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NRG Energy Announces Offering of Fully Customizable, Freestanding Solar Canopy

NRG Energy, Inc., through its wholly owned subsidiary NRG Solar – one of the nation’s largest solar developers – today announced the offering of the fully customizable, freestanding NRG Solar Canopy.

From NRG Energy, Inc. 24 Oct 2013

Environmental Expert Guibin Jiang Receives Agilent Thought Leader Award

Agilent Technologies Inc. today announced that Dr. Guibin Jiang has received an Agilent Thought Leader Award in recognition of his seminal contributions to China’s environmental research and conservation efforts. Dr. Jiang is director of the State Key Lab of Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology and the Chinese Academy of Sciences’ Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences (RCEES).

24 Oct 2013

Scientists Model Effects of Future Climate Change on Forests

In a warming world, how far will forest species need to shift in space in order to find survivable climate conditions? And how much will temperature change on the forest floor – the landscape that serves as a nursery for tree seedlings, and thus is critical to forest survival?

23 Oct 2013

ecoSolargy's Newly Released HDPV Solution Enables Significant Cost Reduction in PV Systems

ecoSolargy, a full-service solar solutions provider offering manufacturer-direct prices for high-quality solar products and system components that fit any size project, today announced availability of an end-to-end HDPV solution with the HDPV Alliance, an industry initiative aimed at reducing photovoltaic (PV) system costs while increasing energy production from PV plants.

23 Oct 2013

ABB to Supply Sub-Sea AC Link for Sandbank Offshore Wind Farm

ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, has won a significant order from the Dutch-German transmission system operator TenneT to supply an AC (alternating current) power transmission link connecting Sandbank, an offshore wind farm in the German North Sea, to the HVDC (high-voltage direct current) converter station SylWin alpha.

23 Oct 2013

New Study Provides Key Insights into Dynamics of Deep Biosphere

Traces of past microbial life in sediments off the coast of Peru document how the microbial ecosystem under the seafloor has responded to climate change over hundreds of thousands of years. For more a decade scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology and their colleagues at MARUM and the University of Aarhus have investigated microbial life from this habitat.

23 Oct 2013

AEG Power Solutions Announces Deployment of 5.8MWp Commercial PV Installation in Arizona

AEG Power Solutions (AEG PS), a global provider of power electronics for renewable energies, and its subsidiary skytron energy, a global leader in monitoring and control solutions for utility-scale renewable energy power plants, today announced the successful deployment of a 5.8 MWp commercial PV installation for PPA Partners in Yuma, Arizona.

23 Oct 2013

EDF Renewable Energy Announces Close of MIPSA and Start of Construction for Lepomis Solar Project

EDF Renewable Energy announces the close of the Membership Interest Purchase and Sale Agreement (MIPSA) and start of construction for the Lepomis Solar Project. EDF Renewable Energy and Sage Stone LLC, an international development and investment advisory company (www.sagestonellc.com), signed the MIPSA in July 2013.

23 Oct 2013

Enovos-NPG Energy Partnership to Accelerate Renewable Energy Development in Netherlands and Belgium

In August 2013, Enovos Luxembourg increased its stake in the NPG energy company, taking it up to 50.98%. In doing so, the energy supplier is highlighting its desire to strengthen its presence within the renewable-energy production sector in Belgium and the Netherlands.

22 Oct 2013

Suntech to Showcase its New Zep Compatible Module at Solar Power International

Suntech Power Holdings Co., Ltd., ("Suntech" or the "Company"), one of the world's largest solar companies, today announced a quicker and more cost effective method, using Zep Solar® technology, to install PV arrays for commercial and residential roof applications. Suntech will showcase its new Zep CompatibleTM module at this week's Solar Power International (SPI) Exhibition, booth #243.

22 Oct 2013

RGF Environmental Group to Unveil Novel PHI Treatment Tunnel-PLUS at Chicago Process Expo

Photohydroionization™, PHI for short, is a chemical-free, natural, green and environmentally-friendly advanced oxidation technology which utilizes broad spectrum ultraviolet light rays in conjunction with a catalytic target.

22 Oct 2013

Canadian Solar Receives Contract to Supply 1.78MW to KAPSARC Solar Project, Saudi

Canadian Solar Inc. (the "Company", or "Canadian Solar"), one of the world's largest solar power companies, today announced that it has been awarded a contract to supply 1.78MW to Saudi Aramco's KAPSARC ("King Abdullah Petroleum Studies and Research Center") solar power project in Saudi Arabia.

From Canadian Solar 22 Oct 2013

Volvo Environment Prize Awarded to Chinese Glaciologist and Climate Scientist

The Chinese glaciologist and climate scientist Dr. Qin Dahe has been awarded this year’s Volvo Environment Prize. The award winner is a key contributor to the fifth assessment report from the UN climate panel (IPPC), whose first section, the “Physical Science Basis”, was released in September. He attracted wide attention last year with a report on how climate change leads to more extreme weather events.

22 Oct 2013

Suntech to Showcase its 1500V Frameless PV Module at Solar Power International

Suntech Power Holdings Co., Ltd., ("Suntech" or the "Company"), one of the world's largest solar companies, will showcase its 1,500V frameless photovoltaic module at the Solar Power International (SPI) Exhibition in Chicago, Illinois. This higher voltage module, engineered for utility-scale and commercial applications, lowers balance of system costs. Suntech's 1,500V frameless PV module will be on display at booth #243.

From Suntech 22 Oct 2013

NSU, MWC and ARB Partner with Village of Ridgewood to Open New Water Pollution Control Plant

Representatives of the Village of Ridgewood, NJ, Natural Systems Utilities, Middlesex Water Company, and American Refining and Biochemical today celebrated a Grand Opening of the public-private partnership's renewable energy project at the Village's water pollution control plant.

21 Oct 2013