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 Mar-Apr 2007

 
   IN THE NEWS  
  Korean energy firms gear up for more renewable energy  # Sri Lanka
to revise renewable energy tariffs # World’s first solar power house launched in India # India raises its renewable power capacity  # China
aims to surpass its wind energy goal # China plans to tap biofuel from
forests # Philippine government projects large savings with biofuels # Biogas powers sustainable agriculture in Tibet # Wind power on the
rise in Korea # New Zealand to promote renewables in energy strategy
 
   SOLAR ENERGY  
Solar energy cuts monocrystalline silicon ingot # Rooftop solar concentrator # New world record in solar cell efficiency  # Mass
production of thin-film solar cells # Solar cell technology in glass
windows # Spherical solar cells # Semiconductor finger” technology
 
   WIND ENERGY  
New wind turbine blade design # New-generation wind turbine # Mini windmills for special uses # Active lift control, down-wind turbine
technology # Flying wind farms # China’s 1.2 MW wind turbine
 
   BIOMASS ENERGY  
Plasma-enhanced melter # Portable generator that turns trash into electricity # Biomass gasifier system for villages # New biodiesel
production method # Bio jet fuel breakthrough? # Generator power for cooking invented
 
   WAVE/TIDAL ENERGY  
Modular system for generating electricity # Pivoting float with generator # Near-shore wave energy converter
 
   FUEL CELLS  
Bipolar metal plate PEM fuel cell # New portable fuel cell technology # Platinum electrocatalysts for use in fuel cells # Quest for palladium
substitute in fuel cells # New mechanism to control hydrogen fuel cell
power # Reformer-based fuel cell system # Use of carbon nanotubes
in fuel cells
 
   HYDROGEN ENERGY
Catalyst for hydrogen from water-gas shift reaction # Renewable
hydrogen fuelling # Researchers hail platinum catalyst breakthrough # “Potential” hydrogen storage material # Unique, economical hydrogen production # Pressurized electrolysers
 
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