The Broward County Commission unanimously voted to move forward with an innovative “open market” approach to financing for residential and commercial energy retrofits for its more than 1.8 million county residents.
Architectural Grille and Solar Energy Systems, both of Brooklyn, NY, have kicked off the construction of a roof-mounted 312-kilowatt solar system. Designed to produce 365,000 kilowatt-hours (kWh) annually, the solar array will offset a majority of the company's kWh consumption and reduce the factory's carbon footprint by 258 metric tons of CO2 annually, which is roughly equivalent to the emissions produced by burning 30,000 gallons of gas per year.
Canadian Solar Inc. (the "Company", or "Canadian Solar"), one of the world's largest solar power companies, today announced that its subsidiary, Canadian Solar Solutions Inc., has begun construction of the 100 MWac Grand Renewable Solar Project utility-scale solar farm.
An ambitious new study that includes Lisa Levin of Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego describes the full chain of events by which ocean biogeochemical changes triggered by manmade greenhouse gas emissions may cascade through marine habitats and organisms, penetrating to the deep ocean and eventually influencing humans.
In her PhD thesis Ruth Sanz-Barrio, an agricultural engineer of the NUP/UPNA-Public University of Navarre and researcher at the Institute of Biotechnology (mixed centre of the CSIC-Spanish National Research Council, Public University of Navarre and the Government of Navarre), has demonstrated, for the first time, the viability of using specific tobacco proteins (known as thioredoxins) as biotechnological tools in plants.
Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue: Advanced Biofuels Country Rankings
Trina Solar Limited ("Trina Solar" or "the Company"), a global leader in photovoltaic modules, solutions and services, announced today that its Trinasmart solution has won the 2013 Solar Industry Award in the System Integration category. This follows success for Trina Solar Chairman and CEO, Jifan Gao, in the Solar Award for Excellence (Individual) category in 2012.
Three experts from power management company Eaton will participate in panels discussing technology and energy saving innovations in lighting, data systems and vehicles at VERGE San Francisco, October 14 to 17.
E.ON Climate & Renewables (EC&R) Solar held a ceremony today to dedicate two solar photovoltaic (PV) projects in the Tucson, Arizona area with a combined total of 15 megawatts (MW) of solar capacity. Both projects have long-term power purchase agreements (PPAs) with Tucson Electric Power (TEP).
Team Austria from the Vienna University of Technology has won the U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon 2013.
Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Renewable Chemicals Market - Global Trends & Forecasts to 2018" report to their offering.
Aruba’s Minister of Transportation Otmar Oduber,Minister of Finance Mike de Meza, and ARUBUS Director Teo Croes unveiled the first long-range,all-electric, ZERO emissions bus in theCaribbean at a ceremony held in conjunction with the GREEN ARUBA Conference and the Caribbean Renewable Energy Forum (CREF).
CapX Partners today announced the launch of its online Energy Conservation and Performance (E-CAP) Platform, a new tool to help building owners, ESCOs, contractors and engineers secure financing for their energy savings projects. Partnering with leading energy insurer Energi, the E-CAP Platform will incorporate Energi's expertise in energy efficiency into the online underwriting process, helping to accurately securitize energy savings and protect project guarantees.
West Normandy Marine Energy president François Piquet and Ports of Normandy chief executive Jean Michel Sevin discuss developments at France’s foremost tidal power hub. This November’s West Normandy Marine Energy Conference, at the International Tidal Energy Summit, promises to be a key industry gathering.
The number of patents issued for renewable-energy technologies has risen sharply over the last decade, according to new research from MIT and the Santa Fe Institute (SFI). The study shows that investments in research and development, as well as in the growth of markets for these products, have helped to spur this dramatic growth in innovation.
By David L. Chandler
11 Oct 2013