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Improvements to Northern Power 100 kW Wind Turbine Decreases Delivered LCOE

Northern Power Systems Corp., a next generation renewable energy technology company, today announced that substantial technology-driven operational improvements to its flagship Northern Power 100 kW wind turbine platform have been demonstrated to materially decrease the delivered Levelized Cost of Energy (LCOE) of wind power produced by its turbines.

10 Dec 2015

Scientists Call for Aggressive, Immediate Reduction of Greenhouse Gas Emissions

At the beginning of week two of the Paris climate talks, an international group of scientists is calling on the world's industrial powers to aggressively and immediately reduce greenhouse gas emissions, stressing that overreliance on so-called negative emissions technologies may prove too costly and disruptive to keep Earth from overheating.

10 Dec 2015

NSF Awards Grant to Improve Fuel Production from Plant Biomass

University of Massachusetts Amherst computational chemist Scott Auerbach has been awarded a three-year, $330,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to improve basic understanding and optimize the process of producing fuels such as gasoline from plant biomass instead of from petroleum.

10 Dec 2015

Climate-Related Liability Could be a Big Problem for Energy Companies

In the final week of the Paris Climate Talks, check out what can be done to help energy companies mitigate instead of litigate. Climate-related liability could be a big problem for energy companies, according to a new study by Michigan Tech researcher Joshua Pearce, a materials science and electrical engineer.

10 Dec 2015

NREL Provides Method for Measuring Economic Potential of Renewable Energy Across the US

Analysts at the Energy Department's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) are providing, for the first time, a method for measuring the economic potential of renewable energy across the United States.

From National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) 10 Dec 2015

New Technique to Generate Free Energy from Gravity

Dutch architect Janjaap Ruijssenaars (Universe Architecture) has developed a new technique to generate free energy in a sustainable way at home. Ruijssenaars' mechanism, whereby energy is released by perpetually unbalancing a weight, offers an alternative to solar and wind technology. The technique is now patent-pending.

9 Dec 2015

Delta Group Actively Participates in UN Climate Change Conference

Delta Group, a global leader in power and thermal management solutions that is deeply committed to corporate social responsibility, is actively participating in this year's UN Climate Change Conference (COP21).

9 Dec 2015

Rhine has Very High Microplastics Pollution Between Basel and Rotterdam

Between Basel and Rotterdam, the Rhine has one of the highest microplastics pollution so far measured in rivers, with the Rhine-Ruhr metropolitan area showing peak numbers of up to four times the average.

9 Dec 2015

Aquifer Thermal Energy Storage Can Also Remediate Polluted Groundwater Faster Than Existing Technologies

Aquifer thermal energy storage (ATES) is more than a renewable energy source. The storage and extraction of heat and cold can remediate polluted groundwater ten times faster than existing technologies. PhD candidate Zhuobiao Ni of Wageningen University presented this conclusion in his thesis, which he will defend on 8 December.

9 Dec 2015

New Method to Produce Extremely Thin Semiconductor Layers for Flexible Solar Cells

Using a new procedure researchers at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) and the Ludwig Maximillians University of Munich (LMU) can now produce extremely thin and robust, yet highly porous semiconductor layers. A very promising material – for small, light-weight, flexible solar cells, for example, or electrodes improving the performance of rechargeable batteries.

9 Dec 2015

UK Supports New Research into Toxic Fumes Polluting Beijing

New research into toxic fumes polluting a Chinese megacity could help protect the health of millions in the coming decades.

9 Dec 2015

Estimates of Plants' Ability to Offset Greenhouse Gas Emissions may be Unrealistically Optimistic

Because plants need carbon dioxide to grow, scientists have expected rising atmospheric CO2 to substantially enhance plant growth, offsetting a portion of human CO2 emissions and, in turn, slowing climate change. However, new research from the Institute on the Environment published today in Nature Climate Change adds to a growing body of research challenging this expectation.

8 Dec 2015

Two Studies Shed New Light on Mercury Pollution in Northeastern US Waters

Two studies by Dartmouth researchers and their colleagues shed new light on mercury pollution in the waters of the northeastern United States.

8 Dec 2015

Warming Effects of Climate Change Could Lead to More Carbon Flooding the Atmosphere

The warming effects of climate change usually conjure up ideas of parched and barren landscapes broiling in a blazing sun, its heat amplified by greenhouse gases. But a study led by Princeton University researchers suggests that hotter nights may actually wield much greater influence over the planet's atmosphere as global temperatures rise -- and could eventually lead to more carbon flooding the atmosphere.

8 Dec 2015

New Study Demonstrates Acute Temperature Sensitivity of Greenland Glaciers

Greenland's glaciers are retreating quickly, and a new study shows in historical terms just how quickly: over the past century, at least twice as fast as any other time in the past 9,500 years. The study also provides new evidence for just how sensitive glaciers are to temperature, showing that they responded to past abrupt cooling and warming periods, some of which might have lasted only decades.

8 Dec 2015