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Researchers Find Clear Indications of Warming in the Upper Troposphere

Researchers have published results in Environmental Research Letters confirming strong warming in the upper troposphere, known colloquially as the tropospheric hotspot. The hot has been long expected as part of global warming theory and appears in many global climate models.

15 May 2015

Climate Change Contributes to Drop in Ozone Levels

Researchers at the University of Houston have determined that climate change - in the form of a stronger sea breeze, the result of warmer soil temperatures - contributed to the drop in high-ozone days in the Houston area.

15 May 2015

Azure Power Announces Commissioning of 100 MW Solar Plant Under India's NSM Policy

Azure Power, pioneering independent power producer in the Indian solar power sector, has announced the commissioning of its largest (100 MW) solar plant under India's National Solar Mission (NSM) policy in Jodhpur, Rajasthan. Azure Power had won this project under the NSM Phase-2 Batch I to supply power to Solar Energy Corporation of India, for 25 years.

15 May 2015

New 2015 Update Report on Wind Power Market in France

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Wind Power in France, Market Outlook to 2025, Update 2015 - Capacity, Generation, Levelized Cost of Energy (LCOE), Investment Trends, Regulations and Company Profiles" report to their offering.

15 May 2015

Dyadic Provides Details on Horizon 2020 Program-Funded 2G BIOPIC Advanced Biofuels Project

Dyadic International, Inc., a global biotechnology company focused on the discovery, development, manufacture and sale of enzymes and other proteins for the bioenergy, bio-based chemicals, biopharmaceutical, food and feed industries, announced today details regarding 2G BIOPIC, a new advanced biofuels project funded by the European Commission's Horizon 2020 program.

15 May 2015

T2 Maxsys Fuel System: New Industrial Energy Solution from Maxsys

Maxsys is pleased to introduce the new T2 Maxsys Fuel System, a new smaller energy saving system designed for industrial burners up to 250 m3 (8,827 ft3) of gas per hour. Like its larger counterpart the T1, which has been successfully employed on a variety of energy intensive applications on much larger burners, the new unit guarantees annual savings in fuel consumption of 5%, with a corresponding reduction in CO2, VOC, almost eliminate CO. Most users report higher savings, in the range of 6%-9%.

14 May 2015

Ceremony Marks Latest 7MW Expansion of Dalton Solar Plant

Leaders from Georgia Power, Southern Wholesale Energy, United Renewable Energy LLC and Dalton Utilities gathered this past week for a ribbon-cutting ceremony to mark the latest expansion of the Dalton Solar Plant in Dalton, Ga. With more than seven megawatts (MW) of new generation capacity, this expansion adds to the approximately 700 kilowatts from two previous phases, which came online in 2011 and 2012, respectively.

14 May 2015

Study Estimates Quantity and Form of Organic Carbon Exported by Rivers to the Ocean

Humans concerned about climate change are working to find ways of capturing excess carbon dioxide (CO2) from the atmosphere and sequestering it in the Earth. But Nature has its own methods for the removal and long-term storage of carbon, including the world's river systems, which transport decaying organic material and eroded rock from land to the ocean.

14 May 2015

Mining Activities Affect Genetic Diversity of Brown Trout in South West England

Pollution from historic mining activities in south west England has led to a reduction in genetic diversity of brown trout according to new research from the University of Exeter. The findings, which will be published on Friday 15 May in the journal Evolutionary Applications, indicate that human activity can alter the genetic patterns of wild populations - an important issue in modern conservation.

14 May 2015

Actual SOA Particles are Highly Viscous Semi-Solids Having Complex Compositions and Multifaceted Structures

For the past 20 years, a large portion of the particles measured in the atmosphere were missing from models. At best, models were able to explain one-tenth of the carbon-rich secondary organic aerosols, or SOA, measured in the air. The problem turned out to be a series of fundamental assumptions used in the models due to a lack of experimental data.

14 May 2015

Metal Oxide Nanostructures Explored as Efficient Catalyst Materials for Artificial Photosynthesis

Converting solar energy and storing it in form of solar fuels, is one of the great scientific and technological challenges today to enable the transition into a more sustainable future powered by renewable energies.

14 May 2015

IGS Solar and ReVision Energy to Build, Own and Operate Five Solar Arrays at Proctor Academy

IGS Solar, LLC, a turn-key commercial and residential solar provider, has teamed up with ReVision Energy, a full-service solar energy contracting company, to build, own and operate five solar arrays at Proctor Academy. The private co-educational day and boarding school, founded in 1848, is located in Andover, New Hampshire and serves grades 9-12.

14 May 2015

Monitoring 'Chinook' Winds May Help Prepare for Large Changes in Wind Energy Output

The Rocky Mountains certainly aren't known for their mild winters. But in contrast to the upper Midwest, which seems to exist in a perpetually frozen state from November through March, the plains just east of the Rockies do get an occasional reprieve from the bitter cold: the Chinook winds.

13 May 2015

Melwood to Install 930kW Solar PV System at Headquarters in Upper Marlboro

Maryland’s leading nonprofit organization serving people with differing abilities, Melwood, is expanding its sustainability efforts through the installation of a 930-kilowatt (kW) solar photovoltaic (PV) system at its seven-acre campus that serves as the organization’s headquarters in Upper Marlboro.

13 May 2015

SunEdison to Install 3MW DC of Solar Systems in the County of Alameda

SunEdison, Inc., the world's largest renewable energy development company, today announced that is has signed an agreement with the County of Alameda, Calif. to install 3 megawatts (MW) DC of solar systems as part of the second phase of the Regional Renewable Energy Procurement Program (R-REP).

13 May 2015