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EPFL Researchers Detect Microplastic Pollution in Lake Geneva

EPFL researchers have detected microplastic pollution in one of Western Europe’s largest lakes, Lake Geneva, in large enough quantities to raise concern. While studies in the ocean have shown that these small bits of plastic can be harmful to fish and birds that feed on plankton or other small waterborne organisms, the full extent of their consequences in lakes and rivers is only now being investigated.

1 Jun 2013

Minnesota Power Dedicates Bison Wind Energy Center

Landowners, political leaders and officials of ALLETE, Inc. and Minnesota Power gathered today to dedicate to public service the company’s Bison Wind Energy Center, which delivers renewable energy east to Minnesota across a dedicated transmission line.

1 Jun 2013

Solar Water Heating Systems Installation Company, Skyline Innovations, Closes $2M Financing for Expansion

Skyline Innovations, Inc., a national leader in the financing and installation of solar water heating systems, has closed $2 million in mezzanine financing to fund its continued expansion. CCM US, LLC (“CCM”), a Washington, DC based asset management group investing in clean energy and real estate led the investment.

1 Jun 2013

CFCs Conspire with Cosmic Rays to Cause Polar Ozone Hole and Global Warming

Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) are to blame for global warming since the 1970s and not carbon dioxide, according to new research from the University of Waterloo published in the International Journal of Modern Physics B this week.

31 May 2013

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

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EPFL Researchers Detect Microplastic Pollution in Lake Geneva

Minnesota Power Dedicates Bison Wind Energy Center

Solar Water Heating Systems Installation Company, Skyline Innovations, Closes $2M Financing for Expansion

CFCs Conspire with Cosmic Rays to Cause Polar Ozone Hole and Global Warming

KYOCERA Solar Modules Generate Electricity for Solterra EcoLuxury Apartments

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

New International Competition to Use Existing Technology for More Sustainable Homes

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

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

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

Xnergy Signs Two Deals with National Energy Partner

Advanced Battery Maker Saft Strengthens Presence in Latin America

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

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

Brockville Solar Project in Ontario Enters Commercial Operation

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