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Celsia to Provide Cooling Solution For Nathaniel Group Concentrating Photovoltaic Electricity Generating System

Celsia Technologies announces that it has been chosen by Nathaniel Group Inc. to provide the cooling solution for its concentrating photovoltaic (CPV) system for generating electricity

12 Feb 2009

Recycling Computers and Electronics Into New Roads

Discarded electronic hardware, including bits and pieces that built the information superhighway, can be recycled into an additive that makes super-strong asphalt paving material for real highways, researchers in China are reporting in a new study

12 Feb 2009

Sterilizing Effect of New Antibacterial Plaster Better Than Penicillin

Scientists in China are reporting development and testing of new self-sanitizing plaster with more powerful antibacterial effects than penicillin. The material could be used in wall coatings, paints, art works and other products

11 Feb 2009

Largest Computer Recycling Event in the History of Fairfax County Virginia

In freezing temperatures, PC Recycler, Inc. and Cox Communications together held the largest computer recycling event in Fairfax County history. On Jan. 17, 2009, 841 cars pulled up to Cox's Northern Virginia headquarters and dropped off over 117,000 pounds in a four hour span

11 Feb 2009

Cleaning Up Air Spills With 'Frozen Smoke'

Scientists in Arizona and New Jersey are reporting that aerogels, a super-lightweight solid sometimes called "frozen smoke," may serve as the ultimate sponge for capturing oil from wastewater and effectively soaking up environmental oil spills

11 Feb 2009

New Research Published Into Flexible, Plastic Solar Cells

Luna Innovations Incorporated announces the solar cell research of scientists Dr. Claudia Cardona and Dr. Martin Drees has been published in the prestigious journal Nature Materials

11 Feb 2009

Massive Solar Energy Project Designed to Bring Solar Panels into Every Town and Neighborhood in PSE and G's New Jersey Territory

Public Service Electric and Gas Company today asked New Jersey regulators to approve a $773-million proposal to bring the benefits of 120 megawatts of solar power directly to communities and customers throughout its service territory

11 Feb 2009

Electric Bus to Hit The Road in California

UQM TECHNOLOGIES, a developer of alternative energy technologies, announced today that an EcoRide BE35 battery-electric transit bus, developed by Proterra LLC, Golden, Colorado, a leading innovator and manufacturer of clean commercial transit solutions, is being showcased on a four city California clean bus tour

11 Feb 2009

Bose Develops Efficient Sound System for Use in Chevrolet Volt

The Bose Energy Efficient Series sound system debuts next year in the Chevy Volt, the Extended-Range Electric Vehicle from General Motors

11 Feb 2009

MIT Students Develop Shock Absorber That Havests Energy From Bumos in the Road

A team of MIT undergraduate students has invented a shock absorber that harnesses energy from small bumps in the road, generating electricity while it smoothes the ride more effectively than conventional shocks

11 Feb 2009

Dow Corning Makes Big Investment in Renewable Energy

Dow Corning Corporation announced an agreement to purchase more than 14,000 megawatt hours of wind generated renewable energy through Consumers Energy's Green Generation program, making Dow Corning one of the largest private purchasers of renewable energy in the State of Michigan

11 Feb 2009

BTi Wins Australian Federal Government Climate Ready Program Grant

BTi was 1 of 32 winners of grants from the Australian federal government's Climate Ready program

10 Feb 2009

World Energy Summit Sees DuPont Showcase Renewable Energy Solutions

DuPont recently showcased a wide range of highly specialized solutions, products and services for the unique challenges of the renewable energy industry at the World Future Energy Summit

10 Feb 2009

University of Dayton Researcher Finds a Cheaper Way to Make Longer Lasting Fuel Cells

Liming Dai, the University of Dayton's Wright Brothers Institute endowed chair in nanomaterials, and fellow scientists have taken a step toward a more efficient fuel cell that can be affordably mass-produced

10 Feb 2009

Will Family Forests Owners Sell Wood or Will They Sell Real Estate

Scott P. Jones, Executive Vice President of the Forest Landowners Association (FLA), testified today before the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources regarding the need for a broad definition of "wood" from private forestland as it should be included in any national Renewable Electricity Standard

10 Feb 2009