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Green Products Driving Export Growth In Chinese Lighting and Electrical Market

Despite the financial crisis, demand for 'green' products continues to spur growth in China's lighting and electrical export industry

4 May 2009

Australian Government Backs Away From Carbon Reduction Scheme and Blames the Recession

The Rudd Government in Australia will delay the start of the Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme by one year to help Australian companies manage the impacts of the global recession

4 May 2009

Advanced Manufacturing Technologies Shown to Be Less Efficient Than Old Style Manufacturing

A comprehensive study of old and new manufacturing processes, from machining metal to making carbon nanofibers, shows that the more advanced technologies are less efficient in their use of energy and materials per kilogram of output

4 May 2009

Calls For No New Coal Power For Scotland Until Carbon Capture and Storage Is Ready

Scotland, which has just issued a report extolling its potential for carbon capture and storage, should hold off on constructing any new coal-fired power stations until carbon storage becomes a reality

4 May 2009

The Future of Solar Energy to be Presented and Discussed at Conference

SolarPlaza, a leading consultancy on the global solar industry, is pleased to announce “The Solar Future” Conference to be held in Munich, Germany on May 26

4 May 2009

Energy Frontier Research Center to be Established at Stony Brook University

Stony Brook University will be home to the new Northeastern Chemical Energy Storage Center (NOCESC), which involves a team of experimentalists and theorists

4 May 2009

Turnkey Solar Electricity Solution, Solar In A Box, Now Available from Clayton Homes

Ready Solar Inc., the company that created the solar-in-a-box industry, announced today that its SOLAR IN A BOX will be the solar PV system option for the new i-house available now from Clayton Homes

4 May 2009

DuPont Opens Technical Center in China for the Development of Solar Electricity Panels

DuPont today opened a photovoltaic (PV) technical center at its China global R&D Center in Shanghai to support material developments for the fast growing crystalline silicon photovoltaic solar energy market. DuPont expects to nearly triple its annual photovoltaic sales to more than $1 billion in 2012

4 May 2009

University of South Carolina Selected for Alternative Energy Research Center

The University of South Carolina has been selected by the U.S. Department of Energy to house a research center that is expected to bring $12.5 million in federal funding, the largest award in the university's history, to a team of internationally recognized energy researchers in the College of Engineering and Computing

4 May 2009

Sustainable Building Design WIth Advanced Architectural Glass and Metal Roof Coatings

PPG Industries offers architects a single, comprehensive resource for designing sustainable building envelopes through advanced architectural glasses and metal roof coatings

4 May 2009