Renewable Energy and Power, Inc., a diversified corporation with markets in energy-saving technologies of both LED lighting and solar cells, is pleased to announce that the Company has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Universal Semiconductor, Inc., which opens discussions for the Company to combine its proprietary solar cell technology with conventional silicon solar cells manufactured by Universal Semiconductor, Inc.
Low-income housing residents who live in "green" buildings that are built with eco-friendly materials and energy-efficient features appear to have fewer "sick building" symptoms (SBS) than residents of traditionally constructed low-income housing, according to a new study led by researchers at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.
The U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory this week released a pair of studies on the efficiency of shale oil production excavation. The reports show that shale oil production generates greenhouse gas emissions at levels similar to traditional crude oil production.
An international team of scientists have identified potential ‘tipping points’ where abrupt regional climate shifts could occur due to global warming,
Researchers from the University of Missouri have formulated a method that could pave the way for the manufacture of biodegradable electronics with the use of organic components found in mobile phone screen displays. This research sets the pace for reduction of electronic waste from landfills across the world.
By Beth Ellison
16 Oct 2015
In West Africa, many farmers move to the cities, where they cultivate soils, many of which are not very fertile. The international team involved in the "Urban FoodPlus" project, coordinated by Prof Dr Bernd Marschner from the Ruhr-Universität Bochum (RUB), is looking for ways of boosting crop yields. In their experiments, they have identified biochar as an effective agent. It can be manufactured from crop residues at low costs. Their report has been published in the science magazine RUBIN.
Can biodiversity help protect ecosystems from extreme conditions? That question is much on the minds of scientists and policy makers as a changing climate brings more wildly swinging conditions at the same time human activities reduce the number of species available to produce food and oxygen and help keep our planet in balance.
Warming ocean temperatures a third of a mile below the surface, in a dark ocean in areas with little marine life, might attract scant attention. But this is precisely the depth where frozen pockets of methane 'ice' transition from a dormant solid to a powerful greenhouse gas.
ITER will be the biggest-ever fusion device generating a plasma whose volume will be close to 840 m3 at 150 million ¢ª C, ten times the temperatures at the core of the sun. To achieve these temperatures we would need powerful heating systems using high-energy beams, in order to push together the nuclei and trigger off a fusion reaction.
A new study of the relationship between ocean currents and climate change has found that they are tightly linked, and that changes in the polar regions can affect the ocean and climate on the opposite side of the world within one to two hundred years, far quicker than previously thought.
Climate change is perhaps felt most acutely in the Arctic right now, but by the start of the next century, animal species in the Amazon basin region will be harder hit as the Earth warms.
The basic principle behind most strategies aimed at renaturalising ecosystems is to increase biodiversity by restoring natural habitat structure, which should lead to improved ecosystem services in the process. These projects often do not result in the success researchers had hoped for because the complexity of ecological relationships is so vast that it is difficult to detect the precise ecological factors that have priority over the many others in a particular case.
Kyocera Solar Inc. and installer Dynamic Solar Solutions today announced the installation of 24.75 kilowatts (kW) of Kyocera solar modules atop Emilio Bacardi Group headquarters in San Juan, Puerto Rico, harnessing renewable energy as a solution to rising energy prices. The system will produce 34,533 kilowatt hours (kWh) annually – offsetting 100 percent of the power needs of the building – and is expected to pay for itself within five years with the help of government incentives covering 30 percent of the cost.
REC Solar, a national provider of commercial solar and energy solutions, today announced the interconnection of two solar energy arrays totaling 388 kW at Niner Wine Estates in Paso Robles, Calif. Together, the systems will provide enough clean energy to power 100 percent of Niner’s 46-acre Heart Hill Vineyard, including the tasting room, restaurant and winery operations. Niner will save approximately $2 million over a 20-year period.
CEMEX, S.A.B. de C.V. (“CEMEX”) announced today that its Data Center was awarded the Certified Energy Efficient Datacenter (CEEDA) Gold Certification, the highest recognition for energy efficiency strategy in the datacenter industry. CEMEX is the first CEEDA Enterprise Gold Certified company in the Americas and only the fifth to merit this recognition in the world.