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Commonly Used Anxiety Drug May Have Serious, Cascading Ecological Consequences

A drug that is commonly used to treat anxiety in humans and which regularly finds its way into surface waters through wastewater effluence has been shown to reduce mortality rates in fish.

8 Aug 2014

Lumos LSX Frameless Solar Modules Selected to Cover TD Bank's Retail Drive-thru Structures

Lumos Solar, a Boulder, Colorado based design-centric solar product company, announced today that TD Bank has chosen Lumos LSX frameless solar modules to cover their retail drive-thru structures.

8 Aug 2014

New Report Analyzes, Estimates and Forecasts Global Biofuels Market in Terms of Volume and Revenue

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Global Biofuels Market - Industry Analysis, Size, Share, Growth, Trends and Forecast 2013 - 2019" report to their offering.

8 Aug 2014

GSSG Closes Financing of 4.75 MWdc Solar PV Projects in Denver Metro Area

GSSG Solar, LLC (GSSG) has completed the financing of a 4.75 MWdc portfolio of solar PV projects in the Denver metro area. The last of the seven ground-mounted, fixed tilt projects was interconnected in July of 2014 and all are now delivering electricity to the users at costs significantly below retail electricity rates.

8 Aug 2014

Illinois Researchers Develop Regulations to Keep Invasive Biofuels Crops in Check

If the hottest new plant grown as a biofuel crop is approved based solely on its greenhouse gas emission profile, its potential as the next invasive species may not be discovered until it's too late.

8 Aug 2014

R&D Magazine Honors NREL’s Innovative Work in Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy

A growth system that can produce thin solar cells quickly and at low cost, and an ultra-efficient supercomputer platform – both developed or advanced by the Energy Department's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and its partners – have been named among this year's most significant innovations by R&D Magazine.

From National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) 7 Aug 2014

Fraunhofer Develops Information Technology to Improve Efficiency of Water Power Generation Systems

Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute of Optronics, System Technologies and Image Exploitation IOSB in Ilmenau are developing information technology to make water power generation systems more efficient.

7 Aug 2014

SPI Solar and WIRCON Enter JV to Develop Solar PV Projects

SPI Solar (“SPI”), a vertically-integrated photovoltaic solar developer, today announced that it has entered into a joint venture agreement with WIRCON GmbH ("WIRCON"), a Germany-based diversified renewable energy company, to develop solar PV projects in the United Kingdom.

7 Aug 2014

Audi Launches Comprehensive Program to Improve Electric Vehicle Ownership Experience

Audi of America today announced the launch of Audi energy®, a comprehensive program designed to help improve the electric vehicle ownership experience and reduce the carbon footprint that comes with vehicle production, distribution and driving.

From SunPower Corporation 7 Aug 2014

National Renewable Energy Laboratory Makes it Easier for Industry Partners to Work with the Lab

The Energy Department's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) is accelerating the availability of next-generation energy efficiency and renewable energy technologies in the marketplace by making it easier for industry partners to work with the laboratory.

From National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) 7 Aug 2014

ContourGlobal Acquires Additional 122.6 MW of Installed Wind Capacity in Brazil

ContourGlobal, an international power generation company, announced today that it has acquired an additional 122.6 MW of installed wind capacity in Brazil through a transaction with Casa dos Ventos.

7 Aug 2014

Culver-Stockton College Installs Telkonet EcoSmart Energy Management System

Telkonet, Inc., a leading developer of the EcoSmart Energy Management Platform featuring EcoCentral Virtual EngineerTM, is pleased to announce the Company's EcoSmart Energy Management System has been installed in Culver-Stockton College's Johnson Hall.

6 Aug 2014

Methanol-Fuelled Home Generator System in Off-Grid Residential Application Launched by Ballard and Anglo American

Ballard Power Systems and Anglo American Platinum, the world's largest primary producer of platinum, today announced the launch of a field trial of a methanol-fuelled home generator system in an off-grid residential application.

6 Aug 2014

Robot Sub Discovers Deep-Sea Corals on the Hebrides Terrace Seamount

Heriot-Watt scientists have discovered new populations of deep-sea corals growing on the slopes of the UK’s highest underwater mountain, a site recently added to the list of Scotland’s new Marine Protected Areas.

6 Aug 2014

Satellite Data Helps Analyze Effects of Aerosol Levels on Climate

Of all the factors that influence Earth's changing climate, the effect that tiny particles in Earth's atmosphere called aerosols have on clouds is the least well understood. Aerosols scatter and absorb incoming sunlight and affect the formation and properties of clouds.

6 Aug 2014