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- Best Rank Enters the Solar and Renewable Energy Marketplace, Educates Compani...
Best Rank, Inc. plunges into the renewable energy industry, seeing numerous opportunities to help companies with cost-effective, online marketing techniques, such as SEO/SEM, social media channels, web design, etc.
- Best Rank Creates New, Environmentally-Friendly Cloud-Based Site Search Techn...
Best Rank's new Cloud-Based Site Search technology is the first development of a cloud-based software product suite to reduce costs along with environmental impact.
- NHA Applauds Napolitano and McClintock Comments about Hydro
- UK Environment Agency Report Identifies Untapped Hydropower Potential
Thousands of small-scale hydroelectric projects could power 850,000 homes and produce 1.5 percent of the UK's electricity needs, according to a recent UK Environment Agency study.
- Video: Renewable Energy World Conference and Expo A Huge Success
Last week, close to four thousand renewable energy professionals gathered in Austin, Texas to take part in the 7th Renewable Energy World Conference and Expo. Attendees took part in technical tours to places such as the Ercot Control Center and Austin Energy, conference sessions that covered pressing renewable energy topics and walked the show floor where more than 225 exhibitors showed off the latest renewable energy innovations.
- Marine Energy Hydropower Test Center Expanding Workforce as Demand Grows
A leading marine energy hydropower test center for wave and tidal energy technologies is expanding its workforce to meet the growing demands of companies developing devices that harness energy from the sea.
- NHA Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technology Expo Grows
The exposition at the 2010 NHA Hydrogen Conference & Expo, to be held May 3 - 6, at the Long Beach Convention Center, is projected to be 10 to 20 percent larger compared to the 2009 event, according to Bruce Cole, Expo Manager for the National Hydrogen Association (NHA).
- NHA Congratulates Olympics on Going Green with Hydropower
- Siemens Acquires Stake in Tidal Energy Company Marine Current Turbines
Siemens Energy has acquired a minority stake in England's Marine Current Turbines, a pioneer in the design and development of tidal current energy turbines. Siemens acquired a stake of just below 10 percent in the Bristol-based company.
- Viability, LLC to Present at United Nations Carbon Forum in Kenya, Share Envi...
- Excellence in Renewable Energy Award Winners Announced
The Renewable Energy World network of publications, the World's #1 Renewable Energy Network, has announced the winners of the 2009 Excellence in Renewable Energy Awards. The awards, which were presented yesterday at the Renewable Energy World Conference and Expo in Austin, Texas, recognize the most cutting-edge projects, people and technologies in the clean energy industry.
- Ocean Power Technologies Begins Wave Power Farm Development Off Oregon Coast
Construction has begun off Oregon's coast on a commercial U.S. wave energy farm, which is being developed by Ocean Power Technologies and is planned to supply power to about 400 homes, according to national media reports.
- EU Countries Expect to Meet Renewable Energy Target
The EU will meet its 2020 20% renewable energy target - slightly exceeding it - according to an analysis by the European Wind Energy Association (EWEA) of all 27 Member States' national forecast documents.





