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New NREL Tool Enables Faster Analysis of Biomass for Biofuels

A screening tool from the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) eases and greatly quickens one of the thorniest tasks in the biofuels industry: determining cell wall chemistry to find plants with ideal genes.

From National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) 6 Mar 2013

CalPortland Receives EPA’s ENERGY STAR SUSTAINED EXCELLENCE Award

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has awarded CalPortland Company the 2013 ENERGY STAR SUSTAINED EXCELLENCE Award in recognition of its continued leadership in protecting our environment through energy efficiency.

6 Mar 2013

Ex-Im Bank Approves $28.6 Million Direct Loan to Honduran Power Company for Wind Turbines

Two hundred Pennsylvanian workers will assemble twelve high-tech wind turbines for export, because the Export-Import Bank of the United States (Ex-Im Bank) approved a $28.6 million direct loan to a Honduran power company.

6 Mar 2013

Sharp Electronics Earns EPA's Coveted 2013 ENERGY STAR Partner of the Year Award

Sharp Electronics has earned the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's highly coveted 2013 ENERGY STAR Partner of the Year award.

6 Mar 2013

Novel Integrated System Harvests Sunlight to Make Storable Fuel

Bringing the concept of an “artificial leaf” closer to reality, a team of researchers at MIT has published a detailed analysis of all the factors that could limit the efficiency of such a system. The new analysis lays out a roadmap for a research program to improve the efficiency of these systems, and could quickly lead to the production

6 Mar 2013

Severe Loss of Arctic Sea Ice Connected to Superstorm Sandy

If you believe that last October's Superstorm Sandy was a freak of nature -- the confluence of unusual meteorological, atmospheric and celestial events -- think again.

5 Mar 2013

Global Warming May Make Frigid Arctic Shipping Routes More Accessible

Shipping lanes through the Arctic Ocean won't put the Suez and Panama canals out of business anytime soon, but global warming will make these frigid routes much more accessible than ever imagined by melting an unprecedented amount of sea ice during the late summer, new UCLA research shows.

5 Mar 2013

Large Fossil Fuel Subsidies May Remain Hidden in Life Cycle of Solar Plants

There is no free fuel. Whether you drill for and refine oil, or manufacture and maintain a panel to collect solar energy and convert it into electricity, it takes energy to make energy.

From Springer - Science and Technology Publishers 5 Mar 2013

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Acquires Control of Suomi NPP Satellite

The Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership (NPP) satellite, a partnership between NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), was transitioned to NOAA operational organization control Feb. 22, 2013. The transition marks the next step of the mission that supports NASA's Earth science research and NOAA's weather forecasting missions.

5 Mar 2013

MIT Energy Initiative Director to Head U.S. Department of Energy

President Barack Obama announced today that he intends to nominate MIT’s Ernest J. Moniz to head the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE).

5 Mar 2013

CHOMARAT Introduces Continuous Pre-Impregnated Recyclable Thermoplastic Reinforcements

CHOMARAT is launching TPreg, its new range of continuous reinforcements for the production of thermoplastic composites

5 Mar 2013

Efforts to Mitigate Emissions and Protect the Arctic Environment Can Benefit Communities

Climate change in the far north is occurring far more rapidly than elsewhere around the planet, but common-sense efforts to mitigate key emissions and protect the fragile Arctic environment could slow this trend and benefit communities, the environment, and companies.

4 Mar 2013

New Report on Market Outlook for Wind Power in Denmark

Research and Markets has announced the addition of GlobalData's new report "Wind Power in Denmark, Market Outlook to 2025 - Capacity, Generation, Market Share, Levelized Cost of Energy (LCOE), Investment Analysis, Regulations and Competitive Landscape" to their offering.

From Research and Markets 4 Mar 2013

Minnesota Power Outlines Reliable, Affordable and Sustainable Power Supply in 2013 Resource Plan

In its 2013 Resource Plan filed today, Minnesota Power, a division of ALLETE, further outlined its commitment to meeting the needs of customers with a reliable, affordable and sustainable power supply now and into the future.

4 Mar 2013

Federal District Court Rules in Favor of Pattern's Ocotillo Wind Project

Pattern Energy Group LP (Pattern) today announced that the Federal District Court for the Southern District of California ruled in favor of the Ocotillo Wind project and the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) in two separate suits before the Court.

4 Mar 2013