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Superbowl Stadium Lit By Super Bright, Energy Efficient LED Lights

Raymond James Stadium will be hosting Super Bowl XLIII. LED Source and Philips - Color Kinetics is helping illuminate the stadium with the newly launched ColorReach Powercore, one of the biggest, brightest exterior LED's in the world

1 Feb 2009

Nanotechnology Being Used to Remove Arsenic from Contaminated Water

U.S. Department of Energy's Idaho National Laboratory and Water Technology Group Inc, have signed a licensing agreement to commercialize the Nano-Composite Arsenic Sorbent (N-CAS) that will improve the ability to remove arsenic from contaminated water supplies

1 Feb 2009

Photovoltaic Experts and CEOs to Discuss Solar Business Opportunities in India

CEOs from the Indian solar PV industry and government experts will speak at an international solar energy conference in Hyderabad on 18 February

1 Feb 2009

NRG Shift to be Renewable Energy Consultancy for Rolling Hills Ranch Intermodal Port

The proposed Intermodal Array would not be the largest solar array in comparison to other projects in AZ like the multi MW solar arrays operated by TEP or the Solana 280 MW solar array proposed by Abengoa for the Arizona Public Service Company. It would, however, be a significant array in AZ operated by a non-utility

1 Feb 2009

Olympic Wire and Equipment Announces Demand Increase for Baling Equipment for Use in Recycling

Olympic Wire and Equipment, California's leader in bailing and recycling equipment, announced today that in 2008, demand for baling equipment climbed as companies turned to recycling to reduce costs and eliminate waste in today's challenging economy

1 Feb 2009

Air Liquide Invests Millions in Recovering Carbon Dioxide

Air Liquide is investing in two new carbon dioxide recovery units, one in Bazancourt, France and one in Rozenburg, the Netherlands

29 Jan 2009

Pioneer Installs Dupont Solar Power System in Hawaii

DuPont has installed its largest photovoltaic solar energy facility at its Pioneer Hi-Bred Waimea Research Center in Kauai, Hawaii

29 Jan 2009

Alcoa Named as One of the Most Sustainable Corporations in the World

Alcoa announced today that it was named as one of the most sustainable corporations in the world in the fifth annual Global 100 ranking of the top role models in sustainable business practices, during the World Economic Forum

29 Jan 2009

Scientists Say We Are Being Hurt By the Things We Don't Know About the Environment

Knowledge gaps continue to hobble scientists' assessments of the environment, a Michigan State University researcher and colleagues warn. Their warning follows sobering conclusions drawn from what they do know and could help set the global agenda for research funding in the years to come

29 Jan 2009

Propel Fuels Brings Renewable Fuel and Green Jobs to California

Propel Fuels, a leading retailer of clean, renewable fuels, officially launches the first of a state-wide network of low-carbon fueling stations today

29 Jan 2009

Glaciers Keep Melting at High Rates

Glaciers around the globe continue to melt at high rates. Tentative figures for the year 2007, of the World Glacier Monitoring Service at the University of Zurich, Switzerland, indicate a further loss of average ice thickness of roughly 0.67 meter water equivalent

29 Jan 2009

Flashing a Hollywood Smile Like Tom Cruise is Damaging to Eyes and Skin

UV light-enhanced tooth bleaching is not only a con, but is dangerous to your eyes and skin, says a Royal Society of Chemistry journal

29 Jan 2009

Environmentally Friendly Hard Drive Launched With 2TB Capacity

WD today announced the first 2 terabyte (TB) hard drive - the world's highest capacity drive and the latest addition to WD's popular, environmentally friendly, cool and quiet, WD Caviar Green hard drive family

29 Jan 2009

Report Says CIGS Solar Cells to be Wonder Child of Thin Film Photovoltaics

CIGS - a photovoltaic material technology made of copper-indium-gallium-selenium - is expected to fulfill its potential as the wonder child of the thin-film photovoltaic (TFPV) materials business

29 Jan 2009

Ocean Fertilization Project Opposed by WWF

A recent decision by the German government to give the go-ahead to a controversial large-scale ocean fertilization experiment (LOHAFEX) in international waters of the Southern Ocean has left WWF doubting Germany's commitment to global agreements on the environment

29 Jan 2009