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Light Bulb Ban Starts in Europe Tomorrow

WWF welcomes the ban on inefficient incandescent light bulbs, coming into effect in the EU from 1 September, but it says that equally energy wasting light bulbs like standard halogens should also be removed from the market

31 Aug 2009

Greenpeace Ice Sculptures Represent Water Shortages Caused by Climate Change

Greenpeace has placed ice sculptures of 100 children at the Temple of Earth in Beijing, China, today, symbolising the disappearing future of the more than 1 billion people in Asia who are threatened with water shortages by the changing climate

31 Aug 2009

Mazda Issues Sustainability Report for 2009

Mazda Motor Corporation has issued the Mazda Sustainability Report 2009 in Japanese. It outlines Mazda’s corporate social responsibility (CSR) policies as well as achievements for fiscal year 2008. The English version of the Sustainability Report 2009 will be released at the end of September

31 Aug 2009

Magnetocalorific Technology to be Used in Environmentally Friendly Refrigerators

BASF and Delta Electronics want to use environmentally friendly magnetocaloric technology to develop new cooling systems and explore the opportunities of magnetocaloric power generation

31 Aug 2009

Sustainable and Environmental Side of BASF to be Shown at Exhibition

BASF to show products and processes that focus on environmentally friendly and economical solutions which ensure high-quality ecological products

31 Aug 2009

Siemens Invests in Israeli Solar Power Company

Siemens is investing $ 15 million in Arava Power Company, the Israeli market leader in developing solar power plants

31 Aug 2009

Low Energy LED Lights for Extreme Applications

Each Class 1 Division 2 LED light bulb is rated for 50,000 hours of life and contains solid state technology within an aluminum chassis, making it nearly vibration proof. Common applications for Class 1 Division 2 LED lights include manufacturing, petrochemical and oil field applications

31 Aug 2009

Energy Efficient OLEDs Need Longer Lifetimes

While materials for organic light emitting diodes (OLEDs) are getting better and better, and encouraging news about record-breaking parameters in efficacy and luminance were published quite recently, one of the major problems in flexible lighting and display devices is still unsolved: the lifetime of such devices is too short

31 Aug 2009

Construction Begins On California's First Utility Sized Photovoltaic Solar Power Plant

Cleantech America broke ground today on California’s first utility-scale photovoltaic solar project to be approved under the state’s Renewables Portfolio Standard (RPS) program

28 Aug 2009

Smart NanoBattery From mPhase Speeds Ahead

mPhase Technologies reported that its work with a world leading MEMS foundry has resulted in the rapid advancement of its Smart NanoBattery technology. Last week, mPhase announced a laboratory discovery of a polymer coating that improves the ability to control activation of the Smart NanoBattery

28 Aug 2009

Link Found Between Solar Cycle, the Stratosphere and Global Weather Patterns

Subtle connections between the 11-year solar cycle, the stratosphere, and the tropical Pacific Ocean work in sync to generate periodic weather patterns that affect much of the globe, according to research appearing this week in the journal Science

28 Aug 2009

UN Wants Millions of Signatures on Climate Change Action Petition

The United Nations is calling for millions of online signatures for a climate petition and is launching the first-ever Global Climate Week as part of its Seal the Deal! campaign, 100 days ahead of a crucial UN climate change summit in Copenhagen (COP 15) in December

28 Aug 2009

Renewed Interest in Nuclear Power is Behind Development of New Supermaterials

An upsurge of interest in nuclear power as an energy source in the era of global climate change is fostering development of a new generation of supermaterials to ensure the safety and reliable performance of tomorrow’s nuclear power stations

28 Aug 2009

Leader in Battery Technology Takes Stake in Think Global Electric Vehicle Maker

Ener1, Inc. will take the lead among a group of investors that plans to inject $47 million of equity funding into Think Global AS, the Norwegian electric vehicle producer

28 Aug 2009

Kyocera Using Green Curtains to Make Buildings More Environmentally Friendly

As part of its environmental protection activities, the Kyocera Group is growing morning glories and goya (bitter gourd) to form "Green Curtains," which are erected over trestles to shade portions of the outer walls and windows of manufacturing and office buildings at 12 locations throughout Japan

26 Aug 2009