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World Biofuels Markets Congress & Exhibition Presents Sustainability Award to UPM

UPM has received the Sustainability Award 2013 for Breakthrough Innovation in Technology in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.

14 Mar 2013

STMicroelectronics's New Superjunction MOSFETs Help Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions

STMicroelectronics, a global semiconductor leader serving customers across the spectrum of electronics applications, has announced special fast-acting variants of its advanced superjunction power MOSFETs used in energy-efficient consumer products, computing and telecom systems, lighting controllers and solar energy equipment.

14 Mar 2013

ECOvanta to Provide E-Waste Recycling Services for LCSWMA's Household Hazardous Waste Facility

ECOvanta, the electronic waste ("e-waste") recycling subsidiary of Covanta Energy Corporation, today announced a new partnership with the Lancaster County Solid Waste Management Authority (LCSWMA) to provide e-waste recycling services for LCSWMA's Household Hazardous Waste (HHW) Facility, located in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.

13 Mar 2013

Stanford GCEP Awards $6.6M to Advance Research on Clean-Burning Fuels

New awards totaling $6.6 million from Stanford University’s Global Climate and Energy Project (GCEP) will advance research on clean-burning fuels and technologies for capturing carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. The funding will be shared by seven research teams – six from Stanford and one from Carnegie Mellon University.

13 Mar 2013

Scientists Make Progress on a Catalyst for Storing Solar Energy

The energy produced by solar panels, be it heat or electricity, has to be used right away. It is hard to store and preserve and also its transportation can be rather complicated.

13 Mar 2013

High Performance Lithium Titanate Oxide Cell Developed for Micro-Hybrid Vehicle Applications

Energy Innovation Group Ltd. (EIG) a South Korean manufacturer of large format lithium ion battery cell technology, announced today the development of an LTO cell targeting and enabling applications requiring high charge/ discharge rates, long cycle life, and broad operating temperature range.

From Idealab 13 Mar 2013

Quadrogen Receives $1.5M BCBN Loan to Demonstrate Ultra-Clean Gas Clean-Up Technology

The BC Bioenergy Network ("BCBN"), a provincially-funded leader supporting the growing bioenergy sector in British Columbia, announced today a $1.5 million loan to Vancouver based Quadrogen Power Systems, Inc. ("Quadrogen") to demonstrate high performance biogas clean-up to ultra-clean levels at the Village Farms International Inc. (Village Farms) greenhouse adjacent to the City of Vancouver landfill in Delta.

13 Mar 2013

Canadian Government Invests over $5.9M in TFPM Wind Turbine Technology Project

On behalf of Canada's Minister of Natural Resources, the Honourable Joe Oliver, the Honourable Steven Blaney, Member of Parliament for Lévis-Bellechasse and Les Etchemins, Minister of Veterans Affairs and Minister for La Francophonie, highlighted today that the Harper Government will make an important investment in a clean technology project in Lévis.

13 Mar 2013

Vaskiluodon Voima Inaugurates Large Biomass Gasification Plant

Vaskiluodon Voima Oy has inaugurated the world's largest biomass gasification plant, which was supplied by Metso, in Vaasa, Finland. The plant was inaugurated by the Finnish Minister of Labour Lauri Ihalainen on March 11th.

12 Mar 2013

Teijin to Showcase Eco Products and Technologies at Asia’s Largest Environmental Show

The Teijin Group announced today that it will showcase a range of environmental products and technologies at the Eco-products International Fair (EPIF), Asia’s largest environmental show, which will take place at the Sands Expo & Convention Center in Marina Bay Sands, Singapore, from March 14 to 16.

12 Mar 2013

Global Solar PV Demand to Increase by 7% to 31 GW During 2013

Solar photovoltaic (PV) demand will increase two gigawatts (GW), from 29 GW to 31 GW during 2013, up 7% Y/Y according to the new NPD Solarbuzz Marketbuzz 2013.

12 Mar 2013

ABB to Supply Northern Ireland's ecar Network with 9 Rapid Charge Points

Northern Ireland is installing 14 rapid charge points across the Country. ABB has sold nine rapid charge points for electric vehicles to the ecar network in Northern Ireland.

11 Mar 2013

Protected Areas More Effective at Reducing Deforestation than Sustainable-use Areas

Strictly protected areas such as national parks and biological reserves have been more effective at reducing deforestation in the Amazon rainforest than so-called sustainable-use areas that allow for controlled resource extraction, two University of Michigan researchers and their colleagues have found.

11 Mar 2013

New 5 MW Kalaeloa Solar Farm Dedicated in West Oahu

Today, Hawaii Governor Neil Abercrombie will join representatives of the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands (DHHL) and Hawaiian Electric Company in a dedication ceremony for a new five-megawatt Kalaeloa Solar Farm in West Oahu.

From SunPower Corporation 11 Mar 2013

DEP Awards 290,010 in Grants for Energy-Efficiency and Pollution-Prevention Projects

The Department of Environmental Protection has awarded $290,010 in grants to help 36 small businesses across Pennsylvania invest in energy-efficiency or pollution-prevention projects.

11 Mar 2013