Dr. Cameron Chai

Articles from Cameron

AstraZeneca Deploys 1.7 MW Solar Power System on Delaware Campus

AstraZeneca, a biopharmaceutical company that functions in over 100 countries globally, declared that it has erected a 1.7 MW solar power system at its Delaware campus.

21 Jun 2011

Netherlands to Launch BioSolar Cells Research Program

The official launch of the BioSolar Cells research program that took place in Wageningen, Netherlands on 17th June opened with a seminar on ‘Solar power for the BioBased Economy’.

18 Jun 2011

Empa Introduces New Online Tool to Calculate Biofuel Sustainability

A number of biofuel products developed to substitute fossil fuel products have failed to make it to the market considering their negative impact on ecology, due to the use of biogenic materials for producing fuel.

18 Jun 2011

Experts Warn About Climate Change Implications on Agriculture

The position statement developed by over 10,000 members of Soil Science Society of America (SSSA), Crop Science Society of America (CSSA) and American Society of Agronomy (ASA) on the implications of climate change to the current practices of soil and land management and agriculture warns of large impacts.

18 Jun 2011

ORNL Finds Folded Surface of Lignin Hampers Production of Ethanol Products

A recent research supported by the Department of Energy’s Office of Science and performed by Oak Ridge National Laboratory provides an insight about the molecule that eludes the production of next-generation biofuels.

18 Jun 2011

Solar Endeavour Plane Developed by Students to Make its Maiden Flight in August

Students at the Terrassa School of Industrial and Aeronautical Engineering (ETSEIAT) at the Technical University of Catalonia (UPC) are currently developing a trial model for a solar powered plane called, ‘Solar Endeavour,’ with a hope of accomplishing the longest possible air flight.

18 Jun 2011

DePe Gear Speeds up Productivity by Installing Refurbished Stanko Gear Shaper

The manually operated, Russian-built five-axis gear shaper now works with the latest computer controlled standards. It is now operated by a NUM Axium Power CNC system and uses electronic gearbox methods to synchronize the working of stroking axes, gear blank and rotary cutter.

18 Jun 2011

Researchers to Develop Zinc-Based Rechargeable Batteries for Electric and Hybrid Vehicles

Researchers from the University of Leicester are in the process of developing a new zinc-based rechargeable battery for use in hybrid and electric vehicles (EV).

18 Jun 2011

Hydro Green Energy Applies for Federal Approval to Operate Seven Hydropower Projects

Hydro Green Energy (HGE), a renewable energy firm that uses patented hydropower technologies, declared that it has shifted its corporate headquarters to Westmont, Illinois from Houston, Texas It also declared that it has commenced procedures to receive federal approval to erect and manage seven hydropower facilities on the Mississippi River.

17 Jun 2011

SOLON to Supply 1.22 MW Solar Power System for UniSource Energy Services

SOLON, a producer of crystalline silicon solar modules and supplier of turnkey solar power plants in the U.S., declared that it has signed a deal with UniSource Energy Services (UES) to supply a 1.22 MW solar system to Kingman, Arizona.

17 Jun 2011