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American Elements Establishes Department Exclusively to Support Customer Initiatives in Green Technology

American Elements announced it has established a department exclusively to support customer initiatives in the areas of Green Technology + Alternative Energy. A new webpage devoted to understanding the advanced materials essential to Green Technology can now be found at: http://www.americanelements.com/AEgreentechnology.html . Topics include solar power, fuel cells, recyclable materials and sustainable growth.

4 Dec 2008

All-New 2009 Honda Insight Hybrid Will Make World Debut in January at Motor Show

The all-new 2009 Honda Insight hybrid will make its world debut in January at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit. The five-passenger, five-door Insight is expected to be the most affordable hybrid car available when it goes on sale in the spring of 2009.

4 Dec 2008

NRG Energy Plans New 30 MW Biomass Project at its Montville Generating Station

NRG Energy, Inc. (NYSE: NRG) is developing a new biomass project at its Montville Generating Station in Uncasville, CT. NRG is enhancing one of the station's existing units to use biomass as a fuel source for 30 megawatts (MW) of the unit's 82-MW generating capacity.

4 Dec 2008

Ascent Solar CIGS Modules Achieves Significant Efficiency Milestone

Ascent Solar Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:ASTI), a developer of state of the art flexible thin-film solar modules, today announced that it has achieved greater than 9.5% efficiency for its flexible Copper, Indium, Gallium, Selenide (CIGS) monolithically integrated modules.

4 Dec 2008

Climate Change Hampering the Long-Term Recovery of Rivers

Climate change is hampering the long-term recovery of rivers from the effects of acid rain, with wet weather offsetting improvements, according to a new study by Cardiff University.

4 Dec 2008

New Research Shows Cover Crops and Composting Can Offset Carbon Loss from Corn Stover Ethanol Production

As the United States continues to develop alternative energy methods and push towards energy independence, cellulosic-based ethanol has emerged as one of the most commercially viable technologies. Corn stover remains the most popular source available, but the loss of soil organic carbon (SOC) associated with the removal of corn fodder as a cellulosic ethanol feedstock is of agricultural and environmental conc

4 Dec 2008

The Tech Awards Announces Global Call for 2009 Nominations

The Tech Awards, presented by Applied Materials (Nasdaq:AMAT), and a signature program of The Tech Museum of Innovation today announced that nominations are open for The Tech Awards 2009.

3 Dec 2008

Measure Carbon Dioxide in the Atmosphere

A recent ESA campaign has demonstrated how a technique using lasers could be employed to measure carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. The campaign supports one of the main objectives of the candidate Earth Explorer A-SCOPE mission.

3 Dec 2008

Scientists and MBA Students Team Up to Commercialize Cleantech

Bringing clean tech innovations into the market place faster is the purpose of a new partnership launched this fall

3 Dec 2008

Improving Carbon Footprint of Biofuels by Replacing Corn with Perennial Grasses

Converting forests or fields to biofuel crops can increase or decrease greenhouse gas emissions, depending on where – and which – biofuel crops are used

3 Dec 2008

Nuclear Science Being Used to Ensure Food Security

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has called for increased investment in a plant breeding technique that could bolster efforts aimed at pulling millions of people out of the hunger trap

3 Dec 2008

ESA Satellites Observing Changes in the Arctic

In situ research is difficult to carry out in Polar Regions because of the remoteness and harshness of the area. From their unique positions in space, Earth-observing satellites provide effective means of continuously monitoring these regions

3 Dec 2008

Self Powered Devices Not Far Away

Imagine a self-powering cell phone that never needs to be charged because it converts sound waves produced by the user into the energy it needs to keep running

3 Dec 2008

Has the Economic Crisis Stalled the Desire for Sustainable Food or Do People Just Not Care About Organic Food

Are consumers under too much pressure to be healthy? Has the global financial crisis sidelined the promotion of sustainable food? And how much do consumers actually know or care about the subject?

3 Dec 2008

How California Became a Climate Change Leader

In an article published this month in The Journal of Environment and Development, a team of public policy researchers - lead by University of Southern California professor Daniel Mazmanian - explores the factors that helped define California as a leader in the climate change arena

3 Dec 2008