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Yield Projections for Switchgrass as a Biofuel Crop

While scientists have conducted numerous studies on production of biomass from biofuel crops, such as switchgrass, no one has yet compiled this information to evaluate the response of biomass yield to soils, climate, and crop management across the United States.

12 Jul 2010

Solar Powered Aircraft Completes First Night Flight

The Solar Impulse aircraft, which is powered only by solar energy, has triumphantly completed its first night flight. The ultralight aircraft was airborne for a total of 26 hours - from 7 am on July 7 until 9 am the following day (Central European Time) - before finally landing as planned at Payerne airbase in Switzerland. It is now officially the first manned aircraft capable of flying day and night without fuel, powered entirely by solar energy.

12 Jul 2010

Patent Filed for Producing Biofuels from Microalgae

Unitel Technologies, Inc. announced that the company has filed a patent application for a new technology for making biofuels from microalgae. The process involves minimal dewatering, and completely bypasses the energy intensive drying and oil extraction steps.

12 Jul 2010

Researchers Look to Improve Long-Term Structural Performance of Nuclear Reactor Materials

Loughborough University is joining forces with five other academic institutions to help enhance understanding of the performance of the materials used in the next generation of nuclear reactors.

12 Jul 2010

Yingli Green Energy Auctions 2010 FIFA Cup Football

Yingli Green Energy, the Yingli Solar brand holder and a global leader in the manufacture of photovoltaic solars, has auctioned an original FIFA world cup football to Wirsol Solar AG for a sum of 21,000 Euros which in turn has been donated for funding African charitable projects.

12 Jul 2010

Alstom Inks Contract with Kiewit Alarie Partnership to Supply Turbine Generators

Alstom, a supplier of hydropower services and equipment, has entered into an agreement with Kiewit Alarie Partnership (KAP) for supplying three sets of turbine generators to the Lower Mattagami Project of Ontario Power Generation (OPG) in Ontario.

12 Jul 2010

SunPower Solar System Features in Historic Berlin Theatre

SunPower Systems is all set to feature in the historic landmark Berlin theatre. MBG, an authorized partner of SunPower, has announced that it has finished installing SunPower Systems on the roof of the largest performance stage in the entire world, the FriedrichstadtPalast, with a high efficiency capacity of 29.7 KW.

12 Jul 2010

Air Products to Construct Solar Farm in Pennsylvania

Air Products will construct a solar farm on an area spanning 12 acres at the company’s corporate headquarters located in Allentown, Pennsylvania, capable of producing 1.5 MW of electrical energy.

12 Jul 2010

SoloPower Unveils Revolutionary CIGS Solar PV Modules

SoloPower, a global major in the manufacture of thin film, flexible solar photovoltaic modules and cells, has announced the launch of its SFX1-i photovoltaic module. This is a flexible, lightweight, thin film and CIGS based photovoltaic module.

12 Jul 2010

SunPower and ETS Team Up for Installing Clean Energy Solar Systems

SunPower and ETS (Educational Testing Service) have teamed up for providing clean energy solar systems in the three office buildings of ETS in Princeton and Ewing, New Jersey.

12 Jul 2010

Reportlinker Introduces ‘World Biological Waste-to-Energy Plant Market - Opportunities for Biogas Plants’ Report

Reportlinker has introduced its latest ‘World Biological Waste-to-Energy Plant Market - Opportunities for Biogas Plants’ market research report.

12 Jul 2010

American Capital Energy Constructs Utility-Scale Solar Installations

ACE (American Capital Energy) has announced that the company is currently constructing 20% of the utility scale PV solar installations in the US. These photovoltaic power plants are expected to go online this year, in 2010.

12 Jul 2010

Saint-Laurent Energies to Construct Wind Farm in Quebec

Saint-Laurent Energies is all set to construct a wind farm in Quebec. The Government of Quebec has issued an Order in Council for the construction as well as operation of the company’s Lac-Alfred wind farm.

12 Jul 2010

ESPEC to Develop Solar Simulator for WESTPAK

ESPEC has teamed up with WESTPAK for developing a solar simulator. Currently, a solar simulator chamber that is meant for the purpose of photovoltaic module testing is being manufactured and developed by ESPEC for WESTPAK.

12 Jul 2010

Polyurethane Foam Shows Its Ec-Friendly Credentials

Minus 20 degrees Celsius: A frozen pizza must not get any warmer than that before it makes its way into the consumer’s freezer. And polyurethane rigid-foam insulation made by BASF Polyurethanes is an integral part of this logistical “cooling feat”. But the insulation not only has to be efficient in terms of retaining the cold but also has to behave sustainably when it comes to energy and material consumption.

12 Jul 2010