SunPower, a NASDAQ listed company manufacturing high efficiency photovoltaic power systems, has planned to set up its 13.78 megawatt power system at the Naval Air Weapons Station located in china Lake California.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
15 Nov 2011
The IOWA State University engineers initiated a forum comprising 33 members nationwide representing universities, federal agencies and non-governmental agencies met in Chicago for a Carbon Negative Economy.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
15 Nov 2011
A team of scientists at the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) has released an article highlighting the role played by climate protection and temperature control policies in conserving energy and decreasing pollution globally.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
15 Nov 2011
On Monday 14th November 2011, a volunteer team of 40 employees from ALCOA will be delivering a 6 ft tall Christmas tree to the Carnegie Science Centre located in the North Shore River Front in Pittsburgh.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
15 Nov 2011
A new study led by University of Maryland researchers has found that increase in particulate matter and air pollution in the earth’s atmosphere is leading to severe storms in wet regions and drought in dry regions.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
15 Nov 2011
Bharti Airtel, an international telecommunications company, has inked a deal with Ericsson, a leading provider of mobile telecommunications equipment, to use Flexenclosure’s green energy solution called E-site for upgrading an initial lot of 250 base stations powered by diesel in Nigeria.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
14 Nov 2011
The University of Oslo’s Centre for Materials Science and Nanotechnology has entered into a partnership with the Foundation for Scientific and Industrial Research at the Norwegian Institute of Technology (SINTEF) to develop an eco-friendly technology known as thermoelectricity, which can produce electricity from waste heat using temperature differences.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
14 Nov 2011
The market for forklift trucks powered by fuel cells is the fastest developing market for hydrogen energy. Based on this fact, a France-based joint venture is expected to be created between Axane, a unit of Air Liquide Group, and Plug Power, a pioneer in forklift trucks’ fuel cells.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
14 Nov 2011
Interfora, an established France-based training institute in the chemical industry, has applied a Kynar Aquatec resin-based white coating on its roofs spanning 900 sq m, as part of the construction of new buildings and renewal of existing ones.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
14 Nov 2011
The study titled ‘Critical Metals in Strategic Energy Technologies’ conducted by the Joint Research Centre (JRC) has revealed that five rare earth metals, which include gallium, tellurium, indium, dysprosium and neodymium, used in the production of low-carbon technologies are at risk of scarcity.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
14 Nov 2011
A research team led by Michael Gratzel at the Laboratory of Photonics and Interfaces of EPFL has increased the Gratzel solar cell efficiency to 12.3%, which is now equivalent to that of existing silicon solar panels available in the market.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
14 Nov 2011
Verengo Solar Plus, one of the leading residential solar installation companies in Southern California has expanded its operations into Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Napa, San Francisco, Santa Clara, San Mateo, Sonoma and Solano counties.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
14 Nov 2011
Renewable Energy Systems Canada Inc. (RES Canada), a subsidiary of RES Americas, has completed the Greenwich Wind Energy Project located on Lake Superior’s Northern Shore in Ontario.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
14 Nov 2011
Suntricity Power, a commercial and residential solar energy design, installation and integration company, has added half megawatt of residential solar installations so far in 2011.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
14 Nov 2011
NRG Energy and SunPower celebrated the official groundbreaking of the 250-MW California Valley Solar Ranch (CVSR). The construction of the solar project in the San Luis Obispo County started in September.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
14 Nov 2011