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New Study Provides Key Insights into Dynamics of Deep Biosphere

Traces of past microbial life in sediments off the coast of Peru document how the microbial ecosystem under the seafloor has responded to climate change over hundreds of thousands of years. For more a decade scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology and their colleagues at MARUM and the University of Aarhus have investigated microbial life from this habitat.

23 Oct 2013

AEG Power Solutions Announces Deployment of 5.8MWp Commercial PV Installation in Arizona

AEG Power Solutions (AEG PS), a global provider of power electronics for renewable energies, and its subsidiary skytron energy, a global leader in monitoring and control solutions for utility-scale renewable energy power plants, today announced the successful deployment of a 5.8 MWp commercial PV installation for PPA Partners in Yuma, Arizona.

23 Oct 2013

EDF Renewable Energy Announces Close of MIPSA and Start of Construction for Lepomis Solar Project

EDF Renewable Energy announces the close of the Membership Interest Purchase and Sale Agreement (MIPSA) and start of construction for the Lepomis Solar Project. EDF Renewable Energy and Sage Stone LLC, an international development and investment advisory company (www.sagestonellc.com), signed the MIPSA in July 2013.

23 Oct 2013

Enovos-NPG Energy Partnership to Accelerate Renewable Energy Development in Netherlands and Belgium

In August 2013, Enovos Luxembourg increased its stake in the NPG energy company, taking it up to 50.98%. In doing so, the energy supplier is highlighting its desire to strengthen its presence within the renewable-energy production sector in Belgium and the Netherlands.

22 Oct 2013

Suntech to Showcase its New Zep Compatible Module at Solar Power International

Suntech Power Holdings Co., Ltd., ("Suntech" or the "Company"), one of the world's largest solar companies, today announced a quicker and more cost effective method, using Zep Solar® technology, to install PV arrays for commercial and residential roof applications. Suntech will showcase its new Zep CompatibleTM module at this week's Solar Power International (SPI) Exhibition, booth #243.

22 Oct 2013

RGF Environmental Group to Unveil Novel PHI Treatment Tunnel-PLUS at Chicago Process Expo

Photohydroionization™, PHI for short, is a chemical-free, natural, green and environmentally-friendly advanced oxidation technology which utilizes broad spectrum ultraviolet light rays in conjunction with a catalytic target.

22 Oct 2013

Canadian Solar Receives Contract to Supply 1.78MW to KAPSARC Solar Project, Saudi

Canadian Solar Inc. (the "Company", or "Canadian Solar"), one of the world's largest solar power companies, today announced that it has been awarded a contract to supply 1.78MW to Saudi Aramco's KAPSARC ("King Abdullah Petroleum Studies and Research Center") solar power project in Saudi Arabia.

From Canadian Solar 22 Oct 2013

Volvo Environment Prize Awarded to Chinese Glaciologist and Climate Scientist

The Chinese glaciologist and climate scientist Dr. Qin Dahe has been awarded this year’s Volvo Environment Prize. The award winner is a key contributor to the fifth assessment report from the UN climate panel (IPPC), whose first section, the “Physical Science Basis”, was released in September. He attracted wide attention last year with a report on how climate change leads to more extreme weather events.

22 Oct 2013

Suntech to Showcase its 1500V Frameless PV Module at Solar Power International

Suntech Power Holdings Co., Ltd., ("Suntech" or the "Company"), one of the world's largest solar companies, will showcase its 1,500V frameless photovoltaic module at the Solar Power International (SPI) Exhibition in Chicago, Illinois. This higher voltage module, engineered for utility-scale and commercial applications, lowers balance of system costs. Suntech's 1,500V frameless PV module will be on display at booth #243.

From Suntech 22 Oct 2013

NSU, MWC and ARB Partner with Village of Ridgewood to Open New Water Pollution Control Plant

Representatives of the Village of Ridgewood, NJ, Natural Systems Utilities, Middlesex Water Company, and American Refining and Biochemical today celebrated a Grand Opening of the public-private partnership's renewable energy project at the Village's water pollution control plant.

21 Oct 2013

Governor Pat Quinn, Shedd Aquarium Begin Clean-Energy Initiative with Installation of 913 PV Solar Panels in Illinois

Governor Pat Quinn and Shedd Aquarium today kicked off the first phase of the institution's clean-energy initiative with the installation of 913 photovoltaic solar panels on top of the aquarium's world-class marine mammal pavilion. In an event held on the roof of the Abbott Oceanarium, the Governor, along with Shedd leadership and Illinois sustainability champions, unveiled the 265-kilowatt project that is the biggest solar installation in any cultural institution in the state of Illinois funded through a public and private partnership.

21 Oct 2013

PowerGenix Signs Nickel-Zinc Product Evaluation Contract with HELLA

PowerGenix, the leading developer of high performance Nickel-Zinc (NiZn) batteries, today announced that it has signed a product evaluation contract with HELLA, a direct (tier 1) supplier to major automotive manufacturers worldwide.

21 Oct 2013

CNES Lab at Georgia Institute of Technology Aims to Solve Technological Problems in Clean Energy

In the past two years, the price of solar panels has dropped about 80 percent. Yet electricity from solar panels is still too expensive to compete with power from fossil fuels because the cost of all the other components and activities involved in installation— hardware, labor, permitting and inspection — hasn’t seen a comparable decline.

21 Oct 2013

Georgia Power Adds ENERGY STAR Certified LEDs to its Portfolio of Energy Efficiency Programs

Georgia Power announced today the newest addition to its portfolio of energy efficiency programs – instant savings of 20-50 percent on ENERGY STAR® Certified LEDs at participating The Home Depot stores throughout the state.

From Georgia Power Company 21 Oct 2013

JinkoSolar Holding Signs Strategic Agreement to Develop 120MW Distributed PV Power Plant

JinkoSolar Holding Co., Ltd. ("JinkoSolar" or the "Company"), a global leader in the solar PV industry, today announced that it has signed a strategic agreement with the local authority in Electromechanical Industrial Park, Zhenjiang New Area, Jiangsu Province, to develop 120 MW distributed PV power plant within 3 years. It will be the largest distributed PV power plant in China upon its completion.

19 Oct 2013