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Study on Sheep’s Adaptation to Climate Change

For thousands of years, man has domesticated animals, selecting the best traits possible for survival. Now, livestock such as sheep offer an intriguing animal to examine adaptation to climate change, with a genetic legacy of centuries of selected breeding and a wealth of livestock genome-wide data available.

24 Sep 2014

New SolarCity GigaFactory Complex to be Built at RiverBend in South Buffalo

Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced a new, one million-square-foot site for the future SolarCity GigaFactory facility, which will manufacture solar panels at the RiverBend site in South Buffalo. The Governor was in Buffalo today to officially break ground on the project, which will create more than 3,000 jobs in Western New York alone and a total of nearly 5,000 jobs in the state.

24 Sep 2014

Megacities Carbon Project Targets Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Driving down busy Interstate 5 in Los Angeles in a nondescript blue Toyota Prius, Riley Duren of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California, is a man on a mission as he surveys the vast urban jungle sprawled around him.

24 Sep 2014

Richmond Football Club Installs 99.77kW Solar System with Enphase Microinverters and Yingli PV Panels

Enphase Energy, Inc. and Yingli Green Energy Australia Pty Ltd* have announced the installation of a 99.77kW solar system using Enphase Energy® microinverters and Yingli Solar photovoltaic (PV) panels, at Richmond Football Club. At the time of installation, the system was the largest solar system using Enphase Microinverters in Australia and the Southern Hemisphere.

24 Sep 2014

GE to Provide 56 1.7-100 Turbines for Nareva’s Wind Farm in Morocco

Today, GE announced it will supply 56 1.7-100 wind turbines for its first wind farm in North Africa developed by Energie Eolienne du Maroc (EEM), a leading developer of wind projects and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Nareva Holding. The 100 MW wind farm will be located near Akhfennir in southern Morocco.

24 Sep 2014

Yingli to Provide 24MW of Solar PV Modules for ENERBASA Pavana Solar Park in Honduras

Yingli Green Energy Holding Company Limited, the largest vertically integrated photovoltaic ("PV") module manufacturer in the world, known as "Yingli Solar," today announced that it will supply over 24 megawatts (MW) of solar PV modules for the Pavana Solar Park, which is the largest solar power plant to break ground in Honduras.

23 Sep 2014

HyperSolar Comments on Hydrogen-Powered 2015 Toyota Fuel Cell Vehicle

HyperSolar, Inc., the developer of a breakthrough technology to produce renewable hydrogen using sunlight and water, commented today on the recent debut of the 2015 Toyota FCV, a sedan which runs on hydrogen power, and is expected to reach dealerships in the middle of next year.

23 Sep 2014

Reducing Fossil Fuel Consumption Benefits Climate Change and Human Health

The number of extremely hot days in Eastern and Midwestern U.S. cities is projected to triple by mid-century, according to a new study led by University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers and published today in the Journal of the American Medical Association.

23 Sep 2014

Variant Straw Plants Can Improve Biofuel Production

Manufacturing biofuels from food crop by-products such as straw could be made quicker and cheaper thanks to the work of scientists in the UK and France.

23 Sep 2014

Reduction in Arctic Sea Ice May Increase Atmospheric Concentration of CO2

Climate change is a fact, and most of the warming is caused by human activity. The Arctic is now so warm that the extent of sea ice has decreased by about 30 pct. in summer and in winter, sea ice is getting thinner. New research has shown that sea ice removes CO2 from the atmosphere. If Arctic sea ice is reduced, we may therefore be facing an increase of atmospheric concentration of CO2, researchers warn.

23 Sep 2014

Fossils Could Help Restore Lost Biodiversity

Many native species have vanished from tropical islands because of human impact, but University of Florida scientists have discovered how fossils can be used to restore lost biodiversity.

23 Sep 2014

Carbon Dioxide Emissions Set to Rise Again in 2014

Carbon dioxide emissions, the main contributor to global warming, are set to rise again in 2014 - reaching a record high of 40 billion tonnes.

22 Sep 2014

Navy, USDA and DOE Awards to Assist Drop-in Advanced Biofuel Companies

Advanced biofuels can help make our armed forces more energy secure and building new biorefineries will create good jobs across the country. The Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) today thanked the Obama administration for announcing joint Navy, USDA and DOE awards to assist drop-in advanced biofuel companies and congratulated the companies receiving the awards.

22 Sep 2014

Red Rock Biofuels to Construct BTL Plant in Oregon Incorporating Velocys Fischer-Tropsch Technology

Velocys, the technology innovator for smaller scale gas-to-liquids (GTL), is pleased to announce that its customer, Red Rock Biofuels, has been awarded a $70 million grant to construct a biomass-to-liquids (BTL) plant in Oregon incorporating Velocys Fischer-Tropsch (FT) technology.

22 Sep 2014

Climate Resolve Recognizes Hyundai Tucson Fuel Cell

Climate Resolve, a nonprofit dedicated to meeting the challenges of climate change, recognized Hyundai and its Tucson Fuel Cell electric vehicle at their annual L.A.'s Great Future gala. The Tucson Fuel Cell was acknowledged for being the first mass-produced fuel cell in the U.S. market, bringing a zero-emission and sustainable energy transportation solution to California residents.

22 Sep 2014