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Airbus Signs MOU to Assess Biomass for Sustainable Jet Fuel

Airbus and key Malaysian partners have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to assess local solutions for sustainable bio-mass production in Malaysia. The aim is to determine the most suitable feedstocks to ensure that any future jet fuel production in the region is based only on sustainable solutions. The first assessment is expected to be completed by December 2014.

12 Feb 2014

Researchers Explore Effectiveness of Adaptation Technologies Aimed at Reducing Warming from Urban Expansion

Life in a warming world is going to require human ingenuity to adapt to the new realities of Earth. Greenhouse-gas induced warming and megapolitan expansion are both significant drivers of our warming planet. Researchers are now assessing adaptation technologies that could help us acclimate to these changing realities.

12 Feb 2014

TechCollect Releases Top 10 Tips for Recycling E-Waste in 2014

Now the retail frenzy of Christmas and January sales is over for another year, TechCollect is reminding people to think carefully about what they do next with the old computers, printers and TVsthey replaced or upgraded.

12 Feb 2014

JA Solar Receives China's CQC Accreditation for Performance of Solar Modules in Extreme environments

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 the performance of the Company's solar modules in extreme environments has been certified by the China Quality Certification Center ("CQC"), China's largest professional certification body. JA Solar is the first solar product manufacturer to receive this CQC accreditation.

11 Feb 2014

Origis Energy Completes and Dedicates Two Utility-Scale Solar Power Plants in Georgia

Origis Energy, a leading international investment and development firm focused on deployment of utility-scale and distributed generation commercial solar photovoltaic (PV) systems, today announced the completion and dedication of two solar power plants in Georgia, representing the state’s second largest solar installations.

11 Feb 2014

BYD Wins Bid from Malaysia's Prasarana Transit to Supply 15 New Battery Electric Transit Buses

Malaysia's Prasarana Transit has announced that BYD Co. Ltd. won the bid to supply 15 new battery electric transit buses. As Malaysia first, as well as Southeast Asia's largest electric bus public bidding project, BYD beat out competitors from around the world for this historic project.

11 Feb 2014

Strata Solar Selects ET Solar to Supply Modules for Six Solar Power Plants in North Carolina

ET Solar, Inc. today announced that they have been selected by Strata Solar to supply modules for six solar power plants in North Carolina, with a combined capacity of 23 megawatts (MW).

11 Feb 2014

Flat Fresnel Lenses Could Increase the Electrical Efficiency of Solar Panels

Micro-machining could be used to create almost flat, Fresnel lenses, that boost the electrical efficiency of solar panels, according to researchers in China.

11 Feb 2014

Deepwater Wind, Alstom Agree to Supply the Block Island Wind Farm with Offshore Wind Turbines

Deepwater Wind and Alstom today announced the signing of major agreements to supply the Block Island Wind Farm with five of Alstom’s 6-megawatt (MW) Haliade 150 offshore wind turbines, bringing the world’s most innovative offshore wind technology to the United States and jumpstarting an East Coast offshore wind industry.

11 Feb 2014

Water, Wastewater and Environmental Monitoring Conference 2014 Issues Call for Papers

The organisers of WWEM 2014, theinternational Water, Wastewater and Environmental Monitoring conference, have issued a call for papers in preparation for this year’s event, which will take place on 5thand 6thof November in Telford, UK.

11 Feb 2014

Strong Trade Winds in Pacific Ocean Keep Global Surface Warming under Check

The strongest trade winds have driven more of the heat from global warming into the oceans; but when those winds slow, that heat will rapidly return to the atmosphere causing an abrupt rise in global average temperatures.

10 Feb 2014

Assurant Solutions' Albany Call Center Receives ENERGY STAR Certification

Assurant Solutions, a global provider of specialty insurance and insurance-related products and part of Assurant, Inc., has earned the Environmental Protection Agency’s ENERGY STAR® certification for its call center in Albany, OR.

10 Feb 2014

Sunpreme's Double Glass PV Panels Successfully Pass Severe Test Condition

Sunpreme Inc., a US-based solar photovoltaic company that designs and manufactures its own cells, panels and systems, is pleased to announce that its advanced double glass PV panels have successfully passed severe test conditions of extreme low temperatures and mechanical robustness.

10 Feb 2014

Sumitomo Sets Up World's First Large-Scale Power Storage System with Used Batteries

Sumitomo Corporation has developed and installed the world's first large-scale power storage system which utilizes used batteries collected from electric vehicles. This commercial scale storage system, built on Yume-shima Island, Osaka, will begin operating in February 2014.

10 Feb 2014

Simon Property Group Opens First Fast-Charging NRG eVgo Freedom Station in Los Angeles Area

Today, Simon Property Group, a leader in the global retail real estate industry, and NRG eVgo (ee-vee-go), a subsidiary of NRG Energy, Inc. announced the opening of the first fast-charging NRG eVgo Freedom Station® in the Los Angeles area.

10 Feb 2014