350Green, a business that develops a network of electric vehicle (EV) charging stations and Walgreens chain of drug stores, has declared its designs to construct over 100 public charging stations, which include 35 DC Fast Charging facilities in the greater Los Angeles area.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
16 Sep 2011
AllEarth Renewables, a solar tracker manufacturing company has announced its entering of a partnership with ReVision Energy, a solar power installing company.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
15 Sep 2011
BP declared that it has consented to augment its share to 100% in Tropical BioEnergia, a Brazilian biofuel company, by buying the balance of 50% shares from its venture partners LDC-SEV Bioenergia and Maeda S.A. Agroindustrial each with 25% share for a total cash value of around US$71 million. In addition to the payment, BP will also finance for the current debts of Tropical.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
15 Sep 2011
Molycorp, a major manufacturer of rare earth oxides (REO) outside of China, has declared its intentions to make notable level of investments in Boulder Wind Power, a company, which has designed a wind turbine generator powered by rare earth magnet and can generate electricity for around $0.04 per kWh.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
15 Sep 2011
An article appeared in the latest issue of Global Change Biology Bioenergy that appraises the past and present state of sugarcane ethanol production in Brazil and provides a calculated approach for bettering the production and ecosystem services in future.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
15 Sep 2011
GBT USA, an auxiliary of the Netherlands-based Global Blade Technology, engaged in the design and manufacture of custom wind rotor blades, declared that it has chosen Evansville for the construction of its tooling, molding, and production facility for the manufacture of custom wind rotor blades.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
15 Sep 2011
Solar3D, a company, which discovered the three-dimensional solar cell know-how to improve and maximize the power conversion efficiency of solar cells, declared that it has finished the prototype design for its new solar cell.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
14 Sep 2011
Kyocera declared that it has provided solar modules for installation over a car roofing in southern Germany to supply power to an electric charging station to provide charging facilities for electric bikes and cars.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
14 Sep 2011
The Cyril E. King Airport on the Virgin Islands will soon sport a long array of ground- mounted solar panels for a distance of around 1,600 ft parallel to a runway.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
14 Sep 2011
Centre for Urban History and David Wilson Library at the University of Leicester have announced the arranging of a one-day symposium titled, ‘Industrial Inheritance: Exploring Leicester’s Manufacturing Past,’ at Ogden Lewis Suite, Fielding Johnson South Wing, University of Leicester on Saturday the 17th of September.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
14 Sep 2011
A recent publication in the journal, Nature explains the success of the IRD researchers and their associates in elucidating the reasons for the glacial melt in the Andes during the last 10,000 years.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
14 Sep 2011
The Fuel Cell Today annual Industry Review 2011 forecasts shipments in 2011 surpassing 285,000 units worldwide, growing by 25% compared with 2010. This continued success follows on from 40%growth between 2009 and 2010 . Polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells (PEMFC) lead 2011 unit shipments, accounting for over 95% of the total, and regionally North America dominates with a 50% share of total units.
The results of the study performed by the Boston University researchers published in the latest issue of Climate Change Letters journal indicates the imminent impacts of increase in the worldwide average temperature level and on the summer season temperature level in the U.S and other parts of the world.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
13 Sep 2011
The outlook of the Sub-Saharan Africa, which entirely relies on the potential of its agricultural sector to feed its growing population, suffers an alarming level of starvation deaths as much as 30%, considered as the highest globally.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
13 Sep 2011
An article appeared in the International Journal of Green Economics, by Peter Lang, a green consultant, an ex-advisor to the Green Deputy Mayor of London and co-founder of the charitable trust Green and Away, advocates that sustainability will only be attained by encouraging the development of higher quality goods and arranging for the removal of substandard products.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
13 Sep 2011