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Spotlight on Development of Clean Energy Resources Offshore

The focus worldwide is on developing clean energy resources offshore. The Massachusetts Cape Wind and Ocean Power Technologies Programs are two such clean energy offshore projects.

18 Jan 2011

Kolin Construction Awarded Hydro Project in Georgia

Kolin Construction, a Turkish company, has been awarded a $150 million hydropower project by the Government of Georgia.

18 Jan 2011

Isagen Acquires Funding for Sogamoso Hydro Project

Isagen, Colombia’s State Generator, has secured US$53 million or 101 billion pesos finance for constructing the 820MW Sogamoso hydro project.

18 Jan 2011

Weltec Biopower Uses Greenvironment Microturbines for Barsikow Biogas Park

In January, WELTEC BIOPOWER GmbH from Vechta, world market leader in the production of biogas plants from stainless steel, ordered the first microturbine CHP plant from Greenvironment GmbH for the biogas park of 24,000 square meters in Barsikow, Brandenburg, Germany.

17 Jan 2011

ThyssenKrupp Steel Join Bayer's Sustainable Commercial Building Project

ThyssenKrupp Steel Europe AG, headquartered in Duisburg, Germany, a global technology leader in the manufacture of high quality flat rolled steel, has joined Bayer MaterialScience's EcoCommercial Building Program.

17 Jan 2011

Hydro Team Up with MIT to Optimize Recycling of Aluminium

Hydro has entered into an agreement with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) to develop modeling and analyses to optimize the recycling of aluminium.

17 Jan 2011

Picosun Joins EPAMO that Aims to Reduce Energy Consumption of Wireless Communications

Picosun Oy, Finland-based global manufacturer of state-of-the-art Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD) systems, takes part in EPAMO, a major 13.3 million euro project aiming at reducing up to 1,700 Megawatts (MW) from the global energy consumption of wireless communication systems, such as mobile phone technology.

17 Jan 2011

New Thermosetting Resins Made from Renewable Sources that are also Biodegradable

Modern synthetic resins are made from fossil sources, are not biodegradable and can only be burned under strict precautions due to the release of toxic substances. Prof. Gadi Rothenberg and Dr. Albert Alberts of the University of Amsterdam (UvA) have discovered a range of new thermoset resins made from renewable raw materials which are fully biodegradable, non-toxic and non-hazardous.

16 Jan 2011

President of Electric Car Charing Service Provider Interviewed on NewsEdge

Andy Kinard, President of Car Charging Group, Inc. (OTCBB:CCGI), an owner and provider of electric vehicle (EV) charging services, was featured on "NewsEdge" in Washington, D.C., the evening television news program on WTTG-TV, an owned-and-operated television station of the Fox Broadcasting Company.

16 Jan 2011

Guidance on Design and Construction of Sustainable, Low Carbon Supermarkets

New guidance on the cost-effective design and construction of sustainable, low carbon supermarkets demonstrates how the operational carbon emissions of a typical supermarket building can meet the requirements of Part L 2010 without the need for renewable energy technologies.

16 Jan 2011

ThyssenKrupp Steel Europe Presents Environmental Product Declarations

Transparency for sustainability: At Bau 2011, ThyssenKrupp Steel Europe will be presenting Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) for its steel construction elements. The EPDs cover the company’s full range of single-skin elements and sandwich panels for facades, roofs and walls.

16 Jan 2011

Homeowners Turn to Smart Lighting Solutions to Save Money

Products from the company that invented the dimmer switch and lights the New York Times building and White House is now available at Audio Symphony in San Francisco. Lutron makes dimmer switches, timers, and whole-building and single-room lighting control systems.

16 Jan 2011

Pilkington North America to Install Solar power for its Research and Development Facility

Pilkington North America, a manufacturer and marketer of flat and safety glass utilized in building constructions and in automotives, has announced its intentions to go solar.

12 Jan 2011

ET Solar to Supply Solar Modules to Zen Technologies, Australia

ET Solar Group, a China-based integrated solar photovoltaic products producing and photovoltaic turnkey solution supplying company, declared that it has entered into a supply accord with Zen Technologies to provide 12 MW modules.

12 Jan 2011

China Sunergy to Supply Solar Modules for Installation over Nanjing South Railway Station

China Sunergy, a Nanjing, China-based solar cell and module producer, declared that it has contracted an accord with CEEG (Nanjiing) Solar Energy Research Institute to provide 7 MWsolar modules for the roof project of the Nanjing South Railway Station.

12 Jan 2011