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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

Human Activities in the Middle Ages May Have Contributed to Climate Change

New data extracted from Greenland’s glaciers show that methane in the atmosphere follows the waxing and waning of civilizations.

9 Oct 2012

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