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Global Solar Joins Dow to Help Deliver BIPV Products for Building Construction

Global Solar Energy, a solar industry leader that manufactures highly-efficient thin-film solar cells for glass modules or flexible material products, today announced Dow Building Solutions, a business unit of The Dow Chemical Company, has invited Global Solar to participate in its U.S. Department of Energy Solar America Initiative (SAI) project to help create innovative building integrated photovoltaic (BIPV) products.

28 Apr 2008

A Significant Step in Commercialization of Companies' HgCdTe and CdTe Solar Cell Products

Sunovia Energy Technologies, Inc. and EPIR Technologies, Inc. (EPIR) are pleased to announce the award of the second year of a three-year, Phase III SBIR contract from the US Army for developing the manufacturing infrastructure for the commercialization of cadmium telluride (CdTe) on silicon (Si) as the key precursor substrate for the creation of mercury (Hg) cadmium telluride (MCT) based infrared (IR) imaging cameras and systems.

28 Apr 2008

European Renewable Energy Group Capable of Delivering 400MW of Solar Power

First Reserve Corporation, the leading private equity firm specialising in the energy industry, has completed the acquisition of Gamesa Solar, the leading solar energy company in Spain, for a total consideration of euro 261 million.

28 Apr 2008

Construction Method Provides Excellent Levels of Insulation

H+H UK will be highlighting the Thin-Joint System, a Modern Method of Construction which, using large format aircrete blocks with thin-layer mortar, provides excellent levels of insulation while speeding construction significantly. A storey-height can often be built in a day.

28 Apr 2008

Innovative Technology Opens the Way to the Economic Production of Renewable Energies

Eco-Solution, which is specialized in the treatment of persistent industrial pollutants in the environment, today announces the launch of a new technology platform: this platform is based on the control of Directed Evolution, a technology developed by Eco-Solution for the high-throughput selection of natural variants of microbial strains with improved properties.

28 Apr 2008

Climate Change and Carbon Emissions

Climate change and the carbon emissions seem inextricably linked. However, new research published in BioMed Central's open access journal Carbon Balance and Management suggests that this may not always hold true, although it may be some time before we reach this saturation point.

28 Apr 2008

The First HERITAGE 2008 World and Sustainable Heritage Conference

The first HERITAGE 2008 World and Sustainable Heritage conference is being held in Vila Nova de Foz Côa, in the Portuguese north region of Porto - Douro Valley - this May 6 to 7, 2008.

27 Apr 2008

Understanding the Energy-Transfer System in Photosynthesis

Imagine a technology that would not only provide a green and renewable source of electrical energy, but could also help scrub the atmosphere of excessive carbon dioxide resulting from the burning of fossil fuels.

27 Apr 2008

More than 1,000 Employees Take a Pledge for a Brighter and Cleaner World

How many employees does it take to change an incandescent light bulb to a more environmentally friendly one? When it comes to Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, that figure is approximately 1,000. That's the number of staff members who recently committed to participate in the national Energy Star Change a Light, Change the World Campaign.

27 Apr 2008

Eighth Grade Students Developed Mini-Car Powered by Solar Energy

Applying lessons learned in the classroom, eighth grade students from Denison (Iowa) Middle School have developed a mini-car that is powered by solar energy.

27 Apr 2008

Reducing Home Heating and Cooling Costs With Proper Insulation

Heating and cooling account for 50 to 70 percent of the energy used in the average American home. What a tragedy if that energy were literally going out the window. According to the United States Department of Energy, homeowners can reduce home heating and cooling costs by as much as 30 percent with proper insulation.

25 Apr 2008

Solar Energy is Expected to Take a Much More Important Position in the Future

Research and Markets has announced the addition of Solar Polysilicon Industry Report, 2007-2008 to their offering.

25 Apr 2008

Sealsafe Deliver Higher Levels of Light While Minimizing Light Pollution and Energy Costs

After more than two decades of producing the energy efficient optical system for commercial outdoor lighting, Schréder Lighting USA highlights the innovative, award-winning Sealsafe Optical Lighting System in the United States.

25 Apr 2008

Low-Carbon Electricity to Power Plug-In Hybrids

Carnegie Mellon University's Constantine Samaras and Kyle Meisterling report that plug-in hybrid electric vehicles could help reduce greenhouse gas emissions that fuel global warming, but the benefits are highly dependent on how the electricity system changes in the coming decades.

25 Apr 2008

Toyota Pledges Three-Year $1.4 Million Sponsorship of MillionTreesNYC

MillionTreesNYC, a public-private partnership between the New York City Department of Parks + Recreation and New York Restoration Project (NYRP) to plant and care for one million new trees in New York City by 2017 today announced a new supporter in its mission to improve New York City's environment.

25 Apr 2008