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Rainbow Sandals Installs Solar Panels to Meet its Energy Requirement

Solar Monkey, a system integrating company, and KYOCERA Solar, a global solar company, have declared the culmination of a 247.70-kW solar system installation at Rainbow Sandals’ headquarters in San Clemente, California.

9 Sep 2010

New Methods of Utilizing Carbon Dioxide Using Renewable Energies

Bayer Technology Services (BTS), Bayer MaterialScience, RWE and Siemens, in association with ten partners from universities and the scientific world, are joining forces to research new methods of utilizing carbon dioxide using renewable energies.

8 Sep 2010

Wind Resources Mapping in North Eastern China to Result in Wind Farms with Guaranteed Power

For the past four years, Risø DTU has been involved in mapping the wind resources in the Dongbei region in north-eastern China. This work is now complete, and the results are paving the way for planning wind farms in the area with guaranteed high levels of power generation.

8 Sep 2010

1500 to Discuss Carbon Capture and Storage at GHGT-10 Later This Month

‘From research to reality’ is the theme of the 10th Greenhouse Gas Technologies Control Conference (GHGT-10), which will be held in Amsterdam from September 19 - 23. More than 1500 scientists will discuss barriers to and opportunities for implementing carbon capture and storage (CCS).

8 Sep 2010

ThyssenKrupp InCar Project Wins Prize at EcoGlobe Awards

The ThyssenKrupp Group's InCar project won second prize at this year's ÖkoGlobe (EcoGlobe) awards.

8 Sep 2010

NETGroup Plans to Construct 25 MW Wind Farm in Lesotho

NETGroup Solutions, a consultancy company in South Africa, has announced plans about developing a wind power farm with 25 MW capacity in the highlands of Lesotho.

8 Sep 2010

Nautricity Receives Funding to Produce Power from Tidal Energy

Nautricity, CoRMaT Technology, tidal energy, tidal powerNautricity, a technical solutions developing company for producing electric power from naturally-occurring current flows in the oceans, seas and water fronts near seas, has obtained funds from an investment company First Tech located at Aberdeen and has also signed a licensing agreement for the purchase of a contra-rotating turbine system.

8 Sep 2010

UBA to Head Research in Biofuel Jatropha Cultivation

UBA (United Biofuels of America) along with Agronegocios Costa Rica para el mundo have together carried out a research alliance towards developing agronomic models in cultivating Jatropha curcas-tempate.

8 Sep 2010

Philippines About to Realize Hydro Power Plant in ComVal

Philippines is about to realize its dream of having a hydro power plant at the ComVal (Compostela Valley) location. The Department of Trade and Industry’s (DTI-ComVal) ComVal office has expressed its interest towards establishing a 30-MW power plant for hydro-electricity generation.

8 Sep 2010

Second Wind to Shift to Bigger Manufacturing Facility

Second Wind, a wind power measuring equipment manufacturing company, has announced its decision of moving its production facilities from Somerville, MA to a larger facility at Newton, MA during the second week of September 2010.

8 Sep 2010

NASA’s Solar Probe Plus Craft to Use Specially Designed Solar Panels for Power

NASA, a U.S. government agency engaged in the exploration of space, has ventured into a mission to study the effects of sun more closely than the previous missions.

8 Sep 2010

Iowa State University Introduces Solar Trash Compactors to Reduce Expenditure on Trash Collection

Trash clearance at the Iowa State University has become green energy-friendly with the installation of solar-powered compactors.

8 Sep 2010

Blaiken Wind Power Project in Sweden to be Completed by 2015

Fortum, a clean energy company with a focus on the countries located in the Nordic, Baltic Rim area and Russia, has declared its choice to purchase 40% equity in the Blaiken wind energy project while the balance of 60% shares will be vested with Skellefteå Kraft, a Swedish energy company.

8 Sep 2010

SeaGen Tidal Turbine Performance Appraised by DNV

The issuance of certification corroborates that the functions of the tidal turbine is correctly measured by following the laid out procedures of the Edinburgh Protocol developed by the University of Edinburgh.

8 Sep 2010

Aðaoðlu Group Invests in Turkish Wind Projects to Power 25,000 Homes

The Aðaoðlu Group, a Turkish company that invests in wind energy plants and residential projects, has announced the completion of a wind power plant in the district of Mut, a town located in the Mersin province of Turkey.

8 Sep 2010