Rock the Green, a near-zero waste outdoor music festival sponsored by Veolia Environmental Services, has reported that Third Eye Blind will headline the festival. Atlas Genius, Morning Parade, Imagine Dragons, Switchfoot and Metric will also support the event.
By G.P. Thomas
11 Jul 2012
The Corporation for Battery Recycling (CBR) has released a request for proposal (RFP) for a stewardship organization (SO) to manage a national recycling program for household batteries.
By Nick Gilbert
11 Jul 2012
The price of photovoltaic modules and the associated electrics has declined by 50% in recent years. Moreover, the related costs continue to drop. Even though this scenario holds potential for construction of large-scale photovoltaic plants, there is limitation in the price dropping space of the photovoltaic modules.
By G.P. Thomas
11 Jul 2012
Boeing has teamed up with the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the American Airlines in the 2012 ecoDemonstrator program. The American Airlines 737-800 airplane is to be used for ascertaining environmentally progressive technologies.
By G.P. Thomas
11 Jul 2012
Infinite Power Solutions, Inc. (IPS), a provider of rechargeable, solid-state, thin-film battery solutions has introduced the IPS-EVAL-EH-02 wireless environmental sensor energy harvesting evaluation kit for smart home and building automation applications.
By G.P. Thomas
11 Jul 2012
Researchers belonging to the Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences (BIOS) and Princeton University have together conducted a study on the impact of climate change on bacteria.
By G.P. Thomas
11 Jul 2012
Innovative Materials Processing Technologies (IMPT) together with 13 partners have secured a major European research project worth 10 million euro.
At this week’s Intersolar Show in San Francisco (July 9-12, 2012), imec presents a 20.04% large-area industrial-level silicon solar cell (certification results from Fraunhofer ISE-Callab). The cell combines a high efficiency with a low-cost industrial process.
Australia is well placed to play a lead role in the global cleantech sector judging by the calibre of the 30 semi-finalists announced today for the Australian Clean Technologies Competition 2012, says John O’Brien, managing director of Australian CleanTech.
Geologists at Kansas State University are part of a statewide study to test the feasibility of aquifer rocks for permanent storage of CO2. Production of CO2 has been associated with climate change.
By Nick Gilbert
10 Jul 2012
The journal, Nature Climate Change has published a study related to climate reconstruction in northern Europe over the past 2,000 years. An international research team has calculated the cooling trend over the period. These findings are important for the present climate policy.
By G.P. Thomas
10 Jul 2012
Altran, an engineering consulting company, has played an important role in the first trans-Mediterranean flight of the Solar Impulse solar plane between Switzerland and Morocco. The plane is on a round trip voyage to complete a distance of 5,000 km. At present, the solar plane has landed at the Barajas Airport in Madrid.
By G.P. Thomas
10 Jul 2012
The effectiveness and value for money of agri-environment schemes have been questioned by some academics and commentators. But researchers working on a Rural Economy and Land Use Programme project found that a relatively small amount of training for farmers engaged in these initiatives could significantly enhance their outcomes.
Satellite measurements show that nitrogen dioxide in the lower atmosphere over parts of Europe and the US has fallen over the past decade. More than 15 years of atmospheric observations have revealed trends in air quality.
The University of Nottingham has joined a 10 million euro project to develop cost effective, solar generated electricity.