Arvia Technology, a spin-out company of the University of Manchester, has acquired £3.8 million as investment from its present investor MTI Partners, new investors including Park Walk Advisors and Sustainable Technology Investors, and from several other small investors.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
18 Apr 2012
A highlight of the event will be presentations from two of the 2011 Brinks Innovation Competition winners: Dave Becker, VP of Manufacturing and Operations for Catacel Corporation, and Jerry Lui, CEO of Ecologic Tech.
AC Transit, a transit agency, and several other associates have launched a hydrogen production and dispensing fuel station. The station provides hydrogen fuel for the new zero-emission fuel cell buses plying across the San Francisco Bay Area. Furthermore, the hydrogen fuel is partly generated using solar-powered electrolysis.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
17 Apr 2012
The Propane Clean Air Rally and Autogas Parade was held on April 14, 2012 at Atlanta. Fleet vehicles belonging to the Southeast Propane Autogas Development Program along with over 50 propane autogas vehicles from around the country participated in the parade.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
17 Apr 2012
SEFE, a company that develops sustainable technologies, has provided information on one more component included in its advanced Harmony III atmospheric energy system. The company is moving closer to its goal of bringing innovative technology into the clean energy market through this Atmospheric Energy Collector.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
17 Apr 2012
Aqua Pennsylvania, a company dealing in water treatment business, has inaugurated its largest solar farm at its utility. The $6.5 million, 1.8 MW solar project offers electricity to Aqua Pennsylvania’s largest water treatment facility, the Pickering plant.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
17 Apr 2012
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has adopted four scenarios, termed as representative concentration pathways (RCPs), to reduce green house gases. One of the four scenarios is to reduce an important green house gas, nitrous oxide (N2O) in the environment.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
17 Apr 2012
Solar Junction, a company that develops high efficient multi-junction solar cells, has declared that the Department of Energy (DOE) has granted a SUNPATH award to the company.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
17 Apr 2012
PcPools, a company that supplies pool equipment, has confirmed that it has become an authorized dealer for FAFCO, a solar pool instrument producer in the US. The solar pool heaters of FAFCO will now be distributed by PcPools. FAFCO is renowned for providing advanced solar pool equipment.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
16 Apr 2012
Walmart, a retail chain store, has declared that it has partnered with SolarCity, a solar power system installer, to construct six solar projects at its retail stores in Colorado. The project marks the 100th solar power installation for the company in the US and brings it closer to its objective of utilizing 100% renewable energy across all its stores.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
16 Apr 2012
IBM, which is focusing on electric vehicles, has collaborated with Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) and American Honda Motor for a pilot project, which will enable power grid and electric vehicles (EVs) communications.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
16 Apr 2012
Zipcar, a network for sharing cars, and American Honda Motor, a renowned vehicle manufacturer, have declared that Honda has now become the preferred car manufacturer for Zipcar. The members of Zipcar will use the low emission, state-of-the-art vehicles from Honda that provide more sustainability to existing transitional services.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
16 Apr 2012
AREVA Solar, a concentrated solar power (CSP) solution provider, has announced the construction of the largest CSP plant in Asia. The project is to be built at Rajasthan in India.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
16 Apr 2012
IKEA, a retailer for home furnishings, has installed a solar energy system at its Paramus, New Jersey retail store. The 1063 kW system consists of 132000 square-foot solar array, which is made up of 4,620 panels.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
12 Apr 2012
A team of researchers, led by Linda Nazar from the Waterloo University in Canada and Thomas Bein from the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet Muenchen (LMU) Munich, has synthesized porous carbon nanoparticles that use sulfur molecules to optimize the efficiency of lithium-sulfur batteries, a major breakthrough in the advancement of this next-generation of batteries.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
12 Apr 2012