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 Non-conventional Energy. The Update is tailored to policy-makers, industries and technology transfer intermediaries.

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Jul-Aug 2009

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   IN THE NEWS  
  #Regional Centre for Energy Efficient Lighting # Republic of Korea taps Germany for solar industry growth # India on a solar power mission # Philippines mulls over using sea currents for power # Chinas wind-power boom to outpace nuclear by 2020 # Pakistan looks to renewable energy # Help for Indonesias geothermal power project # First solar panel plant in Viet Nam opens # Asias first tidal power plant being set up # Tata BP Solar crosses 100 MW in capacity # Indonesia welcomes waste-to-energy projects
 
   SOLAR ENERGY  
#Top-end solar panel technology # Dyad solar cell breaks record in efficiency #High-efficiency organic solar cell #High conversion efficiency for solar module # Self-cleaning, low-reflectivity surface for PV cells # Polymer solar cells connected to the grid #A hybrid nano-energy harvester
 
   WIND ENERGY  
# Smart turbines to improve wind power efficiency # First commercial wind power system for rooftops # Powerful wind turbine for low to medium wind speeds # Wind energizer # Accelerating wind turbine taps new energy fields # Automated fabrication of composite turbine blades
 
   WAVE/TIDAL ENERGY  
#Innovative tidal turbine # Anaconda wave-power generator #New wave energy harnessing device
 
   FUEL CELLS  
# Microbial fuel cell commercialization # Test milestone in fuel cell technology # New seal for solid oxide fuel cells # Renewable energy from bacteria # Microbe-powered machine stores energy # New platinum catalyst for cheaper fuel cells
 
   HYDROGEN ENERGY  
# Sun-powered splitting of water # Controllable process for making hydrogen # New storage system design for hydrogen # New on-demand hydrogen system # Double-action power stations # Improvements on hydrogen processor patent
 
   BIOMASS ENERGY
# Clean substitute for charcoal #Petrol and diesel from lignocellulose #Faster, cheaper way to make ethanol #Technology to accelerate biodiesel processing #Biodiesel from algae #Bringing micro-organisms into the energy grid
 
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