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Some Tropical Lizards May be Able to Adapt to Climate Change

Some tropical reptiles may be able to adapt quickly to climate change rather than go extinct as widely expected, a Dartmouth-led study finds.

17 Sep 2014

Hydraulic Fracturing Identified as Source of Most Natural Gas Contamination in Drinking-Water Wells

A study has pinpointed the likely source of most natural gas contamination in drinking-water wells associated with hydraulic fracturing, and it's not the source many people may have feared.

17 Sep 2014

Mainstream Enters Purchase Agreement with NEK Umwelttechnik for 225MW Ayitepa Wind Farm

Global wind and solar company Mainstream Renewable Power today announces the signing of an agreement with Swiss wind farm developer NEK Umwelttechnik to purchase the 225 megawatt (MW) Ayitepa Wind Farm, located 40 kilometres from Accra on the east coast of Ghana.

17 Sep 2014

Capital One's Chester Facility to House Dominion Virginia Power’s Ground-Mounted Solar Energy System

Dominion Virginia Power announced today that it has selected Capital One's Chester facility to house the first ground-mounted solar energy system in Central Virginia. The installation of nearly 2,500 solar panels will generate about 500 kilowatts of electricity at peak, enough to power about 125 homes.

17 Sep 2014

Innovative Solar Systems Signs 15 Year PPA with Duke Energy for 48MW Solar Farm Project

IS 41 was one of the Duke Energy's qualifying RFP projects and after months of negotiations the purchase power agreement (PPA) was executed by ISS representatives just this week.

17 Sep 2014

Warming Water Temperatures May Allow Expansion of Invasive Tropical Fish Species

"The results will allow us to better understand how the fish communities might shift under different climate change scenarios and provide the type of environmental data to inform future decisions relating to the management and siting of protected areas," said Paula Whitfield, a research ecologist at NOAA's National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) and lead author of the study.

16 Sep 2014

Clean Green Energy’s WIND e20 Vertical Axis Wind Turbine Awarded U.S. Patent

Clean Green Energy LLC (CGE) said today the U.S. Patent Office has issued the company a patent that covers the WIND e20® vertical axis wind turbine. The patent for invention number 8,823,199 is for a fluid driven turbine that uses a rotor which rotates at an axis transverse to the fluid flow.

16 Sep 2014

Duke Energy to Acquire and Construct Three Solar Facilities in North Carolina

Duke Energy today announced a $500 million commitment to a major expansion of solar power in North Carolina.

16 Sep 2014

Study on Impacts of Projected Climate Change over Vermont’s Lake Champlain Basin

Here’s your northern Vermont forecast for the rest of this century: annual precipitation will increase by between a third and half an inch per decade, while average temperatures will rise some five degrees Fahrenheit by midcentury.

16 Sep 2014

REC Solar Completes Solar Energy Systems for Hawaii’s Dole Plantation and W.M. Keck Observatory

REC Solar, a national leader in commercial solar system design and installation, today announced growing momentum across the state of Hawaii, with the completion of six solar energy systems for Hawaii’s historic Dole Plantation and W.M. Keck Observatory.

16 Sep 2014

Most of the Marine Debris Along Australia's Coast is Plastic

In a report released today, CSIRO scientist Denise Hardesty says her team surveyed sites approximately every 100 km along the Australian coastline.

16 Sep 2014

Increased Snowfall Will Not Prevent Melting of Glaciers in Antarctic Peninsula

Increased snowfall will not prevent the continued melting of glaciers in the northern Antarctic Peninsula, according to new research published in the journal Nature Climate Change.

15 Sep 2014

Simplified Formula Describes One of the Consequences of Climate Change

Based on models and observations, climate scientists have devised a simplified formula to describe one of the consequences of climate change: regions already marked by droughts will continue to dry out in the future climate. Regions that already have a moist climate will experience additional rainfall. In short: dry gets drier; wet gets wetter (DDWW).

15 Sep 2014

American Solar Energy Society National Solar Tour to Take Place in October 2014

The American Solar Energy Society (ASES) is proud to announce that the largest annual grassroots solar event in the nation will be taking place at the beginning of next month - October 4-5, 2014.

15 Sep 2014

sPower and Camborne Formalize Strategic Collaboration Agreement

sPower (Sustainable Power Group), a leading renewable energy provider and Camborne, a leading UK solar developer, today announced the formalization of a strategic collaboration agreement.

15 Sep 2014