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Cape Sharp Tidal Awards Contracts to Aecon Group and Lengkeek Vessel Engineering

Two Nova Scotian businesses have secured contracts worth $25 million as part of the first round of procurement awards on the Cape Sharp Tidal project.

26 May 2015

Ecologists Develop New Method to Better Identify Poaching Threats in Protected Areas

Ecologists from the University of York, together with the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) and the Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA), have developed a new method to better identify where poachers operate in protected areas.

25 May 2015

Scientists Use Mineral Cave Deposits to Find Clues about Prehistoric Climate Changes

When the conversation turns to the weather and the climate, most people's thoughts naturally drift upward toward the clouds, but Jessica Oster's sink down into the subterranean world of stalactites and stalagmites.

25 May 2015

Hyundai's Tucson Fuel Cell Vehicles Continue to Satisfy, Attract New Customers

Hyundai's zero-emissions, hydrogen-powered Tucson Fuel Cell vehicle continues to satisfy and attract new customers focused on high-versatility and clean transportation. For 2016, the Tucson Fuel Cell adds convenient HomeLink® connectivity to the mirror, allowing owners to open and close garage doors, security gates and even control home lighting systems via a button on the rearview mirror, which now includes a digital compass. In addition, Tucson adds two new exterior color options to Winter White: Hydro Blue and Chromium Silver.

25 May 2015

Forecast Report on Wind Power Market in Germany

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

25 May 2015

Increasing Public Knowledge about Energy Issues May Help Improve Energy-Saving Behaviours

Increasing public knowledge and understanding about energy issues is vital if improved energy-saving behaviours are to be encouraged among individuals and organisations, a study suggests.

25 May 2015

Deeper Emissions Cuts Can Limit Climate Change to Less Than 1.5°C, Say Researchers

Limiting temperature rise by 2100 to less than 1.5°C is feasible, at least from a purely technological standpoint, according to the study published in the journal Nature Climate Change by researchers at the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK), and others. The new study examines scenarios for the energy, economy, and environment that are consistent with limiting climate change to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels, and compares them to scenarios for limiting climate change to 2°C.

25 May 2015

Researchers Develop New Model to Test How Dams Affect Viability of Sea-Run Fish Species

Researchers have developed a model to assess how dams affect the viability of sea-run fish species that need to pass dams as they use both fresh and marine waters during their lifetimes. NOAA's Northeast Fisheries Science Center (NEFSC) and Greater Atlantic Regional Fisheries Office (GARFO) have partnered on this project to test how varying passage efficiency at dams related to survival rates for these species.

25 May 2015

Savannahs, Shrublands Play Extremely Important Role in Controlling Carbon Levels

Tropical rainforests have long been considered the Earth's lungs, sequestering large amounts of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and thereby slowing down the increasing greenhouse effect and associated human-made climate change. Scientists in a global research project now show that the vast extensions of semi-arid landscapes occupying the transition zone between rainforest and desert dominate the ongoing increase in carbon sequestration by ecosystems globally, as well as large fluctuations between wet and dry years. This is a major rearrangement of planetary functions.

25 May 2015

PowerCell Sweden to Supply Fuel Cell System for Low-Energy House in Gothenburg

The Nordic leading fuel cell company PowerCell Sweden AB (publ) has received an order from H-O Enterprise AB to deliver a fuel cell system for a low-energy house in Gothenburg, Sweden.

22 May 2015

PowerFin Executes PPA for Sale of 3.2MW of Solar Electricity to Austin Energy

PowerFin Texas Solar Projects, LLC, a solar development firm based in Austin and San Antonio, recently executed a 25-year power purchase agreement (PPA) for the sale of up to 3.2 megawatts of solar electricity to Austin Energy.

22 May 2015

Acosta Manufacturing Selects Vista Solar for 235kW Solar System Installation

Vista Solar, a leading Bay Area commercial solar installer, today announced that it will install a 235-kilowatt (kW) solar system for Acosta Sheet Metal Manufacturing, Inc.

22 May 2015

Southern Power Acquires 103MW Butler Solar Facility from Community Energy

Southern Company subsidiary Southern Power is demonstrating its commitment to developing more renewable energy resources through the acquisition of the 103-megawatt (MW) Butler solar facility from Community Energy, Inc., in Georgia.

22 May 2015

DESRI and BPRE Acquire 7.1MW-DC of Solar Projects in Indianapolis

D. E. Shaw Renewable Investments, L.L.C. (DESRI) and Bright Plain Renewable Energy (BPRE) today announced the acquisition of two solar projects with a combined capacity of 7.1 MW-DC located in Indianapolis, Indiana.

22 May 2015

SunEdison and Southern California Edison to Build 33MW DC of Rooftop Solar

SunEdison, Inc., the world's largest renewable energy development company, today announced that it has been awarded contracts to build 33 megawatts (MW) DC of rooftop solar with Southern California Edison (SCE) in the utility company's latest round of solar procurement.

22 May 2015