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Polar Storms Could Make a Big Difference to Climate Predictions

Intense but small-scale polar storms could make a big difference to climate predictions according to new research from the University of East Anglia and the University of Massachusetts.

17 Dec 2012

New Analysis Emphasizes Need for Earlier Action on Limiting Climate Change

This is a joint press release from the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) in Laxenburg, Austria, ETH Zurich in Switzerland, and the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) in Boulder, Colorado.

17 Dec 2012

CleanWorld Dedicates Commercial-Scale High Solid Waste-to-Energy Digester

CleanWorld today officially opened the nation’s largest commercial-scale, high solid anaerobic digestion (AD) system at the South Area Transfer Station property in South Sacramento.

17 Dec 2012

Dominion Acquires 14.9 MW Fuel cell Park in Connecticut

FuelCell Energy, Inc. a global leader in the design, manufacture, operation and service of ultra-clean, efficient and reliable fuel cell power plants, today announced that it is providing a turn-key distributed power generation solution for the engineering, procurement and construction of a 14.9 megawatt (MW) fuel cell park in Bridgeport, Connecticut that includes the manufacture and sale of five 2.8 megawatt DFC3000® fuel cell power plants.

17 Dec 2012

Dental Dams Made from Guayule-Based Biorubber Material

Yulex Corporation, an agricultural-based biomaterials company, and Four D Rubber, a UK-based manufacturer of latex sheeting for the dental, fitness, clothing and industrial markets and applications, announced today a partnership to produce the first plant-based, latex allergy-friendly dental dam. The Yulex Dental Dam will be made from guayule-based biorubber material. Guayule is a renewable, non-food, latex allergy-friendly crop grown in the U.S.

15 Dec 2012

Battery Dominant Fuel Cell Bus from GE

Researchers at GE Global Research, the General Electric Company’s technology development arm, have achieved a first step in reducing the cost of clean fuel, zero emission buses, with a vehicle powered by GE’s new Durathon™ battery in tandem with a lithium battery and a hydrogen fuel cell. This promising development of a new energy management system could help accelerate both fuel cell acceptance and electrification of bus fleets, delivery trucks and other larger, heavy-duty vehicle fleets enabling clean vehicle technologies.

15 Dec 2012

Speed Limits on Vessels near Ports Could Significantly Reduce Pollution

The latest episode in the American Chemical Society's (ACS') award-winning Global Challenges/Chemistry Solutions podcast series reports that putting a speed limit on cargo ships as they sail near ports and coastlines could cut their emission of air pollutants by up to 70 percent, reducing the impact of marine shipping on Earth's climate and human health.

15 Dec 2012

ACC Awards Responsible Care Certification to Renewable Chemicals and Fuels Producer

Renewable chemicals and fuels producer OPX Biotechnologies Inc. (OPXBIO) has achieved Responsible Care® Management System certification, the chemical industry’s gold standard for health and safety management. The certification, which is administered through the American Chemistry Council (ACC), is typically achieved after a three-year process; OPXBIO completed the certification ahead of schedule.

15 Dec 2012

New China–Australia Research Centre for Sustainable Urban Development

The University of South Australia has teamed up with China’s Tianjin Universityin developing the new China–Australia Research Centre for Sustainable Urban Development (CAC_SUD) to address the challenges and opportunities surrounding urban growth in the 21st century.

15 Dec 2012

Abu Dhabi Renewable Energy Company Launches Energy + Water Blogging Contest

It’s easy to enter. It takes three steps.

15 Dec 2012

ONR Supports World Green City with Direct-Current Microgrid

The Office of Naval Research (ONR), a leader in the exploration of renewable power, played a major role in the development of a new "World Green City" unveiled here on Dec. 12 as a prototype community powered by alternative energy sources.

14 Dec 2012

TECs Upgrade Wasted Heat in Solid Oxide Fuel Cells into Electricity

Solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs) directly convert chemical energy into electrical energy. Although an overall efficiency above 95 per cent can be achieved at an operating temperature of nearly 900 degrees Celsius, a certain amount thereof is waste heat and can currently only be used for domestic hot water supply or heating purposes.

14 Dec 2012

UNSW Leads Australia–US Collaboration to Develop ‘Over the Horizon’ Photovoltaic Technology

A new joint Australian–US research institute led by the University of New South Wales (UNSW) will foster rapid development of “over the horizon” photovoltaic technology and establish Australia as the solar cell research and education hub of the Asia-Pacific region.

14 Dec 2012

Ocean Iron Fertilisation an Uneconomical Solution for Carbon Storage

Ocean iron fertilisation is a process that attempts to encourage phytoplankton growth in regions with unused nutrients and stores carbon away from the atmosphere.

14 Dec 2012

Nines Photovoltaics Completes Build of First Industrial Silicon Wafer Processing Tool

Nines Photovoltaics, has completed the build of its first industrial silicon wafer processing tool. The ground breaking solar cell manufacturing unit has recently been shipped to Fraunhofer ISE Germany, the largest solar energy research institute in Europe, where it will be installed and validated in a production environment.

14 Dec 2012