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Eltek to Showcase Range of Solar Solutions at AfricaCom

Eltek, the world leader in high efficiency power systems for telecommunications, industrial applications and renewable energy projects has established leadership in telecom solar power within Africa, with more than 430 successfully deployed solar projects in 17 countries.

12 Nov 2013

PowerSecure Installs 3 MW Solar Farm for QVC at Rocky Mount Distribution Center

PowerSecure International, Inc. today announced that it has completed the engineering, construction and installation of a new three megawatt solar farm for QVC at its subsidiary’s (QVC Rocky Mount, Inc.) Distribution Center in Rocky Mount, NC.

12 Nov 2013

Menlo’s Sunview Way Facility Receives Singapore BCA’s Green Mark GoldPlus Certification

Menlo Worldwide Logistics (Menlo), the US$1.7 billion global logistics subsidiary of Con-way Inc., today announced that its state-of-the-art warehousing and retail distribution management center at Sunview Way in Singapore has earned the Singapore Building and Construction Authority’s (BCA) Green Mark GoldPlus certification.

12 Nov 2013

Cranfield University and Global CSP Announce Collaboration on Solar Energy Projects

Cranfield University and Global CSP, developers of the world’s first precision engineered solar energy collector system, are to work together on two solar energy projects.

From Cranfield University 11 Nov 2013

BIOCOM to Co-Organize BIO 2013 Pacific Rim Summit on Industrial Biotechnology and Bioenergy

Advanced biofuels and biorefinery platforms for drop-in and aviation fuels are ready for commercialization. The Biotechnology Industry Organization’s (BIO) 2013 Pacific Rim Summit on Industrial Biotechnology and Bioenergy will feature presentations from executives in the advanced biofuel sector discussing research and development progress and financing challenges. The Pacific Rim Summit will be co-organized by BIOCOM and held in San Diego, December 8-11, 2013 at the Westin Gaslamp Quarter.

11 Nov 2013

New Solar PV Installations to Double to 73.4 GW in 2020

Despite waning government support, the threat of international trade wars, and high-profile bankruptcies, the solar photovoltaic (PV) market continues to grow. Solar PV technology costs have steadily declined, and pathways to further cost reduction are being pursued.

11 Nov 2013

Wind Energy Facilities Causing Large Number of Bat Deaths

A new estimate of bat deaths caused by wind turbines concludes that more than 600,000 of the mammals likely died this way in 2012 in the contiguous United States. The estimate, published in an article in BioScience, used sophisticated statistical techniques to infer the probable number of bat deaths at wind energy facilities from the number of dead bats found at 21 locations, correcting for the installed power capacity of the facilities.

11 Nov 2013

Max Planck Honors Climate Change Scientists with Research Prize

Chris Field and Markus Reichstein will be presented with the Max Planck Research Prize on November 13, 2013 in Berlin. The two scientists are honoured for their research into the impact of climate change on ecosystems. Chris Field is founding director of the Department of Global Ecology at the Carnegie Institution for Science and Professor at Stanford University, Markus Reichstein director at the Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry.

11 Nov 2013

CO2CARE EU Project Discusses Technologies for Safe Closure of Geological CO2 Storage Sites

At the final conference of the EU project CO2CARE - CO2 Site Closure Assessment Research - at the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences from 04 to 06 November 2013 more than 60 experts from academia, industry and regulatory authorities from 13 countries discussed technologies and procedures for a safe and sustainable closure of geological CO2 storage sites.

11 Nov 2013

AMT II and Adherent Enter Agreement to Market Carbon Fiber Waste Recycling Technologies

AMTII Corporation and Adherent Technologies, Inc. (ATI) announced today their agreement in principle to partner in order to bring Adherent's Recycling of Carbon Fiber waste and Reactive Fiber Sizing technologies to market. They anticipate opening their first plant in the Oklahoma or Kansas area in 2014 that will service the significant industrial and aircraft manufacturing centers located in the region.

8 Nov 2013

NSF Awards UTSA Researchers $400,000 to Pursue Critical Wind Energy Research

Although wind resources in the U.S. are abundant, the cost of generating wind energy is still prohibitively expensive when compared to natural gas and fossil fuels. Researchers have documented that one of the key reasons the costs remain high is because wind turbines have shorter lifespans compared to other energy-producing technologies, which can be directly linked to wear and tear caused by turbulence.

8 Nov 2013

USDA Awards Grant to Develop Beetle-Killed Wood as Sustainable Feedstock for Distributed Bio-Refineries

Cool Planet Energy Systems, a developer of small scale bio-refineries for the conversion of non-food biomass into biofuels and soil enhancing biochar, as a member of the Bioenergy Alliance Network of the Rockies (BANR), was awarded a grant by the US Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) to develop the scientific underpinnings for using beetle-killed wood as a sustainable feedstock for distributed bio-refineries.

8 Nov 2013

Challenges to Climate Change Preparedness

Changes are already happening to Earth's climate due to the burning of fossil fuels, deforestation and large-scale agriculture. As changes get more pronounced, people everywhere will have to adjust. In this week's issue of the journal Science, an international group of researchers urge the development of science needed to manage climate risks and capitalize on unexpected opportunities.

8 Nov 2013

Changes in Solar Activity Do Not Have a Significant Role in Global Warming

Changes in solar activity have contributed no more than 10 per cent to global warming in the twentieth century, a new study has found.

8 Nov 2013

EPFL Installs Dye Solar Cell Glass Façade at SwissTech Convention Center

EPFL’s new convention center is being equipped with an impressive glass façade composed of dye solar cells. The first architectural integration of this technology is a new step in Romande Energie and EPFL’s partnership to develop a large-scale solar park and conduct research and development projects.

8 Nov 2013