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Kyocera Meets "Performance Leader" Rating in GTM Research’s July 2014 PV Module Reliability Scorecard

Kyocera Corporation announced today that Kyocera is the only solar module manufacturer to rank as a Performance Leader in all six categories in independent testing by PV Evolution Labs, as reported in GTM Research’s July 2014 PV Module Reliability Scorecard.

From KYOCERA Global 26 Aug 2014

EcoVerde Removes Odor and Other Pollutants from Wastewater Using Bacteria

EcoVerde removes odor and other contaminants through a biological process based on bacteria that feed on hydrogen sulfide

26 Aug 2014

Black Carbon Pollutants from Wood Smoke Increase Women's Risk of Cardiovascular Disease

Black carbon pollutants from wood smoke are known to trap heat near the earth’s surface and warm the climate. A new study led by McGill Professor Jill Baumgartner suggests that black carbon may also increase women’s risk of cardiovascular disease.

26 Aug 2014

Water Replenishment District Board Unanimously Supports California Proposition 1 – the $7.5 Billion Water Bond

At Thursday's meeting of the Water Replenishment District, the Board of Directors voted unanimously to support California Proposition 1 – the $7.5 billion water bond approved by the Legislature and signed by Gov. Jerry Brown on Aug. 13 which voters will be asked to approve on California's November ballot.

25 Aug 2014

Jinko Power Enters Agreements with Hengfeng County Government to Develop 100MW of PV Projects

JinkoSolar Holding Co., Ltd. ("JinkoSolar" or the "Company"), a global leader in the solar PV industry, today announced that JinkoSolar Power Co., Ltd.("Jinko Power"), a subsidiary of the Company has signed project investment agreements with the local government of Hengfeng county in Jiangxi Province to develop totally 100 MW PV projects.

25 Aug 2014

Extreme Climatic Events Can Abruptly Restructure Ecosystems

An unprecedented marine heat wave that swept the Southeast Indian Ocean in 2011 has given FIU scientists a glimpse into the future of climate change.

25 Aug 2014

Penn State Concludes Pipe Construction to Increase Natural Gas Service to West Campus Steam Plant

Penn State continues its pursuit of greater sustainability with the conclusion of construction on the installation of 13,645 feet (2.6 miles) of pipe to increase natural gas service to the University’s West Campus Steam Plant. Conversion from its historic use of coal to natural gas will reduce the plant’s total emissions by nearly 50 percent and help meet the University’s ambitious goal of a 35 percent overall reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2020 (over a 2005 baseline).

25 Aug 2014

Low-Cost Device Powered by AAA Battery Splits Water into Oxygen and Hydrogen Gas

In 2015, American consumers will finally be able to purchase fuel cell cars from Toyota and other manufacturers. Although touted as zero-emissions vehicles, most of the cars will run on hydrogen made from natural gas, a fossil fuel that contributes to global warming.

25 Aug 2014

Benefits and Drawbacks Associated with European Forest Energy Wood

The production and use of forest energy wood are amongst the topics that receive increasing attention in the renewable energy context, not only from policy makers, scientists and stakeholders of the energy sector, but also from stakeholders and interest groups representing other sectors like agriculture, forestry, environment, industry and consumers.

25 Aug 2014

Cornell Study Investigates Genetics to Improve Plant Feedstocks for Production of Bioenergy

An upcoming genetics investigation into the symbiotic association between soil fungi and feedstock plants for bioenergy production could lead to more efficient uptake of nutrients, which would help limit the need for expensive and polluting fertilizers.

22 Aug 2014

Study Shows Sunlight Dominates Carbon Dioxide Production in Arctic

Just how much Arctic permafrost will thaw in the future and how fast heat-trapping carbon dioxide will be released from those warming soils is a topic of lively debate among climate scientists.

22 Aug 2014

Research Opens Up New Avenues for Manufacturing Hydrogen as Clean Source of Fuel

An Australian National University (ANU) team has successfully replicated one of the crucial steps in photosynthesis, opening the way for biological systems powered by sunlight which could manufacture hydrogen as a fuel.

22 Aug 2014

MIT Researchers Evaluate PRO Method to Generate Renewable Energy from Two Streams of Different Salinity

Where the river meets the sea, there is the potential to harness a significant amount of renewable energy, according to a team of mechanical engineers at MIT.

22 Aug 2014

Study Provides Scientific Principles to Accelerate Biofuel Development from Plants

Trying to understand the chemistry that turns plant material into the same energy-rich gasoline and diesel we put in our vehicles, researchers have discovered that water in the conversion process helps form an impurity which, in turn, slows down key chemical reactions.

22 Aug 2014

Scientists Develop Novel Process to Deal with Agricultural and Plastic Waste Problems

Your chairs, synthetic rugs and plastic bags could one day be made out of cocoa, rice and vegetable waste rather than petroleum, scientists are now reporting. The novel process they developed and their results, which could help the world deal with its agricultural and plastic waste problems, appear in the ACS journal Macromolecules.

22 Aug 2014

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Kyocera Meets "Performance Leader" Rating in GTM Research’s July 2014 PV Module Reliability Scorecard

EcoVerde Removes Odor and Other Pollutants from Wastewater Using Bacteria

Black Carbon Pollutants from Wood Smoke Increase Women's Risk of Cardiovascular Disease

Water Replenishment District Board Unanimously Supports California Proposition 1 – the $7.5 Billion Water Bond

Jinko Power Enters Agreements with Hengfeng County Government to Develop 100MW of PV Projects

Extreme Climatic Events Can Abruptly Restructure Ecosystems

Penn State Concludes Pipe Construction to Increase Natural Gas Service to West Campus Steam Plant

Low-Cost Device Powered by AAA Battery Splits Water into Oxygen and Hydrogen Gas

Benefits and Drawbacks Associated with European Forest Energy Wood

Cornell Study Investigates Genetics to Improve Plant Feedstocks for Production of Bioenergy

Study Shows Sunlight Dominates Carbon Dioxide Production in Arctic

Research Opens Up New Avenues for Manufacturing Hydrogen as Clean Source of Fuel

MIT Researchers Evaluate PRO Method to Generate Renewable Energy from Two Streams of Different Salinity

Study Provides Scientific Principles to Accelerate Biofuel Development from Plants

Scientists Develop Novel Process to Deal with Agricultural and Plastic Waste Problems

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