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Soluxe Honors Creators of Portable Solar Suitcases

Thanks to a Berkeley, CA, obstetrician and her husband, doctors and their surgery patients half way around the world no longer face sudden power outages in the middle of operating room procedures.

8 Mar 2013

Scientists Predict Irreversible Mass Loss of Canadian Arctic Archipelago Glaciers

Canada's Arctic Archipelago glaciers will melt faster than ever in the next few centuries. Research by European funded scientists has shown that 20 per cent of the Canadian Arctic glaciers may have disappeared by the end of this century which would amount to an additional sea level rise of 3.5cm

8 Mar 2013

PREMO Offers TÜV SÜD-Approved DC Rated EMC Filters for PV Inverters

PREMO DC Rated EMC filters, series FEDC-600P, FEDCS-1500P-LL & FEDC-1500P-LL, and AC Rated EMC filters, series HCWMGF-1000HV-LL, HCWMGF-1300HV-LL & HCWMGF-1600HV-LL have been approved by TÜV SÜD company as per EN 60939-2:2005 & EN 60939-1:2005 standards.

8 Mar 2013

Tasnee Enters Strategic Investment Agreement with Dyesol

Queanbeyan, Australia – 28 February 2013 – Saudi Arabian industrial giant, The National Industrialization Company of Saudi Arabia, better known as Tasnee, has invested AUD $4 million in Australian clean energy company, Dyesol Limited (ASX: DYE), by way of a 15 month redeemable loan note, convertible into Dyesol shares at 16.6 cents per share, with a 0% coupon (as is required by Saudi Arabian law).

8 Mar 2013

Power from Six Pristine California Solar Projects to be Connected to the Grid

Pristine Sun, LLC and Solar Mosaic, Inc. ("Mosaic") have executed several agreements to close on post-construction permanent loans on the first phase of a portfolio build-out of solar PV farms in California over the next nine months.

7 Mar 2013

Energy and Life Sciences Challenges Discussed at Fraunhofer–Delaware Technology Summit

Portable pergolas with solar panel roofs. Drought-tolerant corn. High-oleic soybeans that eliminate the need for health-harming hydrogenation. Cars that feed electricity back to the grid. Cellulosic ethanol as a non-food source of liquid fuel.

7 Mar 2013

Commercial Operations Begin at NRG’s 26 MW Borrego I Utility-Scale Solar Facility

NRG Energy, Inc., through its wholly owned subsidiary NRG Solar, announced the start of commercial operations for the Borrego I Solar Generating Station, a 26 megawatt (AC) photovoltaic facility located northeast of Borrego Springs, Calif. The station’s electricity will be sold to San Diego Gas & Electric under a 25-year power purchase agreement.

From NRG Energy, Inc. 7 Mar 2013

Novel Fischer-Tropsch Catalyst for Making Synthetic Fuels from Natural Gas and Biomass

Inspired by patents from the 1960’s audio cassette recording industry, UvA chemists now developed a new Fischer-Tropsch catalyst. It can be used for the making of synthetic fuels from natural gas and biomass.

7 Mar 2013

Clariant Introduces Systematic Approach to Sustainable Innovation, EcoTain

Clariant, a world leader in specialty chemicals, announces its new EcoTain® approach to sustainable innovation. The EcoTain life cycle and label developed by Clariant is driven by the commitment to protect human, environmental and ecological health without compromising on performance and efficiency.

7 Mar 2013

Bosch Reports Completion of 1.9 MW Solar Photovoltaic Project in Hawaii - Maui County

Bosch Solar Energy, a division of the Bosch Group, has completed the largest solar photovoltaic project in Maui County, Hawaii.

From Bosch 7 Mar 2013

New NREL Tool Enables Faster Analysis of Biomass for Biofuels

A screening tool from the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) eases and greatly quickens one of the thorniest tasks in the biofuels industry: determining cell wall chemistry to find plants with ideal genes.

From National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) 6 Mar 2013

CalPortland Receives EPA’s ENERGY STAR SUSTAINED EXCELLENCE Award

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has awarded CalPortland Company the 2013 ENERGY STAR SUSTAINED EXCELLENCE Award in recognition of its continued leadership in protecting our environment through energy efficiency.

6 Mar 2013

Ex-Im Bank Approves $28.6 Million Direct Loan to Honduran Power Company for Wind Turbines

Two hundred Pennsylvanian workers will assemble twelve high-tech wind turbines for export, because the Export-Import Bank of the United States (Ex-Im Bank) approved a $28.6 million direct loan to a Honduran power company.

6 Mar 2013

Sharp Electronics Earns EPA's Coveted 2013 ENERGY STAR Partner of the Year Award

Sharp Electronics has earned the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's highly coveted 2013 ENERGY STAR Partner of the Year award.

6 Mar 2013

Novel Integrated System Harvests Sunlight to Make Storable Fuel

Bringing the concept of an “artificial leaf” closer to reality, a team of researchers at MIT has published a detailed analysis of all the factors that could limit the efficiency of such a system. The new analysis lays out a roadmap for a research program to improve the efficiency of these systems, and could quickly lead to the production

6 Mar 2013