By Wood Resources International LLC The reduction in house construction in China has resulted in a substantial decline in the importation of forest products during 2015, reports the Wood Resource Quarterly. The total value of imported softwood logs and lumber has fallen 25% and import prices have declined almost 30%…
By California Sunlight Corporation Long-time Tech Veteran and Business Leader Joins Rapidly Growing Solar Energy Business. [PR.com] Read more here:: http://www.pr.com/press-release/656303
This is an excerpt from EERE Network News, a weekly electronic newsletter. February 03, 2016 The Energy Department announced on January 27 that four projects will receive $2.85 million to deploy renewable energy technologies at facilities throughout the federal government. The Energy Department’s Federal Energy Management Program (FEMP) works to…
This is an excerpt from EERE Network News, a weekly electronic newsletter. February 03, 2016 By Wind and Water Power Technologies Office Director Jose Zayas and Advanced Manufacturing Office Director Mark Johnson Last spring, a 3D-printed replica Shelby Cobra, manufactured at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), visited the Energy Department…
Scientists have developed a method of converting the carbon dioxide in the air around us (not concentrated) directly into methanol, a fuel source. Read more here:: http://feeds.sciencedaily.com/~r/sciencedaily/matter_energy/fuel_cells/~3/c73jcOB2gJQ/160202143949.htm
By Rentricity Inc. Town of Grand Lake, Colorado and Ferron, Utah to install equipment package for under 10kW – sized hydro energy recovery. [PR.com] Read more here:: http://www.pr.com/press-release/656202
By By JACQUES LESLIE The campaign against alternative energy scores a victory. Read more here:: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/01/opinion/nevadas-solar-bait-and-switch.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
By By PAUL KRUGMAN Will we have a renewables revolution? It may be closer than you think. Read more here:: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/01/opinion/wind-sun-and-fire.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
By By DIANE CARDWELL Regulators extended a policy that has helped the expansion of rooftop solar power, adding fees for future users but rejecting changes sought by big utilities. Read more here:: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/29/business/energy-environment/california-narrowly-votes-to-retain-system-that-pays-solar-users-for-excess-power.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
Scientists have a new recipe for batteries: Bake a leaf, and add sodium. They used a carbonized oak leaf, pumped full of sodium, as a demonstration battery’s negative terminal, or anode, according to a paper published yesterday in the journal ACS Applied Materials Interfaces. Read more here:: http://feeds.sciencedaily.com/~r/sciencedaily/matter_energy/fuel_cells/~3/7wFb02C2S7A/160128160017.htm
