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UT Austin Researchers Develop New Source of Renewable Energy

Researchers at The University of Texas at Austin's Cockrell School of Engineering have developed a new source of renewable energy, a biofuel, from genetically engineered yeast cells and ordinary table sugar. This yeast produces oils and fats, known as lipids, that can be used in place of petroleum-derived products.

23 Jan 2014

Zayed Future Energy Prize Committee Honors Fraunhofer Solar Researchers

"We are absolutely delighted that the Zayed Future Energy Prize committee has decided to honor Fraunhofer ISE's more than 30 years of work on sustainable energy supply in this way," says Prof. Eicke R. Weber, director of Fraunhofer ISE. "This generous prize will enable us to offer our re- search in support of countries that haven't yet set out to develop a new energy economy.

23 Jan 2014

Low carbon research centre at Imperial College launch by Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister

Developing low emission vehicles of the future will be the focus of a major collaboration launched today by the Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister at Imperial College London.

22 Jan 2014

Volvo Construction Equipment Site in Sweden Now Powered Entirely by Renewable Energy

No harmful emission, no contribution to the greenhouse effect. At the end of December 2013, Volvo Construction Equipment’s site in Braås, Sweden, completed its journey towards becoming carbon dioxide neutral. It is the first construction equipment production facility in the world to be powered entirely by renewable energy.

22 Jan 2014

ABB Receives Zayed Future Energy Prize for Innovation in Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Fields

ABB, the global power and automation technology group, has been awarded the Zayed Future Energy Prize 2014 in recognition of its efforts to drive innovation, renewable energy and energy efficiency.

21 Jan 2014

North Coast Tidal Turbines Could Power Half of Scotland, Say Researchers

Renewable tidal energy sufficient to power about half of Scotland could be harnessed from a single stretch of water off the north coast of the country, engineers say.

21 Jan 2014

Etrion Meets 2013 Production Target of Over 100 Million kWh of Solar Electricity

Etrion Corporation, a solar independent power producer, announces an operations update, including preliminary production results for the year ended December 31, 2013.

20 Jan 2014

Outlook Report on Turkey Solar PV Market

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Turkey Photovoltaic (Solar PV) Market: Outlook 2014 - 2025" report to their offering.

20 Jan 2014

Isolux Corsan Receives 31.7 MW of ReneSola’s Virtus PV Modules for UK Project

ReneSola Ltd, a leading brand and technology provider of solar photovoltaic products, today announced it has provided Isolux Corsan Servicios, S.A., a global benchmark in the areas of concessions, energy, construction and industrial services and a leader in engineering, procurement and construction projects for solar PV plants, with 31.7 megawatts of Virtus PV modules for a commercial PV project in the United Kingdom.

20 Jan 2014

MIT develop solar device that uses heat to enhance efficiency

A new approach to harvesting solar energy, developed by MIT researchers, could improve efficiency by using sunlight to heat a high-temperature material whose infrared radiation would then be collected by a conventional photovoltaic cell.

20 Jan 2014