Alternative Energy News Archives
Thursday 2nd of February, 2006
Geothermal Energy Venture in Canada Benefits All ★
RenewableEnergyAccess.com, appx. 305 wordsWaterloo North Hydro and NextEnergy have formed Lifetime Energy, a joint venture designed to make geothermal energy solutions accessible to anyone in the Waterloo North Hydro service area
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New material brings hydrogen fuel, cheaper petrochemicals closer to reality ★
EurekAlert, appx. 568 wordsA new material with superior gas-separating ability
has been developed by a chemical engineering group at The University of Texas at Austin, and it could result in lower costs for purifying hydrogen for hydrogen-fuelled vehicles. One of the key advantages is its its ability to permit hydrogen to remain compressed at high pressure
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More details published in the February 3rd issue of Science magazine. See Plasticization-Enhanced Hydrogen Purification Using Polymeric Membranes.
Sugar futures close at 1981 levels ★★
ForexTV.com, appx. 261 wordsSugar futures closed at their highest level in almost 25 years Thursday, with traders betting on increased sugar demand to produce ethanol as an alternative energy source to oil.
Siemens expands its manufacturing capacity for wind turbines in Denmark ★★
noticias.info, appx. 316 wordsAcquiring a former fiber glass factory in Engesvang, Denmark, Siemens Wind Power A/S is expanding its production capacity of wind turbines. The Siemens Power Generation Group (PG) experienced a near doubling of it's turbine sales in 2005, shipping nearly 630 megawatts of output.
This acquisition is seen as a response to the fact that fabrication capacity for 2006 at the division headquarters in Brande is almost fully booked for 2006.
