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DTE Energy Receives Grant for Converting Gasoline-Run Vehicles to Compressed Natural Gas

DTE Energy, a diversified energy company based at Detroit, has obtained a federal grant of $5.4 million from Clean Energy Coalition, a not-for profit organization engaged in supporting clean energy technologies, to convert over 170 gasoline-driven vehicles to be driven by compressed natural gas (CNG).

16 Jul 2011

NREL Certifies Peak Conversion Efficacy for XsunX CIGSolar Technology

XsunX declared that the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has verified the optimum conversion efficiency value of 16.36% for XsunX copper-indium-gallium-(di)selenide (CIGS) photovoltaic instruments.

15 Jul 2011

Large Plants Make Significant Contribution to Carbon Storage

Plants grown in cities and towns have a great role in storing carbon says a new research that appeared in the Journal of Applied Ecology published by the British Ecological Society. The study conducted by Dr Zoe Davies of the University of Kent is the first to measure the levels of carbon storage in vegetations within various city limits in Europe.

13 Jul 2011

TATA BP Solar India Completes Solar Installation in Tamil Nadu, India

TATA BP Solar India, a partnership of TATA Power and BP Solar, has commissioned a 1 MW solar power generation plant in Mayiladuthurai district, Tamil Nadu, India.

12 Jul 2011

Taiwan Trade Center to Present Details on Taiwan's Clean Energy Industry

The proposed seminar titled, ‘The Taiwan Solar Energy Industry Outlook & Renewable Energy Business Alliance’ by Taiwan on 13th July at the Moscone Convention Center of InterSolar North America will showcase the solar business opportunities available in Taiwan, the 2nd largest solar cell producer in the world.

12 Jul 2011

Alloy Materials with Higher Level Oxidation Resistance Deployed in Fuel Cells

Hitachi Metals declared that it has productively developed metal interconnects that contain increased level of oxidation resistance and sturdiness for effective deployment in solid oxide fuel cells (SOFC).

12 Jul 2011

Campus California Introduces Cloth Collection Boxes to Collect Waste Cloth

Waste characterization studies performed for California Integrated Waste Management Board (CIWMB) and subsequently for CalRecycle for the period from 1999 to 2008 established that the volume of cast away or thrown out textile materials as residential waste into the landfills has increased in volumes and produce methane and other green house gases, thus harming the environment.

12 Jul 2011