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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

Severe Loss of Arctic Sea Ice Connected to Superstorm Sandy

If you believe that last October's Superstorm Sandy was a freak of nature -- the confluence of unusual meteorological, atmospheric and celestial events -- think again.

5 Mar 2013

Global Warming May Make Frigid Arctic Shipping Routes More Accessible

Shipping lanes through the Arctic Ocean won't put the Suez and Panama canals out of business anytime soon, but global warming will make these frigid routes much more accessible than ever imagined by melting an unprecedented amount of sea ice during the late summer, new UCLA research shows.

5 Mar 2013

Large Fossil Fuel Subsidies May Remain Hidden in Life Cycle of Solar Plants

There is no free fuel. Whether you drill for and refine oil, or manufacture and maintain a panel to collect solar energy and convert it into electricity, it takes energy to make energy.

From Springer - Science and Technology Publishers 5 Mar 2013

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Acquires Control of Suomi NPP Satellite

The Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership (NPP) satellite, a partnership between NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), was transitioned to NOAA operational organization control Feb. 22, 2013. The transition marks the next step of the mission that supports NASA's Earth science research and NOAA's weather forecasting missions.

5 Mar 2013