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Offshore 630 MW London Array Wind Farm Reaches First Power

The 630MW scheme, located in the Thames Estuary, will be the world’s largest offshore wind farm. The development has been under construction since March 2011 and 151 of the 175 turbines have now been installed, with construction on schedule to be finished by the end of the year.

31 Oct 2012

OpConnect Introduces Smartphone Payment Technology for EV Charging Stations

OpConnect, LLC, a visionary leader in electric vehicle (EV) charging station technology, announced today rollout of its smartphone payment technology for OpConnect network EV charging stations. EV drivers can use the OpConnect iPhone app, or other smartphone scanners to access free stations or to pay for a charging session at stations that require payment.

31 Oct 2012

CREE Debuts Innovative Green Timber and Concrete Hybrid Building Technology in U.S.

The award-winning Austrian green building firm CREE GmbH has opened its U.S. operations in San Francisco, CREE Buildings. The company's innovative timber and concrete hybrid technology enables architects to design stunning tall wood buildings up to 30 stories, that can be erected as quickly as a story a day.

31 Oct 2012

University of Greenwich Installs Glycerol Boiler for Biofuel Study

The initiative, which is led by Medway Council, is being backed by a €4,261,405 grant from the European Development Fund. It’s part of ‘Ecotec 21’, an Anglo-French consortium set up to study Combined Heat and Power (CHP) technology, which captures the waste heat created by power plants and uses it for heating or hot water.

31 Oct 2012

REGENESIS’ New Environmental Technology for Groundwater and Soil Remediation

REGENESIS, a global leader in advanced technologies for contaminated site remediation, recently announced PersulfOx™ Catalyzed Persulfate. This new environmental technology is a patented, sodium persulfate-based in situ chemical oxidation (ISCO) reagent designed specifically for groundwater and soil remediation at contaminated sites, including brownfields.

30 Oct 2012

Sandia Co-Organizes Workshop on Utility Experience with High Penetration PV

Sandia National Laboratories, the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) and European Distributed Energies Research Laboratories (DERlab) have organized a workshop on utility operating experience with high-penetration levels of solar photovoltaics (PV). The workshop, “Utility Experience with High Penetration PV,” is scheduled Monday, Dec. 3, in Berlin.

30 Oct 2012

EDF Renewable Energy Celebrates Operation of Two Kern County Clean Energy Projects

EDF Renewable Energy, formerly enXco, celebrates the construction and operation of two Kern County projects producing clean energy for Southern California. The 140 MW Pacific Wind and 143 MWp Catalina Solar projects were developed and contracted independently; however, their close geographic proximity to one another enabled the projects to share certain infrastructure and thus evolve into one of the largest wind/solar hybrid projects in the United States.

30 Oct 2012

Stanford Researchers Urge Need for More Investment in Renewable Energy

Scientists and politicians disagree on climate change or the best ways to get America energy independent, but one thing is clear: The United States and the rest of the world need more energy. Scientists project that by 2050, the world will consume double the energy it does today.

30 Oct 2012

Fire Test Results Confirm Safety of Lithium-Ion Batteries in Electric Vehicles

DEKRA Automobil GmbH has spent a long time focusing on the safety of electric vehicles. "Safety issues are key to increased popularity of electromobility - and that includes fire protection," says Andreas Richter, who works in the DEKRA Electromobility Competence Center and coordinates all the company's activities in this area.

30 Oct 2012

Carbon Disclosure Project Recognizes Newmont for Climate Change Disclosure Practices

Newmont Mining Corporation announced that it was recognized for transparent climate change disclosure practices by the Carbon Disclosure Project's (CDP) Leadership Index for the third consecutive year.

30 Oct 2012

Rise of E-Bikes Makes Batteries to Play Pivotal Role in Future Transportation

As the number of e-bikes explodes across Europe, experts are saying that they are rapidly altering how people traverse urban areas. CTEK, a leading global smart battery charger brand, says the rise of e-bikes signifies how important batteries have become and highlights the pivotal role they will play in the evolution of transportation.

29 Oct 2012

Lightway Solar America Announces Execution of 62.8 MW of Contracts

Lightway Solar America, Inc., the U.S. subsidiary of Lightway Green New Energy Co., Ltd. (LGNE), has announced the execution of 62.8 Megawatts of contracts through their project development subsidiary, Lightway Solar America Project Development, LLC (LWSA PD).

29 Oct 2012

Lake Charles Clean Energy Secures Offtake Contracts with Denbury, Air Products and BP

Lake Charles Clean Energy, LLC announced today that it has secured major long-term commercial offtake contracts with BP Products North America Inc., Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. and Denbury Onshore LLC, a subsidiary of Denbury Resources Inc., for the Lake Charles Clean Energy project located at the Port of Lake Charles, Louisiana. LCCE is a subsidiary of Leucadia Energy, LLC.

29 Oct 2012

SPS Energy Installs 80 kW Solar Array for Caloundra-Based STC

Today marks a new milestone for Australia’s private businesses seeking heightened energy efficiency: the unveiling of what’s believed to be one of the largest privately funded solar installations in the nation , installed by SPS Energy and now operational in Caloundra, Queensland. The Honourable Mark McArdle, Queensland’s Minister for Energy and Water Supply, officiated at the commissioning celebration.

26 Oct 2012

Cost Sacrificed for Sustainability in Future Packaging Solutions

While today’s packaging professional is focused on cost, performance and food safety/security, sustainability will replace cost as a dominant trend in 10 years, according to a study done by Packaging World and DuPont. Food safety/security is and will remain a top trend, respondents say.

26 Oct 2012