CONTENTS                                                  Mar-Apr 2002

IN THE NEWS
Green electricity certification worldwide  Ö Energy from ice  Ö Collaboration on hydrogen energy  Ö Venture fund to aid solar equipment manufacturers Ö Pakistan eyes wind power  Ö Showcasing alternative energy uses  Ö Funds for renewable energy  Ö India targets 10,000 MW by 2012  Ö Solar energy to grow in China  Ö New photovoltaic power station  Ö Renewables Portfolio standard approved

INVENTIONS/NEW PRODUCTS
Seabed-based wave energy concept  Ö Hydrogen fuel photocatalyst  Ö Solar energy handset battery  Ö Geothermal heating/cooling  Ö Breakthrough hydrogen products to fuel vehicles  Ö Solar pumps  Ö Portable solar water pumping system  Ö Fuel cells for mobile devices  Ö Tidal power station Ö New CFL street lighting system

R&D IDEAS
Visible light used to split water  Ö Peanut waste to fuel vehicles  Ö Channelling solar energy from space  Ö New breakthrough may revolutionise solar cells  Ö Alternative gas from waste corn  Ö New renewable fuel source  Ö PV in spacecrafts

SOLAR ENERGY
Lightweight power source for consumer portables  Ö New record in thin-film solar cell efficiency  Ö New solar collector  Ö Sun lighting system  Ö Solar water heater based on vacuum tubes  Ö Phase-change heat-conductive solar water heater  Ö Complete solar electric system  Ö Solar Ark  Ö New solar converter  Ö New solar power design system

BIOMASS ENERGY
Cheaper ethanol from cellulose  Ö Natural gas from manure  Ö Production of synthesis gas  Ö New biogas process

WIND ENERGY
Wind energy converter  Ö Wind-powered building design  Ö Modular amplifier for wind energy  Ö New range of windmills  Ö New turbines  Ö ASR wind turbines

FUEL CELLS
Hydrogen fuel cell electrolyte  Ö Fuel cell-based power source  Ö New fuel cell  Ö Second generation Carbon-X fuel cell  Ö Portable fuel cell  Ö Gas-to-liquid plant yields fuel for fuel cells  Ö Micro fuel cell prototype unveiled  Ö Brewery gas for fuel cell  Ö Improved fuel cell start-up and efficiency  Ö Fuel cell triples battery life

WASTE TO ENERGY
Non-burning waste power generator  Ö Power from sewage sludge Ö Garbage eater  Ö Fuel from waste oils  Ö New series of gas reformers

NEW PUBLICATIONS

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