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Siemens Expands Wind Turbine Manufacturing To China

Siemens is expanding its global manufacturing network for wind turbine plants and is building a new production facility in Lingang New City in Shanghai

24 May 2009

Environmental Performance Improvements at H+H Recognised

H+H UK's continued commitment to improving its environmental performance is demonstrated by the fact that it has moved further up the Sunday Times Green Companies list

24 May 2009

Electricity Generation From Tinted Glass Coated With World's Smallest Organic Solar Cells

New Energy Technologies, announced that, it is continuing to further advance the development of its tinted transparent glass SolarWindows capable of generating electricity by coating glass surfaces with the world’s smallest known organic solar cells

21 May 2009

World's Largest Offshore Wind Farm Array to Get 175 Siemens Wind Turbines

Siemens Energy will supply 175 SWT-3.6 turbines to the London Array offshore wind project. Upon completion, the London Array project will be the largest offshore wind farm in the world with a capacity of 630 megawatts (MW). There is also an option to further expand the wind farm up to 1,000 MW in the future

20 May 2009

Prince Charles Checks on Progress of Sustainable 'Natural House'

Prince Charles paid a visit to the BRE Innovation Park in Watford today to check the progress of the Natural House, an alternative approach to sustainable home building which is being constructed by educational charity the Prince's Foundation for the Built Environment

19 May 2009

Hydrogen Fuel Cell Powered Street Cleaning Vehicle Keeping the Roads of Basel Tidy

Empa and the Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI) have, together with Bucher Schoerling, Proton Motor, BRUSA Elektronik AG und Messer Schweiz, developed a hydrogen powered municipal street cleaning vehicle which was presented to the public in Basel

18 May 2009

Air Fuelled Battery For A New Generation of Electric Cars, Mobile Phones and Laptop Computers

A new type of air-fuelled battery could give up to ten times the energy storage of designs currently available.This step-change in capacity could pave the way for a new generation of electric cars, mobile phones and laptops

18 May 2009

Tiny, Programmable Switch-mode Battery Chargers Feature Fast and Efficient "Green" Technology

Summit Microelectronics has expanded its third-generation programmable battery charger integrated circuit (IC) family with the introduction of the SMB329. Based on the award winning, highly-integrated SMB339 family, the ...

18 May 2009

Technologically Advanced Decals on the Whitehouse Windows May Protect Birds

WindowAlert announced today that it has sent technologically advanced window decals to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington DC. The decals help prevent wild birds from striking windows. It is hoped that Michelle Obama and her children will set an example for the country by installing the decals on White House windows

17 May 2009

Deal Signed by AMSC and ACCIONA Energy for Wind Turbine Low Voltage Ride Through Solution

American Superconductor Corporation (NASDAQ: AMSC), a leading energy technologies company, today announced that it has received an order worth more than $10 million from ACCIONA Energy, a division of ACCIONA SA (MC: ANA) and a world leader in renewable power, for its new Dynamic VAR Ride Through (D-VAR RT) solution

13 May 2009