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Berkeley Lab, NTU Singapore to Co-Develop Technological Solutions for Energy Efficiency, Sustainable Development

Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) and the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) will jointly develop technological solutions for energy efficiency and sustainable development in the tropics.

28 Apr 2015

Sharp’s PV Energy Harvester Technology Generates Six Times More Power than Conventional Devices

Sharp’s new PV energy harvesting technology generates six times more power than conventional devices for a given surface area, translating to dramatically higher energy budgets for applications such as building automation, wearable devices, wireless sensors, and low-power displays.

28 Apr 2015

Shunfeng International Clean Energy to Present Advanced Energy Saving Solutions at SNEC PV Power Expo

Shunfeng International Clean Energy (SFCE), along with its subsidiary companies, Shunfeng Photovoltaic (SF-PV), Suntech, Sunways, SAG Solar, Taiwan Carbon Nanotube (TCNT), Powin Energy, and meteocontrol, will be exhibiting at the ninth annual SNEC PV Power Expo in Shanghai this week to meet with existing and potential customers to showcase its expanding portfolio of integrated and optimized solutions including EPC and operations and maintenance services for PV generation projects, as well as low-carbon energy-savings solutions for cities, communities, and commercial facilities.

27 Apr 2015

Trina Solar Sets New World Record for High Efficiency P-Type Multi-Crystalline Silicon PV Modules

Trina Solar Limited ("Trina Solar" or the "Company"), a global leader in photovoltaic (PV) modules, solutions and services, today announced that its State Key Laboratory of PV Science and Technology of China has set a new world record for high efficiency p-type multi-crystalline silicon PV modules.

27 Apr 2015

Bear River Band of Rohnerville Rancheria Installs First California Tribal Renewable Microgrid System

The Bear River Band of the Rohnerville Rancheria is installing the first California Tribal renewable microgrid system this summer in Loleta, California. The Bear River Band’s new energy system is the only system of its kind combining wind energy, solar energy, and advanced energy storage.

27 Apr 2015

Full Absorption Concept Design for Efficient Electromagnetic Energy Harvesting

For our modern, technologically-advanced society, in which technology has become the solution to a myriad of challenges, energy is critical not only for growth but also, more importantly, survival. The sun is an abundant and practically infinite source of energy, so researchers around the world are racing to create novel approaches to "harvest" clean energy from the sun or transfer that energy to other sources.

16 Apr 2015

Air-Conditioning Achieves Maximum Efficiency When in Direct Proximity to Passengers

How can a pleasant vehicle climate be achieved efficiently? Researchers at the Technische Universität München (TUM) pursued this question in the context of the research project Visio.M funded by the German Federal Ministry for Education and Research (BMBF) with a total of 7.1 million euro.

15 Apr 2015

N.C.DENR Honors TE Connectivity’s Greensboro Plant with Environmental Steward Award

The N.C. Department of Environment and Natural Resources today recognized the TE Connectivity Pegg Road plant in Greensboro as a 2014 Environmental Steward, one of only 21 facilities in North Carolina to earn the coveted award for a commitment to superior environmental performance.

12 Mar 2015

Royal Oak Ford Reduces Lighting Energy Use with CGE Energy's New Cree LED Lighting

CGE Energy (currently trading as MKBY:OTCPink) has made strides in the automotive sales industry by bringing real energy savings with Cree® LED lighting to a large number of car dealerships. Royal Oak Ford of Southeast Michigan recently became another recipient of these energy savings.

9 Mar 2015

NTU Singapore Students Earn Honors at Shell Eco-Marathon Asia

Students from Nanyang Technological University (NTU Singapore) have done Singapore proud by coming in first in two categories at this year’s Shell Eco-marathon Asia, a competition for fuel efficiency and innovation.

3 Mar 2015