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Largest U.S. Solar Energy Event Starts This Week

All roads lead to Southern California this week, as thousands of people from around the world attend Solar Power International, the largest solar energy industry event in the Americas

13 Oct 2008

Australian Internet Company, Internode, Embraces Green Power

Internode has embraced renewable energy by contracting to use 100 per cent "GreenPower" throughout its operations, effective since the start of September

13 Oct 2008

Space Probe Searching for Habitable Environment and Signs of Life on Planet Earth

Scientists using ESA’s Venus Express are trying to observe whether Earth is habitable. Silly, you might think, when we know that Earth is richly stocked with life. In fact, far from being a pointless exercise, Venus Express is paving the way for an exciting new era in astronomy

13 Oct 2008

Children's Environmental Education Program Celebrates 15 Year Anniversary

Puget Sound Energy’s Powerful Choices for the Environment (Powerful Choices), a cooperative in-classroom educational program that teaches Washington state middle school students how their actions impact the environment, recently celebrated its 15-year anniversary at an event at PSE’s Wild Horse Wind and Solar Facility near Ellensburg, Washington, USA

9 Oct 2008

Next Generation Energy Storage for War Ships to be Developed by Satcon

Satcon Technology Corporation, a leading provider of utility scale distributed power solutions for the renewable energy market, announced today that it has been awarded a contract worth approximately $6 million by the Office of Naval Research

9 Oct 2008

Sandia Chosen to Manage Renewable Energy Program, SEGIS, the Solar Energy Grid Integration Systems

Sandia National Laboratories has been chosen as project manager of a new Department of Energy renewable energy program called Solar Energy Grid Integration Systems (SEGIS)

9 Oct 2008

New Material Set to Use Waste Heat From Your Car to Increase Mileage

Northwestern University led research team has identified a promising new material that could transform a technology that currently cools and heats car seats -- thermoelectrics -- into one that also efficiently converts waste heat into electricity to help power the car and improve gas mileage

9 Oct 2008

Solar Powered Not Terminated as Arnold Schwarzenegger Dedicates Solar Electricity System at Applied Materials

Today California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger dedicated the 2 megawatt solar power system at the Applied Materials campus in Sunnyvale, California, one of the largest corporate solar power installations in the United States. The Governor praised Applied’s work in the solar industry after viewing the extensive parking lot-based solar array as well as a demonstration of the company’s thin film solar technology

9 Oct 2008

Nanotechnology Developments to Replace Fossil Fuels and Solve Climate Change

A team of physicists, engineers, chemists and biologists at the University of Kansas and partner institutions is devising nanotechnology that could help supplant fossil fuels and curb climate change

8 Oct 2008

Extreme Summer Snowmelt in Northern Greenland Revealed by Satellite Data

The northern part of the Greenland ice sheet experienced extreme snowmelt during the summer of 2008, with large portions of the area subject to record melting days

8 Oct 2008