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Canadian Sustainability Framework Vital Key To Ensuring The Secure Future of Groundwater

A 15-member expert panel, appointed by the Council of Canadian Academies, has concluded that a Canada-wide sustainability framework is required to improve the management and understanding of Canada's groundwater

11 May 2009

China Based Company, Yingli Green Energy Joins PV CYCLE Photovoltaics Recycling Program

Yingli Green Energy, one of the world's leading vertically integrated photovoltaic product manufacturers, today announced that it has become the first China-based company and the 40th member to join PV CYCLE, an organization based in Brussels, Belgium that promotes voluntary take-back and recycling of end-of-life PV modules

11 May 2009

Thought Controlled Smart Home The Way of the Future

Light switches, TV remote controls and even house keys could become a thing of the past thanks to brain-computer interface (BCI) technology being developed in Europe that lets users perform everyday tasks with thoughts alone

11 May 2009

CEMEX Makes Sustainability Progress and Reduces Carbon Emissions by 15.8%

CEMEX, S.A.B. de C.V. (NYSE: CX) today announced that it continues to make substantial progress toward its goals as a sustainable building materials company with the achievement of three of its sustainability targets ahead of schedule, as well as with significant reductions in its carbon emissions

11 May 2009

Alstom Claims Successful Demonstration of Carbon Capture Project

Alstom Power today released preliminary data on a carbon capture demonstration project. Alstom officials said that the Pleasant Prairie demonstration project has operated on a 24/7 basis for over 4600 hours, captured 88-90 percent of carbon dioxide emissions, and achieved 99-plus percent purity levels

11 May 2009

Surge of Interest in Online Green MBA Offered by Anaheim University

Despite the current global economic environment, Anaheim University has reported a positive surge in student enrollments in its online Sustainable Management programs

11 May 2009

Finalists Selected and Voting Is Open For America's Greenest School

America votes online for the nation's top singers and celebrity dancers, but now they can vote online to decide which school deserves the title of America's Greenest School

11 May 2009

Coral Reefs May Be Saved By Proposed New Conservation Rules

An international team of scientists has proposed a set of basic rules to help save the world's imperiled coral reefs from ultimate destruction

11 May 2009

AZoCleantech Now On Twitter, Follow The World of Cleantech

AZoCleantech has joined Twitter and we are now tweeting and twittering quick and interesting snippets of the world of cleantech

11 May 2009

Special Blanket to Generate Energy While Protecting Astronauts From Space Radiation

A group of students at North Carolina State University has developed a "blanket" of sorts that covers lunar outposts - the astronauts' living quarters - to provide astronauts protection against radiation while also generating and storing power

11 May 2009

Solar and Nuclear Research at Los Alamos National Laboratory Gets A Boost

Solar and nuclear energy technology advancements from Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) could help the nation in its quest to capture viable sources of alternative energy, thanks to funding from the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Science

11 May 2009

New Understanding of Photosynthesis Energy Conversion

A new study has come up with a surprising twist to photosynthesis by swapping a key metal necessary for turning sunlight into chemical energy

11 May 2009

Energy Conversion Devices and Enfinity to Co-Develop of Solar Projects Across the US and Europe

Energy Conversion Devices, Inc and Enfinity, NV today announced plans to co-develop a portfolio of rooftop solar installations throughout the U.S., as well as in numerous European countries, including Belgium, Germany, France, Italy, Spain and the Czech Republic

11 May 2009

LED Lighting Competition Pushed The Boundaries of Efficient Lighting

In the “LED - Emotionalize your light” competition of ideas from 8 May until 23 July entrants have the opportunity to create emotional lighting concepts and designs with LED technology and present them to the “light enthusiast” community

11 May 2009

Caltech To Get Energy Frontier Research Center

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science has announced that it will fund the creation of 46 Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRCs) over the next five years, including one that will be housed at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech)

11 May 2009