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Solar Markets in MENA Countries to Reach Nearly 3.5GW by 2015

Solar energy demand in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region is attracting the attention of the global solar market, as the industry begins to diversify existing demand from feed-in tariff markets with demand from markets that offer fundamental solar drivers such as insolation, grid prices and electricity needs. On the back of these fundamental drivers, GTM Research, in collaboration with the Emirates Solar Industry Association (ESIA), forecasts the annual solar market in MENA countries to reach nearly 3.5 gigawatts by 2015 and comprise close to 8 percent of total demand globally that year.

11 Jan 2013

Best Western Employs HydroFlow Technology to Treat Cooling Tower Waste Water without Chemicals

The Best Western Palm Desert could no longer discharge the cooling tower waste water into the Coachella Valley Sewer System due to recently enacted ordnance, banning the discharge of cooling tower water to their sewer system. The ownership approached HydroFlow West to find a cost effective resolution which involved removing the discharge to the sewer and removal of the chemicals required to treat this water for bacteria.

11 Jan 2013

NASA Probes the Stratosphere to Study Global Warming

Starting this month, NASA will send a remotely piloted research aircraft as high as 65,000 feet over the tropical Pacific Ocean to probe unexplored regions of the upper atmosphere for answers to how a warming climate is changing Earth.

11 Jan 2013

Conference on Research to Implementation in Carbon Capture & Storage

With the potential of carbon capture and storage starting to be realised, there are several industrial-scale projects already in operation globally. But many challenges still remain for CCS, including how best to utilise or dispose of carbon once it has been captured. How should CO2 be secured for transport? What are the risks associated with sequestration? How easy is it to draw a line from carbon capture to enhanced oil recovery?

11 Jan 2013

Engineered Cyanobacteria for Production of Liquid Fuels

Sandia National Laboratories Truman Fellow Anne Ruffing has engineered two strains of cyanobacteria to produce free fatty acids, a precursor to liquid fuels, but she has also found that the process cuts the bacteria’s production potential.

10 Jan 2013

Melink to Develop 2,154 kW Solar Array for Cedarville University

Cedarville University will soon receive clean, renewable energy from the sun. On December 31, 2012, the financing package was finalized, setting the stage for construction in early January 2013 for a 2,154 kilowatt solar array on the southwest edge of campus. Power is expected to begin flowing in April.

10 Jan 2013

Waste Food Becomes Part of Compost Pile in Lehigh Community Garden

Every day in the university’s dining halls, students push their unwanted bites of food into garbage bins. Some of that food becomes part of a compost pile in the Lehigh Community Garden on the Goodman Campus, thanks to the effort of two undergraduate students.

10 Jan 2013

Some Tough Corals Withstand Climate Change

In a future shaped by climate change, only the strong – or heat-resistant – will survive. A study published this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences opens a window into a genetic process that allows some corals to withstand unusually high temperatures and may hold a key to species survival for organisms around the world.

10 Jan 2013

NSF Grant to Study Viability of Algae-Based Biofuel Energy Systems for Homes

The NSF Sustainable Energy Pathways Program has awarded a 1.6 million dollar grant to a team of researchers from the Georgia Institute of Technology College of Architecture and Ohio University. The multi-disciplinary group will be studying the viability and optimization of algae-based biofuel systems to meet the energy needs of homes and communities.

10 Jan 2013

Tree Seeds Could Represent an Abundant Source of Renewable Energy

Tree seeds, rather than biomass or fuel crop plants, could represent an abundant source of renewable energy, according to research published in the International Journal of Automotive Technology and Management. The study suggests that seeds from the Indian mahua and sal trees have almost as good a thermal efficiency as biodiesel but would produce lower emissions of carbon monoxide, waste hydrocarbons and NOx (nitrogen oxides).

10 Jan 2013

Energy Innovation Hub to Address Material Supply Shortage to Clean Energy Industry

The U.S. Department of Energy announced today that a team led by Ames Laboratory in Ames, Iowa, has been selected for an award of up to $120 million over five years to establish an Energy Innovation Hub that will develop solutions to the domestic shortages of rare earth metals and other materials critical for U.S. energy security.

10 Jan 2013

ZBB Energy Lands Order for Grid Independent ZBB EnerSystem

ZBB Energy Corporation, a leading developer of intelligent power and energy management technologies, today announced the receipt of an order for a Grid Independent ZBB EnerSystem™ with its ZBB EnerStore™ Zinc Bromide flow batteries to provide an integrated Microgrid Energy Management System to the University of Technology Sydney (UTS) to serve as a permanent power source, demonstration unit and learning platform in the newly constructed Broadway Building.

9 Jan 2013

SPG Solar's All-Weather SunSeeker Tracker Chosen for PV Solar Installation in Mexico

SPG Solar, a leading provider of commercial solar power products and services, today announced final shipment and consultation on a 5-MW solar power project in Cerro Prieto, Mexico. Iberdrola Ingenieria & Construcción Mexico S.A. de C.V. chose SPG Solar's All-Weather SunSeeker tracker for the largest PV solar installation in Mexico, slated to go into production by year end.

9 Jan 2013

U.S. Energy Initiatives to Build Small-Scale Biodiesel Plants in California

U.S. ENERGY INITIATIVES CORP today announces that is has signed a Letter of Intent to form a Joint Venture that will provide the tools, experience and support to build several small scale biodiesel plants in California featuring Methes Energies Canada Inc.'s Denami 600 technology.

9 Jan 2013

New Department of Energy Facility to Evaluate Renewable Energy Technologies

A new Department of Energy research facility could help bring the U.S. closer to generating power from the winds and waters along America’s coasts and help alleviate a major hurdle for offshore wind and ocean power development.

9 Jan 2013