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ASHRAE High-Performance Buildings Conference: GBI President Presents Keynote Talk

Green Building Initiative (GBI) President Jerry Yudelson presented a keynote talk on April 8th at the ASHRAE High-Performance Buildings conference in San Francisco. Yudelson also participated in a discussion organized by the National Institute of Building Sciences around the topic of defining net zero energy buildings.

11 Apr 2014

Jared Cohon to Present on Shale Gas Policy and Practice on April 15

Jared Cohon, board chair for the Center for Sustainable Shale Development and president emeritus of Carnegie Mellon University, will share insight into incorporating diverse, impassioned opinions to frame effective policy in his talk, “Working Together on Shale Gas Policy and Practice,” Tuesday, April 15, at 4:30 p.m., in 155 Olin Hall.

10 Apr 2014

Researchers from ENAC's WIRE Lab Develop Computer Models of Vertical-axis Wind Turbines

Researchers from ENAC's WIRE Lab have developed computer models of vertical-axis wind turbines that could help increase the output of wind farms.

10 Apr 2014

ASU Students Helped Design and Build Innovative Solar Powered House

Arizona State University and University of New Mexico students joined forces to form one of 19 teams of college students from throughout the world selected to compete in the 2013 Solar Decathlon.

10 Apr 2014

Our High-Energy Planet' First of 3 Planned Reports from Climate Pragmatism Project

Drastically improved efforts to provide modern energy access to the poor opens up a new approach to development efforts and action on climate change, an international group of energy and environment scholars say in a new report, Our High-Energy Planet. The report is the first of three in the Climate Pragmatism project, a partnership of Arizona State University's Consortium for Science, Policy, and Outcomes (CSPO) and The Breakthrough Institute.

10 Apr 2014

Advancements in Bioenergy Discussed at 2nd BBEST Conference

The 2nd BBEST conference will be a forum for the presentation of results of research developed in São Paulo and abroad at the frontier of knowledge, and in all areas of bioenergy: technology, innovation, engines, environment, sustainability, land use, biomass, alternative fuels, among others - with emphasis on investigations undertaken under FAPESP Bioenergy Research Program (BIOEN).

10 Apr 2014

Stanford Scientists Produce Liquid Ethanol from Carbon Monoxide Gas

Stanford University scientists have found a new, highly efficient way to produce liquid ethanol from carbon monoxide gas. This promising discovery could provide an eco-friendly alternative to conventional ethanol production from corn and other crops, say the scientists. Their results are published in the April 9 advanced online edition of the journal Nature.

10 Apr 2014

Scientists Develops New Technique to Recycle Astronaut Urine for Fuel and Drinking Water

On the less glamorous side of space exploration, there's the more practical problem of waste — in particular, what to do with astronaut pee. But rather than ejecting it into space, scientists are developing a new technique that can turn this waste burden into a boon by converting it into fuel and much-needed drinking water. Their report, which could also inspire new ways to treat municipal wastewater, appears in the journal ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering

10 Apr 2014

Stanford Scientists Suggest Growing Crops on Solar Farms

Growing agave and other carefully chosen plants amid photovoltaic panels could allow solar farms not only to collect sunlight for electricity but also to produce crops for biofuels, according to new computer models by Stanford scientists.

10 Apr 2014

Circumnavigate the Earth in a Plane Powered Purely by Solar Energy? New Solar Impulse Ultralight Plane Unveiled

Curtain up for a visionary project: The decisive second SolarImpulse aircraft has now been completed. The plane, which is to be thefirst to travel around the world entirely without fuel in 2015, wasunveiled on Wednesday in Payerne, Switzerland.

9 Apr 2014

Andong Combined Cycle Power Plant in South Korea Erected in Record Time of 24 Months

The Andong combined cycle power plant (CCPP) in South Korea was erected in a record time of only 24 months. This liquefied natural gas (LNG) fired plant has an electrical capacity of 417 megawatts (MW), making it the second Siemens operating H-class-based combined-cycle power plant in Asia with an efficiency level of more than 60 percent.

9 Apr 2014

JinkoSolar Signs Distribution Agreement with PROINSO India

JinkoSolar Holding Co., Ltd. ("JinkoSolar" or the "Company"), a global leader in the solar PV industry, today announced that it has signed a distribution agreement with PROINSO India.

9 Apr 2014

VERTEX Collaborates with Local Mexican Partners to Develop 30MW Solar Plant in Zacatecas

The Vertex Companies, Inc. (VERTEX), headquartered in Weymouth, Massachusetts, is a leading partner in the development of a 30-megawatt solar electric power plant located in Zacatecas, Mexico. When complete, this project will be one of the largest of its kind in Latin America.

9 Apr 2014

Pieter Hoff Published

Dutch inventor Pieter Hoff published "The Treesolution" about solving CO2 over-concentration and climate change. The interesting part of the book is that Hoff doesn't discuss whether climate change exists. He explains that that discussion distracts the attention from the real problem: the undisputable fact that CO2 concentration in the air rises measurable.

9 Apr 2014

The Government of Canada Invests in Micro Auto Gasification Systemin Nunavut

Office of the Minister of the Environment, Minister of the Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency (CanNor), and Minister for the Arctic Council.

9 Apr 2014