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Goldwind Closes $71 M Financing Deal for 55MW Penonome Wind Farm Project

Officials with Goldwind USA, Inc. announced today that the company has closed a USD $71 million project financing deal for the 55MW project, which represents the first phase of the Penonome wind farm, located in the Province of Coclé, Panama. This project represents the largest wind energy project utilizing Goldwind wind turbines financed by western lenders.

6 Aug 2013

New Findings Could Accelerate Development of Low-Cost, Commercially Available Plastic Solar Cells

Scientists have spent decades trying to build flexible plastic solar cells efficient enough to compete with conventional cells made of silicon. To boost performance, research groups have tried creating new plastic materials that enhance the flow of electricity through the solar cell. Several groups expected to achieve good results by redesigning pliant polymers of plastic into orderly, silicon-like crystals, but the flow of electricity did not improve.

5 Aug 2013

Greenbriar Capital Announces Completion of Blue Mountain, Utah Wind Energy Project Acquisition

Greenbriar Capital Corp. is pleased to announce that on August 2nd, 2013, it has completed the formal acquisition agreement of the 80 Megawatt Blue Mountain, Utah Wind Energy Project, USA ("Blue Mountain").

5 Aug 2013

Algae Biomass Organization Begins Second Annual Summer of Algae Campaign

The Algae Biomass Organization (ABO), the trade association for the algae industry, announced today the kick off of its second annual "Summer of Algae," a national campaign sponsored by ABO and implemented by member companies, to raise awareness about the promise of commercial algae production to create jobs, domestic fuels, feed and food products, as well as plastics and biochemicals.

5 Aug 2013

Bio-Inspired Approach Shows Promise for Effective Thermal Control of Window Surfaces

University of Toronto Engineering professor Ben Hatton (MSE) is turning to nature to find a way to make windows more energy efficient.

5 Aug 2013

Lightway Solar America Enters Residential Market Through Sunnova Partnership

Lightway Solar America, Inc., the U.S. subsidiary of Lightway Green New Energy Co., Ltd., has announced their addition as an approved provider of modules to Sunnova Energy Corporation, a leading provider of long-term, low-cost solar electricity to homeowners.

5 Aug 2013

Potsdam Specialty Paper Receives NYSP2I Award for Green Initiatives

The New York State Pollution Prevention Institute (NYSP2I) has recognized Potsdam Specialty Paper Inc. (PSPI) for innovative environmental efforts that have resulted in significant reductions in the plant’s waste and energy usage.

5 Aug 2013

Sacramento's Metro Center Corporate Park to Cut Energy Use Through Property-Assessed Clean Energy Program

Johnson Controls, the global leader in delivering solutions that increase energy efficiency in buildings, and Ygrene Energy Fund, the leading developer and administrator of clean energy financing programs, will help Seattle-based Metzler Real Estate cut energy use and utility bills at Sacramento's Metro Center Corporate Park in the biggest contract of its kind. The program known as Property-Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) allows Metzler to pay energy costs over time instead of upfront.

From Johnson Controls, Inc. 3 Aug 2013

Sea-Ice Melting Affects Biological Production in the Arctic Ocean

With sea ice at its lowest point in 1,500 years, how might ecological communities in the Arctic be affected by its continued accelerating melting over the next decades? Penn State Professor of Biology Eric Post and an international team of scientists tackle this question by examining relationships among algae, plankton, whales and terrestrial animals such as caribou, arctic foxes and walrus; as well as the effects of human exploration of previously inaccessible parts of the region.

3 Aug 2013

Efficiency Loss Due to Dust on PV Panels Not a Big Factor to Warrant Cleaning

Don’t hire someone to wash your dirty solar panels. That’s the conclusion of a study recently conducted by a team of engineers at the University of California, San Diego. Their findings were published in the July 25 online issue of Solar Energy.

3 Aug 2013

Novel Technique Utilizes Power of Sunlight to Split Water into Components

A University of Colorado Boulder team has developed a radically new technique that uses the power of sunlight to efficiently split water into its components of hydrogen and oxygen, paving the way for the broad use of hydrogen as a clean, green fuel.

3 Aug 2013

Northland to Acquire Majority Stake in 600 MW Gemini Offshore Wind Project

Northland Power Inc. ("Northland") today announced it has entered into agreements for the rights to acquire a majority equity stake in Gemini, a 600MW offshore wind project currently in advanced development. Gemini is located 85 kilometres off the coast of the Netherlands in the North Sea, which combines one of the strongest and most reliable wind resources in the world with favourable sea bed conditions.

3 Aug 2013

Climate Change 10 Times Quicker Than in the Past 65 Million Years

The planet is undergoing one of the largest changes in climate since the dinosaurs went extinct. But what might be even more troubling for humans, plants and animals is the speed of the change. Stanford climate scientists warn that the likely rate of change over the next century will be at least 10 times quicker than any climate shift in the past 65 million years.

2 Aug 2013

Next Generation Supercomputers for Project to Increase Efficiency of Solar Power

Some mathematical simulations used to predict the outcomes of real events are so complex that they'll stump even today's top supercomputers. To incubate the next generation of supercomputers for tackling real-world problems, the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) has selected Stanford as one of its three new Multidisciplinary Simulation Centers.

2 Aug 2013

Small Dams Contribute to Greenhouse Gases Linked to Global Climate Change

With the “green” reputation of large hydroelectric dams already in question, scientists are reporting that millions of smaller dams on rivers around the world make an important contribution to the greenhouse gases linked to global climate change. Their study, showing that more methane than previously believed bubbles out of the water behind small dams, appears in ACS’ journal Environmental Science & Technology.

2 Aug 2013