Valos Solar Ventures and Gehrlicher Solar America Corp. today announced a strategic joint-development agreement focused on providing solar energy to the investor and municipal-owned utilities in California.
Cardia Bioplastics, a provider of sustainable resins and finished products, has entered into a strategic collaboration with Alto Packaging, a manufacturer of rigid plastic packaging products, to produce environmentally-friendly packaging solutions.
By G.P. Thomas
9 Jul 2012
Frost & Sullivan reports a huge growth potential for thin film batteries. It estimates the market to grow to $1,986.5 million in 2018 from $86.7 million in 2011. Thin film batteries are suitable for ultra-thin devices.
By G.P. Thomas
9 Jul 2012
Current manufacturers of solar cells have been able to produce solar devices with sunlight to electricity conversion efficiency not exceeding 20%. In this industry, even a 1% improvement would be hailed as significant progress.
By G.P. Thomas
9 Jul 2012
Teagasc, the agriculture and food development authority in Ireland, and the EU Joint Programming Initiative on Agriculture, Food Security and Climate Change (FACCE – JPI), have jointly arranged a scientific session - ‘The Great Debate on the Battle to Feed a Changing Planet.’
By G.P. Thomas
7 Jul 2012
Puralytics today launched the retail version of the SolarBag, a water
purification system that uses sunlight-activated nanotechnology to produce safe
and sustainable fresh water.
The 3-liter SolarBag is the first n...
The AREVA Group has won the call for tenders launched by La Croix Valmer city (South East of France) for the supply of an energy storage system.
Containers Maes the Belgian experts in sustainable recycling are to install the now globally available ZenRobotics Recycler™, the world's first robotic recycling system.
Yingli Green Energy Holding Company Limited a leading solar energy company and one of the world's largest vertically integrated photovoltaic manufacturers, which markets its products under the brand "Yingli Solar", today announced the establishment of its regional headquarters in Sydney, Australia.
Navistar International Corporation today announced that it will introduce its next generation clean engine solution – In-Cylinder Technology Plus (ICT+) – to meet 2010 U.S.
The research centre Tecnalia Research & Innovation has been recognised in Europe as one of the benchmarks in the Factory of the Future.
Atmospheric scientists at the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) and Nanjing University have produced the first "bottom-up" estimates of China's carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, for 20...
Homeowners who don't want to insulate their walls with environmentally harmful foams will soon have an ecological alternative: hard foams made of tannin, a compound found in tree bark.
An independent wind energy company, First Wind has completed the construction of its Kaheawa Wind II project and has commenced commercial operations. The 21 MW project includes a novel battery energy storage system designed for controlling the fluctuations that occur during output of wind energy.
By G.P. Thomas
6 Jul 2012
Engineered Conductive Materials (ECM), a provider of conductive interconnect materials for use in photovoltaic applications, has launched the new 530-121 conductive adhesive specifically developed for ribbon stringing in solar modules.
By G.P. Thomas
6 Jul 2012