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New China–Australia Research Centre for Sustainable Urban Development

The University of South Australia has teamed up with China’s Tianjin Universityin developing the new China–Australia Research Centre for Sustainable Urban Development (CAC_SUD) to address the challenges and opportunities surrounding urban growth in the 21st century.

15 Dec 2012

Abu Dhabi Renewable Energy Company Launches Energy + Water Blogging Contest

It’s easy to enter. It takes three steps.

15 Dec 2012

ONR Supports World Green City with Direct-Current Microgrid

The Office of Naval Research (ONR), a leader in the exploration of renewable power, played a major role in the development of a new "World Green City" unveiled here on Dec. 12 as a prototype community powered by alternative energy sources.

14 Dec 2012

TECs Upgrade Wasted Heat in Solid Oxide Fuel Cells into Electricity

Solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs) directly convert chemical energy into electrical energy. Although an overall efficiency above 95 per cent can be achieved at an operating temperature of nearly 900 degrees Celsius, a certain amount thereof is waste heat and can currently only be used for domestic hot water supply or heating purposes.

14 Dec 2012

UNSW Leads Australia–US Collaboration to Develop ‘Over the Horizon’ Photovoltaic Technology

A new joint Australian–US research institute led by the University of New South Wales (UNSW) will foster rapid development of “over the horizon” photovoltaic technology and establish Australia as the solar cell research and education hub of the Asia-Pacific region.

14 Dec 2012

Ocean Iron Fertilisation an Uneconomical Solution for Carbon Storage

Ocean iron fertilisation is a process that attempts to encourage phytoplankton growth in regions with unused nutrients and stores carbon away from the atmosphere.

14 Dec 2012

Nines Photovoltaics Completes Build of First Industrial Silicon Wafer Processing Tool

Nines Photovoltaics, has completed the build of its first industrial silicon wafer processing tool. The ground breaking solar cell manufacturing unit has recently been shipped to Fraunhofer ISE Germany, the largest solar energy research institute in Europe, where it will be installed and validated in a production environment.

14 Dec 2012

The 9th Annual Clean-Tech Investor Summit Announces List of Clean Energy CEOs to Provide Insight

The 9th Annual Clean-Tech Investor Summit, presented by International Business Forum and chaired by Technology Partners’ Ira Ehrenpreis , on February 6-7 in Palm Springs, California, announced the line-up of CEOs who will provide insight on the state of the clean tech industry as it relates to the various innovation sectors.

13 Dec 2012

U.S. DOE Announces New Funding for Lake Erie Wind Turbine Project

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced today $5 million in new funding for Lake Erie Energy Development Corporation (LEEDCo), the non-profit corporation leading the effort for the first freshwater offshore wind project in the nation.

13 Dec 2012

Ameresco Energy Savings Performance Contract Brings Major Improvements to NASA Wallops Flight Facility

Ameresco, Inc., a leading energy efficiency and renewable energy company, today announced the completion of the first phase of a $28 million energy savings project with NASA Goddard Space Flight Center’s Wallops Flight Facility, located on Virginia’s eastern shore.

From Ameresco 13 Dec 2012

Flexible PV: Growing more than three-fold in the next 5 years

Although it is often the case that flexible solar panels are assumed to be related to organic photovoltaic technologies, that is not always the case. In the CIGS materials platform for instance, the IDTechEx report on thin film technologies “Thin Film Photovoltaics and Batteries 2012-2022” (www.idtechex.com/pv) expects that although only less than 70 MW of CIGS cells were characterized by flexibility in 2012, over 240MW will be flexible by 2017.

12 Dec 2012

Franklin County Wind Farm with 60 Turbines Commences Commercial Operations

Franklin County Wind LLC, a non-regulated subsidiary of Alliant Energy Corporation, has begun commercial operation of the Franklin County Wind Farm located in Franklin County, Iowa.

12 Dec 2012

GS Battery Announces Deployment of Hybrid Energy System

GS Battery (USA) Inc., (GSB) announced today the deployment of their Hybrid Energy System (HES). Equipped with 48 volts of ECO R® advanced lead acid battery technology, the integrated, compact unit addresses the most common renewable energy storage needs in an easily installed, indoor/outdoor cabinet.

12 Dec 2012

Megacities Responsible for Most Greenhouse Gas Emissions

In an article published on Dec. 5 in Nature, Jeff Tollefson writes that according to United Nations data, megacities may be responsible for as much as 70 percent of greenhouse gas emissions around the world. Scientists, including Kevin Gurney, an associate professor in Arizona State University’s School of Life Sciences, are using new CO2 tracking systems to monitor emissions.

12 Dec 2012