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High Performance Lithium Titanate Oxide Cell Developed for Micro-Hybrid Vehicle Applications

Energy Innovation Group Ltd. (EIG) a South Korean manufacturer of large format lithium ion battery cell technology, announced today the development of an LTO cell targeting and enabling applications requiring high charge/ discharge rates, long cycle life, and broad operating temperature range.

From Idealab 13 Mar 2013

Quadrogen Receives $1.5M BCBN Loan to Demonstrate Ultra-Clean Gas Clean-Up Technology

The BC Bioenergy Network ("BCBN"), a provincially-funded leader supporting the growing bioenergy sector in British Columbia, announced today a $1.5 million loan to Vancouver based Quadrogen Power Systems, Inc. ("Quadrogen") to demonstrate high performance biogas clean-up to ultra-clean levels at the Village Farms International Inc. (Village Farms) greenhouse adjacent to the City of Vancouver landfill in Delta.

13 Mar 2013

Canadian Government Invests over $5.9M in TFPM Wind Turbine Technology Project

On behalf of Canada's Minister of Natural Resources, the Honourable Joe Oliver, the Honourable Steven Blaney, Member of Parliament for Lévis-Bellechasse and Les Etchemins, Minister of Veterans Affairs and Minister for La Francophonie, highlighted today that the Harper Government will make an important investment in a clean technology project in Lévis.

13 Mar 2013

Vaskiluodon Voima Inaugurates Large Biomass Gasification Plant

Vaskiluodon Voima Oy has inaugurated the world's largest biomass gasification plant, which was supplied by Metso, in Vaasa, Finland. The plant was inaugurated by the Finnish Minister of Labour Lauri Ihalainen on March 11th.

12 Mar 2013

Teijin to Showcase Eco Products and Technologies at Asia’s Largest Environmental Show

The Teijin Group announced today that it will showcase a range of environmental products and technologies at the Eco-products International Fair (EPIF), Asia’s largest environmental show, which will take place at the Sands Expo & Convention Center in Marina Bay Sands, Singapore, from March 14 to 16.

12 Mar 2013

Global Solar PV Demand to Increase by 7% to 31 GW During 2013

Solar photovoltaic (PV) demand will increase two gigawatts (GW), from 29 GW to 31 GW during 2013, up 7% Y/Y according to the new NPD Solarbuzz Marketbuzz 2013.

12 Mar 2013

ABB to Supply Northern Ireland's ecar Network with 9 Rapid Charge Points

Northern Ireland is installing 14 rapid charge points across the Country. ABB has sold nine rapid charge points for electric vehicles to the ecar network in Northern Ireland.

11 Mar 2013

Protected Areas More Effective at Reducing Deforestation than Sustainable-use Areas

Strictly protected areas such as national parks and biological reserves have been more effective at reducing deforestation in the Amazon rainforest than so-called sustainable-use areas that allow for controlled resource extraction, two University of Michigan researchers and their colleagues have found.

11 Mar 2013

New 5 MW Kalaeloa Solar Farm Dedicated in West Oahu

Today, Hawaii Governor Neil Abercrombie will join representatives of the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands (DHHL) and Hawaiian Electric Company in a dedication ceremony for a new five-megawatt Kalaeloa Solar Farm in West Oahu.

From SunPower Corporation 11 Mar 2013

DEP Awards 290,010 in Grants for Energy-Efficiency and Pollution-Prevention Projects

The Department of Environmental Protection has awarded $290,010 in grants to help 36 small businesses across Pennsylvania invest in energy-efficiency or pollution-prevention projects.

11 Mar 2013

Challenges in On-Demand Delivery of Renewable Energy

Americans take electrical power for granted whenever they flip on a light switch. But the growing use of solar and wind power in the United States makes the on-demand delivery of electricity more challenging.

11 Mar 2013

Doped Carbon Gel Enables Production of Low-Cost Energy

Researchers from the University of Granada (UGR) have developed a new material using doped carbon that allows low-cost energy to be produced and also reduces the amount of CO2 released into the atmosphere. The recently-patented material is a gel that enables the CO2 to be turned back into hydrocarbons via electro-catalytic transformation, with great savings both in time and money

11 Mar 2013

Korsair Enters License Agreement for Russian Waste to Energy Technology

Korsair Holdings AG has signed a sales and marketing license agreement for a Russian waste to energy technology. The agreement guarantees to Korsair exclusivity for the territory of the Balkan States.

8 Mar 2013

Researcher to Drive Coast-to-Coast with Sun and Hydrogen from Water as Fuel

As an MTSU alternative fuels researcher, Dr. Cliff Ricketts believes he stands on the edge of history. On Saturday, March 9, Ricketts will begin a five-day, 2,600-mile journey to drive coast-to-coast using no gas.

8 Mar 2013

Earth Now Warmer than Most of the Past 11,300 Years

Using data from 73 sites around the world, scientists have been able to reconstruct Earth's temperature history back to the end of the last Ice Age, revealing that the planet today is warmer than it has been during 70 to 80 percent of the time over the last 11,300 years.

8 Mar 2013