Professor Jan Kleissl of UC San Diego and Matthew Lave, a Ph.D. student at the Jacobs School, have created a software program that can be utilized by grid managers to understand sudden power fluctuations induced by cloud cover. The software program is based on a solar variability law established by Lave.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
24 Jun 2011
A team of researchers from Georgia Tech, the New Jersey Institute of Technology and Oak Ridge National Laboratory have formulated a self-cleaning carbon removal method by utilizing barium oxide nano particles, which will enable direct powering of solid oxide fuel cells by coal gas at a low level temperature of 750°C.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
24 Jun 2011
Greentech Media, which provides research and analysis in the business-to-business greentech market, has declared that the proposed ‘Networked EV 2011: Smart Grids and Electric Vehicles’ will be held at the PG&E Auditorium, in San Francisco, CA, on October 20, 2011.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
24 Jun 2011
Genencor has declared the availability of a new product, Accellerase TRIO, to be used by biofuel producers for manufacture of cellulosic ethanol from a variety of green feedstock such as corn stover, wheat straw, switchgrass and civic solid waste.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
24 Jun 2011
Snyder's-Lance, a company that produces and markets snack foods, has declared the culmination of a ground-located solar farm in Pennsylvania.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
23 Jun 2011
The Board of Supervisors at the Pima County has collectively voted and approved the building of a 25 MW solar power plant in Avra Valley.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
23 Jun 2011
Koyo Cooling Systems, a solution provider for automotive heat exchangers, declared that it has installed a 90 kW solar power facility at its service and sales office buildings located in Irvine, California.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
23 Jun 2011
Cincinnati Bell Energy, a supplier of cheap and green retail energy has declared the establishment of clean energy services to the clients of Cincinnati Bell in Ohio.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
23 Jun 2011
Recently, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has declared that greenhouse gases in the atmosphere are the main causes for changes in the climate all over the world.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
23 Jun 2011
Businesses with great ideas for tackling climate change are being encouraged to enter a national competition that could see Australian innovation become a global success.
Masdar Carbon, one of the five integrated units of Masdar, today announced it has won the inaugural ‘Best Carbon Markets Renewable Energy Project Developers – Middle East 2011’ Award from the prestigious World Finance magazine.
Texas Clean Energy Project (TCEP), a company of Summit Power Group, has declared that it will be contracting a 25 year power purchase agreement (PPA) with CPS Energy, a natural gas and electric utility company owned by the municipality, to trade 200 MW of power generated from its first-of-its-kind integrated gasification combined cycle (IGCC) power generation facility.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
22 Jun 2011
NJR Clean Energy Ventures (NJRCEV), an auxiliary of New Jersey Resources, has declared its intentions to invest around $23.7 million to install, own and manage a 4.7 MW ground placed solar power generating system in Vineland, New Jersey.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
22 Jun 2011
A research report published in the web by Nature Geoscience in June indicates that building of carbon dioxide over atmosphere will not bring in sudden changes in climate.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
22 Jun 2011
The aim of the newly formed “Tri4CCS Alliance” in capturing, transporting and storing of CO2 (CCS) cost-effectively and safely will be further strengthened through collaboration of research institutes such as Norway-based SINTEF, Netherlands-based TNO and France-based IFP Energies nouvelles.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
22 Jun 2011