New Low-Cost Material Offers ‘Green’ Carbon-Capture

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Professor Martin Schröder, Dean of the Faculty of Science at The University of Nottingham, led the research. He said: “Our novel material has potential for applications in carbon capture technologies to reduce CO2 emissions and therefore contribute to the reduction of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.”

Alabama Power Deal to Bring in Low-Cost Wind Power from Oklahoma, Kansas

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It is encouraging to learn of renewable energy advances in the Southeast. Source: Clean Technica

MidAmerican Wind to Acquire Two California Wind Projects from Terra-Gen Power

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MidAmerican Wind, a subsidiary of MidAmerican Renewables whose parent company is MidAmerican Energy Holdings Company, today announced its agreement to acquire the 168-megawatt Alta Wind VII and the 132-megawatt Alta Wind IX projects from California Highwind Power, a subsidiary of Terra-Gen Power, LLC. The projects are in Tehachapi, Calif., and will feature a total of 100 Vestas 3-megawatt V90 wind turbines.