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Harvesting More Wood to Produce Bio-Energy

As the EU promotes renewable energy with clear targets for 2020 and the wood markets show increasing demand of raw material, the present political discussions are focussing on availability and mobilization of woo...

11 Apr 2008

Company Commended for Providing Comprehensive Information About GreenBuilding Program

The European Commission has commended Siemens' Building Technologies Division for outstanding achievements in support of its GreenBuilding Program. This award pays tribute to the company for furnishing expert and committed support to a large number of customers in implementing improvements to the energy efficiency of their buildings.

11 Apr 2008

New Eastman Technology Enables Continuous Water Recycling in Microfiber Modification

Baiksan Lintex Corporation has chosen Eastman Chemical Company's new EastONE(TM) S122 copolyester for the next generation of its eco-friendly synthetic leather brand, Cleanoble-E1.

11 Apr 2008

Transparent Glass Containing Solar Cells Could Capture Enough Energy to Power a Home

Professor John Bell said QUT had worked with a Canberra-based company Dyesol, which is developing transparent solar cells that act as both windows and energy generators in houses or commercial buildings.

11 Apr 2008

UTC Power to Provide 110 PureCycle Geothermal Power Systems to Raser

UTC Power, a United Technologies Corp. company, and Raser Technologies of Provo, Utah, today announced UTC Power will provide 110 PureCycle(R) geothermal power systems to Raser in addition to 90 ordered last year.

11 Apr 2008

Decreases in Cloud Cover Results in Supergreenhouse Episodes

In a world without human-produced pollution, biological productivity controls cloud formation and may be the lever that caused supergreenhouse episodes during the Cetaceous and Eocene, according to Penn State paleoclimatologists.

11 Apr 2008

Time to Go Green and Spring Clean

Almost everyone has a garage, basement, closet, drawer or medicine cabinet just waiting for an overhaul and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is promoting Earth Month as the perfect time to go green and spring clean.

11 Apr 2008

EMCORE to Supply CPV Systems to XinAo Group in China

EMCORE Corporation a leading provider of semiconductor-based components and subsystems for the broadband, fiber-optic, satellite and terrestrial solar power markets, announced today that it has agreed to supply CPV systems to XinAo Group in China.

11 Apr 2008

Dramatic Improvement in Cheap Solar Cells Now Being Developed in Laboratories

By using a popcorn-ball design - tiny kernels clumped into much larger porous spheres - researchers at the University of Washington are able to manipulate light and more than double the efficiency of converting solar energy to electricity.

11 Apr 2008

Leading By Example, Parducci Adopts 100% Green Power

Parducci Wine Cellars, the nation's first carbon neutral winery, announces the company's conversion to 100% solar and wind power.

11 Apr 2008

An Oil Company Agreed to a Date Certain End of Production

The Environmental Defense Center (EDC), Get Oil Out! (GOO!), and Citizens Planning Association of Santa Barbara (CPA) announced today that they have signed an historic and unprecedented agreement that will allow for development by Plains Exploration + Production Company (PXP) of the Tranquillon Ridge Oil and Gas Field off Lompoc, while curtailing the life of existing oil and gas operations offshore Lompoc and the Gaviota Coast.

11 Apr 2008

Bayer Corporation to Help Sponsor World Environment Day Celebration

To help today's students understand their role as tomorrow's environmental stewards, Bayer Corporation announced today it will partner with the United Nations Environment Programme's Regional Office in North America (UNEP RONA) to help sponsor the 36th annual World Environment Day celebration.

11 Apr 2008

Automotive Glass Technology Increases Fuel Efficiency

PPG Industries is showcasing its Safe and Sound laminated glass in booth 1751 during the SAE World Congress at Cobo Center in Detroit during the week of April 14. Safe and Sound glass is the platform for many of PPG's enhanced glazing technologies.

11 Apr 2008

Catching the Clean Energy Wave

While the U.S. economy mourns a first quarter loss of 232,000 jobs, California job seekers, students, contractors, public officials, and others interested in breaking into the green-collar job boom will hear where the jobs are and how to train for them from some of the nation's preeminent experts at SOLAR 2008.

11 Apr 2008

Free Workshops to Help Business Owners Find Ways to Reduce Soaring Energy Costs

The Department of Environmental Protection will host a series of free workshops at seven locations across the state this spring to help business owners find ways to reduce soaring energy costs.

10 Apr 2008