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Tellis Company Launches New Electric Car-Sharing System on EHL and EPFL Campuses

The Tellis company is launching a new electric car-sharing system on the campuses of the Lausanne Hotel School (EHL) and the Lausanne Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL), institutions that are resolutely committed in favor of sustainable development.

11 Feb 2013

Sunora Energy Solutions Announces Completion of Educational Solar System Installation

Sunora Energy Solutions just completed a solar photovoltaic installation at the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Charter School for Science & Technology in New Orleans. The installation, donated by NRG Energy, Inc., Sunora Energy Solutions, and others was unveiled on Saturday, February 2nd and will provide hands-on solar energy education for the school's students, as well as solar power to help reduce the school's utility bill.

From NRG Energy, Inc. 8 Feb 2013

Ram Power Updates Progress at San Jacinto-Tizate Project in Nicaragua

Ram Power, Corp. ("Ram Power" or the “Company”), a renewable energy company focused on the development, production and sale of electricity from geothermal energy, is pleased to announce the following update for the San Jacinto Phase I expansion project in Nicaragua.

8 Feb 2013

Green Roof Technology Announces Completion of Exclusive Agreement with Optigreen

Green Roof Technology, a design and installation firm specializing in green (vegetated) roofs, announced today the completion of an exclusivity agreement with German green roof manufacturer Optigreen. Per the agreement, Green Roof Technology will become the exclusive North American supplier of the Sun-Root™ system.

8 Feb 2013

SolarCure Felicitated with Seven Seals Award for Solar Panel Initiative

SolarCure, a unique solar panel energy-related firm which aids almost any business's marketing efforts by combining online promotional tactics with legitimate, sustainable, renewable green energy practices, has received the Seven Seals Award from the New Jersey chapter of Employer Support for the Guard and Reserve, recognizing the company for pledging its support of veteran employees serving in all branches of the military reserves.

8 Feb 2013

Panel Oversupply is a Boon for Long Term Adoption of Solar Energy

The current oversupply of solar modules which is putting tremendous pressure on the industry and its financial backers has led to a generally negative view of the solar industry. However, according to Dr. Harry A. Atwater, Director of the Resnick Sustainability Institute at Caltech, while the current oversupply of silicon solar panels is painful in the short term, it is a boon for long term adoption of solar energy. This viewpoint was shared during this week’s VX 2013 Conference in Los Angeles.

8 Feb 2013

ABB to Upgrade Celilo HVDC Converter Station in Oregon

ABB, a global leader in power and automation technology, has won an order worth around $260 million from the U.S. utility Bonneville Power Administration (BPA), a power marketing agency within the U.S. Department of Energy, to upgrade the existing Celilo HVDC (high-voltage direct current) converter station in Oregon. This station is an important part of the electricity link between the Pacific Northwest and southern California commissioned more than 40 years ago in 1970. The order was booked in the fourth quarter of 2012.

8 Feb 2013

GlacialLight’s Eco-Friendly LED Flood Light for Trains, Ferries and Cruise Ships

GlacialLight, a division of the Taiwanese technology manufacturer, GlacialTech Inc., has announced the new compact and lightweight GL-FD30-V2 Flood Light with Philips Lumileds LED chips. This DC flood light automatically detects and adapts to a 12V DC or 24V DC input. GL-FD30-V2 is an ideal solution for transport flood lighting, such as for trains, ferries and cruise ships.

8 Feb 2013

Quanta Power Generation Receives EPC Contract for Two Photovoltaic Facilities

Quanta Services, Inc. today announced that its subsidiary, Quanta Power Generation, Inc., has been selected by Con Edison Development (CED) to engineer, procure and construct two photovoltaic (PV) facilities totaling approximately 40 megawatts (MWac) located in Kings and Tulare counties, Calif.

7 Feb 2013

Siemens Plans to Build New Wind Service Training Facility in USA

With its commitment to providing the best and most comprehensive skills and safety training to its service technicians and engineers worldwide, Siemens is making plans to build a new, state-of-the-art wind service training facility in Orlando, Florida, USA.

7 Feb 2013

Queen's Researchers Receive Grant to Create New Sustainable Energy Techniques

Leading chemists from Queen's University have been awarded £3million to create new methods of sustainable energy and to create technologies which will lower the cost of power.

7 Feb 2013

Economical and In Situ Way to Detect Mercury Contamination in Water

Chemists at the University of Burgos (Spain) have manufactured a sheet that changes colour in the presence of water contaminated with mercury. The results can be seen with the naked eye but when photographing the membrane with a mobile phone the concentration of this extremely toxic metal can be quantified.

7 Feb 2013

New Hydrothermal Liquefaction Process Can Produce Crude Bio-Oil from All Biomasses

A new generation of the HTL process can convert all kinds of biomasses to crude bio-oil, which is sufficiently similar to fossil crude oil that a simple thermal upgrade and existing refinery technology can be employed to subsequently obtain all the liquid fuels we know today. What is more, the HTL process only consumes approximately 10-15 percent of the energy in the feedstock biomass, yielding an energy efficiency of 85-90 percent.

7 Feb 2013

New Report Analyzes US Solar Power Market

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Analyzing Solar Power in the United States" report to their offering.

From Research and Markets 7 Feb 2013

Nitrogen from Natural Sources, Pollution Fuels Toxic Algae Growth

Nitrogen in ocean waters fuels the growth of two tiny but toxic phytoplankton species that are harmful to marine life and human health, warns a new study published in the Journal of Phycology.

7 Feb 2013