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Governor Pat Quinn, Shedd Aquarium Begin Clean-Energy Initiative with Installation of 913 PV Solar Panels in Illinois

Governor Pat Quinn and Shedd Aquarium today kicked off the first phase of the institution's clean-energy initiative with the installation of 913 photovoltaic solar panels on top of the aquarium's world-class marine mammal pavilion. In an event held on the roof of the Abbott Oceanarium, the Governor, along with Shedd leadership and Illinois sustainability champions, unveiled the 265-kilowatt project that is the biggest solar installation in any cultural institution in the state of Illinois funded through a public and private partnership.

21 Oct 2013

PowerGenix Signs Nickel-Zinc Product Evaluation Contract with HELLA

PowerGenix, the leading developer of high performance Nickel-Zinc (NiZn) batteries, today announced that it has signed a product evaluation contract with HELLA, a direct (tier 1) supplier to major automotive manufacturers worldwide.

21 Oct 2013

CNES Lab at Georgia Institute of Technology Aims to Solve Technological Problems in Clean Energy

In the past two years, the price of solar panels has dropped about 80 percent. Yet electricity from solar panels is still too expensive to compete with power from fossil fuels because the cost of all the other components and activities involved in installation— hardware, labor, permitting and inspection — hasn’t seen a comparable decline.

21 Oct 2013

Georgia Power Adds ENERGY STAR Certified LEDs to its Portfolio of Energy Efficiency Programs

Georgia Power announced today the newest addition to its portfolio of energy efficiency programs – instant savings of 20-50 percent on ENERGY STAR® Certified LEDs at participating The Home Depot stores throughout the state.

From Georgia Power Company 21 Oct 2013

JinkoSolar Holding Signs Strategic Agreement to Develop 120MW Distributed PV Power Plant

JinkoSolar Holding Co., Ltd. ("JinkoSolar" or the "Company"), a global leader in the solar PV industry, today announced that it has signed a strategic agreement with the local authority in Electromechanical Industrial Park, Zhenjiang New Area, Jiangsu Province, to develop 120 MW distributed PV power plant within 3 years. It will be the largest distributed PV power plant in China upon its completion.

19 Oct 2013

International Geothermal Workshop Held in Lake Arrowhead in San Bernardino Mountains

Wilfred Elders, a professor emeritus of geology at the University of California, Riverside, convened the “International Geothermal Workshop” in Lake Arrowhead in the San Bernardino Mountains, Oct. 13-16, to discuss developing new ways to produce electrical energy from geothermal fields.

19 Oct 2013

CERN to Host the Thorium Energy Conference from 27 to 31 October, 2013

CERN is to host the Thorium Energy Conference ThEC13 on 27-31 October, 2013. The Conference will address the scientific and technical advances offered by thorium in alternative nuclear technologies for energy production and for the destruction of nuclear waste.

19 Oct 2013

Waste Management Celebrates Ground Breaking of Renewable Natural Gas Facility

Waste Management today announced it is building a facility that will create pipeline-ready natural gas from its Milam Landfill in Fairmont City, Ill. At a ceremony at the landfill, state, county and local officials joined the company to celebrate the groundbreaking.

19 Oct 2013

New Research Shows Human Evolution Driven by Rapid Environmental Change

Early human evolution was driven by short pulses of rapid environmental change in East Africa, according to new research from academics at UCL and The University of Manchester.

19 Oct 2013

Wood Coated With Tin Holds Promise for Environmentally Friendly Batteries

The latest episode in the American Chemical Society’s (ACS’) award-winning Global Challenges/Chemistry Solutions podcast series takes its inspiration from trees. It describes the development of a battery made from a sliver of wood coated with tin that shows promise for becoming a tiny, long-lasting, efficient and environmentally friendly energy source.

18 Oct 2013

Doped Titanium Dioxide Photocatalyst Activated by Solar Light Can Cheaply Clean Polluted Water

A little amount of appropriately prepared powder is poured in water polluted with phenol and cellulose. A bit of the sun and after fifteen minutes harmful compounds disappear, and the powder can be filtered off and reused. Sounds like a fairy tale? Perhaps, but it is not magic, only a masterly use of chemistry and physics by researchers from the Institute of Physical Chemistry of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Warsaw.

18 Oct 2013

Greenhouse Gas Emissions Will Affect 98% of the Oceans by 2100

A new study looking at the impacts of climate change on the world’s ocean systems concludes that by the year 2100, about 98 percent of the oceans will be affected by acidification, warming temperatures, low oxygen, or lack of biological productivity – and most areas will be stricken by a multitude of these stressors.

18 Oct 2013

Gasoline Direct Injection Technology Close to Meeting Latest Emission Standards

An engine design appearing under the hoods of many new cars and light trucks today is close to meeting the latest pollution standards that will require vehicles to emit fewer harmful particles over their lifetimes, scientists are reporting. The new study on emissions from gasoline direct injection (GDI) technology appears in the ACS journal Environmental Science & Technology.

18 Oct 2013

Novel Process to Recycle Shoes

A newly developed recycling process could make landfill sites filled with old shoes a thing of the past.

18 Oct 2013

Leidos Reaches Agreement to Assume Ownership of 37.5 MW Biomass-Fueled Electric Generation Facility

Leidos Holdings Inc. (Leidos) has reached an agreement on the terms pursuant to which it will assume ownership of a 37.5 megawatt (net) biomass-fueled electric generation facility, being constructed in Plainfield, Conn., by Leidos Constructors.

17 Oct 2013