Archer Daniels Midland Company has announced that the company will construct a biodiesel facility of 265 million L capacity in Lloydminster, Canada. The company is planning to start the plant’s construction in spring 2012 and complete it by the fourth quarter of 2013.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
17 Nov 2011
Nanosolar, a pioneer in thin film solar cell printing, has declared that it is in collaboration with EDF Energies Nouvelles (EDF EN) and enXco. EDF EN’s subsidiary in the United States, has supplied Nanosolar utility panels to two separate solar power projects having a total capacity of roughly 6 MWp.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
17 Nov 2011
CSIRO engineers have designed and commissioned a new, state-of-the-art air conditioner test facility to evaluate the electrical, cooling and heating performance of conventional and solar-powered systems.
Beneq has been named Best of New Materials by the Global Cleantech Cluster Association. Winning the GCCA Later Stage Award for New Materials demonstrates the significant success of Beneq in the growing cleantech industry
In 2009, Navarre, Spain, the ACR Grupo, Tecnalia and Eguzkitan joined forces to create LUIX, the company that currently markets intelligent public illumination systems that saves 80% of the energy earlier consumed by such systems.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
15 Nov 2011
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