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SPI 2013 Features New Taiwanese Solar Power Solutions

Executives of leading photovoltaic (PV) technology makers in Taiwan – the second largest manufacturer of PV cells in the world – announced a variety of new developments this week at a press conference at the Solar Power International 2013 exhibition in Chicago.

28 Oct 2013

NASA Satellite Data Reveals Antarctic Ozone Hole Bit Below Average in 2013

The ozone hole that forms each year in the stratosphere over Antarctica was slightly smaller in 2013 than average in recent decades, according to NASA satellite data.

28 Oct 2013

PNM Solar Project Named as Finalist in 2013 Platts Global Energy Awards

A New Mexico project continues to receive national recognition; the PNM Prosperity Energy Storage Project has been named as a finalist in the 2013 Platts Global Energy Awards in the sustainable innovation category. Partners in the project include PNM, the University of New Mexico (UNM), Northern New Mexico College (NNMC) and Sandia National Laboratories. The winners will be announced Dec. 15.

28 Oct 2013

EPFL Researchers Track Micropollutants in Lake Geneva Using Computer Simulations

Antibiotics, urban pesticides, and other contaminants accumulate where wastewater is released into Lake Geneva. Using computer simulations, EPFL researchers have shown that the risk they pose is highest during summer and that they degrade most efficiently during the winter.

28 Oct 2013

NRG Energy Announces Phase One Completion of Solar Installation at Levi’s Stadium

NRG Energy, Inc. and the San Francisco 49ers today announced a construction milestone – the completion of phase one of the solar installation at Levi’s® Stadium, the future home of the 49ers. This significant step will help Levi’s® Stadium to become the first stadium that is home to an NFL team to have sustainability and LEED certification standards incorporated into its design and architecture.

From NRG Energy, Inc. 25 Oct 2013

NNSA Presents Best in Class Sustainability Award to Sandia National Laboratories

The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) awarded Sandia National Laboratories a Best in Class Sustainability Award for improvements in the labs’ Saturn and High Energy Radiation Megavolt Electron Source (HERMES) III pulsed power facilities.

25 Oct 2013

GreenSpense’s Eco-Friendly Solution to Address Challenges Presented by Aerosol Containers

12 billion aerosol sprays, gels and foams are manufactured annually; over 500,000 tons of gas (used as a propellant in aerosols) contribute to the expensive packaging and environmental danger of today's aerosol canisters. An Israeli company, GreenSpense, has developed an eco-friendly solution to the challenges and dangers presented by aerosol containers.

25 Oct 2013

Third Annual Central Coast Sustainability Summit Held at UCSB's Corwin Pavilion

The overarching motif of the Third Annual Central Coast Sustainability Summit is building — not edifices per se, rather the foundations for promoting sustainable practices in Santa Barbara County and beyond. Held at UC Santa Barbara's Corwin Pavilion, speakers throughout the day shared their firsthand experience in taking "Action Today for Tomorrow," the tagline for conference host UCSB Sustainability.

25 Oct 2013

New Trans-Atlantic Collaboration to Tackle Global Water Problems

A new trans-Atlantic collaboration, 'Clean Water for All', will bring leading water engineers from the United States and the UK together to tackle problems of providing clean, sustainable water supplies.

25 Oct 2013

Researchers Make Cheaper, Greener Supercapacitors Using Wood Biochar

Researchers report that wood-biochar supercapacitors can produce as much power as today's activated-carbon supercapacitors at a fraction of the cost – and with environmentally friendly byproducts.

24 Oct 2013

Texas A&M AgriLife Research and Siemens to Develop Chemical-Based Water Treatment Technology

Siemens Water Technologies and Texas A&M AgriLife Research have signed an exclusive license agreement and a research and development agreement to continue to develop and commercialize a chemical-based technology to more efficiently and cost-effectively remove heavy metals from water and wastewater at power utility, mining, refinery and remediation sites.

24 Oct 2013

S&C Electric Company to Develop 4.1-MW Solar Photovoltaic Farm in Massachusetts

S&C Electric Company, a global leader in renewable energy integration, today announces a $9.7 million USD project with Green States Energy for construction of a 4.1-MW solar photovoltaic farm in Sandwich, Mass. This project will help Massachusetts reach its larger goal of developing 400 MW of solar photovoltaic power in the Commonwealth.

24 Oct 2013

NRG Energy Announces Offering of Fully Customizable, Freestanding Solar Canopy

NRG Energy, Inc., through its wholly owned subsidiary NRG Solar – one of the nation’s largest solar developers – today announced the offering of the fully customizable, freestanding NRG Solar Canopy.

From NRG Energy, Inc. 24 Oct 2013

Environmental Expert Guibin Jiang Receives Agilent Thought Leader Award

Agilent Technologies Inc. today announced that Dr. Guibin Jiang has received an Agilent Thought Leader Award in recognition of his seminal contributions to China’s environmental research and conservation efforts. Dr. Jiang is director of the State Key Lab of Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology and the Chinese Academy of Sciences’ Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences (RCEES).

24 Oct 2013

Scientists Model Effects of Future Climate Change on Forests

In a warming world, how far will forest species need to shift in space in order to find survivable climate conditions? And how much will temperature change on the forest floor – the landscape that serves as a nursery for tree seedlings, and thus is critical to forest survival?

23 Oct 2013