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Heavy Industry Embracing the Environment as Caterpillar Goes to Green Power

In support of strategic initiatives to use alternative or renewable sources to meet 20 percent of its energy needs and reduce greenhouse gas emissions from existing facilities by 25 percent by 2020, Caterpillar Inc. recently transitioned the power for its Northern Ireland facilities to "green" electricity

3 Jul 2008

Hybrid Solar Cell Researchers Set to Prepare Nanowires Using Sputtering Tool

Ludwig-Maximilians University has ordered an advanced sputtering tool from Surrey NanoSystems, to support fundamental research into the fabrication of hybrid solar cells

3 Jul 2008

Anaconda Rubber Snake Turns Wave Energy Into Electricity

A device consisting of a giant rubber tube may hold the key to producing affordable electricity from the energy in sea waves

3 Jul 2008

German Researchers to Develop Nanowires for Hybrid Solar Cells Using New Sputtering Tool

Ludwig-Maximilians University (LMU) has ordered an advanced sputtering tool from Surrey NanoSystems, to support fundamental research into the fabrication of hybrid solar cells. The tool will be used to develop pr...

3 Jul 2008

Environmentally Friendly Structural Panels That Produce No Harmful Pollutants or Greenhouse Gases

The New Energy Efficient ‘Green’ Panels from kama-EEBS Are Designed for Peak Energy Efficiency

2 Jul 2008

Roadside Plantings to be Improved by Search for Salt Tolerant Grasses

Researchers hope to identify a salt tolerance limit for native and ornamental turf grasses in hopes of finding a variety that can be used along highways without being killed when roadway salt – mixed with melting snow – is splashed onto the grass.

2 Jul 2008

Carbon Emissions Linked to Goods and Services Consumption

Researchers have discovered that carbon dioxide emissions associated with UK consumption increased by 115 million tonnes (18 per cent), between 1992 and 2004

2 Jul 2008

Grad Student Invents Washing Up System That Saves Water Without Compromising Cleaning Quality

Graduating Product Design student Toby Fox has designed the perfect washing up system - dramatically reducing water waste without compromising cleaning efficiency

2 Jul 2008

Dow Using NASA Technology To Power Carpet Backing Plant With Methane

If it works for NASA, it’s certainly good enough for a manufacturing facility in Dalton, Ga. Methane gas, a renewable energy source, is plentiful in outer space and in earthly landfills. While NASA tests rocket engines powered by methane, a Dow Chemical Company plant in Dalton, Ga. started using this renewable energy to manufacture carpet latex this month

2 Jul 2008

Energy and Environmental Research at Princeton to be Transformed With $100 Million Gift

Gerhard R. (Gerry) Andlinger, an alumnus and noted international business executive, has made a gift to Princeton University to accelerate research on effective and sustainable solutions to problems of energy and the environment

1 Jul 2008

Laser Spectrometer Developed for Measuring Carbon Emissions

A new ultra-sensitive laser-assisted ratio analyzer is capable of measuring even slight changes in carbon 14 and determines how much carbon dioxide is being released into the atmosphere from fossil fuel burning

1 Jul 2008

Thin Film Solar Reaches Critical Mass and Is Set to Become Dominant Player in Solar Cell Market

After years of heady growth in the PV market led largely by crystalline silicon, thin-film technology has reached a critical mass and is poised to start taking significant market share from incumbent technology

1 Jul 2008

Commercial Building Solar Certification Program Launched by solarX

XFactor Solar Certification Allows Building Owners to Highlight Their Solar Initiative

1 Jul 2008

Penguin Populations Being Effected by Global Warming, Fishing and Petroleum Pollution Causing Lower Breeding Success

The ecology of penguins makes these iconic swimming and diving seabirds of the Southern Hemisphere unusually susceptible to environmental changes. Pronounced warming in the Antarctic, as well as commercial fishing, mining, and oil and gas development at lower latitudes, has led to declines in many species

1 Jul 2008

Susidiary of Phoenix Solar Launched in Australia

Phoenix Solar AG founded a wholly-owned subsidiary in Australia on 1 July 2008. Phoenix Solar Pty Ltd, which has its headquarters in Adelaide in the State of South Australia, will serve the whole Australian continent

1 Jul 2008

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Heavy Industry Embracing the Environment as Caterpillar Goes to Green Power

Hybrid Solar Cell Researchers Set to Prepare Nanowires Using Sputtering Tool

Anaconda Rubber Snake Turns Wave Energy Into Electricity

German Researchers to Develop Nanowires for Hybrid Solar Cells Using New Sputtering Tool

Environmentally Friendly Structural Panels That Produce No Harmful Pollutants or Greenhouse Gases

Roadside Plantings to be Improved by Search for Salt Tolerant Grasses

Carbon Emissions Linked to Goods and Services Consumption

Grad Student Invents Washing Up System That Saves Water Without Compromising Cleaning Quality

Dow Using NASA Technology To Power Carpet Backing Plant With Methane

Energy and Environmental Research at Princeton to be Transformed With $100 Million Gift

Laser Spectrometer Developed for Measuring Carbon Emissions

Thin Film Solar Reaches Critical Mass and Is Set to Become Dominant Player in Solar Cell Market

Commercial Building Solar Certification Program Launched by solarX

Penguin Populations Being Effected by Global Warming, Fishing and Petroleum Pollution Causing Lower Breeding Success

Susidiary of Phoenix Solar Launched in Australia

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