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NASA Hosts Media Teleconference on Stability of West Antarctic Ice Sheet

NASA will host a media teleconference at 9:30 a.m. PDT (12:30 p.m. EDT) Monday, May 12, to discuss new research results on the stability of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet and its potential contribution to future sea level rise.

12 May 2014

Forecast Report on Global Green Energy Market

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

From Research and Markets 12 May 2014

Novel Method for Integrating Flexible Solar Cells into Fabrics

Your tablet on your jacket sleeve, your smartphone in your watch—conventional batteries are not practicable for ever-lighter wearable electronic devices. A possible alternative is solar cells in the form of a textile that can simple be integrated into clothing. In the journal Angewandte Chemie Chinese researchers have now introduced novel, efficient solar cells based on stable, flexible textile electrodes that can be integrated into fabrics.

12 May 2014

GE to Supply 2.2-107 Wind Turbines for Omega Energia’s Project in Brazil

GE introduced the latest in its line of brilliant wind turbines with the 2.2-107 and announced an order of 32 turbines from Omega Energia in the Piaui region of Brazil.

9 May 2014

Hangzhou Places Major Order for BYD’s Electric Buses and Cars

BYD Company Ltd. has received a record-setting order for their new energy vehicles. Situated in east China along the Qiantang River lies Hangzhou, a place commonly referred to as one of China’s most beautiful cities.

9 May 2014

Tekno Ray Solar Places Order for 30 MW of Yingli’s Multicrystalline PV Modules

Yingli Green Energy Holding Company Limited, the largest vertically integrated photovoltaic module manufacturer in the world, known as "Yingli Solar," today announced that its Turkish subsidiary, Yingli Green Energy Enerji Urunleri San. ve Tic. Ltd. ªti (Yingli Turkey) will supply 30 MW of multicrystalline PV modules to Tekno Ray Solar Enerji Sistemleri San. Tic. Ltd. Sti (Tekno Ray Solar), Turkey's fastest-growing solar energy company.

9 May 2014

MPM Subsidiary Signs MOU with Wheeler to Build CCP's Waste-to-Value Solution

MPM Technologies, Inc., subsidiary Carbon Cycle Power has signed a memorandum of understanding with Spokane machining and manufacturing company Wheeler Industries, Inc., to build CCP's waste-to-value solution – a patent-pending photon-induced plasma arc gasification technology that will process biomass, such as lumber mill waste and agricultural residue, and municipal solid waste for the cogeneration of heat and power.

9 May 2014

Novel Technology to Transform Lignocellulosic Biomass into a Jet Fuel

A key challenge in the biofuels landscape is to get more advanced biofuels—fuels other than corn ethanol and vegetable oil-based biodiesel—into the transportation pool.

9 May 2014

Airwheel Produces Smart Electric Unicycle Without Steering Wheel or Seat

With a maximum speed of 18km/h and a range per maximum charge (90 minutes) of 23km, a smart electric unicycle without steering wheel or seat is being produced in the Changzhou National Hi-Tech District (CND) in Jiangsu, China, and has quickly gained popularity.

9 May 2014

Pear Energy to Construct 550-kW Solar PV Installation for Two Bunch Palms Resort

Pear Energy, clean energy provider for homes and businesses nationwide, and Two Bunch Palms Spa Resort, located outside of Palm Springs, have partnered to create the first carbon-neutral wellness resort in North America.

9 May 2014

Amyris Granted Roundtable on Sustainable Biomaterials Certification

Amyris, Inc. has completed the Roundtable on Sustainable Biomaterials (RSB) certification process and has earned one of the most respected sustainability certifications in the world.

8 May 2014

Dominion Partners with Tennessee Valley Authority on Two Solar Energy Developments

Dominion, one of the nation's largest energy providers, has acquired two stand-alone solar energy developments in southwest Tennessee. Commercial operation is slated for the fourth quarter of this year.

8 May 2014

NRG to Help Unilever U.S. Move to 100% Renewable Energy Usage

NRG Energy, Inc., and Unilever United States, Inc. today announced the formation of a strategic partnership that revolutionizes the relationship between the energy and consumer products sectors, and further demonstrates the importance of collaboration to tackle global challenges.

From NRG Energy, Inc. 8 May 2014

Deepwater Wind to Develop Floating Offshore Wind Farm off Oregon Coast

Deepwater Wind today announced plans to develop the West Coast’s first-ever offshore wind farm – a project poised to become the world’s first commercial project to use cutting-edge floating foundation technology.

8 May 2014

US DOE Awards Dominion $47 Million for 12 MW Offshore Wind Turbine Demonstration Project

Dominion Virginia Power has been awarded an additional $47 million from the United States Department of Energy (DOE) to help fund the construction of a 12-megawatt demonstration project, consisting of two 6-megawatt offshore wind turbines on innovative substructures that will produce enough electricity to power up to 3,000 homes.

8 May 2014