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United Parcel Service Utilizes Biodiesel Blend at Worldport Hub

The United Parcel Service (UPS) has switched over to the use of biodiesel blends for its vehicles at Louisville, Kentucky hub.

28 May 2011

Risø International Energy Conference Optimistic on Future Clean Energy Systems

The three-day 5th Risø International Energy Conference that concluded recently while expressing its apprehensions over the impact of quick climatic changes did end with an optimistic note reposing its faith in the introduction of technologically superior clean energy systems to tackle the issue.

28 May 2011

Stevens Institute of Technology Students Invent Portable Reactor

The students of chemical engineering at Stevens Institute of Technology have discovered a microreactor, which can be used by the American soldiers for powering their battery.

28 May 2011

Panasonic Spearhead Development of a Sustainable Smart Town

Panasonic Corporation and eight other companies that are spearheading advanced environmental initiatives through eco-conscious urban development and smart city projects today announced they will work together to implement a smart town concept called "Fujisawa Sustainable Smart Town (Fujisawa SST)" which showcases Panasonic's "entire solutions" business model in full scale to the world.

26 May 2011

Energy Efficient Aluminium Building System Generates Excess Electricity

Measurements of the energy performance at Hydro’s aluminium building systems test center in Bellenberg, Germany, show that the building is generating 80 percent more electricity over the course of a year than it needs for its own consumption.

26 May 2011

Stobart to Develop Green Energy Power Station for Iggesund

The Biomass Division of Stobart Group has lately contracted an accord valued around £90 m with Iggesund for developing a green energy power station on the energy coast of Britain.

26 May 2011

Carlos III University of Madrid Develops Prototype of Electric Motor Cycle

A prototype of an electric motorcycle developed at Carlos III University of Madrid (UC3M) by a group of engineers has taken part in the recently held world championship for electric motorcycle.

26 May 2011

Sharp Manufacturing and Waste Management Renewable Energy Join TVA Program

The Tennessee Valley Authority, a business owned by the U.S. government, that supplies electricity for business and utility customers, has announced a new green initiative last fall to encourage the medium and small sized green energy producers.

26 May 2011

Innovalight Chosen by DOE to Reduce Solar Power Production Costs

Innovalight, a supplier of silicon ink and solar cell process know-how, declared that it has been chosen by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)’s SunShot initiative, which is aimed to cut down the cost of solar power production by 75%.

26 May 2011

Luleå University of Technology forms Swedish Gasification Centre for Biomass Research

Luleå University of Technology has announced the formation of the Swedish Gasification Centre (SFC), a new research center that will concentrate on biomass gasification study considered to be important for the manufacture of green clean fuels from biomass.

26 May 2011