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ContourGlobal to Purchase Around 201MW of Renewable Energy Plants in Austria, Slovakia and the Czech Republic

ContourGlobal and affiliates of Austria's Raiffeisen Banking Group announced that they have signed agreements for ContourGlobal to purchase approximately 201 MW of renewable energy operating plants in Austria, Slovakia and the Czech Republic for an undisclosed sum.

29 Oct 2014

Using a New Regenerative Thermal Oxidizer Chemical Plant Reduces Emissions, Carbon Footprint and Operating Expenses

Pure Terephthalic Acid (PTA) is a white powder-substance used extensively in the production of plastics and polyester products like fibers or films. The material is produced in a pressurized reactor where acetic acid and xylene are combined chemically in the presence of catalyst.

From Anguil Environmental Systems 28 Oct 2014

SolarReserve Acquires Aerojet Rocketdyne's Concentrating Solar Power Business

SolarReserve, a leading global developer of large-scale solar power projects and advanced solar thermal technology, today announced its acquisition of Aerojet Rocketdyne's Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) business.

28 Oct 2014

SES to Introduce Advanced Fluidized Bed Gasification System at 2014 Gasification Technologies Conference

Synthesis Energy Systems, Inc. (SES), a global energy and gasification technology company enabling clean, high-value energy and chemical products from multiple feedstocks, today will introduce its latest state-of-the-art SES' XL3000 advanced fluidized bed gasification system at the 2014 Gasification Technologies Conference in Washington, D.C. SES' XL3000 product offering provides higher syngas capacity and delivery pressure with lower specific capital costs, while maintaining SES' proven capability of high carbon to syngas conversion ratios with high syngas generation efficiency on both high and low quality coals.

28 Oct 2014

REG Produces Commercial-Scale Quantities of Renewable Hydrocarbon Diesel at Louisiana Biorefinery

Renewable Energy Group, Inc. announced today that commercial-scale quantities of renewable hydrocarbon diesel (RHD) produced at the company’s Geismar, Louisiana biorefinery are now available for sale.

28 Oct 2014

Chromium Pollution Decreases Across the UK

Scientists at the National Physical Laboratory (NPL) have detailed the changing levels of chromium pollution across the UK Heavy Metals Monitoring Network, which celebrates 10 years of NPL operation this month.

28 Oct 2014

Citizen Scientists with Smartphones Deliver Accurate Data of Atmospheric Dust

Measurements by thousands of citizen scientists in the Netherlands using their smartphones and the iSPEX add-on are delivering accurate data on dust particles in the atmosphere that add valuable information to professional measurements.

28 Oct 2014

JBEI Researchers Identify Microbial Genes That Can Improve Biogasoline Production in E. coli

In the on-going effort to develop advanced biofuels as a clean, green and sustainable source of liquid transportation fuels, researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)'s Joint BioEnergy Institute (JBEI) have identified microbial genes that can improve both the tolerance and the production of biogasoline in engineered strains of Escherichia coli.

28 Oct 2014

Stricter Fisheries Management Overcomes Detrimental Effects of Climate Change Disturbances

A new study has found that implementing stricter fisheries management overcame the expected detrimental effects of climate change disturbances in coral reef fisheries badly impacted by the 1997/98 El Niño, according to the Wildlife Conservation Society.

27 Oct 2014

AMS Study Identifies Four Categories of Climate Change Risk Management

Policy options for climate change risk management are straightforward and have well understood strengths and weaknesses, according to a new study by the American Meteorological Society (AMS) Policy Program.

27 Oct 2014

Forecasts and Analysis Report on Global Smart Solar Market

ReportsnReports.com adds Global Smart Solar Market 2014-2018 and Smart Solar Market [Communication, RFID, Automation, Metering, Automated Meter Reading, Solar Meter, Intelligrid, Integration and Platform Monitoring, IT & Analytics]: Global Advancements, Trends, Market Forecasts and Analysis (2013 - 2018) research reports to its store.

27 Oct 2014

Sandia Labs Begins Characterization of TransPower’s Large Grid Energy Storage System

Sandia National Laboratories has begun lab-based characterization of TransPower’s GridSaver, the largest grid energy storage system analyzed at Sandia’s Energy Storage Test Pad in Albuquerque, N.M.

27 Oct 2014

UW Receives NAVFAC Contract to Develop Marine Renewable Energy

The U.S. Navy has committed to get half of its energy from renewable sources by the year 2020. One element of that strategy will be looking to extract energy from tides, currents and waves. The University of Washington is helping to reach that goal with an $8 million, four-year contract from the Naval Facilities Engineering Command, or NAVFAC, to develop marine renewable energy for use at the Navy's facilities worldwide.

27 Oct 2014

SPI Solar Enters Agreements to Acquire Six PV Projects Totaling 360MWs in China

Solar Power, Inc., a vertically-integrated photovoltaic solar developer, today announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, SPI Solar Power Suzhou Co., Ltd. has entered into a framework purchase agreement with ZhongNeng GuoDian New Energy Development and Investment Jiangsu Co., Ltd., with the intention to acquire six PV projects currently under construction in China, and another framework purchase agreement with ZhongNeng GuoDian Green Ecological Cooperation and Development Jiangsu Co., Ltd., with the intention to acquire the equity interest in ZhongNeng New Energy.

27 Oct 2014