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AGL Selects KBR to Provide Project Management Services for Wind Turbine Farm in Australia

AGL Energy Limited (AGL) has chosen KBR to deliver project management services for its wind turbine farm in Victoria, Australia.

3 Feb 2011

China Integrated Energy Builds Biodiesel Manufacturing Plant

China Integrated Energy has finished the construction of a new biodiesel manufacturing plant next to its 100,000-ton biodiesel manufacturing plant in Tongchuan City, Shaanxi Province.

3 Feb 2011

Converting Waste Heat into Electricity

We probably all remember the newspaper pictures of houses and factories captured with infrared cameras. The heat pouring out. And although it may be great for keeping the sparrows warm, there is probably better ways to use this energy. Therefore, Risø DTU received considerable funding from the Danish Council for Strategic Research to develop a technology that can convert waste heat into electricity.

2 Feb 2011

Biomass and Solar Powered Greenhouse Reduces Energy Costs and Improves Crop Yields

Neiker-Tecnalia (The Basque Institute for Agricultural Research and Development) has created an air-conditioned greenhouse using alternative energies that enable the reduction of energy costs, improvements in energy efficiency and an increase in crop yields.

2 Feb 2011

Keeping Roads Clean and in Good Order Reduces Emissions

Road traffic is one of the main sources of fine particulate matter in the atmosphere, above all when the weather situation favors the creation of winter smog, as has been the case over the past few days in the Swiss “Mittelland”. It was found that keeping roads as clean as possible and in good repair makes a significant contribution to reducing the problem of fine particulate emissions.

2 Feb 2011

Sustainable Homes Could be the Solution for First Home Buyers

First time buyers could benefit if the Government and construction industry look to more innovative ways of producing affordable and sustainably produced and run homes, suggests a Loughborough University study.

2 Feb 2011

Turanor PlanetSolar Ship Circumnavigates World to Propagate Solar Energy

Turanor PlanetSolar, the large sized boat powered by solar energy that commenced its world tour four months back from Monaco, has now reached the Galapagos Islands away from the coast of Ecuador.

2 Feb 2011

Western Wind Energy Chooses RMT to Install Wind Turbines

Western Wind Energy (Western Wind) declared that it has chosen RMT, clean energy engineering and building company, to build two of its wind power generation facilities in Arizona and California.

2 Feb 2011

Honda Soltec Introduces New Thin-Film Solar Cell

Honda Soltec, an auxiliary company of Honda and committed to the formulation of thin-film solar technology, has declared that it will be introducing a new type of thin-film solar cell offering a power conversion efficiency of over 13%.

2 Feb 2011

Unirac Partners with Canadian Solar Solutions to Supply Solar Modules

Unirac, a supplier of substructure for solar power systems, and Canadian Solar Solutions, a fully owned auxiliary company of Canadian Solar, declared that they have entered into a partnership to supply 30 MW worth of solar PV systems produced by Canadian Solar along with the mounting solutions of Unirac for the rooftop installations of the commercial and residential users all over Canada.

2 Feb 2011

Indian Institute of Chemical Technology Announces Technology for Biodiesel Extraction

In the three-day international conference coordinated by the Indo-German Nachkonttakt Association, at Hyderabad, India, the Indian Institute of Chemical Technology (IICT) declared that it is exploiting the renewable energy sources such as bio fuels, bioelectricity and solar cells.

2 Feb 2011

Vestas Announces the Opening of New Office in Bucharest

Vestas, the wind energy company, declared that it has opened its new office in Bucharest, the capital city of Romania.

2 Feb 2011

Hanwha SolarOne to Deliver 54 MW Solar PV Modules

Hanwha SolarOne, a China-based producer of silicon ingots, solar photovoltaic cells, solar wafers and modules, declared that it has contracted an accord with an auxiliary company MEMC Electronic Materials to provide PV modules worth 54 MW during 2011 to an associate of SunEdison for use in solar power projects.

2 Feb 2011

Solar Tracking Control Systems to Increase Efficiency of Solar Modules

The Simatic S7-1200 control system, provided by Siemens, tracks the movement of the sun all through the day and the year.

2 Feb 2011

BioSolar Completes Initial Property Tests for UL Certification of BioBacksheets

BioSolar, a developer of bio-based technology and materials for use in solar PV modules declared that its BioBacksheet production samples have fulfilled the requirements of the initial property tests of Underwriter’s Laboratories (UL) and it anticipates receiving full-fledged UL material certification for them soon.

1 Feb 2011