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Thin Film Solar Patent Decision Made

In an oral decision issued today, the European Patent Office (EPO) revoked European Patent No. EP 0 871 979 issued to the University of Neuchatel (the Neuchatel patent), which pertains to solar photovoltaic (PV) technology

31 Mar 2009

Growing Population of East Africa Causing Local Climate Change

Nights are getting hotter among cities in east Africa as growing populations change sensitive local weather patterns, according to research at The University of Alabama in Huntsville

31 Mar 2009

BRE Innovation Park to Include Green Apartment Block and Retail Outlet

Work starts this week on a Code for Sustainable Homes Level 6 four-storey apartment block complete with an retail store which will form part of the Phase II expansion of the BRE Innovation Park

31 Mar 2009

Passive Solar Energy System a Success for The Energy Crowd

theEnergyCrowd.com the crowd-source based developer of renewable energy technologies has announced that the initial stage of its first project has proved successful. A passive solar energy based system for capturing heat energy for either long or short term storage started producing results - even during late winter months

31 Mar 2009

Construction Begins on the Team California 2009 Solar Decathlon House

While thousands of students have been away on spring break, a handful of them stayed behind to begin construction on their solar-powered house for the U.S. Department of Energy’s 2009 Solar Decathlon

31 Mar 2009

Microbes Use Electricity to Produce Methane Renewable Fuel From Carbon Dioxide

A tiny microbe can take electricity and directly convert carbon dioxide and water to methane, producing a portable energy source with a potentially neutral carbon footprint, according to a team of Penn State engineers

30 Mar 2009

Linde Group to Supply Gases for Next-Gen Thin Film Photovoltaic Production for Masdar in Germany

The Linde Group has been awarded a long-term contract to supply all the gases for next-generation thin-film photovoltaic (PV) module production at Masdar's manufacturing site in Erfurt, Germany

30 Mar 2009

Several Factors Converge to Put Solar Cell Market at a Crossroads

Several factors have converged over the past several months that will impact the solar cell market

30 Mar 2009

Climate Entrepreneurs Will Be The Driving Force Behind a Low Carbon Future

WWF urges delegates at the ongoing UN climate talks in Bonn to find ways to support a new class of climate entrepreneurs as the main drivers for a future low carbon economy

30 Mar 2009

Atlantis and Statkraft To Develop European Tidal Current Electricity Generation

Atlantis Resources Corporation, one of the world’s leading developers of electricity-generating tidal current turbines, has entered into a cooperation agreement with Statkraft, Europe’s largest generator of renewable energy

30 Mar 2009