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U.S. Geothermal Begins Construction of San Emidio Geothermal Project

U.S. Geothermal Inc. has secured the San Emidio construction and financing agreements and has started the construction work on the geothermal power plant in northwest Nevada.

2 Sep 2010

Bella Energy and NexGen Energy to Develop Rooftop Solar Project in Salt Lake County

Salt Lake County has selected Bella Energy and NexGen Energy for developing a rooftop solar installation on the Calvin L. Rampton Salt Palace Convention Center located in Salt Lake City.

2 Sep 2010

AdvanceBio Develops Advanced Biofuel Technology

AdvanceBio LLC, an advanced biofuel technology firm, has developed its sugar-based, next-generation fuel ethanol process.

2 Sep 2010

Turning Municipal Waste and Manure into Compost Material

Municipal waste and manures will be increasingly used as a source of composting material and have the added potential benefit of suppressing plant diseases. Work at Teagasc Research Centre, Kinsealy, Ireland, in collaboration with University College Dublin, has been looking at ways of producing consistently disease-suppressive composts.

2 Sep 2010

Imagine Your Home Generating All Its Own Eletricity, It May Soon be Possible

The era of personalized energy systems — in which individual homes and small businesses produce their own energy for heating, cooling and powering cars — took another step toward reality today as scientists reported discovery of a powerful new catalyst that is a key element in such a system.

1 Sep 2010

Veeco's Solar Technical Seminar to Take Place on September 6

Veeco will host a Solar Technical Seminar on September 6 at EU-PVSEC in Valencia, Spain, and will exhibit its CIGS solar manufacturing equipment from September 6-9 at the tradeshow. Dr. Segner will be a featured speaker at the seminar, presenting "Designing a Best-of-Breed CIGS Thermal Deposition Factory, Lessons Learned & Future Considerations."

1 Sep 2010

Solvent-Free Paint Helps reduce Energy Consumption from Air Conditioners

Arkema awarded Pierre Potier prize for Kynar Aquatec®, a solvent-free paint resin for more energy-efficient air-conditioning.

1 Sep 2010

Boosting Solar Cell Efficiency Using Common Dyes

In a paper in the Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy, which is published by the American Institute of Physics, Ram Mehra of Sharda University in Greater Noida, India, reports success in boosting the ability of zinc oxide solar cells to absorb visible light simply by applying a blended mixture of various off-the-shelf dyes commonly used in food and medical industries.

1 Sep 2010

Global CO2 Emissions Decrease in 2009 Despite China and India Increasing

Global CO2 emissions decreased in 2009, the first decrease recorded this decade. However, in China and India the emissions increased by 9 and 6 percent.

1 Sep 2010

Dupont to Increase Production Capacity for Photovoltaic Metallization Pastes

DuPont recently announced plans to double production capacity for its market-leading DuPont™ Solamet® photovoltaic (PV) metallization pastes, based on strong, continued growth in the solar energy industry and accelerated demand for new materials that enable higher efficiency PV cells.

31 Aug 2010

San Diego University Embark on Massive LED Lighting Project

Acuity Brands, a market leader in innovative energy efficient lighting and control solutions, is proud to support San Diego State University's first LED lighting project. The centerpiece of this installation is a new 215-person lecture hall equipped with the Lithonia Lighting(R) RTLED(TM) luminaire, the LED version of its highly successful RT5 products.

31 Aug 2010

Burger King Established First Energy Efficient Restaurant

BURGER KING® has equipped its world first energy efficient restaurant, opened in early June in Waghäusel, Germany, with LED lighting technology from Everlight Electronics Co., Ltd. [TSE:2393]. The new eco-friendly design which allows for series production and global implementation, utilizes state-of the-art technologies and renewable energy to power one-third of the restaurant's energy consumption.

31 Aug 2010