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A*STAR, Fujitsu Partner to Enhance Singapore's Urban Sustainability

The Centre leverages on high performance computing (HPC)-enabled R&D technologies based on real-world data to enhance Singapore's urban sustainability & create key innovations for industry development

27 Mar 2013

Vista to Utilize MFG-8 Thermal Gasifier for Northeastern US Waste-to-Energy Project

Vista International Technologies, Inc., a pioneer in efficient Waste-to-Energy technology, is pleased to announce that it has begun construction on the company's previously announced northeastern US pilot Waste-to-Energy project.

26 Mar 2013

NorthStar's Fast Recharging Blue + Battery Delivers Long Life on Unstable Power Grids

NorthStar's new premium AGM Blue + Battery delivers fast recharging and high PSOC cyclic performance, for long life on very unstable power grids, and impressive fuel savings when used with hybrid telecom power systems.

26 Mar 2013

New Strategy for Improving Power-Generation Efficiency of Wind-Farms

Incorporating wind power into existing power grids is challenging because fluctuating wind speed and direction means turbines generate power inconsistently. Coupled with customers' varying power demand, many wind-farm managers end up wasting power-generation capacity and limiting the service life of turbines through active control – including fully stopping turbines – in order to avoid any possible damage to the power grid from spikes in supply.

26 Mar 2013

Novel Technique to Produce Hydrogen Gas from Ash

Every year, millions of tons of environmentally harmful ash is produced worldwide, and is mostly dumped in landfill sites or, in some countries, used as construction material. The ash is what is left when rubbish has been burnt in thermal power stations.

26 Mar 2013

Marine Animal Tunicate Holds Potential as a Renewable Source of Biofuel

The marine animal tunicate can be used both as biofuel and fish food, according to prize-winning Norwegian research.

26 Mar 2013

Study of Peach Genome May Help Improve Plant Biomass Yield for Biofuels

Rapidly growing trees like poplars and willows are candidate “biofuel crops” from which it is expected that cellulosic ethanol and higher energy content fuels can be efficiently extracted. Domesticating these crops requires a deep understanding of the physiology and genetics of trees, and scientists are turning to long-domesticated fruit trees for hints.

25 Mar 2013

Toronto Drops 205 MW of Electricity during Earth Hour

Toronto Hydro-Electric System Limited ("Toronto Hydro") is pleased to report that the city dropped 205 megawatts (MW) of electricity during Earth Hour. This is equivalent to removing about 92,000 homes off Toronto's electricity grid.

25 Mar 2013

Novel Project to Improve Efficiency of Biomass Biorefining Process to Produce Butanol

A research project to improve efficiency in the biorefining process for butanol production from forest and agricultural biomass has been launched by Maobing Tu, an assistant professor in the Auburn University School of Forestry and Wildlife Sciences.

25 Mar 2013

Ford Cuts Down Water Usage per Vehicle by 25%

Ford reduced the average amount of water used to make each vehicle by 8.5 percent between 2011 and 2012 – putting the company more than halfway toward its current goal of using an average of just 4 cubic meters per vehicle globally by 2015.

25 Mar 2013

ASU Recognizes Female Pioneers of Sustainability

In honor of Women's History Month, Arizona State University recognizes several female pioneers of sustainability: Rachel Carson and ASU's own Elinor Ostrom and Nancy Selover.

25 Mar 2013

Raytheon Reduces Greenhouse Gas Emissions Ahead of Schedule

Raytheon Company has received a Climate Leadership Award in recognition of cutting greenhouse gas emissions and achieving its reduction goal ahead of schedule.

From Raytheon 25 Mar 2013

Tecnalia Helps Calculate Carbon Footprint of Grupo Faustino’s Wines

In a highly detailed study, Tecnalia has calculated the carbon footprint of the Grupo Faustino’s 8 most representative wines throughout their lifecycle; from the field work right up to the end of the bottle’s useful life.

22 Mar 2013

Sky Solar Reports Successful Grid-Connection of Greek 70MW PV Power Plants

Sky Solar Holdings Co., Ltd. has announced the successful grid-connection of integral Greek 70MW PV power plants before March 12. Amy Zhang, CEO of Sky Solar immediately extended her congratulations and thanks to the Greek project team.

22 Mar 2013

Opinions Vary in Accommodating Variable Renewable Energy through the Smart Grid

What happens when demand outpaces supply? The smart grid industry is facing this exact challenge. The added conundrum is that suppliers need to build on existing systems to accommodate creative forms of energy, such as variable renewable energy (VRE), and also stay within environmental emissions standards.

22 Mar 2013