VATIS Update Non-conventional Energy is published 6 times a year to keep the readers up to date of most of the relevant and latest technological developments and events in the field of Ozone Layer Protection. The Update is tailored to policy-makers, industries and technology transfer intermediaries.

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Jul-Aug 2008

 

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   IN THE NEWS  
 

#ADB to promote clean energy through private equity funds # Green energy in India not reaching the grid # China to expand wind power capacity # Sri Lanka’s private sector to drive move for carbon credits # Thailand tests use of alternative energy # Indian wind resource map complete

 
   SOLAR ENERGY  

# Real efficiency of solar systems # Major boost in solar cell efficiency# “Hairy” solar cell could boost conversion efficiency # Nanomaterials to boost solar cell efficiencies # World record for solar cell efficiency # Cost-efficient dye-sensitized solar cells # A tree with solar-cell leaves

 
   WIND ENERGY  

# Low-cost, offshore wind turbine #Hybrid solar-wind turbine generator # Measuring the wind to optimize power generation # New 1.5 MW VSCF wind turbine # Upgrade for wind turbine design package # Blade pitch control system for wind generator

 
   BIOMASS ENERGY  

# Vehicle fuel from used cooking oil # Bacteria make oil from biomass # Fuel from carbon dioxide # Glycerine fires turbine engines # Low-cost cellulosic ethanol production # Biofuel from straw # Fungus improves corn-to-ethanol process

 
   WAVE/TIDAL ENERGY  

# Trial of new tidal turbine completed # Biomimicry solution for ocean power # The development of a tidal turbine # New device gauges potential of tidal energy # New submarine turbine systems # Free-flow turbines to be tested

 
   FUEL CELLS  

# More efficient and cheap fuel cells # Methanol fuel cell with more power # Fuel cell that runs on starch and light # A breakthrough in fuel cell technology # Water-powered mobile fuel cell # Small hybrid fuel cell # Microbial fuel cell for pollutant detection

 
   HYDROGEN ENERGY

# Hydrogen fuel from formic acid # Improved ion mobility for hydrogen storage # A new source of primary energy # Efficient hydrogen storage using nanoparticles # BMW has a better method of storing hydrogen fuel # Renewable hydrogen generation systems

 
   BIOMASS ENERGY

# Vehicle fuel from used cooking oil # Bacteria make oil from biomass # Fuel from carbon dioxide # Glycerine fires turbine engines # Low-cost cellulosic ethanol production # Biofuel from straw # Fungus improves corn-to-ethanol process

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