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Sheffield Hallam University Awarded 'Gold' Status in the Community Environment Index 2013

Sheffield Hallam University has been awarded 'Gold' status in the Business in the Community Environment Index 2013, finishing above household names such as BUPA and Balfour Beatty.

20 May 2013

New Mexico Non-Profits Offered Solar Grants by ReneSola and Positive Energy Solar

ReneSola Ltd ("ReneSola"), a leading brand and technology provider of solar photovoltaic ("PV") products, and Positive Energy, Inc. ("Positive Energy Solar"), New Mexico's leading residential and commercial solar installer, have announced three 2.5-kilowatt solar grants for non-profit organizations in Las Cruces, Santa Fe, and Albuquerque, New Mexico.

18 May 2013

Live Oak School District Dedicates Solar-Shaded Garden Bench to Sustainability Champion

On Friday, May 17, the Live Oak School District will celebrate completion of solar power installations and lighting efficiency upgrades at its six schools by dedicating a solar-shaded garden bench to the late Bernard "Barney" Bricmont, former member of the Live Oak School District Board and long-time supporter of solar and sustainability projects in the district.

From Chevron 18 May 2013

P2 Acquires Renewable Energy Project to Develop Mini-Hydro Facility in India

P2 Solar, Inc. (the "Company" or "P2") today announces it has acquired a unique renewable energy project to develop a mini-hydro facility in Punjab, India, on the Sidhwan irrigation canal in the city of Ludhiana. P2 now owns the project outright through its new wholly owned subsidiary, Jagat Energy Private Limited and will be moving to begin construction as soon as this summer.

18 May 2013

Fortum's Klaipeda Power Plant Utilizes Municipal, Industrial Waste and Biomass

Dalia Grybauskaitë, President of the Republic of Lithuania, and Sauli Niinistö, President of the Republic of Finland, have today inaugurated Fortum's new combined heat and power plant in the city of Klaipeda, Lithuania.

17 May 2013

Tampereen Energiantuotanto’s Pellet-Fired Heating Plant Helps the Region Lower CO<sub>2</sub> Emissions

Finland's largest pellet-fired heating plant, which was supplied by Metso to Tampereen Energiantuotanto Oy, Tampere, is based on a technological solution that is the first of its kind in the country. It will bring new opportunities to gear the structure of Finnish district heat production towards the goals of sustainable development. Previously, peak load plants have been using fossil fuels because there was no other technology available.

17 May 2013

Novel Device Cuts Emissions from Lawnmowers

Inspired by two of their fathers, who work cutting lawns and driving a truck, a team of University of California, Riverside Bourns College of Engineering students have created a device that attaches to a lawnmower and significantly cuts its harmful emissions.

14 May 2013

Online Game to Better Understand Sources of Global Warming Gases

Climate science researchers from Arizona State University are launching a first-of-its kind online "game" to better understand the sources of global warming gases. By engaging "citizen scientists," the researchers hope to locate all the power plants around the world and quantify their carbon dioxide emissions (CO2).

14 May 2013

Air Products Announces Successful Demonstration of DOE’s Carbon Capture Project

Air Products today celebrated the successful operation of a United States Department of Energy (DOE) Demonstration Project that will capture approximately one million tons of carbon dioxide (CO2) in an enhanced oil recovery project in which DOE anticipates an additional estimated 1.6-3.1 million barrels of oil to be produced annually from the CO2 injection.

13 May 2013

Penn State Associate Professor to Participate in Meeting on Sustainability and Biodiversity Conservation in the Tropics

Sustainability research, which examines the complex interactions between humans and the rest of nature, has the potential to bring economic and social benefits to the developing world and tropical countries such as Costa Rica. However, sustainability research in the tropics has been slow to develop.

13 May 2013