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KYOCERA Solar Modules Generate Electricity for Solterra EcoLuxury Apartments

Kyocera Solar Inc. announced today that its solar modules are providing 100 percent of the power needed by H.G. Fenton Company's recently opened Solterra EcoLuxury Apartments in the Scripps Ranch suburb of San Diego, Calif.

From KYOCERA Global 31 May 2013

CEA Praises EPA’s Upcoming Version 6.0 ENERGY STAR Television and Display Specifications

The Consumer Electronics Association (CEA)® today praised the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) upcoming version 6.0 ENERGY STAR television and display specifications, which will take effect June 1, 2013, and are expected to increase energy efficiency and save consumers money.

31 May 2013

New International Competition to Use Existing Technology for More Sustainable Homes

LONDON: Is the solution to our biggest collective challenge, climate change, already out there, waiting to be discovered? This is exactly what the EarthHack, a new international competition launched on May 29 in London, wants to achieve: To unleash the power of creative thinking on how existing technology can be re-purposed towards creating tomorrow’s lower carbon homes.

31 May 2013

New Research Collaboration to Assess Hydrogen and Natural Gas Fuel Systems for Transportation

Sandia National Laboratories and SRI International, an independent research and innovation center, will join forces to explore, test and evaluate a broad range of hydrogen and natural gas fuel systems and components for transportation applications under a new agreement.

31 May 2013

Real Goods Solar Chosen to Bring Solar Electricity in Select Massachusetts Communities

Real Goods Solar, Inc., a nationwide leader of turnkey solar energy solutions for residential, commercial, and utility customers, has been selected as a 2013 Solarize Mass Installer by the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center (MassCEC) and the Green Communities Division of the MA Department of Energy Resources (DOER) to bring solar electricity to home and business owners in Massachusetts through the Solarize Mass program.

30 May 2013

Pacific Green Technologies Enters Acquisition Deal for Biomass Power Project in UK

Pacific Green Technologies Inc. (Ticker Symbol “PGTK”) entered into and closed an agreement to acquire Pacific Green Energy Parks Limited, the sole shareholder of Energy Park Sutton Bridge Limited (“EPSB”), a company incorporated in the UK.

30 May 2013

Xnergy Signs Two Deals with National Energy Partner

Blue Earth, Inc. a renewable energy and energy efficiency services company, announced today that its wholly owned subsidiary, Xnergy Inc. signed two agreements totaling approximately 4 megawatts with National Energy Partners, LLC ("NEP") for the sole purpose of building and providing operational services for custom solar PV rooftop power systems for 24 schools in Hawaii.

30 May 2013

Advanced Battery Maker Saft Strengthens Presence in Latin America

Saft, the world’s leading designer and manufacturer of advanced batteries for industry, has partnered with Phoenix Rep Sales to target growth in Latin America. As part of the agreement, Phoenix Rep Sales will work to grow the business for Saft’s primary & rechargeable lithium batteries for the electronics industry.

30 May 2013

Platina Partners, Arise Windpower Celebrate Official Opening of Jädraås Wind Farm

Private equity infrastructure specialist Platina Partners LLP (Platina) and leading Swedish onshore wind developer Arise Windpower AB (Arise), will later today celebrate the official opening of the €336 million Jädraås wind farm at an event at the site. At 200MW, the development will be the Nordics largest onshore wind project and one of the biggest in Europe.

30 May 2013

Zircar Zirconia, Inc. Supplies High Temperature Insulation for Solar Thermochemical Redox Reformer

Zircar Zirconia, Inc., a global leader in high temperature insulation products, was chosen to manufacture custom alumina and ceria components by the California State University at Long Beach Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering for the construction this month of a solar powered reformer that will produce hydrogen or syngas from cerium oxide redox reactions.

30 May 2013

Brockville Solar Project in Ontario Enters Commercial Operation

GDF SUEZ Canada Inc. and its joint venture partners Mitsui & Co., Ltd. and Fiera Axium Infrastructure today announced that the 10 MW Brockville Solar project in the Township of Elizabethtown-Kitley, Leeds County, Ontario has entered commercial operation under a 20-year power purchase agreement with the Ontario Power Authority.

29 May 2013

New Report Analyzes Wind Power Energy Industry in New Zealand

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Analyzing Wind Power in New Zealand" report to their offering.

From Research and Markets 29 May 2013

Ball Reveals Significant Progress in Greenhouse Gas Emission and Waste Reduction Efforts

Ball Corporation today released updated sustainability data, revealing considerable progress in its greenhouse gas emission and waste reduction efforts among other achievements. Throughout Ball's 133-year history, sustainability has remained a top priority. More recently, the company broadened and deepened its efforts to embed sustainability within its operations and the entire supply chain.

29 May 2013

Ballard and Azure Hydrogen Extend Collaboration to Develop Fuel Cell Buses

Ballard Power Systems has announced the signing of a non-binding Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with its partner Azure Hydrogen Corporation of Beijing, China (Azure), extending the scope of their collaboration to include fuel cell buses.

From Ballard Power Systems 29 May 2013

Fulcrum BioEnergy Reports Successful Demonstration of MSW Conversion to Jet Fuel

Fulcrum BioEnergy, Inc. announced today that it has successfully demonstrated the conversion of municipal solid waste ("MSW") – household garbage – into jet and diesel fuels. This demonstrated process adds fuel diversity to Fulcrum's products and complements its previously demonstrated MSW to ethanol process.

29 May 2013