Dr. Cameron Chai

Articles from Cameron

2013 Honda Electric Cars to be Included in Zipcar Network

Zipcar, a network for sharing cars, and American Honda Motor, a renowned vehicle manufacturer, have declared that Honda has now become the preferred car manufacturer for Zipcar. The members of Zipcar will use the low emission, state-of-the-art vehicles from Honda that provide more sustainability to existing transitional services.

16 Apr 2012

AREVA to Construct Concentrated Solar Power Project in Rajasthan, India

AREVA Solar, a concentrated solar power (CSP) solution provider, has announced the construction of the largest CSP plant in Asia. The project is to be built at Rajasthan in India.

16 Apr 2012

IKEA Installs Solar Power System at New Jersey Store

IKEA, a retailer for home furnishings, has installed a solar energy system at its Paramus, New Jersey retail store. The 1063 kW system consists of 132000 square-foot solar array, which is made up of 4,620 panels.

12 Apr 2012

Researchers Enhance Battery Performance Using Porous Carbon Nanoparticles

A team of researchers, led by Linda Nazar from the Waterloo University in Canada and Thomas Bein from the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet Muenchen (LMU) Munich, has synthesized porous carbon nanoparticles that use sulfur molecules to optimize the efficiency of lithium-sulfur batteries, a major breakthrough in the advancement of this next-generation of batteries.

12 Apr 2012

NSW Government Should Aim for Climate Policy-Free Zone

Total Environment Centre, a campaign centre for environment protection, has stated that the NSW government must re-establish the greenhouse gas abatement scheme (GGAS), if the carbon rate is terminated through Tony Abbott government or through the legal action of the NSW government. Even other state governments that discard climate change policies for the same reason must come clean.

12 Apr 2012

Kyocera Collaborates to Build Solar Plant in Southern Japan

Three companies including Kyocera, Mizuho Corporate Bank and IHI have declared that they have concluded a basic contract to build a 70 MW solar plant at southern Japan and to find a business model for solar power production.

11 Apr 2012

Major Initiative Launched to Make Milwaukee City More Energy Efficient

The Milwaukee city and Johnson Controls, a provider of energy efficiency solutions for buildings, have taken key initiatives to transfer Milwaukee into an energy efficient city.

11 Apr 2012

Research Report on Dye Sensitized Cell Markets

Nanomarkets, an industrial analysis firm, has included a report titled, Dye Sensitized Cell Markets – 2012, Nano-531, in its publication that will be released in April 22, 2012.

11 Apr 2012

Research for Producing Greener Solar Cells

A doctoral student of Kansas University, Ayomi Perera has developed greener dye-sensitized solar cells using a bacterium. Dye-sensitized solar cells usually use a dye for producing energy from sunlight. Perera, under the guidance of Prof. Stefan Bossmann, Department of Chemistry, has used a dye with low toxicity to obtain an environment-friendly solar cell.

11 Apr 2012

IBM and ZSE to Develop Green Highway Between Bratislava and Vienna

IBM Slovakia, which is focusing on smart grids, has collaborated with an electricity supplier in Slovakia, Zapadoslovenska energetika (ZSE), to conduct a feasibility study on smart energy, which will facilitate Bratislava, the capital city of Slovakia, to be prepared for using electric vehicles (EVs).

11 Apr 2012