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Production Begins On World's Largest Solar Power Modules

T-Solar Global S.A. announced today that it has begun volume production of the world's largest solar photovoltaic (PV) modules using a SunFab Thin Film Line supplied by Applied Materials

18 Feb 2009

Schneider Electric and Philips Launch Building Control and Energy Management System

Schneider Electric and Philips have launched a new vision for interoperability in home automation and building control at the ZigBee Alliance’s European Smart Energy Forum in Dublin, Ireland

18 Feb 2009

Applied Materials Set to Continue to Lead The Solar Electricity Charge

Applied Materials executive team have discussed the company's plans for preserving its strong financial position while investing hundreds of millions of dollars to extend its leadership in semiconductors, LCD display, crystalline silicon and thin-film solar, and other energy and environmental products

18 Feb 2009

Pirelli Eco Technology Filter Reduces More Than 95 Percent of Diesel Engine Exhaust Particles

Pirelli Diesel Particulate Filter systems, called Feelpure, are produced using silicon carbide, a thermal-shock-resistant ceramic material, and allow for an average reduction in particulate matter emitted by diesel engines of more than 95 percent and the abatement of 50 percent of NO2

18 Feb 2009

Clean and Sustainable Technologies in Australia Boosted with The Launch of CleanFutures, Joining Nanotechnology and CleanTech

South Australia continues to be a focal point for expertise in clean and sustainable technologies with the launch of new venture CleanFutures

17 Feb 2009

Cement Quality, Efficiency and Environmental Control to be Discussed at Building Materials Workshop

PANalytical is pleased to announce that renowned Dutch scientist and diffraction analysis pioneer, Dr. Hugo Rietveld, will be the keynote speaker on the first day of the 2009 Building Materials Analysis workshop to be held at the Martin Luther University

17 Feb 2009

Fraunhofer Launches New Institute for Wind Energy

Fraunhofer launches new institute for research into renewable wind energy

17 Feb 2009

Russia Moves to Outlaw Walls of Death Drift Net Fishing

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has proposed outlawing fishing with drift nets, otherwise known as "walls of death", following a lengthy campaign by fishermen and politicians in Kamchatka as well as local organizations including WWF-Russia

17 Feb 2009

Solar Powered Touch Phone Launched by Samsung

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. today unveiled the innovative solar powered full-touch screen phone "Blue Earth" at Mobile World Congress 2009

17 Feb 2009

What Happens If New Mexico Ignores Climate Change Warnings

If nothing is done to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, New Mexico could experience some $3.2 billion in associated costs - led by wildfires and health-care. This could translate to a tab of 8 percent of annual household income by 2020

17 Feb 2009

What Is Likely to Happen If Washingtonians Don't Address Climate Change

If nothing is done to substantially reduce greenhouse gas emissions, Washington is likely to experience some $3.8 billion in associated annual costs - including $1.3 billion in health related costs alone, according to a report produced for the University of Oregon's Climate Leadership Initiative’s Program on Climate Economics by ECONorthwest

17 Feb 2009

Master's Degree Program Added to VCU Nuclear Engineering Curriculum

As interest soars in the potential of nuclear power to produce electricity without greenhouse gases, Virginia Commonwealth University’s School of Engineering is rapidly expanding its curriculum to provide the next generation of nuclear engineers

17 Feb 2009

What Will Happen If Climate Change Is Not Addressed by Oregonians

If nothing is done to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, Oregon will face some $3.3 billion in annual costs, which translates to about 4 percent of annual household income by 2020, according to a report produced for the University of Oregon's Climate Leadership Initiative’s Program on Climate Economics by ECONorthwest.

17 Feb 2009

Nanotechnology Behind a Giant Leap Forward in the Detection of Toxins and Pollutants

For centuries, animals have been our first line of defense against toxins. A canary in a coalmine served as a living monitor for poisonous gases. Scientists used fish to test for contaminants in our water. Even with modern advances, though, it can take days to detect a fatal chemical or organism. Until now.

17 Feb 2009

Grant From Iowa Power Fund Allows Researchers to Investigate More Efficient Solar Power

Vikram Dalal and a team of Iowa State University researchers are trying to improve thin film solar cells. A $1.69 million grant from the Iowa Power Fund is allowing the researchers to look for efficiencies in new materials, new structures and organic semiconductors

17 Feb 2009