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Berkeley Lab Energy Analysis – Electricity Consumption by Gaming Computers per Year is $10 Billion

In the world of computer gaming, bragging rights are accorded to those who can boast of blazing-fast graphics cards, the most powerful processors, the highest-resolution monitors, and the coolest decorative lighting. They are not bestowed upon those crowing about the energy efficiency of their system. If they were, gaming computers worldwide might well be consuming billions of dollars less in electricity use annually, with no loss in performance, according to new research from Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab).

1 Sep 2015

University of Exeter Research Observes Strange and Abrupt Ecosystem Shifts in the North Pacific

Longer, less frequent climate fluctuations may be contributing to abrupt and unexplained ecosystem shifts in the North Pacific, according to a study by the University of Exeter.

1 Sep 2015

NCEAS Study Estimates Consumption of Plastics by Almost All Seabirds

Plastic debris in the ocean has been an environmental issue for almost half a century. Now, for the first time, scientists can predict the global impact of plastics on avian marine species -- and it isn't pretty.

1 Sep 2015

New Study Suggests More and More Wind Turbines May Result in Lesser Energy Generation

Renewable wind energy is experiencing a boom, with more wind turbines popping up across landscapes in the U.S. and abroad. Indeed, wind energy accounted for 3.3 percent of electricity generation in the United States in 2011, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. Globally, that number was 2.9 percent for the same year.

1 Sep 2015

Developing the Lynx Separator for Cleaning Ship Emissions

The world shipbuilding industry is facing drastically stricter requirements for emissions starting this year, and by 2020 emissions will need to be cut even more. Currently, as many as 60 per cent of the world's ports have voluntarily joined forces and agreed that they will refuse access to ships that fail to comply with the emission standards. By 2020, this restriction will apply to all ports.

1 Sep 2015

Researchers Develop Method to Precisely Measure Induced Temperature Drop During Large Vocanic Eruptions

Large volcanic eruptions inject considerable amounts of sulphur in the stratosphere which, once converted into aerosols, block sun rays and tend to cool the surface of the Earth down for several years. An international team of researchers has just developed a method, published in Nature Geoscience, to accurately measure and simulate the induced drop in temperature.

1 Sep 2015

EOLO Group Develops Method to Forecast Wave Energy in Advance

The EOLO group (UPV/EHU-University of the Basque Country) has developed a technique to forecast wave energy several hours in advance

1 Sep 2015

Three Future Micro-Engineers Develop Interactive Website – Social Network on Energy

Summer series on student projects: Three future micro-engineers have developed an interactive website – a sort of social network about energy – in order to link grid operators with users and encourage users to reduce their electricity consumption and share their ideas.

1 Sep 2015

Weather Changes and Air Pollution Influence Outcomes Following Heart Attack

Pollution and weather influence outcomes after a heart attack, according to research presented at ESC Congress today by Ms Aneta Cislak, research fellow in the Silesian Centre for Heart Diseases, Medical University of Silesia in Zabrze, Poland.

31 Aug 2015

SIWI Proposes Integration of Water Resources in Global 2015 Climate Agreement During World Water Week

World Water Week closed on Friday, with SIWI urging climate negotiators to ensure that water is thoroughly integrated in the global 2015 climate agreement.

31 Aug 2015

ReneSola Announces Sale of its 34.6MW Utility Scale Project to Foresight Group

ReneSola Ltd, a leading brand and technology provider of energy-efficient products, today announced that it has sold its 34.6 MW Port Farms utility scale project in the United Kingdom to Foresight Solar Fund Limited.

31 Aug 2015

Greenlots Partners with CapitaLand and BMW Group Asia to Provide Additional Charging Stations in Singapore

Greenlots, a global provider of open standards-based technology solutions for electric vehicle (EV) networks, partners with CapitaLand, one of Asia's largest real estate developers, and BMW Group Asia to provide Singapore's growing population of electric vehicle (EV) and Plug-in Hybrid (PHEV) owners with additional charging stations in the Central Business District (CBD) and beyond.

31 Aug 2015

Despite 'Safe' Levels, Air Pollution Linked to Increased Risk of Heart Attacks

Particulate matter and NO2 air pollution are associated with increased risk of severe heart attacks despite being within European recommended levels, according to research presented at ESC Congress today by Dr Jean-Francois Argacha, a cardiologist at University Hospital Brussels (UZ Brussel-Vrije Universiteit Brussel), in Belgium.

31 Aug 2015

Report Shows 4.7 Million Tonnes of Discarded Electronics are Mismanaged or Illegally Traded within Europe

Mismanagement of discarded electronics within Europe involves a volume 10 times that of e-waste shipped to foreign shores in undocumented exports, according to a comprehensive 2-year investigation into the functioning of the used and waste electronics market.

31 Aug 2015

Swedish Wind Power Producers Prefer Onshore Wind Power over Offshore Wind Power

A group of leading Swedish wind power companies and landowners believe a separate new support system for offshore wind power is an expensive as well as unnecessary way to increase the share of renewable energy in Sweden. The same benefits can easily be achieved through onshore wind power.

31 Aug 2015