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Innnovative Passive House Constructed Using BASF Neopor

One of the first passive houses with a load-bearing wood construction of stacked board elements and facade insulation using BASF Neopor has now been finished

6 Jan 2009

Victory for Green America as Plans Are Dropped For Building Five New Coal Fired Power Plants

The decision by U.S. power company Dynegy to pull out of planned power plant projects means that "coal-fired power is one big step closer to being mothballed once and for all," according to Green America, formerly known as "Co-op America."

5 Jan 2009

Big Volcanic Eruptions Cool Tropical Regions

Climate researchers have shown that big volcanic eruptions over the past 450 years have temporarily cooled weather in the tropics

5 Jan 2009

Obama Stimulus Package to Double Solar Electricity Production in USA

President-Elect Barack Obama announced in his weekly radio address that the government's new stimulus plan will double renewable energy production in the next two years

5 Jan 2009

Automower Solar Hybrid from Husqvarna is a Solar Powered Robot Lawn Mower

Husqvarna's Automower Solar Hybrid is a fully robotic lawn mower partly powered by the sun and uses no fuel or oil

5 Jan 2009

Solar Panels Made in Arizona Enter the Photovoltaics Market

American Solar Electric, Inc. and Solon Corporation today announced a photovoltaic (PV) module supply agreement. The agreement initially calls for Solon to supply over 1.5 megawatts (MW) of its Tucson-manufactured solar panels to American Solar Electric

5 Jan 2009

Large Order Placed For Photovoltaics Solar Cell Manufacturing Equipment

Despatch Industries, a leading process technology provider for the solar industry, announces their recent large volume sale of photovoltaic manufacturing equipment

5 Jan 2009

Research Grant Awarded to Use Nanotechnology to Develop Organic-Inorganic Hybrid Solar Cells

The Advanced Technology Institute at the University of Surrey has been awarded a major research grant by the energy giant E.ON based in Germany as part of their 'Application of Nanotechnology in the Energy Business' to use nanotechnological expertise to develop organic-inorganic hybrid solar cells

5 Jan 2009

Energy Savings and Tax Credit Earnings With Window Films

CPFilms Inc, the world's leading producer of professional window films for automotive, residential, and commercial markets, has announced that its Vista, LLumar and Gila energy-saving window films will qualify for a federal tax credit in 2009

4 Jan 2009