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New Technique Quickly Converts Algae into Biocrude

It looks like Mother Nature was wasting her time with a multimillion-year process to produce crude oil. Michigan Engineering researchers can "pressure-cook" algae for as little as a minute and transform an unprecedented 65 percent of the green slime into biocrude.

1 Nov 2012

New Study Provides Insights to Improve Accuracy of Climate Models

Using dogwood trees, scientists are gaining a better understanding of the role photosynthesis and respiration play in the atmospheric carbon dioxide cycle. Their findings will aid computer modelers in improving the accuracy of climate simulations.

1 Nov 2012

Researchers Create Functional Solar Cell Made Entirely of Carbon

Stanford University scientists have built the first solar cell made entirely of carbon, a promising alternative to the expensive materials used in photovoltaic devices today.

1 Nov 2012

Study Heightens Concerns for Sustainability of Pacific Shark Populations

Research published today in the journal Conservation Biology presents the most comprehensive assessment of the status of Pacific shark populations to date.

1 Nov 2012

PACK EXPO 2012: Milliken Highlights Sustainable High-Performance Additives for Packaging Applications

Milliken & Company is highlighting the major advantages of its high-performance additives for packaging applications at PACK EXPO 2012, booth #4759, here in Chicago from Oct. 28-31. Milliken’s Millad® NX™ 8000 clarifying agents for polypropylene (PP) and Hyperform® nucleating agents for PP and polyethylene (PE) deliver notable improvements in appearance, performance, processability and sustainability.

1 Nov 2012

Grupo Bimbo Inaugurates 90 MW, 45 turbine Piedra Larga Wind Farm

Grupo Bimbo concluded today the largest and most important conversion to renewable energy sources done by a company in the food industry at a global level. Daniel Servitje, Grupo Bimbo CEO, started-up the operations of the Piedra Larga Wind Farm that will supply electric power to 45 facilities in Mexico, covering almost all of the company's operations in the country.

1 Nov 2012

New Report Analyzes the Global Clean Coal Technology Market

Countries are attempting to balance global warming with the continued use of fossil fuels, by developing clean coal technologies, states a new report by energy experts GlobalData.

1 Nov 2012

First Wind Submits Revised 48 MW Bowers Wind Project With 40% Fewer Turbines

Champlain Wind LLC, a project company of First Wind, an independent U.S.-based wind energy company, has submitted an application to the Maine Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) for a revised 48 megawatt (MW) Bowers Wind project that has 40 percent fewer turbines than an earlier proposal.

1 Nov 2012

EControl-Glas Introduces Switchable Solar Control Glass with Improved Daylight Transmission

At glasstec 2012 in Düsseldorf, Germany, EControl-Glas (Plauen, Germany) introduced with ECONTROL 55/12 their new generation of switchable solar control glazing. The major novelty: Daylight transmission when switching the electrochromic glass to a light shade has been noticeably increased. “We keep improving our product continuously.

31 Oct 2012

Offshore 630 MW London Array Wind Farm Reaches First Power

The 630MW scheme, located in the Thames Estuary, will be the world’s largest offshore wind farm. The development has been under construction since March 2011 and 151 of the 175 turbines have now been installed, with construction on schedule to be finished by the end of the year.

31 Oct 2012

OpConnect Introduces Smartphone Payment Technology for EV Charging Stations

OpConnect, LLC, a visionary leader in electric vehicle (EV) charging station technology, announced today rollout of its smartphone payment technology for OpConnect network EV charging stations. EV drivers can use the OpConnect iPhone app, or other smartphone scanners to access free stations or to pay for a charging session at stations that require payment.

31 Oct 2012

CREE Debuts Innovative Green Timber and Concrete Hybrid Building Technology in U.S.

The award-winning Austrian green building firm CREE GmbH has opened its U.S. operations in San Francisco, CREE Buildings. The company's innovative timber and concrete hybrid technology enables architects to design stunning tall wood buildings up to 30 stories, that can be erected as quickly as a story a day.

31 Oct 2012

University of Greenwich Installs Glycerol Boiler for Biofuel Study

The initiative, which is led by Medway Council, is being backed by a €4,261,405 grant from the European Development Fund. It’s part of ‘Ecotec 21’, an Anglo-French consortium set up to study Combined Heat and Power (CHP) technology, which captures the waste heat created by power plants and uses it for heating or hot water.

31 Oct 2012

REGENESIS’ New Environmental Technology for Groundwater and Soil Remediation

REGENESIS, a global leader in advanced technologies for contaminated site remediation, recently announced PersulfOx™ Catalyzed Persulfate. This new environmental technology is a patented, sodium persulfate-based in situ chemical oxidation (ISCO) reagent designed specifically for groundwater and soil remediation at contaminated sites, including brownfields.

30 Oct 2012

Sandia Co-Organizes Workshop on Utility Experience with High Penetration PV

Sandia National Laboratories, the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) and European Distributed Energies Research Laboratories (DERlab) have organized a workshop on utility operating experience with high-penetration levels of solar photovoltaics (PV). The workshop, “Utility Experience with High Penetration PV,” is scheduled Monday, Dec. 3, in Berlin.

30 Oct 2012