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PPG Introduces HYBON 2026 Fiberglass Roving for Wind Power Use

PPG Industries has introduced HYBON 2026 fiber glass roving for use
in wind energy and other global markets. This high-performance fiber glass enables manufacturers to make larger wind turbine blades, which help to increase turbines' energy output

26 Aug 2009

OSRAM Building Lit With Energy Efficient LED Lights

The new, freestanding reception building at OSRAM Opto Semiconductors’ head office shows the variety of applications of
light-emitting diodes (LEDs) with all the lighting functions – workspace, general room, effects and outdoor lighting – handled by LEDs

26 Aug 2009

Report Released into Safe Subsurface Storage of Carbon Dioxide

Oil exploration and production technology holds the key to secure
CO2 storage as part of large scale deployment of CO2 Capture Storage (CCS), according to a new report

26 Aug 2009

Australian Oil Spill May Be A Disaster For Marine Life

WWF warned today that an oil spill off Australia’s North West coast may take a heavy toll on the region’s globally significant wildlife

25 Aug 2009

Brookhaven Statement on Radiation From Marshall Islands Atomic Weapons Testing

In 1956, the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) turned to Brookhaven National Laboratory to continue a program of medical evaluation and care of Marshall Islanders accidentally exposed to radioactive fallout following a U.S. nuclear weapons test at Bikini atoll on March 1, 1954. Brookhaven Lab was not involved in the weapons test

25 Aug 2009

CleanTech Pioneers to be Honoured in 2009 Innovation Awards

Carbon Trust calls on all low carbon innovators to demonstrate the ingenuity that will fuel the clean tech revolution

25 Aug 2009

New York City's Largest Green Roof Completed

Turner Construction Company, the nation's largest green builder, has substantially completed New York City's largest green roof for the United States Postal Service

25 Aug 2009

ABB Solution to Integrate Wind Power into Mexican Electricity Grid and Improve Reliability

ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, has won an order from Comisión Federal de Electricidad (CFE) to provide a Static VAr Compensator (SVC) solution to help strengthen the transmission grid in southern Mexico

25 Aug 2009

Law Firm Announces Chinese Drywall Litigation and Petitioning Homeowners with Chinese Drywall in Their Homes

A leading local and national law firm in the field of Chinese Drywall litigation, has announced that it will be pursuing claims against contracting companies that used Chinese Drywall in the construction of single and multi-family homes

25 Aug 2009

Neo Material Acquires Recycler, Recapture Materials

Neo Material Technologies and privately held Recapture Metals Limited of Peterborough, Ontario jointly announced the signing of agreements today whereby Neo will acquire 100% of all issued and outstanding shares of Recapture

24 Aug 2009

Researchers Develop Porous Materials For Storing Carbon Dioxide Exhaust Emissions

Efficient methods for the separation of this greenhouse gas from industrial exhaust are being sought. Korean researchers have now developed a porous material that can bind and store CO2 efficiently and highly selectively

24 Aug 2009

Desalination of Salt Water into Pure Water With Nanotechnology

A team of researchers from The Australian National University have discovered a way to remove salt from seawater using nanotubes made from boron and nitrogen atoms that will make the process up to five times faster

24 Aug 2009

Artificial Photosynthesis to be Boosted by KSU Grant

Kansas State University professor has a grant to study an area of physical chemistry that will provide more insight into the electronic structure and energy transfer processes in natural and artificial photosynthetic complexes

24 Aug 2009

Printed and Painted Solar Panels Could Soon Be Producing Super Cheap Electricity

Solar cells could soon be produced more cheaply using nanoparticle "inks" that allow them to be printed like newspaper or painted onto the sides of buildings or rooftops to absorb electricity-producing sunlight

24 Aug 2009