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Hydrogen Produced from Sunlight, Water and Rust

EPFL scientists are producing hydrogen from sunlight, water and rust. They’re paving the way for an economic and ecological solution for storing renewable energy.

10 Jun 2013

Risk for Floods under Climate Change Expected to Increase in Asian and African Humid Areas

Flood risk is projected to increase in humid areas in Asia and Africa and decrease in most regions of Europe except the UK and northern France by the end of this century, according to a new model published today in Nature Climate Change.

10 Jun 2013

Encouraging Staff to Save Energy Helps Reduce Usage by 20% at Derbyshire factory

Imaginative new ways of empowering factory employees to cut energy use have been devised and successfully trialled by a consortium of UK universities and businesses.

10 Jun 2013

Institute for Sustainable Development Awards Green Plus Certification to HRW

HRW, Inc., an Associa company, recently announced that it has been re-certified with the Green Plus™ Certification awarded by the Institute for Sustainable Development (ISD). Green Plus™ recognizes organizations not only for their environmental efforts, but for their success in balancing strong business, community and environmental practices – known as triple bottom line sustainability.

7 Jun 2013

GlyEco Now Recycles Waste Glycol Sourced from Textile Industry

Sustainable glycol technologies leader GlyEco, Inc. ("GlyEco" or the "Company") has completed initial plant upgrades at its South Carolina plant and successfully processed and sold several thousand gallons of waste glycol sourced from the textile industry.

7 Jun 2013

Sustainable Innovation Collaborative to Address Waste Impact of Consumer Goods

Waste Management, Inc., North America’s largest environmental solutions provider and leading residential recycler, and William McDonough, designer, author, and sustainability thought leader, today jointly announced the launch of a sustainable innovation collaborative to help foster and guide future product and packaging design innovation among industry-leading companies.

From Waste Management 7 Jun 2013

SolarCity’s New Zero-Down Solar Financing Scheme to Benefit Home Builders

SolarCity, a leading provider of clean energy, today announced the launch of a Zero-Down solar financing program for the home building industry. Home builders now have the opportunity to offer solar in their new residential communities without incurring any upfront costs.

From Tesla Energy Foster City 7 Jun 2013

EPSRC Awards Funding for Studying Geological Safety of Storing Carbon Dioxide Underground

£3.27 million has been awarded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), as part of the Research Councils UK Energy programme, to four research projects to study the geological viability and safety of storing CO2 underground in depleted North Sea oil and gas fields or saline aquifers.

7 Jun 2013

Plug Power Provides Hydrogen Fuel Cells for BMW Fleet of Trucks at Spartanburg Facility

Plug Power Inc. (Nasdaq:PLUG), a leader in providing clean, reliable energy solutions, today announced that BMW Manufacturing Co. recently expanded the use of Plug Power hydrogen fuel cells at its Spartanburg, South Carolina facility to power all material handling trucks and forklifts, bringing its clean energy fleet to 275 units. This makes it the largest such fleet in North America.

From Plug Power Inc 6 Jun 2013

RevoluSun Offers SunPower X-Series Solar Panels to Massachusetts Residential Customers

RevoluSun today announced its Massachusetts residential customers now have access to the new SunPower® X-Series Solar Panel (X-Series), the world’s most efficient panel on the market today.

6 Jun 2013

Empower Energies Completes Commissioning of Solar EV Charging Station in Ohio

Empower Energies announced the completion and commissioning of a new Solar Electric-Vehicle (EV) Charging Station at McCluskey Chevrolet at the King’s Automall in Cincinnati, Ohio. The eight-space installation has the capacity to charge about 3000 electric vehicles per year – from completely empty to full – directly from the sun.

6 Jun 2013

PPA Approval Clears Way for Solar Power Plant in New Mexico

First Solar, Inc. and New Mexico State Land Commissioner Ray Powell announced today that First Solar, Inc. has been granted a power purchase agreement (PPA) from the New Mexico Public Regulatory Commission, clearing the way for First Solar to begin construction on the state's largest solar power plant to be located on State Trust Land in Luna County. The PPA will provide El Paso Electric Power with 50MW of solar energy for 25 years.

From First Solar, Inc. 6 Jun 2013

Green Ballast Completes a Total Lighting Project for Eleven Shelby County Schools

Green Ballast Inc., announced today that it had completed a total lighting project for eleven Shelby County Schools (SCS). In addition to incorporating its patented daylight harvesting fluorescent light ballasts, Green Ballast performed a complete energy efficient lighting upgrade on the eleven schools that included new lights in the classrooms, hallways, offices and some of the gyms and auditoriums.

6 Jun 2013

Researchers Work on Biodegradable Microbeads to Address the Microplastic Problem

If you’ve been on or near the water, you’ve seen it—the plastic trash that litters oceans, lakes, and streams worldwide. But visible plastic—soda bottles, lighters, flip-flops, combs, rope—may be the least of the problem. Scientists are beginning to realize that what you can’t see, tiny bits of polyethylene or polypropylene called “microplastics,” likely pose a greater threat to marine ecosystems.

6 Jun 2013

ORNL’s New All-Solid Lithium-Sulfur Battery Shows Promise for Improved Performance and Safety

Scientists at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory have designed and tested an all-solid lithium-sulfur battery with approximately four times the energy density of conventional lithium-ion technologies that power today's electronics.

6 Jun 2013