Zayed Future Energy Prize Announces Winners Winners have been announced in the 2012 Zayed Future Energy Prize. His Highness General Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, presented the prestigious awards to three winners and two runners up at a ceremony held in Emirates Palace.

Helping Washington Understand Biofuel One of the greatest hurdles facing the biofuel industry is not technical but political. It's convincing the policymakers and legislators in government that biofuel can strengthen both the economy and the country.

RNA CAD Could Lead to Better Biofuels The CAD tools that made it possible to fabricate integrated circuits with millions of transistors may soon be coming to the biological sciences. Researchers at the U.S. DOE's Joint BioEnergy Institute have developed CAD-type models and simulations for RNA molecules that may aid in microbial-based sustainable production of advanced biofuels.

Asantys Systems Commissions Off-Grid Solar Plants in Mali Asantys Systems has successfully implemented two off-grid solar installations in the African Republic of Mali. The two solar power plants -- 50kWp and 150kWp -- were installed by order of Foundation Rural Energy Services, an NGO from the Netherlands whose aim is to provide electrification in rural areas of developing countries.

Drake Landing Solar Community Wins Energy Globe World Award The Drake Landing Solar Community in Alberta, Canada has received the Energy Globe World Award for 2011 for its district heating system that stores solar energy in an underground thermal energy storage reservoir during summer months and distributes the energy to the homes for space heating during winter months.

2011 Platts Global Energy Awards Spotlight Green Energy Green was the predominant color as the 2011 Platts Global Energy Awards were presented to 21 companies and industry leaders at a gala dinner in New York on December 1st. Clean energy and sustainability themes prevailed in the entries for this year's awards, setting the criteria for honors in energy efficiency and technology categories.

Alloy Converts Heat Directly Into Electricity University of Minnesota engineering researchers in the College of Science and Engineering have recently discovered a new alloy material that converts heat directly into electricity. This revolutionary energy conversion method is in the early stages of development, but it could have wide-sweeping impact on creating environmentally friendly electricity from waste heat sources.

Is Renewable Energy Good For The Economy? Is renewable energy good for the economy? Does it create -- or destroy -- jobs? Would government investment in renewable energy create more or fewer jobs than a similar investment in traditional energy industries, such as oil and gas? As is so often the case, it depends on whom you ask.

T-Solar Expands With Solar Projects in India and Peru The T-Solar Group is continuing its international expansion with the construction of a further 61 MW in Peru and India. The group, which already has over 230 MW under operation and construction in Spain, Italy, India, and Peru, has just brought its first photovoltaic power plant in India online.

Tracking Concentrated Solar Photovoltaic Real estate is expensive. Solar photovoltaic cells are expensive. Obviously, there'd be an advantage to being able to produce the same power using less of each. SunPower's new C7 Tracker makes this possible by combining parabolic mirrors to concentrate the sun's power and an automated tracking system that follows the sun as it transits the sky.

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