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Covanta Expands Honolulu H-POWER Energy-from-Waste Facility

Covanta Energy, a world leader in sustainable waste management and renewable energy, today announced that it has completed the expansion of the H-POWER Energy-from-Waste (EfW) facility, owned by the City and County of Honolulu. Covanta Energy is the designer, builder and operator of the facility, which is an integral component of the City and County's comprehensive solid waste management program.

10 Oct 2012

EC+R Celebrates Wildcat I Wind Farm with Onsite Ceremony

E.ON Climate & Renewables (EC&R) North America celebrated the Wildcat I Wind Farm today with an onsite ceremony.

10 Oct 2012

Paseo Biofuels to Increase Biodiesel Production at Kansas City Plant

Investors in Paseo Biofuels, LLC, the Missouri Soybean Association (MSA) and Cargill today announced an expansion to the Paseo biodiesel plant in Kansas City, Mo. that will increase biodiesel production capacity by 40 percent.

10 Oct 2012

SunSi Estimates Renewable Electrical Energy Capacity of 1.3 MW at Zibo Qilin Fushan

SunSi Energies, an international manufacturer, seller and distributor of energy products and solutions, today announced that it has expanded the project size of its previously announced letter of intent to install one of its proprietary, modular Organic Rankine Cycle systems ("ORC unit") at Zibo Qilin Fushan Iron & Steel Company ("Qilin"), a steel producing company located in the Shandong province of China.

10 Oct 2012

IKEA Plugs-In 1,458.2 kW Solar Energy System at Savannah Distribution Center

IKEA, the world’s leading home furnishings retailer, today officially plugged-in the solar energy system installed at its distribution center near Savannah, Georgia – the state’s largest private solar rooftop array. The 182,300-square-foot PV array consists of a 1,458.2-kW system, built with 6,076 panels.

10 Oct 2012

Scientists Hope to Map CO2 Emissions in Major US Cities

Arizona State University researchers have developed a new software system capable of estimating greenhouse gas emissions across entire urban landscapes, all the way down to roads and individual buildings. Until now, scientists quantified carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions at a much broader level.

10 Oct 2012

Suntech to Strengthen Global Industry Leadership with Five Element Strategy

Suntech Power Holdings Co., the world's largest producer of solar panels, today announced its strategy to improve operations and solidify its global industry leadership.

From Suntech 10 Oct 2012

Suntech to Supply 39 MW of Polycrystalline Solar Panels to EDP Renovaveis

Suntech Power Holdings Co., the world's largest producer of solar panels, and EDP Renovaveis have signed a contract for Suntech to supply 39 megawatts (MW) of polycrystalline solar panels. The Suntech solar panels will power four new photovoltaic projects under construction in Romania that will be connected between late 2012 and early 2013.

9 Oct 2012

Sunpreme Completes Large Rooftop Solar Panel Installations on East Bay Dental Clinic

Sunpreme, a global SmartSilicon crystalline solar power product manufacturer headquartered in Silicon Valley, today announced the completion of two of the largest rooftop installations on a dental clinic in the east bay.

9 Oct 2012

First Solar to Supply Advanced Thin-Film Solar Modules for Two Power Plants in India

First Solar, Kiran Energy Solar Power Pvt. Ltd. and Mahindra Solar One Pvt. Ltd. have completed an agreement for the supply of First Solar’s advanced, thin-film solar modules for two solar photovoltaic (PV) power plants totalling 50 megawatts (MW) DC to be constructed in India’s Rajasthan state.

9 Oct 2012

Global Water Technologies to Participate in Water Summit 2012

Global Water Technologies will participate in Water Summit 2012 this week in Milwaukee, an event that draws national and international leaders on innovative approaches to sustainable water solutions.

9 Oct 2012

Bujagali Hydropower Plant to Provide Clean, Reliable Power for Ugandans

Uganda’s President, Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, today inaugurated the 250MW Bujagali Hydropower Plant in the presence of the Aga Khan and project partners Sithe Global, a company majority owned by a fund managed by Blackstone on behalf of its investors.

9 Oct 2012

EPA’s Partnership for Safe Water Honors Aqua’s Ingram’s Mill Plant

Aqua Pennsylvania, Inc.’s Ingram’s Mill Water Treatment Plant has been notified that it has met and will soon receive the “Phase III Directors Award of Recognition” from the Partnership for Safe Water, a national volunteer initiative developed by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and other water organizations representing water suppliers striving to provide their communities with drinking water quality that surpasses the required federal standards.

9 Oct 2012

New ‘Clean’ Technology to Destroy Water Toxins Caused By Harmful Algal Blooms

University of Ulster scientists are collaborating with international research partners to develop a new ‘clean’ technology to destroy water toxins caused by harmful algal blooms.

9 Oct 2012