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Alternative energy news including wind energy, solar energy, hydropower, nuclear energy, geothermal energy, hydrogen fuel cells, and biomass. We try to focus on diy altenergy projects you can do in your own backyard.

June 5
Volkswagen Will Stick With Hydrogen Fuel-Cell Development After the Obama administration cut funding for hydrogen fuel-cell research from the Department of Energy’s budget, the fuel-cell vehicle had a major setback. This hasn’t deterred Volkswagen from pursuing hydrogen cars, though, and it showed off its fuel-cell Ling Yu Passat in California to prove it. VW makes clear that it knows full well Americans won’t be filling up with hydrogen any time soon, but says it sees fuel cells as a solution in the making, even if they’re far from production-ready. (via Volkswagen Will Stick With Hydrogen Fuel-Cell Development - KickingTires)

Volkswagen Will Stick With Hydrogen Fuel-Cell Development

After the Obama administration cut funding for hydrogen fuel-cell research from the Department of Energy’s budget, the fuel-cell vehicle had a major setback. This hasn’t deterred Volkswagen from pursuing hydrogen cars, though, and it showed off its fuel-cell Ling Yu Passat in California to prove it. VW makes clear that it knows full well Americans won’t be filling up with hydrogen any time soon, but says it sees fuel cells as a solution in the making, even if they’re far from production-ready. (via Volkswagen Will Stick With Hydrogen Fuel-Cell Development - KickingTires)

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Roll-Up Solar Panels Xunlight, a startup in Toledo, Ohio, has developed a way to make large, flexible solar panels. Each solar module is about one meter wide and five and a half meters long. (via Technology Review: Roll-Up Solar Panels)

Roll-Up Solar Panels

Xunlight, a startup in Toledo, Ohio, has developed a way to make large, flexible solar panels. Each solar module is about one meter wide and five and a half meters long. (via Technology Review: Roll-Up Solar Panels)

June 4
2010 Toyota Prius Features Full Solar Powered Ventilation System One of the nice things about the Prius Hybrid is its solar panels. The panels power a fan which brings in cooler outside air when it is parked in direct sunlight. The fans can provide complete ventilation to the car allowing it to cool. Toyota Prius 2010 Price Includes Solar Power

2010 Toyota Prius Features Full Solar Powered Ventilation System

One of the nice things about the Prius Hybrid is its solar panels. The panels power a fan which brings in cooler outside air when it is parked in direct sunlight. The fans can provide complete ventilation to the car allowing it to cool. Toyota Prius 2010 Price Includes Solar Power

June 3
China to Encourage Solar Use China said it will introduce a preferential tariff it will pay energy companies that use solar power for their generating capacity, as part of the government’s push for greater use of clean technology. (via China to Encourage Solar Use - WSJ.com)

China to Encourage Solar Use

China said it will introduce a preferential tariff it will pay energy companies that use solar power for their generating capacity, as part of the government’s push for greater use of clean technology. (via China to Encourage Solar Use - WSJ.com)

June 2
PVT Solar Panels Generate Heat and Electricity PVT Solar is pioneering an ultra-efficient breed of solar panels that focus not just on incorporating better photovoltaic components, but also take the heat generated by the solar panels and use it to power a solar thermal system. Inhabitat » PVT Solar Panels Generate Heat and Electricity at the Same Time

PVT Solar Panels Generate Heat and Electricity

PVT Solar is pioneering an ultra-efficient breed of solar panels that focus not just on incorporating better photovoltaic components, but also take the heat generated by the solar panels and use it to power a solar thermal system. Inhabitat » PVT Solar Panels Generate Heat and Electricity at the Same Time

May 28
Text: Obama’s Remarks on Solar Energy (via Text - Obama’s Remarks on Solar Energy - Text - NYTimes.com)

Text: Obama’s Remarks on Solar Energy

(via Text - Obama’s Remarks on Solar Energy - Text - NYTimes.com)

May 11
Industry Looks to LED Bulbs for the Home Lighting Industry Looks at LED Bulbs for the Home - NYTimes.com

Industry Looks to LED Bulbs for the Home

Lighting Industry Looks at LED Bulbs for the Home - NYTimes.com

April 21
Budweiser Brewery Uses Solar Energy to Help Power Plant More than 6 acres of ground-mounted photovoltaic solar arrays are now up and running at the Anheuser-Busch brewery in Fairfield, California. (via Budweiser Brewery Uses Solar Energy to Help Power Plant | GreenBiz.com)

Budweiser Brewery Uses Solar Energy to Help Power Plant

More than 6 acres of ground-mounted photovoltaic solar arrays are now up and running at the Anheuser-Busch brewery in Fairfield, California. (via Budweiser Brewery Uses Solar Energy to Help Power Plant | GreenBiz.com)

April 11
Sustainable Energy - without the hot air David MacKay: Sustainable Energy - without the hot air: Download

Sustainable Energy - without the hot air

David MacKay: Sustainable Energy - without the hot air: Download

April 9
Solar-Powered City A real-estate developer announced Thursday it is teaming with Florida Power & Light to create what the company says will be the first city powered by solar energy. Kitson & Partners, based in Palm Beach Gardens, said FPL will construct the ”world’s largest solar photovoltaic power plant” at Babcock Ranch, a 17,000-acre development north of Fort Myers. (via FPL, developer to team up on solar-powered town in Florida - Business - MiamiHerald.com)

Solar-Powered City

A real-estate developer announced Thursday it is teaming with Florida Power & Light to create what the company says will be the first city powered by solar energy. Kitson & Partners, based in Palm Beach Gardens, said FPL will construct the ”world’s largest solar photovoltaic power plant” at Babcock Ranch, a 17,000-acre development north of Fort Myers. (via FPL, developer to team up on solar-powered town in Florida - Business - MiamiHerald.com)

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