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Clean Energy Solutions Center, IRENA Collaborate to Help Accelerate Global Deployment of Renewable Energy

The Clean Energy Solutions Center, an initiative of the Clean Energy Ministerial, and the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) have formalized a collaboration that will help accelerate the global deployment of renewable energy.

14 May 2014

TUSD Completes 198 kW Solar Power System at Marshall Elementary School in Tucson, Arizona

Tucson Unified School District (TUSD) today announced the completion a 198 kW solar power system at Marshall Elementary School in Tucson, Ariz.

14 May 2014

Penn State Students Nab First Place at Inaugural DOE Collegiate Wind Competition

A team of Penn State students nabbed first place at the inaugural U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Collegiate Wind Competition May 5 to 7 at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center in Las Vegas.

14 May 2014

UI Study Finds Iowa's Air Quality Falls within Federal Cleanliness Guidelines

With warmer weather, it's time to get outdoors. And now you can breathe easy about it: A new study from the University of Iowa reports Iowa's air quality falls within government guidelines for cleanliness.

14 May 2014

NREL Convenes Banking on Solar Working Group to Explore Loan Products for Rooftop Solar Installation

Increasingly, banks, credit unions, and other lenders are beginning to offer loan products to homeowners and businesses for the installation of rooftop solar systems.

14 May 2014

Boeing and Embraer Partner to Conduct Sustainable Aviation Biofuel Research

Boeing and Embraer S.A. (BM&F Bovespa: EMBR3) today announced that they will open a joint research center to advance a sustainable aviation biofuel industry in Brazil.

From Boeing 13 May 2014

New Report on Global Markets for Alternative PV Solar Cell Technologies

Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue: Alternative Photovoltaic Solar Cell Technologies: Global Markets

13 May 2014

Biodegradable Plastic Made from Natural Polymer

Wolfgang Glasser says he was hesitant at first when a start-up company asked him to be their chief scientific officer. But then the professor emeritus of sustainable biomaterials realized that cycleWood Solutions Inc. could make his dream — biodegradable plastics from a plentiful natural resource — a reality.

13 May 2014

North American Solar to Sell Residential Solar Financing through Clean Power Finance

Homeowners who buy energy from North American Power can now opt for clean, affordable solar electricity, thanks to a new partnership between North American Solar, an affiliate of North American Power, and Clean Power Finance® (CPF). North American Solar will sell residential solar financing to homeowners through the CPF Market®.

13 May 2014

High Initialization Costs and Impacts of Harsh Weather Pose a Challenge to MEA Solar Tracker Market

According to a new market report published by Transparency Market Research "Solar Tracker (Single Axis and Dual Axis) Market for Solar PV, CPV, CSP Technology in Utility and Non Utility Applications -Middle East and Africa (MEA)Industry Analysis, Size, Share, Growth, Trends and Forecast, 2012 - 2019," MEA solar tracker market was valued at USD 58.7 million in 2012 and is expected to reach 308.7 million in 2019, growing at a CAGR of 31.9% from 2013 to 2019.

13 May 2014

Climate Change Causes Earth to ‘Rebound’ Due to Shrinkage of Overlying Ice Sheet

At the surface, Antarctica is a motionless and frozen landscape. Yet hundreds of miles down the Earth is moving at a rapid rate, new research has shown.

13 May 2014

Governments Need to Provide Better Support for Green-Energy Community Projects

Community-led sustainable energy projects are not taken seriously enough by the government, according to a new report from the University of East Anglia.

12 May 2014

Yingli Solar Delivers 10 MW of Monocrystalline Silicon Modules to Kingspan Energy

Yingli Green Energy Holding Company Limited ("Yingli Green Energy" or the "Company"), the largest vertically integrated photovoltaic ("PV") module manufacturer in the world, known as "Yingli Solar", today announced that it has delivered 10 MW of monocrystalline silicon modules to Kingspan Energy, part of the Kingspan Group, the global leader in high performance insulation and building envelope solutions.

12 May 2014

Abengoa Receives Chilean Environmental Approval for 110 MW Solar-Thermal Plant

Abengoa, the international company that applies innovative technology solutions for sustainability in the energy and environment sectors, has obtained a favorable environmental rating from the authorities of the Chilean Environmental Service to develop a solar-thermal plant using molten salts tower technology with an installed capacity of 110 megawatts (MW).

12 May 2014

Field Day Focuses on Biomass Crop Production for Energy Usage

Biomass crop production dedicated for energy use was the focus of a field day Wednesday, May 7 in Iowa City, Iowa. The event was held by the University of Iowa Office of Sustainability Biomass Fuel Project and supported by REPREVE RENEWABLES, LLC, the supplier of giant miscanthus rhizomes and proprietary equipment technology used to plant and harvest the crop. A 13-acre field is being used for the 2014 study adding to the acreage of the original 16-acre field planted last year.

12 May 2014