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Largest Biomass-Fuelled Power Plant in North America Opens

Ontario, Canada is now home to North America's largest power plant fuelled completely by biomass. The Atikokan Generating Station conversion is complete and the station is now generating electricity and helping meet local power needs in northwestern Ontario.

15 Sep 2014

ABB Solution to Enable Kodiak Island to Integrate More Renewable Energy and Stabilize Power Supply

ABB, the leading power and automation group, will install its PowerStore, an integrated commercial flywheel technology to integrate with a battery system on Kodiak Island in Alaska to enable the integration of more renewable energy from an expanded wind farm to its microgrid and also to address stability challenges that will arise from a crane upgrade being undertaken to enhance its port operations.

15 Sep 2014

Japan to Build Two Huge Solar Power Islands

Dr Jon Major is a research fellow in the University’s Stephenson Institute for Renewable Energy.

12 Sep 2014

Kill-Spill Project Aims to Accelerate Natural Bio-Degradation Oil Spills

Imagine if oil spills could be completely cleaned up soon after a marine accident. And this could be made possible thanks to none other than warrior microorganisms who attacked and completely broke down the oil.

12 Sep 2014

EPSRC Awards £6 Million for Research on New Low Carbon Vehicle Technologies

Two new research projects, that will drive forward low carbon vehicles technologies, are to receive £6 million funding from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), as part of the Research Councils UK (RCUK) Energy Programme.

12 Sep 2014

Ability to Find New Sources of Groundwater Key to Evolution of the Human Species

Our ancient ancestors' ability to move around and find new sources of groundwater during extremely dry periods in Africa millions of years ago may have been key to their survival and the evolution of the human species, a new study shows.

12 Sep 2014

Wetland Construction and Restoration Can Improve Living Conditions of Bird Populations

The construction and restoration of wetlands can improve the living conditions of bird populations. According to a recent study, grazing is the single most important maintenance method for wetlands, due to its diversifying impact. This type of maintenance benefits waders in particular, as well as other birds living in wetlands.

12 Sep 2014

Novel Application Estimates Energy Footprint in Highways

Researchers at the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid have developed an application to estimate energy footprint in highways.

12 Sep 2014

Purdue-based startup manufactures high-value fragrance chemicals, improves biofuel production

A Purdue University innovator is commercializing technology that creates high-value, renewable chemicals used in the flavor and fragrance industry from wood lignin and that could make biofuel production more efficient.

12 Sep 2014

San Diego Reaches Significant Electric Vehicle Sales Milestone

Already one of the hottest markets for electric vehicles (EVs), San Diego has just achieved a new significant milestone with more than 10,000 EVs on the road in the region.

11 Sep 2014

SPI Signs Agreement to Acquire Sinsin Renewable Investment

SPI Solar, a vertically-integrated photovoltaic solar developer, today announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire Sinsin Renewable Investment Limited, a limited liability company registered in Malta.

11 Sep 2014

NSF Grants $11.4 Million to Address Concerns for Acidifying Oceans

With increasing levels of carbon dioxide accumulating in the atmosphere and moving into marine ecosystems, the world's oceans are becoming more acidic.

11 Sep 2014

Minimizing Pollution in Water Resources Helps Provide Safe Drinking Water

Abundant supplies of safe drinking water are among Switzerland’s most valuable natural resources, with groundwater accounting for 80% of the total. A third of this groundwater, in turn, is fed by infiltrating river water.

11 Sep 2014

Rising Acidity Levels in Ocean Waters Could Affect How Sharks Smell their Food

The increasing acidification of ocean waters caused by rising atmospheric carbon dioxide levels could rob sharks of their ability to sense the smell of food, a new study suggests.

11 Sep 2014

Study Suggests New Standard to Better Protect Adirondack Loons

Biodiversity Research Institute’s (BRI’s) Adirondack Center for Loon Conservation and the Wildlife Conservation Society’s (WCS’s) Adirondack Program announced today that three new articles summarizing research on Adirondack loons have been published in a special issue of the journal Waterbirds that is dedicated to loon research and conservation in North America.

11 Sep 2014