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Farming Pushed Natural Drought into Disaster

Climate scientists using computer models to simulate the 1930s Dust Bowl on the U.S Great Plains have found that dust raised by farmers probably amplified and spread a natural drop in rainfall, turning an ordinary drying cycle into an agricultural collapse.

30 Apr 2008

Making the Best Economic and Environmental Choice Starts by Figuring Out the Facts

It's sunshine, it's free, it's simple enough-right? With all the dizzying things to consider, from interpreting your power bill and reviewing solar proposals to comparing paying cash with lower-cost offerings, the process of switching to solar can leave a homeowner buried in paperwork.

30 Apr 2008

CDI Engineering Selected by Silfab for Polysilicon Technology Integration Services

CDI Corp. announced today that its CDI Engineering Solutions business unit has been selected by Silfab S.p.A. to provide technology integration, basic engineering and detailed engineering services for Silfab's solar grade polysilicon manufacturing project to be built in Borgofranco d'Ivrea, Italy.

30 Apr 2008

Renovation of Hydro Plant Increases Supply of Clean, Renewable Electricity

A PPL Corporation subsidiary will renovate and recommission its Orono, Maine, hydroelectric plant, adding 20,000 megawatt-hours per year of clean, renewable electricity to the region's power supplies.

30 Apr 2008

An Energy-Efficient Solution for Lighting

With consumer interest in energy-efficient lighting growing rapidly, the next wave of mass-market residential and business lighting could be coming from LEDs - light-emitting diodes, also known as solid-state lighting.

29 Apr 2008

To Better Understand the Regional Climate-Change Picture

The state of Alaska has the dubious distinction of leading the lower 48 in the effects of a warming climate. Small villages are slipping into the sea due to coastal erosion, soggy permafrost is cracking buildings and trapping trucks.

29 Apr 2008

The First Multi-Crop Seed Brand Supplying New Market for Biofuel Feedstocks

Energy crop company Ceres, Inc. plans to market its agricultural seeds and traits under the trade name Blade Energy Crops in the United States. Company president and CEO Richard Hamilton unveiled the new brand at the BIO World Congress on Industrial Biotechnology in Chicago earlier today.

29 Apr 2008

Solar Center to Produce Enough Electricity to Power at Least 800 Homes

Department of Environmental Protection Secretary Kathleen A. McGinty today hailed an announcement by the city of Philadelphia that a vacant, seven-acre brownfield at the Navy Yard will soon help to meet Pennsylvania's energy needs with clean, renewable solar technology.

29 Apr 2008

Award to Recognize Effort to Help Families Use Solar Energy to Reduce Utility Bills

Maryland Senator Robert Garagiola and Delegate Sue Hecht each received the prestigious Government Leadership Award today for their prominent roles in passing the Maryland renewable portfolio standard into law to mandate the increased use of solar energy.

29 Apr 2008

Solar Tower to Help Evaluate New Technology for Future Space Shuttle Missions

NASA has once again turned to Sandia's National Solar Thermal Test Facility - aka the Solar Tower - to help evaluate new technology for future space shuttle missions. NASA's most recent testing series in early March evaluated the HYpersonic AeroTHermodynamic InfraRed Measurements (HYTHIRM) systems.

29 Apr 2008