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Commercial Roof Solar Systems to be Supplied by Carlisle Energy Services and Energy Conversion Devices

Carlisle Energy Services and Energy Conversion Devices announced that they have reached a multi-year agreement for ECD to supply its UNI-SOLAR laminates to Carlisle Energy Services

1 Feb 2009

Largest Green Home in the US to be Built with Greenblock ICF Wall Systems

Greenblock Worldwide Corporation announced that its Insulated Concrete Form (ICF) wall system has been selected for use in the Athena Marie Ocean Front Southern Plantation located on North Hutchinson Island in Vero Beach, Florida

1 Feb 2009

Photovoltaic Experts and CEOs to Discuss Solar Business Opportunities in India

CEOs from the Indian solar PV industry and government experts will speak at an international solar energy conference in Hyderabad on 18 February

1 Feb 2009

NRG Shift to be Renewable Energy Consultancy for Rolling Hills Ranch Intermodal Port

The proposed Intermodal Array would not be the largest solar array in comparison to other projects in AZ like the multi MW solar arrays operated by TEP or the Solana 280 MW solar array proposed by Abengoa for the Arizona Public Service Company. It would, however, be a significant array in AZ operated by a non-utility

1 Feb 2009

Pioneer Installs Dupont Solar Power System in Hawaii

DuPont has installed its largest photovoltaic solar energy facility at its Pioneer Hi-Bred Waimea Research Center in Kauai, Hawaii

29 Jan 2009

Research Aircraft Fly From the Arctic to the Antarctic to Study Greenhouse Gases

A team of scientists has successfully flown from the Arctic to the Antarctic this month aboard an advanced research aircraft, the first step in a three-year project to make the most extensive airborne measurements of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases to date

29 Jan 2009

Quantum Dots, Part of the Nanotechnology Revolution May Be Toxic to Health and the Environment

Researchers in Texas are reporting that quantum dots (QDs) — a product of the revolution in nanotechnology increasingly used in electronics, solar cells, and medical imaging devices — may be toxic to cells under acidic or alkaline conditions

29 Jan 2009

WalMart Opens Environmental Demonstration Store

Wal-Mart Canada has announced the opening of its first environmental demonstration store in Burlington, Ontario, which features a first-of-its-kind application of geothermal technology in a large-scale Canadian retail operation and energy-conserving lighting innovations, among many other sustainable features

28 Jan 2009

Governments Must Lead and Be the Power Behind Renewable Energy and Sustainability

WWF has told an audience of energy experts and senior government officials from more than 20 countries that the world’s leading governments and businesses must lead the planet towards the benefits of renewable energy and a sustainable future

28 Jan 2009

Hybrid Nuclear Fusion - Fission Power Plant Could Provide Carbon Free Safe Energy

New hybrid fusion-fission nuclear power plants could provide carbon free power while using and destroying dangerous, radioactive wastes from normal nuclear power plants

27 Jan 2009