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USAID and ASU Provide Training to Promote Clean Energy in the Pacific Islands

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID), in partnership with the College of Technology and Innovation at Arizona State University (ASU), is implementing the Vocational Training and Education for Clean Energy (VOCTEC) Program to help improve the sustainability of renewable energy investments and infrastructure in the Pacific region by increasing local awareness, knowledge and capacity in clean energy.

4 Mar 2013

Dominion Acquires Solar Energy Development Project in Georgia

Dominion, one of the nation's largest energy providers, has acquired a solar energy development project in Georgia from Smart Energy Capital and Jacoby Development. The project is to begin commercial operation late this year.

2 Mar 2013

NASA Commences Study on Alternate Biofuel for Flights

NASA researchers have begun a series of flights using the agency's DC-8 flying laboratory to study the effects of alternate biofuel on engine performance, emissions and aircraft-generated contrails at altitude.

2 Mar 2013

KIT Realizes Second Process Stage of Bioliq Pilot Plant

On the way to the production of environment-friendly fuels from biomass residue, the Karlsruher Institut für Technologie, or KIT for short, in cooperation with the technology partner Air Liquide Global E&C Solutions has realized another important milestone: the second process stage of the bioliq® pilot plant is ready – today, the complex high-pressure entrained flow gasifier bioliq® II was handed over for operation.

1 Mar 2013

USDA Project to Develop Renewable Energy from Biomass

"Green" chemistry developed at Rice University is at the center of a new government effort to turn plant waste into fatty acids, and then into fuel.

1 Mar 2013

University of Connecticut Professor Develops New Fabrication Process to Improve Solar Energy Systems

A novel fabrication technique developed by a University of Connecticut engineering professor could provide the breakthrough technology scientists have been looking for to vastly improve the efficiency of today's solar energy systems.

1 Mar 2013

New Energy Husum 2013 Takes Place from 21 to 24 March

New Energy Husum, the leading renewable energy trade fair, offers trade and private visitors, job seekers and families numerous informative and entertaining events from 21 to 24 March.

28 Feb 2013

Nestle Celebrates First Renewable Energy Project with Hosting of Two Wind Turbines in Cabazon, California

Nestle is celebrating its first wind energy project in the world today with the hosting of two wind turbines at its Nestle Waters North America (NWNA) bottling plant in Cabazon, Calif.

27 Feb 2013

Piedmont Biofuels Certified Under Roundtable on Sustainable Biofuels Program

Piedmont Biofuels of Pittsboro, North Carolina has been certified under the internationally recognized Roundtable on Sustainable Biofuels (RSB) Program following a third-party assessment conducted by SCS Global Services (SCS).

27 Feb 2013

New Research Suggests Power Capacity of Large-Scale Wind Farms Overestimated

People think of wind as an energy source with few limits, offering an unending power source with distinct capacity advantages over sources that deplete, such as fossil fuel.

27 Feb 2013