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SkyPower and IGD Enter Agreement with Egyptian Government to Develop 3,000MW of Solar PV Projects

SkyPower Global and International Gulf Development (IGD) have signed a historic agreement with the Government of Egypt for the development of 3,000 megawatts (MW) of utility-scale solar photovoltaic (PV) projects to be built over the next four years.

18 Mar 2015

SolAero Solar Panels Power Four Magnetospheric Multiscale Mission Spacecraft

SolAero Technologies Corp. a leading provider of high efficiency solar cells, assemblies and panels for space power applications, is proud to announce that 32 SolAero solar panels populated with high-efficiency triple-junction ZTJ solar cells are powering the four Magnetospheric Multiscale (MMS) mission spacecraft that launched successfully on March 12, 2015 aboard the United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida.

18 Mar 2015

Discovery of Strongest Bonds Using Supercomputers May Help Develop Catalysts for Biofuel Production

One of life's strongest bonds has been discovered by a science team researching biofuels with the help of supercomputers. Their find could boost efforts to develop catalysts for biofuel production from non-food waste plants.

18 Mar 2015

Serbian Government Grants Reservoir Location Permit for 33.1MW Green-Field Brodarevo 2 Hydro Project

Reservoir Capital Corp., is pleased to report that the Ministry of Infrastructure and Energy of the Republic of Serbia, has granted the Location Permit for the Company's 33.1 Megawatt Brodarevo 2 hydroelectric project on the Lim River in southwest Serbia.

18 Mar 2015

Global Warming Causes More Snowfall on Antarctica

"Warmer air transports more moisture and hence produces more precipitation - in cold Antarctica this takes the form of snowfall," lead author Katja Frieler from the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) explains.

18 Mar 2015

BNL Energy Researcher Honored with 2015 ‘Eye on Biodiesel’ Award

The National Biodiesel Board (NBB) recently honored Tom Butcher, an energy researcher at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Brookhaven National Laboratory, with a 2015 “Eye on Biodiesel” award in the Innovation category.

18 Mar 2015

Andalay Solar’s Mounting System Technology Awarded Patent in Korea

Andalay Solar, a leading supplier of integrated solar power systems, is proud to confirm that the Korean Patent Office has issued Andalay its first Korean patent in recognition of the company's unique technology.

17 Mar 2015

IGS and Beaumont Solar Partner to Build 1.3MW Solar Array for Providing Renewable Energy to Bourne Community

IGS Solar, LLC, a turn-key commercial and residential solar provider, has teamed up with New Bedford, MA-based firm Beaumont Solar Co., a full-service solar energy system installer, to build a 1.3MW ground-mounted solar array that will provide renewable energy to the Bourne community.

17 Mar 2015

Ming Yang’s SCD Wind Turbine Prototype of 6.5MW Platform Begins Commercial Trial Operation

China Ming Yang Wind Power Group Limited ("Ming Yang" or "the Company") today announced that its super compact drive ("SCD") offshore wind turbine prototype of 6.5MW platform, which is able to be expanded and developed to a series of wind turbine generators ("WTGs") with capacity ranging from 5.0MW to 7.0 MW, began commercial trial operation in Rudong, Jiangsu Province, China in March 2015.

17 Mar 2015

JA Solar to Supply 35.1MW of Modules to Second Phase of Guatemala Solar Farm

JA Solar Holdings Co., Ltd. ("JA Solar" or "JA"), one of the world's largest manufacturers of high-performance solar power products, today announced that it will supply 35.1 MW of modules to the second phase of a Guatemala solar farm.

17 Mar 2015

Threatened Caribbean Coral Species Successfully Bred in the Lab

A rare and threatened Caribbean coral species has for the first time been successfully bred and raised in the lab, according to research published in the open access journal BMC Ecology.

17 Mar 2015

Light Pollution Affects Wildlife and Ecosystems

Artificial night time light from sources such as street lamps affects the growth and flowering of plants and even the number of insects that depend on those plants for food, a study published today confirms.

17 Mar 2015

Low-Oxygen 'Dead Zones' Expanding with Climate Change, Could Impact West Coast Groundfish

When low-oxygen "dead zones" began appearing off the Oregon Coast in the early 2000's, photos of the ocean floor revealed bottom-dwelling crabs that could not escape the suffocating conditions and died by the thousands.

16 Mar 2015

New Study Reveals that Weakening of Summer Storm Intensifies Heat Extremes

Storm activity in large parts of the US, Europe and Russia significantly calmed down during summers over the past decades, but this is no good news. The weakening of strong winds associated with the jetstream and weather systems prolongs and hence intensifies heat extremes like the one in Russia in 2010 which caused devastating crop failures and wildfires. This is shown in a study to be published in the renowned journal Science by a team of researchers from the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research. They link the findings to changes in the Arctic caused by man-made global warming.

16 Mar 2015

Study on Marine Plankton Could Help Improve Understanding of Past Global Climate Conditions

A new study from an international team of scientists uncovered new information about the tiny, globetrotting organisms commonly used to reconstruct past climate conditions. The findings can aid in improving our understanding of past global climate conditions.

16 Mar 2015