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Mar-Apr 2008

 

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   IN THE NEWS  
 

# Solar systems for 400,000 Chinese rural households # Indian wind projects lure foreign investors # GE’s contribution to Malaysia’s renewable energy # China reaches milestone ahead of schedule # Republic of Korea sees steady gains in solar energy # Pakistan licenses wind power plants # Renewable energy corridor in Malaysia gets US$1.5 billion # Indian company aims for 2,000 MW in wind energy generation # Viet Nam’s first solar panel and cell plant # A world record for Sharp Corporation

 
   SOLAR ENERGY  

# Resource-saving production process for CIGS thin films # Electricity from a thin film solar module # Unique nanotube composites for organic cells # Telecom research leads to solar breakthrough # New polymer solar cell technique # New coating improves efficiency # Firms develop lightest solar cell # Screen-printed solar cells in many colours # High temperature, dye-sensitized solar cells

 
   WIND ENERGY  

# Plug-and-produce wind power # A wind turbine that emulates a
tornado # Mixer/ejector wind turbine for more power

 
   BIOMASS ENERGY  

# Bio-crude turns cheap waste into valuable fuel # Efficient ethanol production method # Biomass-based coal # Ethanol production from cellulose # New techniques create butanol, a superior biofuel # Creating ethanol from wood more efficiently

 
   WAVE/TIDAL ENERGY  

# Venturi turbine # Wave energy buoy # Multi-device energy generation plant # Researchers test ocean waves for energy # Offshore power generation and storage technology # Underwater vertical axis windmill

 
   FUEL CELLS  

# New mobile fuel cell prototype # New discovery could improve efficiency # Novel automobile fuel cell concept # Bacteria fuels fuel cell to generate electricity

 
   HYDROGEN ENERGY

# Hydrogen fuel plant runs on solar power # Solar cell directly splits water # Hydrogen-powered motorcycle # Organic hydride improves efficiency # Hydrogen on demand # Hydrogen from salt water using radio waves

 
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