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• Fuel from algae and CO2

  Alternatives magazine n° 22, 4th quarter 2009 Category: In brief

  American chemical company Dow Chemical and start-up company Algenol Biofuels are partnering to build a new type of biorefinery. The plant, to be built at Dow's plant site in Freeport, Texas, will use the CO2 emissions … Read more

• Solar-powered ferries in Hong Kong harbor

  Alternatives magazine n° 22, 4th quarter 2009 Category: In brief

  In November 2009, the sun started powering some of the ferries that cross Hong Kong's harbor. The boats are equipped with solar panels that can supply up to 75% of the power needed to operate them, and a diesel engine … Read more

• Using the sun to extract black gold

  Alternatives magazine n° 22, 4th quarter 2009 Category: In brief

  American thermal solar company BrightSource Energy is poised to install more than 7,000 mirrors on one of the Chevron group's oil fields in California. Why? To produce steam by focusing solar energy on a 90-meter (323-… Read more

• Finland and smart meters

  Alternatives magazine n° 22, 4th quarter 2009 Category: In brief

  After Italy and Sweden, it is now Finland's turn to convert to smart grids. Finnish electric utility Fortum is planning to invest 170 million euros to install 550,000 smart meters by 2013 while deploying a smart grid. … Read more

• France: solar energy boom should persist despite crisis

  Alternatives magazine n° 21, 4th quarter 2009 Category: In brief

  "The Frenchmarket for photovoltaic solar energy should continue to grow rapidly at least until late 2010 despite the economic recession", predicts PriceWaterhouseCoopers (PWC) in a study published in May. New solar … Read more

• A new center of excellence for the Cotentin region

  Alternatives magazine n° 21, 4th quarter 2009 Category: In brief

  The regional economic and social council of France's Basse-Normandie region (CESR) published a study in February that brought to light the wealth of nuclear, radiation protection, materials science and biomedical know-… Read more

• United States: limited impact of carbon cap-and-trade market

  Alternatives magazine n° 21, 4th quarter 2009 Category: In brief

  Creating a cap-and-trade system to regulate greenhouse gas emissions, as provided by draft legislation currently being examined by the US Congress, will only have a modest impact on the competitiveness of energy-… Read more

• Limiting global warming to 2 °C

  Alternatives magazine n° 21, 4th quarter 2009 Category: In brief

  According to the scientific journal Nature, we must burn less than one fourth of proven fossil fuel resources by 2050 if we want to limit global warming of the earth's surface to 2 °C. The scientists first assessed the … Read more

• Mobile phones: a wireless battery charger?

  Alternatives magazine n° 20, 2nd quarter 2009 Category: In brief

  The MacArthur Foundation awarded the Genius Grant to WiTricity (wireless electricity), a new technology that has the ability to charge batteries in laptops, mobile phones, MP3s, etc. – remotely! Initially, research … Read more

• Using solar energy to produce hydrogen

  Alternatives magazine n° 20, 2nd quarter 2009 Category: In brief

  In Almeria, Spain, a 100 kW pilot facility designed by German scientists has produced hydrogen from solar energy. This carbon-free technology is a first step towards possibly storing solar energy in the form of hydrogen… Read more

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