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Novel Technology to Transform Microorganisms into Methane Gas

Technology developed at EPFL and the Paul Scherrer Institute to transform microorganisms into methane gas will be presented at the Swiss Energy and Climate Summit taking place this week in Bern. The technology could play a role in the future sustainable production of biosynthetic natural gas.

9 Oct 2012

Subsea 7, Bechtel to Develop Offshore Wind and Transmission Projects in Europe

Bechtel and Subsea 7 announced today that they will work together to develop offshore wind and associated transmission projects in Europe, including the UK and Germany.

8 Oct 2012

Expanding Palm Oil Production Drives Carbon-Rich Rainforest Destruction

Expanding production of palm oil, a common ingredient in processed foods, soaps and personal care products, is driving rainforest destruction and massive carbon dioxide emissions, according to a new study led by researchers at Stanford and Yale universities.

8 Oct 2012

Heightened Concern over Environmental Issues Drives Sales of Electric Bikes

During a time of ever increasing fuel prices and a heightened concern for environmental issues, sales of electric bikes have seen a dramatic increase.

8 Oct 2012

Clinton Climate Initiative C40 Cities Program Releases Bus Technology Comparison Results

The Clinton Climate Initiative (CCI) and InterAmerican Development Bank (IABD) have released results from Bogotá, Colombia third party testing in a side-by-side comparison of diesel, CNG/hybrid and BYD all-electric buses.

8 Oct 2012

Frost + Sullivan's New Report Discusses Utility-Scale Solar Power Market in US

Research and Markets has announced the addition of Frost & Sullivan's new report "Analysis of the U.S. Utility-Scale Solar Power Market" to their offering.

8 Oct 2012

Renewable Energy Presents REC Global Partner Awards to Six Distributors

Renewable Energy Corporation (REC), the largest European supplier of solar modules, awarded the REC Global Partner Awards to six of its partner distributors.

8 Oct 2012

Study Findings Provide Insights into Inner Workings of Organic Solar Cells

Controlling "mixing" between acceptor and donor layers, or domains, in polymer-based solar cells could increase their efficiency, according to a team of researchers that included physicists from North Carolina State University. Their findings shed light on the inner workings of these solar cells, and could lead to further improvements in efficiency.

6 Oct 2012

SolarCity Increases Solar Energy Installations across New York

SolarCity®, a national leader in clean energy services, announced a major expansion in New York state with new locations in Westchester County and Long Island. SolarCity’s three New York locations (the company also recently expanded into a new operations center in Albany) make SolarCity’s unique set of affordable clean energy services widely available in the state.

6 Oct 2012

Green Energy Renewable Solutions Relocates Corporate Headquarters to Detroit

Green Energy Renewable Solutions, Inc. (OTCQB: EWRL) today announced that it is relocating its corporate headquarters to the city of Detroit, and will begin operating from its new location as early as next week.

6 Oct 2012

Gaelectric Expands On-Shore Portfolio of Wind Energy Projects in Ireland

Irish renewable energy development and energy storage Group, Gaelectric has today (Thursday) announced that it has secured planning approval for a further two on-shore wind energy projects in Northern Ireland located at Smulgedon, north east of Dungiven in Co. Derry, and at Monnaboy on Loughtermore Mountain, also in Co. Derry.

6 Oct 2012

Commercial operations begin at 25.2 MW DC Queen Creek Solar Farm in Arizona

PSEG Solar Source today announced the commercial operation of the 25.2 megawatt DC (19 megawatt AC) Queen Creek Solar Farm in Queen Creek, Arizona. Salt River Project (SRP) has a 20-year agreement to acquire all of the solar energy generated by the project and has begun accepting power from the plant.

6 Oct 2012

Greenwood Energy Enters Joint Venture with Biosar

Greenwood Energy, the North American renewable energy division of the Libra Group, today announced a new joint venture with Biosar Energy S.A., a global leader in the construction of medium and large scale photo-voltaic (PV) solar systems throughout Europe. Biosar brings proven engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) capabilities to combine with Greenwood's existing alternative fuel and power project development capabilities. The joint venture, called Greenwood Biosar, will complement Greenwood's existing operations and client base while increasing Biosar's footprint throughout North America.

6 Oct 2012

Tidal Energy Attracting Global Interest

Elemental Energy Technologies (“EET”) has recently signed a ground-breaking agreement with Tenax Energy Pty Ltd (“Tenax Energy”) to install and trial their SeaUrchin™ device in Darwin’s Tropical Tidal Energy Testing Centre (T3C), signalling the start of a tidal energy industry in Darwin.

5 Oct 2012

Australian Clean Technologies Competition Announces Winner

A low cost, LED lighting design, which provides energy-savings of up to 93 per cent, has won the 2012 Australian Clean Technologies Competition; it was announced last night by Parliamentary Secretary for Industry and Innovation, Mark Dreyfus.

5 Oct 2012