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New Online Renewable Energy Resource Launched to Help Connect Energy Industry Professionals and Projects

Finding the right partners, projects, and equipment just got easier for the renewable energy industry with phase 1 of WattHub.com - the newest online renewable energy resource - launching today.

4 Aug 2014

SGP Announces Development of $400 Million Renewable Diesel Facility in Lawrence County, Ohio

SG Preston (SGP), a bioenergy leader, today announced the planned development of a 120 million gallon renewable diesel facility in Lawrence County, Ohio. The SGP South Point facility will have total investment of $400 million, create 100 permanent jobs and be the world's largest purpose-built producer of renewable diesel upon completion, estimated to occur in 2017.

4 Aug 2014

Researchers Find Significant Knowledge Gaps on How Natural World Responds to Shale-Gas Operations

In the United States, natural-gas production from shale rock has increased by more than 700 percent since 2007. Yet scientists still do not fully understand the industry's effects on nature and wildlife, according to a report in the journal Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment.

1 Aug 2014

Bacteria Consumed Only Part of Toxins Released During Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill, Says FSU Researcher

A Florida State University researcher found that bacteria in the Gulf of Mexico consumed many of the toxic components of the oil released during the Deepwater Horizon spill in the months after the spill, but not the most toxic contaminants.

1 Aug 2014

Innovative 'Trigeneration' System Offers Biofuel-Powered CHP for Isolated Homes and Businesses

An innovative 'trigeneration' system fuelled entirely by raw plant oils could have great potential for isolated homes and businesses operating outside grid systems both in the UK and abroad.

1 Aug 2014

Skyline Innovations Completes New Solar Hot Water System for WNC Community Preservation Partners

Community leaders and representatives from Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti's and Congressman Brad Sherman's offices were on hand for the unveiling of a new solar hot water system, fully financed and installed by Skyline Innovations for WNC Community Preservation Partners.

1 Aug 2014

San Carlos Solar Energy Earns Frost & Sullivan's 2014 Philippines Solar Photovoltaic System Integrator of the Year Award

San Carlos Solar Energy, Inc. was recently presented with the 2014 Philippines Solar Photovoltaic (PV) System Integrator of the Year award at the 2014 Frost & Sullivan Philippines Excellence Awards held on 17 July 2014 at the Makati Shangri-la Hotel, Manila.

From Frost & Sullivan 1 Aug 2014

Vista Solar Installs 153-kW Solar Power System for WestGate Church

Vista Solar today announced the completion of a 153-kilowatt solar power system for WestGate Church.

1 Aug 2014

Kyocera Solar Modules Installed on Sierra Nevada’s New Mills River Brewery

Nearly everyone enjoys a good beer now and again. A delicious beer sustainably brewed with renewable energy that pours down from the sun might make that happy hour indulgence even more enjoyable.

31 Jul 2014

REC Solar Completes 102 kW Array for The Hampton Inn & Suites Bakersfield North-Airport

REC Solar, a national leader in commercial solar electric system design and installation, today announced it has completed a 102 kilowatt array for The Hampton Inn & Suites Bakersfield North-Airport, a subsidiary of Hilton Hotels, in Bakersfield, California.

From REC Solar 31 Jul 2014

Some Green Practices Improve Employee Productivity

Does a green workplace make employees more productive, as environmental sustainability experts have long argued? Commercial real estate services firm JLL created a program and online tool called Green + Productive™ Workplace to find out, which ties green office space investments to employee productivity gains. The results show that some green practices improve productivity more than others.

31 Jul 2014

SC Johnson Ranks 77 on EPA’s National Top 100 List of Green Power Users

SC Johnson announced today that it ranks on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) National Top 100 list of the largest green power users. Moving up 17 spots to No. 77, SC Johnson is currently using nearly 75 million kilowatt-hours (kWh) of green power annually, which is enough green power to meet 43 percent of the organization's electricity use in the United States.

31 Jul 2014

USGBC Awards LEED Gold Certification to Two Penn Building Projects

Two University of Pennsylvania building projects have received LEED Gold certification by the U.S. Green Building Council: The Krishna P. Singh Center for Nanotechnology and the Wharton School’s Steinberg-Dietrich Hall West Tower Entrance addition.

31 Jul 2014

Three New Events to Take Place at 6th International Conference on Water, Wastewater and Environmental Monitoring

The organisers of WWEM 2014, the international Water, Wastewater and Environmental Monitoring conference and exhibition, have announced three exciting new events that will take place during this year’s show. Building on a monitoring theme, there will be two new Forums focusing on Flow Monitoring and SMART Water, in addition to an Apprentice Instrumentation Competition.

31 Jul 2014

Researchers Highlight the Importance of Deep-Sea Conservation

As fishing and the harvesting of metals, gas and oil have expanded deeper and deeper into the ocean, scientists are drawing attention to the services provided by the deep sea, the world's largest environment.

30 Jul 2014