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Vehicles Powered by Electricity from Renewable Energy Could Reduce Deaths Due to Air Pollution

Driving vehicles that use electricity from renewable energy instead of gasoline could reduce the resulting deaths due to air pollution by 70 percent. This finding comes from a new life cycle analysis of conventional and alternative vehicles and their air pollution-related public health impacts, published Monday, Dec. 15, 2014, in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

16 Dec 2014

Footprint Power Selects Iberdrola to Build Combined-Cycle Gas Turbine Electric Generating Plant

Iberdrola USA announced today its sister company, Iberdrola Engineering and Construction, has been hired by Footprint Power of Bridgewater, New Jersey to build a combined-cycle gas turbine (CCGT) electric generating plant in Salem, Massachusetts.

15 Dec 2014

Invenergy-the Régie Commence Commercial Operations at 21.15MW Le Plateau 2 Wind Farm

Invenergy Wind LLC ("Invenergy") and the Régie intermunicipale de l'énergie Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine ("the Régie") announced today that commercial operations have commenced at their 21.15 MW Le Plateau 2 wind farm ("Le Plateau 2") in Québec.

15 Dec 2014

Eltek to Supply High Efficiency Power Systems for DolWin3 Off Shore Wind Energy Project

Eltek today announced it has secured a key order for advanced power supply systems for the operation of the DolWin3 off shore wind energy project in Germany.

15 Dec 2014

JinkoSolar Supplies 80 MW of Solar PV Modules to China General Nuclear Power Group

JinkoSolar Holding Co., Ltd. ("JinkoSolar" or the "Company"), a global leader in the PV industry, today announced that it has supplied 80 MW of solar PV modules to China General Nuclear Power Group ("CGN"), for a solar PV project in Neihuang County, Henan Province.

15 Dec 2014

Stanford Awarded Eight Seed Grants for Promising New Research in Clean Technology and Energy Efficiency

Stanford University's Precourt Institute for Energy, Precourt Energy Efficiency Center and TomKat Center for Sustainable Energy have awarded eight seed grants totaling about $1.5 million for promising new research in clean technology and energy efficiency.

15 Dec 2014

Asking Precise Questions May Help Understand Relationship Between Global Warming and Extreme Weather

Extreme climate and weather events such as record high temperatures, intense downpours and severe storm surges are becoming more common in many parts of the world. But because high-quality weather records go back only about 100 years, most scientists have been reluctant to say if global warming affected particular extreme events.

15 Dec 2014

Tourism, Fishing and Sea Transport Threaten Bottlenose Dolphins in the Balearic Islands

The rise in tourism, fishing and sea transport between the Iberian Peninsula and the Balearic Islands is compromising the wellbeing of a small population of common bottlenose dolphins living in coastal waters off the Pityusic Islands. This is the conclusion of a study led by the University of Barcelona (Spain), which has, for the first time, counted these mammals in summer and spring, which are crucial seasons for them.

15 Dec 2014

Hannah Solar to Develop Projects for Georgia Solar Drive with 18MW of SolarWorld Solar-Panels

SolarWorld, the largest U.S. solar manufacturer for nearly 40 years, announced that the company is rounding out nearly 18 megawatts of solar-panel deliveries to enable Atlanta-based Hannah Solar develop solar projects in several state regions and dozens of projects, many on agricultural lands.

15 Dec 2014

Natural Reserves Managed by UC Riverside to be used in Study of Ecological Impacts of Climate Change

Three natural reserves managed by the University of California, Riverside will be involved in an ambitious plan to use the UC Natural Reserve System (NRS) to detect and forecast the ecological impacts of climate change in California.

12 Dec 2014

Endocrine Society’s New Headquarters Awarded Gold LEED Certification

Today, the Endocrine Society was awarded Gold LEED Certification for their new headquarters at 2055 L Street by the U.S. Green Building Council. LEED, or Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design, is a green building certification program that recognizes best-in-class building strategies and practices and is recognized across the globe as the premier mark of achievement in green building.

12 Dec 2014

California Air Pollution Regulations Lead to Reduction in Air Pollution

Ever wonder what’s in the black cloud that emits from some semi trucks that you pass on the freeway? Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) scientist Thomas Kirchstetter knows very precisely what’s in there, having conducted detailed measurements of thousands of heavy-duty trucks over months at a time at two San Francisco Bay Area locations.

12 Dec 2014

Republic Services Commences Operations at 6MW County Line Landfill Gas-to-Energy Project

Republic Services announced today the start of operations at its latest landfill gas-to-energy project. The new six megawatt project at County Line Landfill involves four engines operating at one energy generation facility. The project is capable of generating enough energy to power more than 3,200 area homes.

12 Dec 2014

Updated Report on Wind Power Market in South Korea

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

12 Dec 2014

DSM, GeoPeak and Marina Energy Open Solar Field at Belvidere Plant

Today, Wednesday, December 10, 2014, DSM, in partnership with GeoPeak and Marina Energy, opened a solar field today at their plant in Belvidere, New Jersey. In an event for local dignitaries, employees and business executives to switch on the solar field, DSM North American President Hugh Welsh highlighted the benefits of the solar field on the Belvidere plant's energy consumption, the positive impact on the local community's electric grid, DSM's energy leadership in New Jersey and the impact the renewable energy source will have in reducing carbon emissions, furthering DSM's commitment to sustainability and climate change goals.

12 Dec 2014