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Wind turbine request granted

The 120-foot tower would have 20-foot blades and generate 39.5 kilowatts of electricity. Pearson’s original proposal was rejected by the township, so he moved it to a shore land area where the county has regulatory authority.

18Feb2009 | | 0 comments | Continued
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Geothermal Industry Leader Says Stimulus Bill Should Sustain Industry Growth

“We estimate that the geothermal power industry has doubled its workforce in the US in the past two years, and the economic stimulus bill provides a framework of support that will continue if not accelerate growth in this industry adding tens of thousands of new jobs with even greater positive effects across the economy,” Gawell added.

14Feb2009 | | 0 comments | Continued
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NH town sees economic potential of timber as fuel

“Every state around is looking for these giant handouts from Washington right now but we’re figuring we have kind of a two-fer going here,” Gallus said. “It’s a big infrastructure improvement and it’s a renewable energy resource. This is two of the incoming president’s big things he’d like to start with and we’d like to help him.”

14Feb2009 | | 0 comments | Continued
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U.S. Now Largest Producer of Wind Energy

The US has overtaken Germany to become the world’s largest producer of wind- generated energy, with an increased wind-generation capacity of 50 percent compared with last year.

5Feb2009 | | 0 comments | Continued
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New biomass charcoal heater: A ‘new era’ of efficiency and sustainability

“The charcoal combustion heater developed in the present work, with its fast startup, high efficiency, and possible automated control, would open a new era of massive but small-scale biomass utilization for a sustainable society,” the authors say.

5Feb2009 | | 0 comments | Continued
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Dramatically Extending Lifetime Of Organic Solar Cells

The efficiency and operation of organic solar cells strongly depends on the nanomorphology of the active layer, i.e. on a stable mix of organic compounds that can trap the light’s energy and transport it to an electric contact. IMEC already reported such cells based on P3HT:PCBM with efficiencies near 5%. But to date, the lifetime of these cells is far too short for commercial applications, for which 5 years is seen as a minimum.

4Feb2009 | | 0 comments | Continued
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