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World’s First Electric Taxi Built by NTU Singapore in Collaboration with TUM, Germany

Named EVA, the electric taxi is built by TUM CREATE, a collaboration between Nanyang Technological University (NTU Singapore) and one of Europe’s top universities, Germany’s Technische Universität München (TUM). The project is supported by the National Research Foundation, Prime Minister’s Office, Singapore.

27 Apr 2015

Research Shows Biodiversity Enhances Multitasking in Ecosystems

A new study of the complex interplay between organisms and their environment shows that biodiversity--the variety of organisms living on Earth--is even more important to the healthy functioning of ecosystems than previously thought.

27 Apr 2015

Shunfeng International Clean Energy to Present Advanced Energy Saving Solutions at SNEC PV Power Expo

Shunfeng International Clean Energy (SFCE), along with its subsidiary companies, Shunfeng Photovoltaic (SF-PV), Suntech, Sunways, SAG Solar, Taiwan Carbon Nanotube (TCNT), Powin Energy, and meteocontrol, will be exhibiting at the ninth annual SNEC PV Power Expo in Shanghai this week to meet with existing and potential customers to showcase its expanding portfolio of integrated and optimized solutions including EPC and operations and maintenance services for PV generation projects, as well as low-carbon energy-savings solutions for cities, communities, and commercial facilities.

27 Apr 2015

13th Greenhouse Gas Control Technologies Conference to be Hosted by Swiss Federal Institute of Technology

The 13th Greenhouse Gas Control Technologies Conference (GHGT) is awarded to Switzerland and will be hosted by the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL) in Lausanne in November 2016.

27 Apr 2015

Trina Solar Sets New World Record for High Efficiency P-Type Multi-Crystalline Silicon PV Modules

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 high efficiency p-type multi-crystalline silicon PV modules.

27 Apr 2015

Bear River Band of Rohnerville Rancheria Installs First California Tribal Renewable Microgrid System

The Bear River Band of the Rohnerville Rancheria is installing the first California Tribal renewable microgrid system this summer in Loleta, California. The Bear River Band’s new energy system is the only system of its kind combining wind energy, solar energy, and advanced energy storage.

27 Apr 2015

High Mountain Regions Could Be Warming Faster Than Previously Believed

An international team of scientists is calling for urgent and temperature patterns in mountain regions after compiling evidence that high elevations could be warming faster than previously thought.

25 Apr 2015

Ambient Air Pollution Can Damage Brain Structures and Impair Cognitive Function

Air pollution, even at moderate levels, has long been recognized as a factor in raising the risk of stroke. A new study led by scientists from Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Boston University School of Medicine suggests that long-term exposure can cause damage to brain structures and impair cognitive function in middle-aged and older adults.

25 Apr 2015

UTEP Center for Inland Desalination Team Wins 2nd Place in Desal Prize Competition

Carbon, held in frozen permafrost soils for tens of thousands of years, is being released as Arctic regions of the Earth warm and is further fueling global climate change, according to a Florida State University researcher.

25 Apr 2015

Clean Fuels and Pollution Control Measures in School Buses Improve Health, Less Absenteeism

Use of clean fuels and updated pollution control measures in the school buses 25 million children ride every day could result in 14 million fewer absences from school a year, based on a study by the University of Michigan and the University of Washington.

25 Apr 2015

Environmental Ratings of Peers Can Motivate Unrated Companies to Reduce Their Emissions

A new study by the University of Chicago Booth School of Business Assistant Professor Amanda Sharkey and University of Utah Assistant Professor Patricia Bromley found that environmental ratings have spillover effects on other companies' behavior.

25 Apr 2015

Ancient Carbon Locked in Arctic Permafrost Being Transformed into Carbon Dioxide

While climatologists are carefully watching carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere, another group of scientists is exploring a massive storehouse of carbon that has the potential to significantly affect the climate change picture.

25 Apr 2015

Casa dos Ventos Places $30 Million Power Infrastructure Order for Wind Farms with ABB

ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, has won orders worth around $30 million from Casa dos Ventos, a leading renewables company in Brazil, to provide substations and related power infrastructure enabling the efficient integration of power from two new wind complexes (comprising 13 wind farms) into the country’s transmission grid. The orders were booked in the first quarter of 2015.

25 Apr 2015

Earth Day: BAE Systems Strives to Protect the Environment with Cleaner Transit Technology

The observation of Earth Day began 45 years ago and as of 2012, the Earth Day Network registered more than one billion actions in the advance of sustainability. This momentum continues to build toward the next billion actions as people around the world take strides to protect the environment and ensure that future generations grow up in healthy, vital communities. At BAE Systems, we too strive to protect the environment and are playing our part to move toward the next billion actions in advance of sustainability.

24 Apr 2015

New Sustainable Strategies Can Help Farming Adapt to Hotter Conditions

Agriculture can be both a victim and a cause of climate change, say global warming experts. But new sustainable strategies that can help farming adapt to hotter conditions may help reduce agriculture’s carbon footprint too.

24 Apr 2015