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CSEM Photovoltaics Center Reports Successful First Year

One year on from its launch, the CSEM Photovoltaics Center is looking back on a very positive first year and confident about the future of solar energy.

22 Jan 2014

Global Bioenergies, Audi Partner to Develop High-Performance Biofuel for Gasoline Engines

Global Bioenergies announces the signature of a collaboration with the German car-manufacturer Audi on the development of isobutene-derived isooctane, a high performance biofuel for gasoline engines.

21 Jan 2014

Grupo Eolico Mexico Outreach Programs Complete Series of Workshops on Wind Energy

Mexico has a very high wind energy potential. One key aspect is to empower society about the importance and benefits of wind energy to Mexico and local communities.

21 Jan 2014

VVWRA Selects Anaergia's FibrePlate Hybrid-Membrane Technology for Water Reuse Projects

Anaergia Inc., today announced that the Victor Valley Wastewater Reclamation Authority (VVWRA) has selected FibrePlate™ hybrid-membrane™ technology for two sub-regional Membrane Bioreactor (MBR) facilities. The MBR facilities will be located in high growth areas of the service region and produce a combined two million gallons per day of high quality effluent for landscape irrigation.

21 Jan 2014

ABB Receives Zayed Future Energy Prize for Innovation in Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Fields

ABB, the global power and automation technology group, has been awarded the Zayed Future Energy Prize 2014 in recognition of its efforts to drive innovation, renewable energy and energy efficiency.

21 Jan 2014

New Report Provides Overview of Romanian Photovoltaic Market

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Romania Photovoltaic (Solar PV) Market: Outlook 2014 - 2025" report to their offering.

21 Jan 2014

Lightway Solar Teams Up with Tigo Energy to Introduce New LWSS Smart Module Line

Lightway, a world-leading, vertically integrated solar company, announced today that its new LWSS Smart Module line will use technology from Tigo Energy and is shipping immediately. The new line of modules features integrated power optimization that enables the solar module to perform module-level max power point tracking (MPPT) to maximize system yield and increase design flexibility.

21 Jan 2014

KB Home Presents Masco Home Services with Sustainability Leadership Award

In recognition of their role in advancing home sustainability and energy-efficient home construction, Masco Home Services (MHS) has been awarded the 2013 KB Home Sustainability Leadership Award for their efforts to transform how builders view energy efficiency and indoor air quality.

21 Jan 2014

BYD’s Chuanfu Wang Recognized with Zayed Future Energy Prize in Abu Dhabi

Over the course of this month’s World Future Energy Summit BYD’s Chuanfu Wang was presented with the 2014 World Future Energy Prize. The Founder and President of BYD Company Ltd. was honored with the lifetime achievement award at a ceremony held in Abu Dhabi on January 20th.

21 Jan 2014

North Coast Tidal Turbines Could Power Half of Scotland, Say Researchers

Renewable tidal energy sufficient to power about half of Scotland could be harnessed from a single stretch of water off the north coast of the country, engineers say.

21 Jan 2014

New Research Report Provides Full Picture of Electric Vehicle Charging Stations

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure 2012-2022" report to their offering.

21 Jan 2014

Water Cycle Changes are Main Drivers of Environmental Change in Western Europe, New Study Reveals

The role of the hydrological cycle during abrupt temperature changes is of prime importance for the actual impact of climate change on the continents. In a new study published in Nature Geoscience online (January 19, 2014) scientists from the University of Potsdam, Germany and the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences show that during the abrupt cooling at the onset of the so-called Younger Dryas period 12680 years ago changes in the water cycle were the main drivers of widespread environmental change in western Europe.

21 Jan 2014

Primozone to build mobile pilot ozone system for treatment of textile after receiving additional funding

The Swedish ozone generator supplier, Primozone, has been awarded further more funding. This time for a project for removal of dye and harmful substances from wastewater from the textile industry.

From Primozone 21 Jan 2014

NASA's Global Hawk on a Climate Change Study Mission

NASA's uncrewed Global Hawk research aircraft is in the western Pacific region on a mission to track changes in the upper atmosphere and help researchers understand how these changes affect Earth's climate.

20 Jan 2014

Sonoco Dedicates New Biomass Facility at Hartsville

Sonoco, a global provider of industrial products, consumer packaging, protective solutions and packaging services, today dedicated the new biomass facility at its Hartsville, S.C., plant. The biomass boiler is part of a $100 million investment in the Darlington County compound.

20 Jan 2014