http://www.greenprogress.com Green Progress provides current news and resources on environmental technology and green innovations that can improve our quality of life by ensuring that our health and environment are protected. www.greenprogress.com en-us Alternative Energy Green Progress rss@greenprogress.com Thu, 28 Jan 2010 00:50:31 MST http://www.greenprogress.com/alternative_energy_article.php?id=1715&ref=rss Early production stage hydrogen generation company AlumiFuel Power, Inc announced today that it has assembled and begun using a fully automated and instrumented AlumiFuel powder test reactor, which will facilitate the accelerated commercialization of API's family of hydrogen and steam generator products. rss@greenprogress.com Alternative Energy Tue, 05 Jan 2010 15:58:58 MST http://www.greenprogress.com/alternative_energy_article.php?id=1711&ref=rss Today, Enel Green Power, Sharp and STMicroelectronics signed an agreement for the manufacture of triple-junction thin-film photovoltaic panels in Italy. rss@greenprogress.com Alternative Energy Sat, 24 Oct 2009 21:59:11 MST http://www.greenprogress.com/alternative_energy_article.php?id=1703&ref=rss Chipotle Mexican Grill announced it is partnering with Houston-based Standard Renewable Energy (SRE) to install solar panels on approximately 75 Chipotle restaurants over the next year. rss@greenprogress.com Alternative Energy Sat, 24 Oct 2009 21:53:22 MST http://www.greenprogress.com/alternative_energy_article.php?id=1702&ref=rss Researchers at the Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) released a new study on the installed costs of solar photovoltaic (PV) power systems in the US, showing that the average cost of these systems declined by more than 30 percent from 1998 to 2008. rss@greenprogress.com Alternative Energy Sat, 24 Oct 2009 21:34:04 MST http://www.greenprogress.com/alternative_energy_article.php?id=1699&ref=rss In continuation of its research activities in geothermal energy globally, Islandsbanki (formerly Glitnir) is issuing its third annual US Geothermal Energy Market Report. rss@greenprogress.com Alternative Energy Tue, 29 Sep 2009 01:41:23 MST http://www.greenprogress.com/alternative_energy_article.php?id=1697&ref=rss University of Utah researchers will inject cool water and pressurized water into a "dry" geothermal well during a five-year, $10_2 million study aimed at boosting the productivity of geothermal power plants and making them feasible nationwide. rss@greenprogress.com Alternative Energy Tue, 29 Sep 2009 01:26:39 MST http://www.greenprogress.com/alternative_energy_article.php?id=1696&ref=rss First Solar recently announced a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Chinese government to build a 2 gigawatt solar power plant in Ordos City, Inner Mongolia, China. rss@greenprogress.com Alternative Energy Sun, 16 Aug 2009 19:57:02 MST http://www.greenprogress.com/alternative_energy_article.php?id=1693&ref=rss Michigan State University scientists working with the Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center will use $1,7 million in federal stimulus funding to study the environmental benefits and consequences of cellulosic biofuel crops. rss@greenprogress.com Alternative Energy Sun, 16 Aug 2009 19:33:39 MST http://www.greenprogress.com/alternative_energy_article.php?id=1689&ref=rss BP and Verenium Corporation announced that its 50-50 joint venture company will operate under the name Vercipia Biofuels, and plan to relocate its corporate headquarters to Florida. rss@greenprogress.com Alternative Energy Sun, 16 Aug 2009 19:20:29 MST http://www.greenprogress.com/alternative_energy_article.php?id=1688&ref=rss OriginOil, the developer of a breakthrough technology to transform algae, the most promising source of renewable oil, into a true competitor to petroleum, today announced that it has succeeded in extracting algae oil on a continuous basis without cell sacrifice. rss@greenprogress.com Alternative Energy Wed, 12 Aug 2009 02:28:04 MST http://www.greenprogress.com/alternative_energy_article.php?id=1685&ref=rss The US Department of Energy recently announced plans to provide up to $52_5 million to research, develop, and demonstrate Concentrating Solar Power systems capable of providing low-cost electrical power both day and night. rss@greenprogress.com Alternative Energy Sun, 16 Aug 2009 00:00:00 MST http://www.greenprogress.com/alternative_energy_article.php?id=1687&ref=rss Exxon Mobil Corporation announced today an alliance with leading biotech company, Synthetic Genomics Inc (SGI), to research and develop next generation biofuels5 from photosynthetic algae. rss@greenprogress.com Alternative Energy