http://www.green-manufacturing.org Fri, 22 Oct 2010 12:00:19 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Google has joined with a financial firm in New York to invest $5 billion over the next decade in a deepwater transmission line project. The lines would span around 20 miles offshore from New Jersey to Virginia. The first step of the project will be to create 2,000 MW of ... http://www.green-manufacturing.org/google-stepping-into-wind-power/ Although they are more complicated and have higher initial expenses, floating wind turbines are more economically efficient. A new study called Project Deepwater released by the ETI, Energy Technologies Institute, shows that because they are more able to access consistent, stronger winds, floating turbines are better in the long term. “The ... http://www.green-manufacturing.org/floating-turbines-appear-to-be-more-economical/ According to a recent article in ACS' Energy and Fuels, today's technology is capable of producing biodiesel fuel from sewage sludge that is just a few cents away from being competitive with the costs of producing diesel from petroleum. Sludge is the solid material that remains after sewage is treated ... http://www.green-manufacturing.org/economical-biodiesel-from-sewage-sludge/ Surpassing the United States, Japan and Australia, China is now the world leader in clean energy efforts. The Vivid Economics report was commissioned by the Australian Climate Institute. It showed that the incentives China offers to encourage low carbon generation such as wind and solar power are almost triple those ... http://www.green-manufacturing.org/china-world-leader-in-clean-energy/ SOLON Corporation, a crystalline silicon solar module manufacturer that provides turnkey solar plants, has announced a contract with the Arizona Public Service. The Tucson, Arizona based company, will develop, design and build a 18 MW solar power plant for APS. The facility will feature SOLON's turnkey system, high efficiency modules ... http://www.green-manufacturing.org/solon-to-build-solar-plant-for-arizona-public-service/ Suntech, a Chinese solar PV manufacturer recently opened a new plant in the United States. The new 30 MW capacity module production facility is located in Arizona. While a lot of solar manufacturers have started moving to China in the past few years, this facility shows that the foreign solar ... http://www.green-manufacturing.org/suntech-opens-new-manufacturing-plant-in-us/ Although the cost of producing algae biodiesel has been dropping, a cost effecient method may still be years away. The costs have steadily dropped over the past two decades from hundreds of dollar for each gallon to tens of dollars. But, European researchers say that it still may take at ... http://www.green-manufacturing.org/is-cost-effecient-algae-biodiesel-still-years-away/ Arnold Schwarzenegger, California governor, has declared that October is Solar Energy Month. There will be a variety of events in the state this month to promote solar energy. Southern California Edison (SCE) will be heading the celebration with several events that are geared specifically toward educating homeowners about how they ... http://www.green-manufacturing.org/its-solar-energy-month-in-california/ The federal government is approving large concentrating solar power plants more quickly now. And, just last week, BrightSource Energy got some really good news. The government gave the company the approval to build a 370 megawatt "Power Tower" in California. While this certainly isn't the first Power Tower, it is ... http://www.green-manufacturing.org/us-government-approving-more-csp-power-towers/ United Solar and SolarWorld just announced new programs that are geared toward helping to offset the initial capital costs for installing solar energy. In New Jersey and California, the two companies are testing new solar energy lease programs. Both companies realize that the main stumbling block to adopting solar energy ... http://www.green-manufacturing.org/solar-energy-leases-on-both-us-coasts/