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MIT Researchers Develop Simple Procedure for Making Promising Type of Solar Cell

MIT researchers have developed a simple procedure for making a promising type of solar cell using lead recovered from discarded lead-acid car batteries — a practice that could benefit both the environment and human health. As new lead-free car batteries come into use, old batteries would be sent to the solar industry rather than to landfills.

24 Dec 2015

New Concept for Converting Solar Energy into Electricity and Hydrogen

Researchers from Purdue and EPFL propose a new concept for round-the-clock power supply and a sustainable economy via synergistic integration of solar thermal power and hydrogen processes.

24 Dec 2015

PNNL’s New Organic Battery Cheaper than Basic Vanadium Flow Battery

Energy storage system owners could see significant savings from a new flow battery technology that is projected to cost 60 percent less than today's standard flow batteries.

23 Dec 2015

New Cyclodextrin-Based Technique Could Transform Water-Purification Industry

We’ve all seen the Febreze air fresheners, which employ a derivative of corn starch to trap invisible air pollutants in the home and remove unwanted odors.

23 Dec 2015

Scientists Develop Highly Conductive Hybrid Electrolyte for Solid-State Lithium Batteries

Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have developed a novel electrolyte for use in solid-state lithium batteries that overcomes many of the problems that plague other solid electrolytes while also showing signs of being compatible with next-generation cathodes.

23 Dec 2015

Citycon to Convert to Geothermal Heating and Cooling at Jakobsbergs Centrum

Citycon will convert to geothermal heating and cooling in Jakobsbergs Centrum reducing the overall energy consumption of the shopping centre by up to 65%. Jakobsbergs Centrum will serve as a pilot project for geothermal solutions in Citycon’s shopping centres in line with Citycon’s objective to invest in energy efficiency and increased use of renewable energy sources.

23 Dec 2015

EDF Renewable Services, ALLETE Clean Energy Sign Remote Monitoring Contract

EDF Renewable Services (EDF RS), the leading provider of renewable operations and maintenance services in North America, announced today it has entered into a contract with ALLETE Clean Energy (ACE), a wholly-owned subsidiary of ALLETE, Inc., to provide 24/7/365 remote monitoring and turbine resets for five of its wind projects located in Oregon, Iowa, Minnesota and Pennsylvania.

23 Dec 2015

Canadian Solar Sells 9MW AC Aria Solar Power Plant to Concord Green Energy

Canadian Solar Inc. (the "Company", or "Canadian Solar"), one of the world's largest solar power companies, today announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, Canadian Solar Solutions Inc., completed the sale of the 9 MW AC Aria Solar Plant ("Aria") valued at over CAD $65.6 Million (USD $47.2 Million) to One West Holdings Ltd., an affiliate of Concord Green Energy Inc. ("Concord").

23 Dec 2015

VIASPACE Provides Updates on Biomass Electricity Projects Using Giant King Grass

VIASPACE Inc. provides an update on electricity projects being pursued by VIASPACE and partners around the world. Several of the projects have been publicly discussed previously and some are new projects. All of the projects have customer sensitivity and some are completely confidential at the request of the customers. The confidential projects will only be described at a high level.

23 Dec 2015

Declining Sea Ice Increases Precipitation in Arctic Climate System

The melting of sea ice will significantly increase Arctic precipitation, creating a climate feedback comparable to doubling global carbon dioxide, a Dartmouth College-led study finds.

23 Dec 2015

Harmful Algal Blooms are Threat to Aquatic Ecosystems, Public Health

Harmful algal blooms (HABs) occur naturally, but their outbreaks are influenced by climate change and droughts, nutrient enrichment and manmade factors, such as contaminants from sewage and stormwater discharge, natural resource extraction or agricultural runoff, to name a few. When an outbreak occurs, it causes restrictions on fisheries, recreation and drinking water, and it can have significant economic consequences.

23 Dec 2015

Research Project to Improve Sorghum for Biofuel Gets $13.5 Million U.S. DOE Award

The Donald Danforth Plant Science Center announced that it will be part of a major collaborative research project to improve sorghum's productivity under resource-limited conditions.

22 Dec 2015

Eolus North America Obtains Two Wind Power Projects Under Development in Nevada

Eolus has through the recently started subsidiary Eolus North America Inc acquired two wind power projects under development in the state of Nevada.

22 Dec 2015

Study Reveals Increasing Amount of Methane Emissions from Arctic During Cold Months

The amount of methane gas escaping from the ground during the long cold period in the Arctic each year and entering Earth's atmosphere is likely much higher than estimated by current climate change models, concludes a major new study led by San Diego State University.

22 Dec 2015