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Breakthrough in Cheap Hydrogen Fuel Production

A discovery at the University of Wisconsin-Madison may represent a significant advance in the quest to create a "hydrogen economy" that would use this abundant element to store and transfer energy.

3 Jul 2013

Researcher Receives EPA Grant for Climate Change Study

More frequent sweltering summers, droughts, flooding and extreme weather across the country are expected with our changing global climate. The problem is so severe that the Obama Administration is taking new steps to cut greenhouse gas emissions to help the nation manage the effects of climate change and to lead international climate efforts.

3 Jul 2013

Carbon Dioxide Likely Controls Biodiversity of Keystone Organisms in Ocean Biology

Study shows the atmospheric CO2 has big consequences for the tiny bacteria that are the foundation of most life in the sea

3 Jul 2013

New Research Collaboration to Develop and Test Wireless Charging Systems for Evs

South Carolina’s leading automotive research center and premier technology and aviation business park have partnered to study next-generation vehicle technology.

3 Jul 2013

Gehrlicher Solar completes three additional solar parks in Romania with a total capacity of 9 MWp

The internationally operating photovoltaic company realizes threeground-mounted systems for a Romanian private investor in the county of Mures.

3 Jul 2013

SolarWorld’s Polycrystalline Silicon Solar Panel Achieves Top Grade in PV+Test

Solar panels from SolarWorld, the largest solar manufacturer in Europe and the United States, have earned the highest ranking in the PV+Test, a rigorous testing regimen that evaluates solar panels according to broad technical and financial criteria.

2 Jul 2013

Canadian Solar to Provide PV Modules for Thailand Soleq Solar Power Plant Projects

Canadian Solar Inc. (the "Company", or "Canadian Solar"), one of the world's largest solar power companies, today announced that it has been awarded an exclusive module supply agreement to provide photovoltaic (PV) modules totaling 91MW for Soleq Solar (Thailand) Co. Ltd. (Soleq) power plant projects in Thailand.

From Canadian Solar 2 Jul 2013

UCF Spinout Companies Selected to Compete in 2013 MegaWatt Ventures Competition

Two University of Central Florida spinout companies are among ten innovative clean-tech companies from the Southeastern U.S. selected to compete in the 2013 MegaWatt Ventures—an annual clean technology business plan competition sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy.

2 Jul 2013

University Park Elementary School to Host Rooftop Solar Array

The University Park Elementary School will become the first Prince George’s County public school to host a rooftop solar array. The solar project, scheduled for completion later this month, is a partnership between the Town of University Park, Md. and the Prince George’s County Public School System. Standard Solar, Inc., a Maryland-based company specializing in solar electric systems, is carrying out the project.

2 Jul 2013

Cornell Student Teams Win EPA’s People, Prosperity and the Planet Award

Two Cornell student teams – a cookstove fuel/biochar group and the AguaClara water filtration project – won the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s prestigious People, Prosperity and the Planet (P3) Award June 19. With about 45 teams in the competition, Cornell was the only school with two of the seven winning teams.

2 Jul 2013

Cities of the Future to be Discussed at Global Sustainability Summer School 2013

What do the cities of the future look like? What role do they play for global climate change? What influence does the German energy transformation have worldwide? These questions are in the centre of the 2nd Global Sustainability Summer School on “COMPLEX(C)ITY – Urbanization and energy transition in a changing climate“ taking place from 1 to 12 July, sponsored by the Robert Bosch Foundation and jointly organised by the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) and the Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies (IASS).

2 Jul 2013

Industrial Biotechnology Explores Advances in Fungal Biology and Bioengineering Fungal Systems

Among the increasingly valuable roles fungi are playing in the biotechnology industry is their ability to produce enzymes capable of releasing sugars from plants, trees, and other forms of complex biomass, which can then be converted to biofuels and biobased chemicals.

2 Jul 2013

Study Identifies Potential Hotspots of Climate Impacts

One out of ten people on Earth is likely to live in a climate impact hotspot by the end of this century, if greenhouse gas emissions continue unabated. Many more are put at risk in a worst-case scenario of the combined impacts on crop yields, water availability, ecosystems, and health, according to a study now published online by the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS).

2 Jul 2013

ReneSola Completes Upgrades and Restarts Production at Sichuan Polysilicon Plant

ReneSola Ltd ("ReneSola" or the "Company"), a leading brand and technology provider of solar photovoltaic ("PV") products, announced the Company restarted production at its Sichuan polysilicon plant on July 1, 2013, following upgrades to its furnaces and hydrochlorination technology.

2 Jul 2013

New Institute for Climate Change and Agriculture at Cornell

For farmers, a warming climate challenges fundamental decisions they have always made based on the certainty of the weather ¨C such as when to plant various crops, which varieties to choose or what investments in cooling or irrigation infrastructure would make the most economic sense. They will soon have a resource to help them navigate the changes: the Cornell Institute for Climate Change and Agriculture. Allison Morrill Chatrchyan becomes its first director Sept. 1.

1 Jul 2013