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Cube Hydro Partners Gains 100% Ownership Interest in York Haven Hydro Station

Cube Hydro Partners, LLC, a portfolio company of the ISQ Global Infrastructure Fund, has acquired a 100 percent ownership interest in York Haven Hydro Station, a run-of-the-river hydropower facility located in York Haven, Pennsylvania. Totaling 20 megawatts, the facility benefits from favorable hydrology and is expected to produce over 130,000 megawatt-hours of clean electricity per year.

13 Nov 2015

Aquatic Informatics Ranked One of Top Three Cleantech Companies in Canada

Aquatic Informatics Inc., a global leader in providing innovative software solutions for hydrologic data management and analysis, was named as one of Canada's fastest growing technology companies in the 18th annual Deloitte Technology Fast 50™ awards for demonstrating bold innovation, dedicated leadership, and strong growth. The company was ranked one of the top three fastest growing clean technology award recipients.

13 Nov 2015

University of Delaware Invites Nominations for 2016 Böer Solar Energy Medal of Merit

The University of Delaware invites nominations for the 2016 Karl W. Böer Solar Energy Medal of Merit, awarded to recognize pioneering work in renewable energy.

12 Nov 2015

Cyanobacteria Uses Sunlight and Water to Directly Make Hydrogen

In the quest for renewable fuels, scientists are taking lessons from a humble bacterium that fills our oceans and covers moist surfaces the world over. While the organism captures light to make food in a process called photosynthesis, scientists have found that it simultaneously uses the energy from that captured light to produce hydrogen.

12 Nov 2015

Low-Cost, Reliable Method to Detect Air Pollutant Nitrogen Dioxide

People could soon be using their smartphones to combat a deadly form of air pollution, thanks to a potentially life-saving breakthrough by RMIT University researchers in Melbourne, Australia.

12 Nov 2015

Australia and New Zealand Keen to Set up Own Version of Climate-KIC

Ideas are the oxygen of growth in the zero carbon economy, and organisations need to be fed with these big, scalable, commercially-viable ideas to be able to address climate change. Climate-KIC – the European Union’s Knowledge and Innovation Community for climate innovation – has been doing this so successfully, that some in Australia and New Zealand are now keen to set up their own version.

12 Nov 2015

Solar-Panel Perovskite Material Efficiently Harvests Electricity from X-Rays and Particles in Space

EPFL scientists are developing a material that can turn X-rays, as well as light, into electricity. The material can be used on photovoltaics used in space exploration.

12 Nov 2015

Clay-Based Electrolyte Enhances Rechargeable Lithium-Ion Batteries for Harsh Environments

A unique combination of materials developed at Rice University, including a clay-based electrolyte, may solve a problem for rechargeable lithium-ion batteries destined for harsh environments.

12 Nov 2015

TXU Energy Debuts High Efficiency TXU Solar Panels from SunPower

TXU Energy, the company that brought the first affordable rooftop solar offer to North Texas in 2010, today introduced TXU Solar from SunPower, providing the highest efficiency solar panels available in the market.

11 Nov 2015

MPSC Approves Largest Solar Installations in Mississippi

The Mississippi Public Service Commission approved the largest solar installations in Mississippi today, making Mississippi Power the largest partner in renewable energy in the state.

11 Nov 2015

Strata Solar to Install Utility-Scale Solar Projects for Alabama Power

Strata Solar will soon begin installation of the first utility-scale solar projects for Alabama Power at the Anniston Army Depot and Fort Rucker Army Base.

11 Nov 2015

JA Solar Ships 92.5MW of Modules for Large Solar PV Power Project in the Philippines

JA Solar Holdings Co., Ltd. ("JA Solar"), one of the world's largest manufacturers of high-performance solar power products, today announced that it completed a 92.5 MW shipment of modules in mid-October to be used in the largest solar photovoltaic (PV) power project ever built in the Philippines.

11 Nov 2015

Trina Solar Achieves New Record for High-Efficiency p-Type Multi-Crystalline Silicon Solar Cell

Trina Solar Limited ("Trina Solar" or the "Company"), a global leader in photovoltaic (PV) modules, solutions and services, today announced that its State Key Laboratory of PV Science and Technology of China has set a new world record for a high-efficiency p-type multi-crystalline silicon (mc-Si) solar cell.

From Trina Solar Limited 11 Nov 2015

Lakes in the Northern Hemisphere Could Release More CO2 due to Global Climate Change

Many of the world’s approximately 117 million lakes act as wet chimneys releasing large amounts of the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide, CO2, into the atmosphere. The most recent estimates show that CO2 emissions from the world’s lakes, water courses and reservoirs are equivalent to almost a quarter of all the carbon dioxide produced by burning fossil fuels.

11 Nov 2015

Kyocera TCL Solar Constructs Largest Solar Power Plant in Shiga Prefecture, Japan

Kyocera Corporation (President: Goro Yamaguchi; herein “Kyocera,”) and Century Tokyo Leasing Corporation (President: Shunichi Asada; herein “Century Tokyo Leasing”) announced today that Kyocera TCL Solar LLC (herein “Kyocera TCL Solar”), a joint venture established by the two companies, has completed construction of the largest mega-solar power plant in Shiga Prefecture, Japan. A ceremony was held on October 31 to commemorate completion of the 8.5-megawatt (MW) plant, which will generate an estimated 9,300 megawatt hours (MWh) per year — enough electricity to power approximately 2,900 typical households.

6 Nov 2015