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Research on MOFs for Extracting Uranium from Seawater Wins DoE Award

Scientists have long known that seawater contains small concentrations of valuable metals, but a technologically feasible extraction method has remained elusive. The University of Chicago's Carter Abney, a graduate student in chemistry, has been developing materials called metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) to help address the problem.

31 Oct 2014

Deep Ice Sheet Coring Drill Provides Cores for Climate Study

Wisconsin is famous for its ice fishers — the stalwarts who drill holes through lake ice in the hope of catching a winter dinner. Less well known are the state's big-league ice drillers — specialists who design huge drills and use them to drill deep into ice in Greenland and Antarctica, places where even summer seems like winter.

31 Oct 2014

Antarctic Ozone Hole Reaches Annual Peak Size in September

The Antarctic ozone hole reached its annual peak size on Sept. 11, according to scientists from NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). The size of this year’s hole was 24.1 million square kilometers (9.3 million square miles) — an area roughly the size of North America.

31 Oct 2014

Unconventional Oil and Gas Production Releases Air Pollutants Well Over Recommended Levels

Research suggesting air pollutants released by unconventional oil and gas production are well over recommended levels in the US is published today in the open access journal Environmental Health.

31 Oct 2014

SunEdison Enters MoU with Rajasthan Government to Establish 5GWs of Solar PV Projects

SunEdison, Inc.,, a leading global solar technology manufacturer and provider of solar energy services, today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Rajasthan Government aimed at developing Rajasthan as the global hub for solar energy.

30 Oct 2014

New Technique to Accurately Measure Major Greenhouse Gases

By remotely "combing" the atmosphere with a custom laser-based instrument, researchers from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), in collaboration with researchers from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), have developed a new technique that can accurately measure—over a sizeable distance—amounts of several of the major "greenhouse" gases implicated in climate change.

30 Oct 2014

CSEM Introduces White Solar Modules

CSEM announces the world's first white solar modules. This innovative technology is particularly attractive to the building industry where solar elements can blend into a building's skin and become virtually hidden energy sources. Applications in the consumer goods sector are also expected.

30 Oct 2014

Siemens Canada to Commission Wind Turbines for Samsung and Pattern Development

Siemens Canada announced that it will supply, install and commission wind turbines for Samsung Renewable Energy Inc. (Samsung) and Pattern Energy Group LP (Pattern Development). The SWT-2.3-101 wind turbines for the Armow Wind project will be located in the municipality of Kincardine.

30 Oct 2014

$15 Million Self-Replenishing Fund Created to Support UCLA’s Campus Sustainability Projects

UCLA on Tuesday announced the creation of a $15 million self-replenishing fund to support campus sustainability projects, forming the largest fund of its kind in the country.

30 Oct 2014

Hybrid Micro-Grid to Integrate Multiple Large-Scale Renewable Energy Sources to be Built at Semakau Landfill

Nanyang Technological University Singapore (NTU Singapore) will be building a hybrid micro-grid which will integrate multiple large-scale renewable energy sources.

30 Oct 2014

UAE DEWA Awards ABB Contract for Substation to Connect Mohammed Bin Rashid Solar Park

ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, has won an order worth around $55 million from Dubai Electricity & Water Authority (DEWA), the leading power utility in United Arab Emirates (UAE), to build a substation that will integrate power from the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum solar park. The order was awarded in the third quarter of 2014.

29 Oct 2014

Lely Aircon to Launch 30kW Wind Turbine System at EuroTier 2014 Exhibition

Lely Aircon, part of Lely’s Energy division and a global leader in manufacturing 10kW wind turbines will launch a new 30kW system - the Lely Aircon 30 - at the EuroTier 2014 exhibition in Hannover, Germany. With this new and more powerful addition Lely Aircon fulfills the need of many modern farmers who face an increasing demand for energy.

29 Oct 2014

Conergy Completes 1.5MW Solar Installation on Sutter's Landing Park in Sacramento

Good news for residents of Sacramento. Conergy, one of the world's largest downstream solar companies, recently completed a 1.5 megawatt solar installation on Sutter's Landing Park, a regional recreation area in Sacramento, Calif. The solar installation will produce approximately 2,300 megawatts hours of solar energy annually for the Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD), which will be used for residential and commercial business consumption.

29 Oct 2014

Weight of Penguin Chicks Connected to Weather Conditions

Adélie penguins are an indigenous species of the West Antarctic Peninsula (WAP), one of the most rapidly warming areas on Earth. Since 1950, the average annual temperature in the Antarctic Peninsula has increased 2 degrees Celsius on average, and 6 degrees Celsius during winter.

29 Oct 2014