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Muni-Fed Energy Selects Probe to Manufacture Proprietary Energy Saving Devices for Industrial Lights

Probe Manufacturing, Inc., (“Probe” or “the Company”), a global electronics design & manufacturing services company, today announced that the Company has been selected by Muni-Fed Energy to build the proprietary energy saving devices for industrial lights that it holds the manufacturing rights to.

20 Feb 2014

Hyundai Heavy Industries Installs 5.5 MW Offshore Wind Turbine on Jeju Island, South Korea

Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. (HHI), the world’s biggest shipbuilder and a leading wind turbine supplier, today announced that it completed installation of a 5.5 MW offshore wind turbine prototype on Kimnyeong Wind Farm on Jeju Island, South Korea.

20 Feb 2014

NREL Materials Scientist Honored for Distinguished Contributions in Renewable Energy and Sustainability

David S. Ginley, a materials scientist at the Energy Department's National Renewable Energy Laboratory, has been named a fellow of the American Academy for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), an honor accorded to at most 1 percent of the prestigious scientific society's membership each year.

From National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) 20 Feb 2014

UTSA Professor to Lead Study on Energy-Related Occupant Behavior in Buildings

For the first time in the university's history, The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) has been invited to participate in an International Energy Agency (IEA) project along with many of the world's top research universities. UTSA mechanical engineering assistant professor Bing Dong has been invited to lead a study that will set an international standard for measuring energy-related occupant behavior in buildings.

20 Feb 2014

Recycle rare metals into thin film solar cells

Midsummer, a leading supplier of production lines for cost effective manufacturing of flexible thin film CIGS solar cells, has developed a unique process to recover leftover rare metals such as indium and gallium when manufacturing thin film CIGS solar cells.

From Midsummer AB 19 Feb 2014

Hydrogenics to Participate in Danish Power-to-Gas Biological Catalysis Project

Hydrogenics Corporation, a leading developer and manufacturer of hydrogen generation and hydrogen-based power modules, today announced that it will be a participating partner of the Power-to-Gas Biological Catalysis ("BioCat") Project in Denmark.

19 Feb 2014

Olson Homes Offers Energy-Efficient Solar Features as Standard in Oakgrove Walk Project

Olson Homes recently opened Oakgrove Walk in La Verne, CA, offering all new homes that exceed Title 24 standards by 15 percent. Along with a number of other green attributes, Oakgrove Walk offers solar as a standard feature on all of its homes.

19 Feb 2014

JA Solar Breaks 19% Efficiency Barrier with Multi-Si Cells

JA Solar Holdings Co., Ltd. ("JA Solar" or the "Company"), one of the world's largest manufacturers of high-performance solar power products, today announced that its multi-crystalline silicon ("multi-Si") solar cells have surpassed 19% conversion efficiency.

19 Feb 2014

Dominion Seeks to Develop Wind Turbines off the Coast of Maryland

Dominion Tuesday filed with the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management to be among the bidders seeking to develop wind turbines to generate electricity on nearly 80,000 acres off the coast of Maryland.

19 Feb 2014

Researchers Develop New Solar-Induced Direct Biomass-to-Electricity Hybrid Fuel Cell

Although low temperature fuel cells powered by methanol or hydrogen have been well studied, existing low temperature fuel cell technologies cannot directly use biomass as a fuel because of the lack of an effective catalyst system for polymeric materials.

19 Feb 2014

Los Angeles' New Rooftop Solar Energy Program Ready for Expansion

Los Angeles' groundbreaking new rooftop solar energy program is delivering on its promise to bring cost-effective, clean power to tens of thousands of LADWP customers, and is ready for a significant expansion that would bring even greater benefits to Angelenos, according to a report issued today by J.R. DeShazo, Director of UCLA's Luskin Center for Innovation.

19 Feb 2014

New Report on Global Market for Advanced Batteries for Large-Scale Grid Applications

Batteries have not traditionally been an integral part of the utility grid, primarily due to concerns about cost, safety, durability, and efficiency. Today, however, technological advances in electrochemistry have enabled a new generation of advanced batteries to start playing an important role in grid management.

19 Feb 2014

Forecast Report on Global LED and Smart Street Lighting Market

Across the globe, LED and smart streetlights are helping to establish smart cities and represent a critical layer of the emerging 'Internet of Things.' With rapid urbanization and the rise of global megacities, energy efficiency is becoming critical in public lighting infrastructure.

19 Feb 2014

Study Highlights Risks of Temperature Increase if Solar Radiation Management is Abruptly Stopped

As a range of climate change mitigation scenarios are discussed, University of Washington researchers have found that the injection of sulfate particles into the atmosphere to reflect sunlight and curb the effects of global warming could pose a severe threat if not maintained indefinitely and supported by strict reductions in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.

18 Feb 2014

ASU Archaeologists Study Relationship Between Climate Change and Food Security

What role does pre-existing vulnerability play for people who experience a climate shock? Does it amplify the effect of the climate shock, or is the effect negligible?

18 Feb 2014