According to the Marine Board of the European Science Foundation, by 2050 approximately 50% of Europe’s electricity requirements could come from marine renewable sources.
TransCanada, a Canadian energy firm established in 2000, has announced that its Kibby wind project in New England’s Maine was ready.
Thailand is preparing to utilize the jatropha seed based plants to develop biofuel on a large scale. Jatropha seed, otherwise known as sabudam in Thai language, has all the while been well known for its low yields and high labor costs while harvesting, thus not being commercially viable.
A Biomass energy plant, the Clackamas Compost Products, has come under severe criticism from several Redland residents. The Clackamas Compost Products had plans of shifting its wood composting facility from the existing Clackamas industrial region to a locality just off the Redland Road near Beavercreek, Oregon City.
Hydrogen-powered fuel-cell cars are set to play a key role in reducing the emissions of road transport as we move forward. That is the conclusion of an unprecedented European study conducted to date on the prospects of various power-train solutions for personal mobility.
Sempra Energy’s subsidiary company, Sempra Generation, declared that it has entered into a partnership with BP Wind Energy, on an equal basis, for developing a Colorado Wind Farm, the Cedar Creek II Wind Farm.
Kyocera Solar has installed three polycrystalline silicon solar units at the Desert Knowledge Australia (DKA) Solar Centre, which is a public solar installation centre funded by the Australian Government.
Gamesa Technology, one of the foremost wind turbine manufacturers, has introduced its new G97-2.0 MW Class IIIA turbine platform for North America during an exhibition and annual conference, the Canadian Wind Energy Association (CanWEA).
Ohio University has welcomed its fourth eminent scholar, Sunggyu K.B. Lee. Lee is the Russ-Ohio Research Scholar in Coal Syngas Utilization in the Fritz J. and Dolores H. Russ College of Engineering and Technology’s Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering and Ohio Coal Research Center.
The city of Rock Hill, South Carolina has replaced obsolete technology in its wastewater treatment plant with state of the art Parker SSD variable speed drives. Parker estimated cost savings and a calculation on the return of investment (ROI) which showed that in energy savings alone, without consideration for the cost of ongoing maintenance of the existing system, the return period would be less than 12 months.
VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland has published an overview of the potential to apply CCS (carbon capture and storage) in the Nordic countries. The report - commissioned by the Nordic Innovation Centre - gives an overview of the technologies and applications required for CCS in the Nordic countries.
Joint development work between Takata-Petri of Aschaffenburg, Germany, and DuPont has resulted in the launch of a new grade of DuPont™ Hytrel® RS, the industry’s first renewably-sourced thermoplastic elastomer for use in airbag systems.
Market leading PV installers, Solarsense, joined Michael Eavis for the grand unveiling of his 200kWp solar PV installation at Worthy Farm, home of the Glastonbury Festival.
David Kappos, the Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) said that the deadline for filing petitions under the Green Technology Pilot Program has been extended from December 8, 2010 to December 31, 2011.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
11 Nov 2010
SABIC Innovative Plastics has launched a new portfolio of specialty resins and compounds that can optimize the performance, lifespan and aesthetics of light-emitting diode (LED) retrofit lighting.