A new public-private collaboration is exploring how smart grid technology may bring the people of Illinois more reliable electric service and a cleaner environment, while holding down costs of electric services. The Illinois Smart Grid Initiative -- which held its first meeting yesterday -- is funded by Illinois native Bob Galvin's Galvin Electricity Initiative and led by the Center for Neighborhood Technology.
Johns Hopkins University researchers and colleagues in China have unlocked some of the secrets of newly discovered iron-based high-temperature superconductors, research that could result in the design of better superconductors for use in industry, medicine, transportation and energy generation.
A cryogenic pressure vessel developed and installed in an experimental hybrid vehicle by a Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory research team can hold liquid hydrogen for six days without venting any of the fuel.
Wipro Technologies, the global IT services division of Wipro Limited hosted the first ever Carbon Neutral event by an Indian IT company at Florida recently. Wipro as a responsible and an ecologically conscious organization made Mandala 2008, an annual customer forum event, completely carbon neutral.
Rentech, Inc. today announced that it has completed the purchase of approximately 450 acres in Adams County, Mississippi near the city of Natchez. Rentech intends to build its Rentech Strategic Fuels and Chemicals Center at the site.
Hilton Hotels Corporation announced today short and long term goals and objectives towards building sustainability into the core fabric of its businesses worldwide. Christopher J. Nassetta, President + CEO, outlined directional targets for improvement in the company's sustainability performance throughout the next five years within systemwide hotels globally.
Homeland Security Network, Inc., doing business as Global Ecology Corporation (GEC), today announced that it has successfully completed testing its PureWater System(TM) prototype, which uses GEC’s proprietary copper sulfate acid formula to purify water.
Southern California Edison (SCE) today signed a contract to procure an additional 245 megawatts of solar power for its customers with Pasadena, Calif.-based eSolar in the nation's first commercial effort using power tower solar thermal technology.
Professor Shuji Nakamura, Director UC Santa Barbara's Solid-State Lighting and Energy Center, has been named a recipient of the 2008 Prince of Asturias Award for Technical and Scientific Research.
HP and Xtreme Energetics (XE), a solar energy system developer based in Livermore, Calif., today announced they have entered into an agreement for the development of a solar energy system designed to generate electricity at twice the efficiency and half the cost of traditional solar panels.
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