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USDA Awards Grant to Develop Biofuel System and Boost U.S. Economic Development

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today awarded Pennsylvania State University a five-year research grant valued at roughly $10 million to develop biomass supply chains for the production of liquid transportation and aviation biofuels in the Northeast.

17 Oct 2012

Study Reveals Seafloor Landscape Controls Ice-Sheet Retreat

Ice-sheet retreat can halt temporarily during long phases of climate warming, according to scientists.

17 Oct 2012

Pennsylvania's Solar Plant Installs Canadian Solar Modules

Canadian Solar, one of the world's largest solar companies, today announced its modules have been installed in a 5MW (AC) solar plant located in a dense agricultural area of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. The environment-friendly solar project, dubbed Keystone, was developed by Community Energy Solar and constructed by groSolar.

From Canadian Solar 17 Oct 2012

China Sunergy to Supply PV Modules for INFiNi’s Solar Plant in Japan

China Sunergy Co., a specialized solar cell and module manufacturer, today announced that it signed a sales contract of 1.65MW of solar modules with INFiNi Group ("INFiNi"), a well-known conglomerate headquartered in Osaka, Japan. China Sunergy's solar modules will be shipped by the end of October 2012 and installed in Okayama First Solar Plant in Japan, the first ground-mounted solar project of INFiNi.

From China Sunergy 16 Oct 2012

GE Achieves Milestone in 2.5-MW Series Wind Turbine Installation

GE today announced the installation of its 1,000th advanced technology 2.5-megawatt (MW) series wind turbine. The milestone unit is going to CEZ Romania for use in the 600-MW Fantanele/Cogealac wind farm, Europe’s largest onshore wind project, GE reported at CanWEA 2012.

16 Oct 2012

New Microbe Production Technique to Convert Bio-Oil Fractions into Next-Generation Biofuels

AMES, Iowa – Microbes are working away in an Iowa State University laboratory to ferment biofuels from the sugar and acetate produced by rapidly heating biomass such as corn stalks and sawdust.

16 Oct 2012

Study Reveals Frequency of Tropical Cyclones Has Become More Prevalent

Are there more tropical cyclones now than in the past? – or is it just something we believe because we now hear more about them through media coverage and are better able detect them with satellites? New research from the Niels Bohr Institute clearly shows that there is an increasing tendency for cyclones when the climate is warmer, as it has been in recent years. The results are published in the scientific journal PNAS.

16 Oct 2012

saferay Procures ReneSola’s Solar Modules for New PV Power Plant in Germany

ReneSola, a leading global manufacturer of solar photovoltaic ("PV") modules and wafers, today announced that it has shipped 10 MW of its high-quality solar modules to saferay GmbH ("saferay"), a leading large-scale PV power plant installer in Germany.

16 Oct 2012

Yingli Green Energy Selected as Exclusive PV Module Supplier for Solar Project in Peru

Yingli Green Energy Holding Company, a leading solar energy company and one of the world's largest vertically integrated photovoltaic ("PV") manufacturers, which markets its products under the brand " Yingli Solar ", today announced that the Company has supplied 40 MW of PV modules for the largest solar plant in Latin America to date. Yingli Green Energy is the exclusive PV module supplier for the project.

16 Oct 2012

BioPower Systems, Shanghai Electric Collaborate to Advance Ocean Wave Energy System

Ocean energy company, BioPower Systems, announced that it has formed a strategic alliance with the major Chinese industrial group, Shanghai Electric Power Generation Group. The alliance between the two companies is aimed at collaborating on technical developments to advance the bioWAVE ocean wave energy system to the commercial stage.

15 Oct 2012

Solar Junction Sets World Record for Energy Efficiency of Solar Cells

Silicon Valley based solar energy company Solar Junction, a developer of high efficiency multi-junction solar energy cells for the concentrating photovoltaics (CPV) market, has set a world record for energy efficiency of a commercial-ready production solar cell.

15 Oct 2012

Pattern Energy Closes Financing of 265 MW Ocotillo Wind Project

Pattern Energy Group LP (Pattern) today announced that it has closed the financing of its Ocotillo Wind project, a 265 megawatt (MW) wind power project that will utilize 112 Siemens 2.37 MW turbines.

15 Oct 2012

Government Investment Will Help Develop Cost-Effective, Petroleum-Compatible Biofuels

Top researchers at post-secondary institutions across Canada will continue to spur innovation thanks to a Harper Government investment in the Canada Research Chairs program. These world-class researchers bring new perspectives and solutions to the critical issues facing Canadians today, addressing challenges across Canadian universities' fields of research in engineering and the natural sciences, health sciences, humanities and social sciences.

15 Oct 2012

A Comprehensive Directory of Wind Farms across Mexico

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Directory of Wind Farms, Mexico" directory to their offering.

From Research and Markets 15 Oct 2012

The More E-Waste Collected, the Greater the Rewards

Samsung Canada, The Brick and Global Electric Electronic Processing (GEEP) today challenged Edmonton to pitch in to help lose pesky, unwanted e-waste weight. Coinciding with national Waste Reduction Week, the Samsung Passion for E-Recycling Challenge (October 12-21) aims to safely and responsibly divert thousands of kilograms of electronic waste in Edmonton from landfill.

15 Oct 2012