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Gov. Deval Patrick Describes Successes in Achieving Clean-Energy Goals at MIT

In an Earth Day address at MIT in 2008, Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick outlined an ambitious set of goals that he said could achieve significant reductions in greenhouse-gas emissions and create businesses and jobs based on clean-energy solutions. In a follow-up talk this week, he described a series of successes in achieving these goals.

29 Apr 2013

Economic Losses from Extreme Weather May Double by 2050

U.S. economic losses from extreme weather could at least double by 2050, according to an Oak Ridge National Laboratory analysis published this month in the online edition of the journal Global Environmental Change.

29 Apr 2013

More Efficient, Less Expensive Biofuel by Changing the Way Plants Form Cellulose

Changing the way a plant forms cellulose may lead to more efficient, less expensive biofuel production, according to Penn State engineers.

29 Apr 2013

Sorubin Named Sweden’s Hottest CleanTech Company

Sorubin, the leader in ‘next generation’ energy efficient aeration products for water treatment, has been named Sweden’s Hottest CleanTech Company. The prize is not only awarded to water companies, but for the CleanTech sector as a whole. Out of Sweden’s 5000 CleanTech companies, 50 were carefully selected for the list and Sorubin listed as number one.

26 Apr 2013

Alstom, Max Bögl Sign MoU to Develop Hybrid High Tower for ECO 122 Onshore Wind Turbines

Alstom signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Max Bögl Wind AG - a leader in planning and constructing wind energy plants in Germany - last 19th April. This agreement will enable the development of a 139 meters high tower specifically designed for Alstom’s ECO 122 onshore wind turbines.

From Alstom 26 Apr 2013

VTT Technology to Be Applied to Brazilian Sugar Cane Biomass Processing Industry

VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland exports its expertise as a developer of biomass processing technology to Brazil. Odebrecht, a conglomerate and one of the southern hemisphere's largest enterprises, is making preparations for second generation ethanol production and plans to construct a demonstration plant.

26 Apr 2013

Low-Cost, Effective Way to Reduce Impact of Cooking over Biomass Fires

Billions of people worldwide burn animal dung, crop residues, wood and charcoal to cook their meals. And the chemicals produced and inhaled sicken or kill millions. At particular risk are women who prepare their families’ food and children 5-years-old or younger.

26 Apr 2013

German Government to Implement Incentive Program for Residential Solar Energy Storage Systems

Sustainable Energy Technologies Ltd("Sustainable Energy" or the "Company"), a manufacturer of intelligent power electronics for decentralized generation and storage systems is pleased to confirm that the German Government will implement the expected incentive program for residential solar energy storage systems, beginning May 1, 2013. (See News Release: February 19, 2013: Sustainable Energy's Energy Storage Inverter Selected by Leading European Energy Management System Supplier)

26 Apr 2013

University of Manchester Researcher Wins Pollution Challenge Competition

A University of Manchester researcher has been crowned Postdoctoral winner of the Environment Agency's Pollution Challenge competition, wowing judges with his bold and innovative vision to tackle pollution.

26 Apr 2013

Floating Wind Turbines and Undersea Storage Spheres May Provide Reliable, On-Demand Power

Offshore wind could provide abundant electricity — but as with solar energy, this power supply can be intermittent and unpredictable. But a new approach from researchers at MIT could mitigate that problem, allowing the electricity generated by floating wind farms to be stored and then used, on demand, whenever it’s needed.

26 Apr 2013

Low-Cost, Long-Life Battery Addresses Natural Fluctuations of Solar and Wind Energies

Researchers from the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory and Stanford University have designed a low-cost, long-life battery that could enable solar and wind energy to become major suppliers to the electrical grid.

25 Apr 2013

Innovative Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Device for the Developing World

In some parts of the developing world, people may live in homes without electricity or toilets or running water but yet they own cell phones. To charge those phones, they may have to walk for miles to reach a town charging station—and possibly even have to leave their phones overnight.

25 Apr 2013