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Fortum, St1 Partner to Build Industrial-Scale Geothermal Pilot Heat Plant in Finland

Energy companies Fortum and St1 will start collaboration with the goal to build Finland’s first industrial-scale geothermal pilot heat plant. St1 will begin planning the pilot production plant, which is estimated to be completed in 2016.

29 Nov 2014

New Report Analyzes Solar PV Power Market Scenario in Thailand

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Solar PV Power in Thailand, Market Outlook to 2025, Update 2014 - Capacity, Generation, Levelized Cost of Energy, Equipment Market, Regulations and Company Profiles" report to their offering.

29 Nov 2014

Study Reveals Historic Emergence of Ice in the Arctic Ocean

“We have not seen an ice free period in the Arctic Ocean for 2,6 million years. However, we may see it in our lifetime.” says marine geologist Jochen Knies. In an international collaborative project, Knies has studied the historic emergence of the ice in the Arctic Ocean. The results are published in Nature Communications.

29 Nov 2014

NEIKER-Tecnalia Evaluates Impact of Climate Change on Soil Microbial Communities, Ecological Processes

The Basque Institute for Agricultural Research and Development NEIKER-Tecnalia has had a Microbial Observatory in the Ordesa and Monte Perdido National Nature Reserve (Huesca Pyrenees) since 2011.

29 Nov 2014

Climate Change Significantly Affects Today’s Microscopic Ocean Organisms

A study of ancient marine algae, led by the University of Southampton, has found that climate change affected their growth and skeleton structure, which has potential significance for today’s equivalent microscopic organisms that play an important role in the world’s oceans.

29 Nov 2014

New Report Provides In-Depth Analysis of Switzerland Solar PV Market

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Solar PV Power in Switzerland, Market Outlook to 2025, Update 2014 - Capacity, Generation, Levelized Cost of Energy, Equipment Market, Regulations and Company Profiles" report to their offering.

29 Nov 2014

Renault-Nissan Alliance Achieves Milestone Sale of 200,000th Electric Vehicle

The Renault-Nissan Alliance has sold its 200,000th electric vehicle and has a leading 58% market share for zero-emission cars.

28 Nov 2014

Pegasus Agritech Implements Soilless Farming Technology to Address Food and Water Scarcity Issues

The Hydroponic farming leader of MENA region, Pegasus Agritech has implemented the technology of soilless farming, to meet the food and water scarcity issues of the world today. The water situation in the Middle East is precarious.

28 Nov 2014

Global Electric Vehicle Charger Market Forecast to Grow at 28.28% CAGR

The Global Electric Vehicle Charger (EVC) Market is expected to grow at a CAGR of 28.28 percent from 2014-2018, according to a new report from research firm TechNavio.

28 Nov 2014

UTM Selected for Arctic Marine Ecosystem Study along Beaufort Sea Shelf

The University of Toronto Mississauga (UTM), as a part of the Stantec Team, has been selected by an interagency scientific review panel to lead a long-term scientific study of the Arctic marine ecosystem along the Beaufort Sea shelf from Barrow, Alaska to the Mackenzie River delta in Canadian waters.

28 Nov 2014

Hyundai Offers Hydrogen Fuel Cell Vehicles to the Canadian Public

Demonstrating leadership in implementing advanced engineering and zero-emissions technology, Hyundai Auto Canada Corp. announced today that it will be the first automotive company to make hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles available to the Canadian public and launched a dedicated website to find its first customer. The Hyundai Tucson Fuel Cell Electric Vehicle (FCEV) will be available to Canadians on a 3-year lease beginning in early 2015 in the Vancouver area.

28 Nov 2014

Analysis and Forecast Report on Brazil Renewable Power Market

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Brazil Renewable Power - Market Analysis and Forecast to 2030" report to their offering.

28 Nov 2014

Ballard Felicitates Volkswagen on High-Performance Fuel Cell-Powered Concept Cars

Ballard Power Systems congratulates Volkswagen AG on the fuel cell-powered concept cars the Company introduced at last week's LA Auto Show. The concept cars represent multiple Volkswagen and Audi brand models: Golf SportWagen HyMotion, Passat HyMotion and Audi A7 Sportback h-tron quattro. These fuel cell cars utilize technology and components developed with the engineering support of Ballard Power Systems.

28 Nov 2014

Global Bioenergies Successfully Produces Bio-Sourced Butadiene by Direct Fermentation

Global Bioenergies announces having succeeded in the production of bio-sourced butadiene by direct fermentation. It is the first time ever an entirely biological production process -i.e. without any chemical step- is reported for butadiene, one of the most important petrochemical building blocks.

28 Nov 2014