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Hybrid Buses Being Tested by Scania in Stockholm

To further improve the environment in the Swedish capital, Scania is now starting full-scale operational trials with six ethanol-fuelled hybrid buses. The hybrid technology will reduce fuel consumption by 25 percent. The use of ethanol will reduce net carbon dioxide emissions by up to 90 percent

27 May 2009

Photovoltaic Solar Power Plant Built in Record Time by ABB

ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, has completed delivery and commissioning of the 1-megawatt (MW) Totana photovoltaic power plant located in the region of Murcia in Spain

27 May 2009

Thin Film Solar Panels To Be Used in 'Unmanned Aerial Vehicle'

Ascent Solar Technologies, announced that its state-of-the-art, flexible thin-film photovoltaic modules will be designed into the development of a hybrid unmanned aerial vehicle (H-UAV) called the Silent Sentinel developed by Bye Aerospace, Inc

27 May 2009

Bayer Releases Sustainability Report

Maintaining sustainable and successful business during the global economic crisis: The newly published Sustainable Development Report 2008 contains information on the strategies pursued and programs implemented by the Bayer Group to achieve this goal

27 May 2009

GT Solar Announces Turnkey Solar Cell Fabrication Plant for Greece

GT Solar, announced that it has received final acceptance for the design, installation and commissioning of the first integrated photovoltaic (PV) solar wafer and cell turnkey fabrication line in Greece

27 May 2009

Congress Should Deal With Toxic Chinese Drywall

America's Watchdog calls on President Obama and Congress to intervene in case of toxic drywall from China

27 May 2009

QD Soleil Signs License On Nanotechnology Solar Power Technology

QD Soleil, a division of Nanosys Inc. focused on the use of proprietary nanotechnology in solar panel cell designs, today announced the signing of an exclusive license agreement with Starfire Electronic Development and Marketing Corporation for patents covering the work of nanotechnology pioneer Dr. Avery Goldstein

27 May 2009

Thin Film Solar Technology Demonstrated by Xunlight

Xunlight Corporation successfully demonstrates its high-throughput, wide-web, roll-to-roll photovoltaic manufacturing process for the production of high-efficiency thin-film silicon PV modules

27 May 2009

Dominant Introduces New Generation LED Lights

In order to complete the Primax product portfolio and fulfill lighting market demand, DOMINANT is now extending this series with high Color Rendering Index (CRI) products in 0.2-Watt white and warm white versions, NA2W-PSC and NA2F-PSC

27 May 2009

Steel Company Starts New Environmental Project

Novolipetsk Steel has begun to revamp its lime rotary kiln dedusting systems in the refractory shop. This new environmental project will enable the Company to reduce dust in gases released by process facilities by two times

27 May 2009

Electronic Equivalent of Registered Mail Could Mean The End of Mountains of Bureaucratic Paperwork

A French-developed security platform which turns email into the electronic equivalent of registered mail could help deal with the bureaucratic paper mountains throughout Europe

26 May 2009

Biodiesel Made From Waste Vegetable Oil By Students

A group of Virginia Tech students have produced more than 200 gallons of biodiesel as part of a senior design project. They are using it in two pickup trucks

26 May 2009

Mazda Premacy Hydrogen RE Hybrid Car Delivered to Iwatani Corporation

Mazda Motor Corporation today delivered the first Mazda Premacy Hydrogen RE Hybrid to Iwatani Corporation, an energy development company based in Japan. The Premacy Hydrogen RE Hybrid is Mazda’s latest hydrogen rotary engine (RE) vehicle which uses hydrogen as a fuel and features a unique hybrid system

26 May 2009

Airtricity Orders 80 Wind Turbines From Siemens for Offshore Windfarm

Airtricity, the renewable energy division of Scottish and Southern Energy SSE), signed an agreement with Siemens Energy for the delivery of 80 wind turbines for the Butendiek offshore wind farm in the German North Sea

25 May 2009

Corn Based Sorona Biopolymer From Dupont Being Used in Big Brand Name Clothing

DuPont Sorona is now being used among well-known market brands
for t-shirts and other clothing. The Sorona® polymer, which is derived from corn, can be used to replace petroleum-derived materials and contains 37% renewably-sourced material

25 May 2009