For the first time on an industrial scale, hydrogen produced using wind power is being injected into the natural gas grid in Germany.
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Small Wind Makes Big Gains In US
A U.S. report shows distributed wind, while still a very small player, making big gains in 2012, with 175 megawatts newly installed.
Wind-Bird Debate Flares With New Fatality Figure
Conservatives seize on a new bird-fatality estimate for wind power, but a closer look suggests it might be a lot of hot air.
Making Small Wind Work Takes Big Planning
Want to avoid lackluster performance from a small wind system? The DOE offers lessons learned about proper siting that it says can help.
2.3 Million PV Possibilities In Harvard Database
It took 17,000 years of CPU calculations, but Harvard and the world now has an open catalog of 2.3 million organic compounds that could be made into solar cells.
Wind To Hydrogen Passes Big Test In Germany
E.On says it successfully ran a test on a German power to gas system in which wind powers hydrogen production for use in the natural gas system.
Solar Gardens Taking Root In US Communities
Community solar projects – aka, solar gardens – boost distributed energy development and bring their benefits to those who can’t put solar panels on their own roof.
First US Floating Wind Turbine Launches In Maine
The first floating wind turbine in U.S. history goes upright and onto the water in Brewer, Maine, on Friday, on its way to being put in place and connected to the grid.
DOE Drives Hydrogen Car Fueling Push
If fuel-cell vehicles are ever going to get anywhere, they’ll need places to fuel up, and the public-private H2USA initiative is aimed at developing the infrastructure.
Solar Traps: World-Changer Or Vaporware?
A Maryland inventor’s claim of a radically new and better (but largely not revealed) approach to solar power is getting attention. Is there anything to it?
NREL Cools Cloud Computing Costs With Warm Water
The National Renewable Energy Lab is hoping to save $1 million in data-center energy costs by using a warm-water method to dissipate heat from petascale servers.
Using Solar To Boost Natural Gas Efficiency
Researchers are trying to boost the efficiency and lower the cost of technology that uses concentrating solar power to turn natural gas into higher-value syngas.
Solar Decathlon 2013: First Look
What happens when college students compete to design and actually build the best solar dwelling?
Geothermal Power: Electricity From Earth’s Untapped Potential
Geothermal power is an old renewable energy source, with a huge potential — especially if enhanced geothermal systems can be commercialized.