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Obama repeatedly mentioned clean energy jobs

Friday, September 3rd, 2010

President Obama has recently visited America, to increase the momentum states of the clean technology investments. Obama Everywhere, political speech must include the international competition and environmental objectives, which are inseparable from the other topic, it is clean energy jobs, this matter has been repeatedly mentioned Obama.

After visiting Wisconsin, ZBB Energy Corporation (ZBB Energy Corp), Obama made a speech, said the government would invest in clean energy industry billions of dollars, this will create 800 000 2012 positions. “This will not only create employment in the short term, but will also lay the foundation for sustained growth.” On the Ohio Governor Strickland Toldeo area in the state actively funding the development of clean technologies concerned, Obama said the approval, and locally available renewable energy development is satisfactory. Obama said: “clean technology industry has great potential, we hope to become the world leader, and we should also create an energy efficient economy, the environment is conducive to healthy development.” Fund-raising event in Hollywood, Obama Ma reiterated the urgency of U.S. carbon emissions, “because we hope that these clean energy jobs created in the United States, not in China, Germany.” NB-6L NB-7L

However, at the same time, critics of the White House in clean energy investment in some of the disturbing signal. WattHead Jesse Jenkins and breaking California Institute (Breakthrough Institute) research officer, said in recent weeks, the U.S. government had not fulfilled some of the energy and environmental policies have been deleted in the White House line government. Among other things, claimed Obama to pledge, in the next 10 years in clean energy technology and R & D investment 150 billion U.S. dollars. In addition, the transition to clean energy economy of the scheme has also been removed, which was once the Obama campaign slogan. Until now, the U.S. climate bill are not ground-breaking progress, still in Congress in a free Zhuang Tai, Bing Ju Ren He of which does not involve carbon reduction targets, may mean that environmentalists Xiwangchuangzao a clean energy economy’s dream one another in this summer have been dashed.

As the “New York Times,” environmental journalist, famous science writer Andrew. Lufkin , points out, the recent disappearance of 150 billion U.S. dollars clean technology R & D funding may be due to climate change bill failed in the Senate, which also made the White House earlier estimates This amount bathing. But this should not affect the policy itself, as the International Energy Agency and many Nobel Prize winners have expressed should be significantly enhanced investment in clean energy technology research and development, in order to achieve low-carbon road and with the formation of strong competition in other countries, the United States in this In respect of the amount invested should be from 15 to 30 billion U.S. dollars.

We can only hope that the complexity of the signal energy policy will not become final result of the White House on this issue. Obama has repeatedly stressed the importance of clean technology investments, which seem to make up for the lack of progress in the climate bill. Perhaps to the November mid-term elections, the situation will be improved. Some analysts now believe that mid-term elections where the Democratic Party Barack Obama will suffer great challenge, but Obama should be the future low-carbon and clean technology for a stronger signal, then, the government reneged on the move to cleaner technologies also will end.

The future, Obama should promote health care reform bill is so as to promote clean energy development, making them more competitive. Even some Republicans are interested in clean technology in cooperation with the Democrats, if, once implemented, then this will become the first Obama term, bipartisan cooperation on the same goal. Politics aside, the United States in the development of clean technology can no longer wait NB-8L LP-E4 LP-E5 .

Haikou bus will be put into environmental protection, new energy vehicles

Thursday, September 2nd, 2010

The morning of September 2, 7 sets of new energy hybrid bus in Longhua, Haikou City, the terminus for the bus company unveiled a new intelligent transportation scheduling system began trial operation today.

Will put more low-carbon, environmentally friendly buses new energy vehicles

According to Haikou, the person in charge for the bus company, these new energy vehicles greatest feature is Huanbao low energy consumption, maximum energy savings up to 30%; Juliang design concept of becoming modern, low pedal of the car humane, the disabled wheelchair up and down board airbags, electronic stop sign and other personalized high-tech facilities. 7 sets of new energy vehicles in operation by the 4-way international trade to the city and the bus route trial operation for three months.

“The new bus vehicles worth of energy from 800,000 to 1,200,000 yuan in between, we will test operation, select the best performance of a first bus line 4-way full replacement of vehicles, the fare is still after replacement one dollar. “The official also said that in the future the sea for the bus company will invest in more lines of new energy vehicles VGP-BPS15 VGP-BPS15/B .

Reporter was informed that seven sets of new energy transit hybrid bus were from Beijing, Shandong, Suzhou, Anhui, Zhejiang and other places in the seven countries designated bus manufacturers of new energy development. This 7 sets new energy bus the bus the whole car up to 12 meters, is the longest and most luxurious of Haikou City Bus bus. Intelligent transportation by car team will coordinate the scheduling scheduling system is expected to end next year, all the lines in the buses to install the system samsung IA-BP85ST battery .

KDDI Sanyo Electric will provide lithium battery

Wednesday, September 1st, 2010

Sanyo August 27, 2010 announced that KDDI and Okinawa will support the mobile phone (Okinawa Cellular) from late August 2010 a new power supply part of the au mobile phone base stations on-site testing, to provide “power storage lithium (Li ) Ion battery system “(Figure). The remainder of the night, the power stored in batteries, such as natural disasters, power failure is a backup power supply. Sanyo Electric is provided by KDDI, Saitama Prefecture and Ehime Prefecture in the implementation of the field test.

Previously, mobile phone base stations have been using lead-acid battery backup battery. KDDI, said for the realization of lightweight and long battery life of small-scale, and by reducing the amount of lead to reduce environmental load, and consider power-storage system with a lithium-ion rechargeable laptop battery .

The system uses a combination of more than 18650 block size for notebook computers (high diameter of 18mm × 65mm) of consumer electronic products developed with lithium-ion rechargeable battery. Each battery capacity 33.6Ah, total electricity consumption for the 1613Wh, size 438 × 386 × 80mm, weighing about 19kg. From spring 2010, as can be applied to the company’s SES (a combination of intelligent energy systems, solar cells and rechargeable batteries, as well as commercial equipment technology system) “electrical storage battery system with standard (DCB-101)” has been in volume production .

Future bio-fuel cell: will replace disposable batteries

Monday, August 30th, 2010

U.S. researchers say, by replacing enzyme by cell mitochondria and reconstruction of bio-fuels in the decomposition of cellulose molecules, the future will rely on bio-fuel cells or the composition of various bio-fuel energy “drinks” to work.

Scientists at the American Chemical Society’s annual meeting demonstrated a new biological fuel cell model. The new battery does not use enzymes to use mitochondria to decompose the fuel molecules – cellulose. Eukaryotic cells, mitochondria are important organelles that cell “power plant,” said.

The research project leaders, the United States of snow Limindier Saint Louis University said that despite the distance of the practical application of this technology still has a long way to go, but the study is part of the activated cells (in this case mitochondria) integrated into the battery of a milestone progress. The future, this equipment can be replaced in many areas of disposable batteries VGP-BPS15/B VGP-BPL15/B .

In general, fuel cells need to fuel molecules of biological decomposition and reconstruction, a process that releases electrons, together form a current.

Previously, Min Dier team has been using enzymes, enzyme in the decomposition of fuel molecules such as the special aspects of ethanol or glucose is a master. But now they are an integral part of living cells to use mitochondria, mitochondrial enzymes can be combined with the strength and capabilities, will be a lot of fuel elements into the battery can be used directly in the form.

Mindi Er explained, in order to take full advantage of a fuel, it requires a lot of enzymes, some of the fuel needs of three kinds of simple enzyme, which like glucose is required as many as 22 enzymes, and these enzymes need to be able well together with the co-ordination. The efficient decomposition of mitochondria, mitochondrial able to decompose a variety of fuels, meaning that it can to work through the decomposition of the fuel mixture.

The new battery is only used on display by a simple molecule composed of fuel, future research will focus on so that the battery can take advantage of people more familiar with the complexity of bio-fuels to work.

Emerging Energy Technology Centre, University of New Mexico director of Pula.manata Sauve said that, despite technological advances, but the break is not available overnight. For example, people first demonstration of a standard fuel cell and the first of its space exploration, the middle of a full interval of 50 years. Does the technology have a direct practical needs further observation. The main contribution of this work in biotechnology and nanotechnology, a bridge between, and is expected to create a new bio-fuel cell research and development Envy 13 battery ThinkPad T400s battery .

G-smar technical staff to teach you to identify virtual standard battery

Thursday, August 26th, 2010

Virtual pool mobile phone standard is an open secret that many cells are mostly from small cottage workshops or factories, no specific quality and testing facilities, not through baptism and not well-known market, and its brand mostly have not been registered, in a short time will replace many of the same product trademarks and brand names, these no-name battery quality naturally-so.

Many manufacturers battery manufacturers squeezed by the cottage, facing the loss of the dilemma, forced to empty standard mobile phone battery capacity, which can not be said to harm than the embarrassment of mobile phone battery market tragedy. Meanwhile, a lack of understanding consumer battery products, the blind pursuit of high-capacity, many businesses that use consumer psychology, virtual standard on mobile phone battery capacity, the actual capacity of 800,1000, 2000,3000 mA was marked, even There are marked 8000 mA, and if really 8000 mA, its explosive power, and a bomb is about the same.

90% of the market battery manufacturers, 80% of the battery are virtual target. As consumers, not on the battery manufacturing principles, technology, and has a deep understanding of the market naturally can not recognize the virtual standard battery, G-smar technicians teach you how to identify false standard battery :

The first, and than the original battery capacity, to prevent false standard:

Generally speaking, even the regular battery manufacturers such as G-smar, Scud production of high quality brand battery, its capacity is not likely 20% higher than the original battery. For example, a model of your original battery is 1000mAh, the battery if you buy over 1200 mAh, then the battery must be for the virtual standard battery, false means bad battery standard battery, which means that there might be the explosion of a battery explosion injury even death have been frequent the news Compaq Presario V6000 screen Compaq Presario V2000 screen .

Second, and more than original battery weight:

The battery hold in the hand, and the original battery cells than about the thickness and weight, some battery and original battery capacity less marked, but obviously thinner than the original battery, lighter than the original battery, these batteries are still virtual standard battery.

Third, ask to use batteries Brand:

Q recommended battery business is what batteries: batteries brand and the quality of relations between the battery the most, with good batteries can we guarantee the quality and capacity of the battery. Brand batteries are generally a professional, well known brand batteries (other than original batteries). If the business you recommend a “high capacity” battery, but they are not well-known batteries, basically identified as inferior battery. Quality is not very good battery, during the initial period, battery life time may be better than a lot of high-quality batteries with short, but three months later, poor battery life shortened.

Fourth, be careful original battery label:

If the merchant to recommend a label with the original battery is almost similar to the battery, you can be sure that the battery is garbage in the garbage. Consumers should be careful, must not buy the use of such batteries. Branded batteries are not generally designed such standard stickers.

Imitation of original battery labels, if not original, that is rubbish, street vendors, there are many such products, the cost of 2-3 per 1, and the use of bombs almost. Real original battery, expensive, a big difference Compaq Presario CQ60 screen Compaq Presario CQ61 screen .

To see whether the product packaging marked “no vacuity” commitment. Regular brands such as G-smar battery on the quality of their products, the actual capacity of confidence, commitment to the consumer, “not empty standard”, and those virtual standard capacity battery manufacturers will never express “no vacuity” Otherwise, the consumer associations, state quality inspection authorities will seize the evidence, they will be punished or even bankruptcy.

Lot of solar cell business income

Wednesday, August 25th, 2010

Yesterday came the leading solar cell plant in Japan Sharp, plans to build in Europe and the United States production of crystalline solar cell Cell of the new plant, by local production overseas, triggering market makers receive orders for Taiwan-related associations. Companies such as Yu Jing, U.S. grain and so light, daily limit, a legal person entitled to the proposed layout warrant higher pay.

IBTS associate Liping Zhang said: Solar strong population momentum long, continuously record high, to replace the existing stock warrants in addition to participation in the underlying stock investment gains, the more back up if the underlying stock, the losses are small.

American Crystal solar wafers, epitaxial wafers and LED sapphire substrate production line in Q3 is expected to fully loaded; and the current production cost of polycrystalline silicon decreased, but the recent offer is on the rise, which means that corporate profits increased significantly than before dell Studio 1737 Screen dell Studio XPS 13 Screen  .

The new solar energy light recently signed with Zhejiang Yuhui Yang reached a total of 434MW of polysilicon / silicon solar wafer supply contract, which raised 10 billion of funds and also for capacity expansion.

Zhang Liping that links most of the new daylight warrants were tested at current prices, investors can choose KGI and Polaris GF CG closer to the subject of price level.

Hangzhou New Deal to encourage the use of new energy vehicles

Tuesday, August 24th, 2010

After Shenzhen, Hangzhou become the second to complete the private purchase of new energy vehicles to subsidize the implementation of the demonstration pilot cities. The Hangzhou will spend 8 billion to encourage consumers to use new energy vehicles, nurturing new energy automotive consumer market in Hangzhou.

Reporter from the “private purchase of new energy vehicles in Hangzhou pilot implementation of the subsidy program,” understanding, using battery-lease model to buy pure electric vehicles to consumers, free of charge the battery 3 years or 60,000 km; used vehicle leasing model consumers The maximum subsidy for each vehicle can be 1,000 yuan / month, while rental cars to enjoy 3 years or 60,000 km, or use rechargeable batteries free of charge.

For buyers of new energy vehicles, subsidies for the intensity is even greater. Among them, the purchase of plug-in hybrid vehicle, the maximum grant 30 thousand yuan; buy pure electric cars, the maximum grant 60 thousand yuan, and the vehicle to provide 3 years or 60,000 km of free charge. In addition, staff organized a one-time purchase of units of new energy vehicles for more than 10 vehicles, 3,000 per vehicle to give additional subsidies; individuals choose to redeem a car new energy vehicles, and receive an additional subsidy to 3,000 yuan per vehicle. According to the state’s subsidy program and Hangzhou, Hangzhou, consumers buy a pure electric vehicle, up to 126,000 yuan can enjoy the financial subsidy; purchase hybrid vehicles receive up to 86,000 yuan of subsidy dell Inspiron E1505 Screen dell Inspiron E1705 Screen .

At the same time, pushing new energy vehicles to facilitate travel initiatives. For example, a number of scenic spots in Hangzhou, supermarkets, restaurants, government agencies, energy car parking spaces will have a new light “green light”, that is, new energy vehicles will have its own dedicated parking spaces, have priority parking privileges, and remove the parking fee, and is not Hangzhou road vehicle restrictions on odd and even numbers.

In addition, Hangzhou to promote new energy vehicles will be fully supporting facilities and services. Program referred to by the end of 2012, the city’s plan into four centralized charging station, charging (for) power plant 38, 145 distribution centers, the charge pile (pillar) 3500 sets. In accordance with the Power Authority’s work plan, completed this year, 500 electric cars energy supply, to reach 8,000 by the end of the supply level of 23,000 in 2012 towards the electric car power supply level. Hangzhou Electric Power Bureau will implement the network-type cover means so as to provide consumers access to energy within a kilometer dell Inspiron Mini 10 Screen .

Japan megawatt-class solar power station started

Friday, August 20th, 2010

In the previous evaluation in comparison with Japanese firms and overseas module manufacturers often the initial fault and the module features inequality. Overseas manufacturers, especially manufacturers in Asia a higher proportion of this situation. For example, as is called micro-cracks (Micro Crack) the reasons for the small cracks, resulting solar cell is broken, so can not generate electricity and so on. Multi-vendor product failure occurred even in the form of 50 ~ 10kW system module 60, 5 ~ 6 cases of failure.

In (2) evaluation of the power regulator, equipped with a 400kW power system stability function regulator (Figure 3). Specific test content, including inhibition of voltage changes, or transient low (transient voltage reduction) to keep running, or high harmonics current. For example, even if the sun is cloud cover, and instantly generate about 500kW of power changes, they can change the system voltage within 0.2% or less.

(3) sets the framework is to reduce the environmental impact evaluation and cost implementation. In general, shelf units cost the Department of material costs and setup cost in the solar system, the ratio is about 20%. In order to reduce this ratio, the empirical facility eliminates the need for concrete foundations, directly into the steel pipe pile (Figure 4). In addition, the setting angle of solar cell modules is also important (Figure 5). The reason is if the set point of a larger, center of gravity will be increased, not only to ensure the strength of the frame units cost increased shading effects on the surrounding modules also are obvious. Taking into account the angle of incidence of sunlight, the setting angle of 30 degrees is more appropriate LTN141X7 LTN141X8 .

Use of battery power in a planned manner

The next visit is evidence of juvenile facilities within the city. Wakkanai taxi from the airport about 10 minutes later, 5MW about large-scale megawatt-class solar energy facilities on the present author in the eyes (Figure 6) Note 5). The facility’s main purpose is to “establish the inhibition of power by the battery changing technology” (Hokkaido Electric Power Planning and Research Institute based solar power projects to promote Office Director Yu Saito). Wakkanai city of wind stronger, faster movement of clouds, so changes for experiments to suppress.

  Evidence in Wakkanai city facilities, NEDO commissioned Wakkanai City, Hokkaido Electric Power and empirical research, but also re-commissioned the electricity for homes, Matsushita Environmental Engineering, Hokkaido University, Japan Weather Association, and. Here set the output power of 1500kW of NAS (sodium and sulfur) battery as the battery (Figure 7). Its role is to temporarily store the ever-changing solar cell output power, or discharge as needed to stabilize the output power. In the empirical facilities, not only for a stable output power of experiments, also advanced to meet the pre-specified output power of the “program power” experiment. Specifically refer to predict in advance the amount of sunlight and provides good output power, and then to meet the target in the case of control of NAS battery charge and discharge.

Previously, when weather conditions clear when the good or bad, basically in accordance with the planned power output (Figure 8). However, when the sun appears to change frequently, when the weather is unpredictable, it is difficult to generate electricity according to plan. The current approach to further improve the accuracy limits, so are planning to improve forecasting LTN141XA LTN141XB .

In addition to NAS battery, it also proved that only one million watt-level changes in solar energy have inhibitory effects. Wakkanai City empirical facilities, three about the size of Tokyo Dome stadium on a 14ha land to set up solar cell modules. Therefore, sometimes a small cloud, moving from one end of the facilities to the other side, take up to ten seconds. Results confirm the power output of each module in an uneven though, but the whole infrastructure of the output power to achieve positive homogenization effect. If the active use of the results, you can reduce battery capacity, but also conducive to cost reduction.

Department of solar modules offer moral decline

Thursday, August 19th, 2010

Germany since July after the next cut subsidies, although other Asian and European non-German demand for heat is still high, but the German question has been depressed demand, the average offer level has always been high compared with Asia, Germany and Department of solar modules, announced the first since June 3 quarter modules offer a comprehensive 10% under the cut after the recent cut offer 2 degrees, about 3 ~ 5% lower and lower.
Start the German market in July that the phenomenon appears frozen until the mid-7 second half although the German government for subsidies cut under the trend of close, local banks have been lending money to provide clear, however, demand in Germany did not seem therefore rejuvenation, and even today, remains as “very cold.”

In response to the German market conditions sagging economy, quotes has always been higher than the region of high moral line of solar modules, although in June have announced Q3 cut 10% of the offer, first-line European system module factory average manufactured quote about every watt 1.73 ~ 1.78 the euro, some recent module works full cut offer 2 degrees around 1.65 euros per watt is about Lenovo ThinkPad X300 screen

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On average, Germany Department of solar module plant or plant module and the system starts the first drop of 2 to 3 average drop of about 5%, of course, there are very few so far adhere Ashkenazi module plant in a wave of price cuts to maintain the water level, at about 1.8 euros per watt price level.

Solar industry said that in Germany since July after the next cut subsidies, including the Asian and other non-German European system installed on the positive degree of unexpected areas, mainly due to freight rush rush in the first half to win the German market is not limited to installation of traffic, in the second half is facing a cut subsidies under the 2011 may turn positive impact of solar system which is to make solar energy industry supply chain in Asia, especially in the mainland market, the demand ever-increasing heat can show the phenomenon.

Ashkenazi solar system operators, said the German market in Q3 so far the main reason for weak demand from the German people face return on investment (IRR) than the expected pressure, most still expect IRR return to supplement the water level before the next cut, they will prefer to wait and see, since most do not want to install. IRR as a result of the main causes expected price drop is not high, because there are other non-Ashkenazi demand support Lenovo ThinkPad T400 screen Lenovo ThinkPad X200 screen .

Solar system operators pointed out that this also led to some hard work in Germany’s system operators fill the needs of other regions without loss of market share in Germany, or to continue to maintain the local system implementation of the some amount of the benefit of future funds with the bank, in cooperation the case of Germany, part of the system was faced with losing money I am afraid to install, especially the battery can not be valid or the module with the upstream industry bargaining system operators.

Solar industry said that Germany needs cold, so that each tile installation prices show decline in the phenomenon, but the Italian market is response to 2011 under the cut subsidies pressure in the second half presents catching installation of fever, each tile installation prices show rising trend, the current Taiwan-based solar cell industry in the order most Yiyi non-German areas, the recent German module factory orders also increase, anticipated to be a hard contribution has non-German markets Compaq Presario V2000 screen .

Fill in municipal solid waste gasification fuel cell

Tuesday, August 17th, 2010

World’s first litter into gasification, for advanced fuel cell power plant first began in the UK early next year. Institutions by the British-led international consortium plans Waste2Tricity higher than the temperature of the sun through the heating of organic material such as plastics and carbon-type waste, generated synthesis gas. “Synthesis gas” is a composite mixture of fuel gasification, which contains hydrogen and carbon monoxide, then the gas will first be used for commercial power plants, gas injected into the latest alkaline fuel cells generate electricity through chemical reaction hydrogen and oxygen.

According to Waste2Tricity, a director of Peter • Jones (PeterJones) description, the United Kingdom each year buried in the landfill area from 3500 to 40,000,000 tons of biomass, which means that substantial resources were wasted. “Increasingly expensive cost of waste disposal,” he said, “and that these substances are very valuable in this fuel source, we should make full use, thus producing low-carbon energy.” B170PW03 CLAA154WA01

And Canada, Taiwan and Japan, like other similar pilot plant, Waste2Tricity use of ionic conductivity of gases generated in the environment in the DNA 5000-8000 ℃ high temperature. However, the use of plasma gasification and fuel cells combined with waste generation is the first time. Jones said the gas power plant to give up common energy efficiency can mean “up by 60%.”

However, the “International Renewable Energy Ashden Award” winner David • Fulford (DavidFulford) that the energy gains are insufficient to cover the cost of the project. “Gasification power plants rely on high temperature plasma arc generated,” he explained, “to generate and maintain this arc requires very advanced technology and extremely well insulated environment, so using this method is too expensive Fenjie garbage!” In addition, He also raised a problem that is extremely fuel cell on the contaminant sensitive, so the material into the arc treatment (in this case means the pool of waste from landfills) must Jingguo to heavy metals, sulfur, and go to the chlorine treatment.

To identify effective methods of waste disposal increasing pressure. This year, the National Audit Office reaffirmed the UK in 2006 2013 EU landfill targets to achieve the capacity of the doubt, if not achieved, the British will suffer heavy fines. At present, the landfill area to the dumping of tonnes of waste a price of 40 pounds, and 2013, the price rose to £ 72. United Kingdom of existing nuclear power and coal power generation facilities, the deterioration has been pressure on the British Government, therefore, an urgent need for the Government to meet national energy needs to find new ways HSD101PFW2 HT14X11 HT14X12 .

Waste2Tricity company and its partners are the first 50,000 tonnes capacity plant for 135 million pounds of funding. With energy prices rising and the United Kingdom looming for the EU fined the UK waste, the opportunity to maybe it is rare, it is worth trying.