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Mississippi State University, Argonne National Laboratory Partner to Address Next-Generation Energy Storage Challenges

The U.S. Department of Energy’s Argonne National Laboratory and Mississippi State University (MSU) are collaborating to develop new technologies that address next-generation energy storage challenges.

14 Aug 2015

Researchers Observe Leapfrog Migration Pattern in Eastern Golden Eagles

Eastern North America is home to a small population of Golden Eagles (Aquila chrysaetos), but despite their potential vulnerability to habitat loss and other threats, little information has been available on the patterns of their annual migration.

14 Aug 2015

Study Reveals Greenland Ice Sheet's Winds are Responsible for Tundra Soil Erosion

Strong winds blowing off the Greenland Ice Sheet are eroding soil and vegetation in the surrounding tundra, making it less productive for caribou and other grazing animals, carbon storage and nutrient cycling, a Dartmouth College study finds.

14 Aug 2015

Gravel-Nesting Birds Raise More Successful Offspring

When it comes to reproduction, not every individual equally pulls his or her weight. Dana Herman and Mark Colwell of Humboldt State University spent 13 years tracking the successes and failures of almost 200 individual Snowy Plovers (Charadrius nivosus) nesting at a variety of sites in Humboldt County, California, to identify the factors that could be influencing reproductive success for birds in this threatened population.

14 Aug 2015

Climate Change Favors Wild Boar Population Growth in Europe

The wild boar population in Europe has been constantly growing since the 1980s. This is more and more becoming a problem for agriculture when animals raid the fields, looking for feed. “It is not so easy to determine the number of wild boars in Europe,” says wildlife biologist and first author of the study, Sebastian Vetter. “Therefore we analysed data on hunting bags and road accidents involving wild boar. Doing this we were able to depict the growth of the wild boar population.”

14 Aug 2015

NASA Chooses Proposals to Develop Improved Battery Systems for Space Exploration

NASA's Game Changing Development (GCD) program has selected two proposals for Phase II awards targeted toward developing new energy storage technologies to replace the battery systems currently used by America's space program.

14 Aug 2015

SunEdison, Dominion Establish JV for Four Brothers Solar Project in Utah

SunEdison, Inc., the world's largest renewable energy development company, today announced they have signed a definitive agreement with Dominion (NYSE: D), one of the nation's largest producers and transporters of energy, establishing a joint venture (JV) for Four Brothers, a 420 megawatt (MW) DC, or 320 megawatt AC, solar project in Utah, developed by SunEdison.

14 Aug 2015

Findings Shed Light on the Role Freshwater Rivers Play in Global Carbon Cycle

All freshwater streams and rivers actually release carbon dioxide, but the source of those emissions has for years been unclear to scientists.

13 Aug 2015

Borrego Solar and LG Extend Agreement to Bring High-Efficiency Solar Modules to U.S. Commercial Market

LG Electronics USA and Borrego Solar Systems Inc. are expanding their collaboration for installation of LG's high-efficiency solar modules to the U.S. commercial market, the companies announced today.

13 Aug 2015

SunLink Selected as Project Partner for Blattner Energy’s 148.5MW Solar PV Project in Southeast U.S.

Adding to its portfolio of leading utility-scale, fixed-tilt solar projects, SunLink Corporation has been selected as a project partner for a 148.5 MW solar PV portfolio project under development in the southeastern United States by Blattner Energy, a power generation contractor and leading provider of renewable energy construction in North America.

13 Aug 2015

Stanford’s GCEP Funds Six New Research Projects on Energy

The Global Climate and Energy Project (GCEP) at Stanford University has awarded $9.3 million for six new research projects on energy. The funding will be shared by scientists at Stanford and four other universities to develop a suite of promising energy technologies, from a device that extracts power from the night sky to a charcoal-like soil amendment that removes carbon dioxide from the air.

13 Aug 2015

Asia Produces More Than Double the Mercury Emissions Previously Estimated

Once mercury is emitted into the atmosphere from the smokestacks of power plants, the pollutant has a complicated trajectory; even after it settles onto land and sinks into oceans, mercury can be re-emitted back into the atmosphere repeatedly. This so-called “grasshopper effect” keeps the highly toxic substance circulating as “legacy emissions” that, combined with new smokestack emissions, can extend the environmental effects of mercury for decades.

13 Aug 2015

Ballard Power Systems, Zenyatta Ventures Collaborate on High Purity Graphite Required in Fuel Cell Technology

Zenyatta Ventures Ltd. ("Zenyatta" or "Company") is pleased to announce that it plans to collaborate with Ballard Power Systems Inc. ("Ballard") on high purity graphite required in components of fuel cell technology. A first step screening process on Zenyatta's Albany graphite confirmed its suitability for use in the bipolar plate ("BPP") and gas diffusion layer ("GDL") for fuel cells. High thermal stability and corrosion resistance is critical in the performance of these components in fuel cells.

13 Aug 2015

University of Texas Collaborates with NEDO to Use Alternative Energy Sources to Power Computer Equipment

Partnering with the New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO), which acts as a Japanese government agency, The University of Texas at Austin will begin using alternative energy sources to power some of its high-performance computers.

13 Aug 2015

Study Shows Industrial Fires in Indonesia Make the Biggest Contributions to Air Pollution

Researchers have combined satellite observations with atmospheric modelling to calculate how fires associated with industrial concessions in the Sumatra and Kalimantan regions of Indonesia affect air quality across Equatorial Asia.

13 Aug 2015