to the limit. Again...
Smart grid storage systems developer expanding in Virginia
Wednesday, 11 April 2012 REM PowerHub Systems, a developer of technologies for utility compliant smart grid applications – has announced the expansion of its headquarters in the Virginia Tech Corporate Research Center in Blacks...
Germany
Fuel cells rapidly gaining ground thanks to renewables
Wednesday, 21 March 2012 REM Major investments and new partnerships are highlighting an uptick in demand for fuel cells in Germany. According to experts, the market is just right as demand for energy storage is on the up as Germa...
Why aren't UFOs drawn to renewable energy sites? Or are they?
Thursday, 15 March 2012 Dan McCue Witnesses says they've seen them near nuclear facilities, oil rigs and even hovering above active volcanoes. But UFOs -- whatever they are and whomever may be controlling them -- seem to have turned a...
US firm unveils development of break-through hydrogen technology
Monday, 12 March 2012 REM Maverick cleantech firm HyperSolar, Inc. today unveiled details of its plan to develop the world’s first nanotechnology-based, zero-carbon process for the production of renewable hydrogen and natur...
Nano-research opens way to everlasting battery
Friday, 09 March 2012 REM In a crucial step towards the development of self-powering portable electronics, RMIT University researchers have for the first time characterised the ability of piezoelectric thin films to turn mecha...
Hydropower expected to reach 1,443 GW by 2020
Thursday, 08 March 2012 REM Buoyed by widespread government support, the global hydropower industry will grow by about 3.4 percent annually over the remainder of the decade, reaching 1,443 GW of installed capacity by 2020, accor...
Leading Hong Kong investment group forms JV to promote large-scale sustainable development
Wednesday, 29 February 2012 REM The First Eastern Investment Group, a leading Hong Kong-based firm, has acquired a minority holding in Sustainable Development Capital LLP, a merchant banking firm that invests in large scale sustaina...
China launches think tank to spur renewable energy research, deployment
Wednesday, 29 February 2012 REMChina has launched its first national think tank to promote the research, develop and deployment of renewable energy programs and policies, according to a report in the China Daily newspaper.
Nova Scotia unveils plan to have tidal energy meet 10 percent of its energy needs
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