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Lockheed Martin Celebrates Powering up of Large Parking Lot Solar Array

Lockheed Martin joined Florida Governor Rick Scott, Duke Energy President of Florida Utility Operations Alex Glenn and other local officials to celebrate the powering up of its 151,400 square foot solar array covering the parking lot at its facility near Clearwater, Florida. The project represents Florida’s largest, private solar array.

22 Oct 2015

NTU Launches Flipped Classrooms with Sustainable Building Design

Nanyang Technological University (NTU) has launched The Hive, the centrepiece of its new learning pedagogy known as the flipped classroom. In this new model of learning, students access course content on their own and the face time with professors in class is devoted to team-based learning.

22 Oct 2015

3D Printing Could Help Increase Efficiency of Fuel Cells

With 3-D printing changing the world, one Northwestern undergraduate spent this past summer in the lab using this technology to create efficient and economic energy.

22 Oct 2015

Nam Ngiep II Hydro Power Plant Features Toshiba’s Hydro Turbines and Generators

Toshiba Corporation announced that Toshiba Hydro Power (Hangzhou) Co., Ltd. (THPC) has supplied three hydro turbines and generators for Nam Ngiep II hydro power plant in Lao PDR after taking its order from China International Water & Electric Corporation, a subsidiary of China Three Gorges Corporation. The hydro power plant started commercial operation on September 27th.

20 Oct 2015

Northwestern University Receives 2015 Green Power Leadership Award

Northwestern University has received a 2015 Green Power Leadership Award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The award recognizes the country’s leading green power users for their commitment and contribution to helping advance the development of the nation’s voluntary green power market.

20 Oct 2015

Researchers Assess Effects of Land Use on Water Availability in Himalaya Mountain Basins

As part of an multi-disciplinary study, a team of Baylor researchers found that climatic changes, an increase in agricultural land use and population growth in the Himalaya Mountain basins could have negative impacts on water availability, further stressing a region plagued by natural disasters and food insecurity.

20 Oct 2015

MIT and Norwegian Scientists Gauge Fairness and Ambition of Top Three Emitters’ Pledges

Over two weeks in December, delegates from virtually every country in the world will gather in Paris for the 21st annual United Nations Climate Change Conference. Their ambitious goal: to hammer out a binding international agreement on climate action.

20 Oct 2015

Researchers Find Most Drug Residues Discharged to Wastewater Come from Private Households

Lueneburg. Most drug residues discharged to wastewater come from private households. As contributors of pollution by Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (APIs), health establishments, such as hospitals, psychiatric and nursing facilities are hardly worth mentioning.

20 Oct 2015

Study Reveals Utility-Scale Solar Energy Development is a Source of Land-Cover Change

On Oct. 7, Gov. Jerry Brown of California signed legislation aimed at increasing renewable-energy generation. Among renewable energy systems, solar energy has high potential for mitigating climate change, resulting in diverse technologies that capture the sun's thermal energy.

20 Oct 2015

Methane Seeps from Svalbard Seafloor Deposits Near Release Less Greenhouse Gas

Methane seeps from seafloor deposits near Svalbard release less ‘greenhouse gas’ into the atmosphere than other Arctic sites because ocean currents there form an effective barrier.

20 Oct 2015

China Sunergy Commences Formal Operations at Solar Cell Factory in Incheon, Korea

China Sunergy Co., Ltd., a specialized solar cell and module manufacturer, today announced that the Company's solar cell factory in Incheon, Korea has started formal operation.

19 Oct 2015

Duke Energy Florida to Construct New Solar Facility in Perry

Duke Energy Florida today announced plans to construct a new solar facility in Perry, Fla.

19 Oct 2015

EDF EN Canada Honored with CanWEA Wind Energy Project Award

EDF EN Canada Inc., a subsidiary of EDF Energies Nouvelles, was presented with the Canadian Wind Energy Association’s (CanWEA) Wind Energy Project Award. The award was bestowed jointly to EDF EN Canada and Enbridge Inc. as co-owners of the 300 megawatt (MW) Blackspring Ridge Wind Project located in Alberta.

19 Oct 2015

DOE Awards Stony Brook Researchers $1 Million Grant to Improve RCCI Combustion Technology

A Stony Brook University-led research team has received a $1 million grant from the Department of Energy (DOE) to conduct research on Reactivity Controlled Compression Ignition (RCCI), an emerging combustion technology which has the potential to simultaneously reduce fuel consumption and emissions. Research will focus on utilizing onboard fuel reformation to eliminate the need for two different fuels to enable RCCI.

19 Oct 2015

Green Charge Networks Wins 2015 Energy Storage North America Innovation Award

For the second year in a row Green Charge Networks, the largest provider of commercial energy storage in the US, won the 2015 Energy Storage North America (ESNA) Innovation Award.

19 Oct 2015