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Panasonic Spearhead Development of a Sustainable Smart Town

Panasonic Corporation and eight other companies that are spearheading advanced environmental initiatives through eco-conscious urban development and smart city projects today announced they will work together to implement a smart town concept called "Fujisawa Sustainable Smart Town (Fujisawa SST)" which showcases Panasonic's "entire solutions" business model in full scale to the world.

26 May 2011

Energy Efficient Aluminium Building System Generates Excess Electricity

Measurements of the energy performance at Hydro’s aluminium building systems test center in Bellenberg, Germany, show that the building is generating 80 percent more electricity over the course of a year than it needs for its own consumption.

26 May 2011

Stobart to Develop Green Energy Power Station for Iggesund

The Biomass Division of Stobart Group has lately contracted an accord valued around £90 m with Iggesund for developing a green energy power station on the energy coast of Britain.

26 May 2011

Carlos III University of Madrid Develops Prototype of Electric Motor Cycle

A prototype of an electric motorcycle developed at Carlos III University of Madrid (UC3M) by a group of engineers has taken part in the recently held world championship for electric motorcycle.

26 May 2011

Sharp Manufacturing and Waste Management Renewable Energy Join TVA Program

The Tennessee Valley Authority, a business owned by the U.S. government, that supplies electricity for business and utility customers, has announced a new green initiative last fall to encourage the medium and small sized green energy producers.

26 May 2011

Innovalight Chosen by DOE to Reduce Solar Power Production Costs

Innovalight, a supplier of silicon ink and solar cell process know-how, declared that it has been chosen by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)’s SunShot initiative, which is aimed to cut down the cost of solar power production by 75%.

26 May 2011

Luleå University of Technology forms Swedish Gasification Centre for Biomass Research

Luleå University of Technology has announced the formation of the Swedish Gasification Centre (SFC), a new research center that will concentrate on biomass gasification study considered to be important for the manufacture of green clean fuels from biomass.

26 May 2011

SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry Develops Biobutanol

Researchers working at the Department of Paper and Bioprocess Engineering in SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry (ESF) are studying methods to convert wood into green biobutanol.

26 May 2011

Clarke Strives to Achieve Net Zero Energy Consumption Through Solar Installation

Clarke, a distributor of Asko, Wolf and Sub-Zero appliances and having its show room facilities in South Norwalk, CT and Milford, MA, is planning to achieve Net Zero electrical efficiency at its Milford, MA, located headquarters before the end of 2011 by installing solar power.

26 May 2011

Hallmark-Southwest Introduces Net-Zero Solar Home Technology with Solar Power

Hallmark-Southwest, in order to cater to the growing demand for energy efficient green homes, has announced the availability of Net-Zero Solar Home Technology for home buyers.

26 May 2011