AREVA has chosen the Beaumont-Hague site as the location for a test center for its Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) technology, thereby renewing its commitment to developing French industrial know-how.
Solar3D has successfully developed an initial prototype of its three-dimensional (3D) solar cell with the help of Panasonic equipment. The company used its economical fabrication process to accurately make 3D light capturing and converting nanostructures over a silicon wafer.
By Nick Gilbert
19 Jul 2012
Intelligent Products has introduced its new compostable pet waste pick-up tool called Bio-Mitt. The product is now offered online at www.MuttMitt.com.
By G.P. Thomas
19 Jul 2012
Research and Markets has included a new report titled ‘Building Integrated Photovoltaics Roofing Markets - 2012’ to its database.
By G.P. Thomas
19 Jul 2012
This summer, Trees New York's Young Urban Forester Summer Internship Program is helping twelve high school students to gain a competitive advantage in green jobs.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
18 Jul 2012
Dean Foods, a provider of foods and beverages in Europe and the USA, has set new environmental sustainability goals and has expanded its 2013 Environmental Roadmap.
By Nick Gilbert
18 Jul 2012
In a workshop on the topic ‘The Impact of Ice Sheet and Ocean Interactions on Climate Change’ at the Euroscience Open Forum 2012 conference conducted in Dublin, Dr Paul Dunlop, a scientist at the University of Ulster, discussed about how the Irish continental shelf, a perfectly preserved ice age landscape, may help uncover the climatic history of the north east Atlantic region and foresee the response of polar icesheets towards future global warming.
By G.P. Thomas
18 Jul 2012
Researchers have developed a novel strain of yeast using gene shuffling to improve the production of bioethanol.
By G.P. Thomas
18 Jul 2012
According to Thomas Posch, a limnologist at the University of Zurich, changes in nutrient ratios and water temperature, the two key lake properties, are a major issue that triggers the growth of adverse Burgundy blood algae and affects natural clean-ups of lakes in recent decades.
By G.P. Thomas
18 Jul 2012
The Green Campus Challenge has announced the winning teams in the first edition of challenge that aims to develop and analyze energy efficiency plans in Portuguese Universities.
By G.P. Thomas
17 Jul 2012
Vehicles of Beverly Hills Cab in Los Angeles stand out for being scratch-free and clean. The Toyota Priuses make up a growing rate of the Beverly Hills Cab taxi fleet in Los Angeles and they are the most glowing of the lot, but the former Ford Crown Victorias as well as minivans included in their stock of cars have the same iconic blue. As reported by Merhabi, the Beverly Hills Cab blue fleet will be 80% green by 2016.
By G.P. Thomas
16 Jul 2012
Empa, an interdisciplinary Swiss research and service institution for applied materials sciences and technology, has initiated an EU-funded project, called SCALENANO, to develop efficient and low-cost solar cells.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
16 Jul 2012
Snake Tray designs and manufactures electrical and communications products, which offer a number of green benefits. The company’s products are energy efficient, reduce material waste and made of recycled goods. They utilize less non-renewable resources and fit together to reduce the cost of shipping and material handling.
By Nick Gilbert
16 Jul 2012
Testing of nuclear weapons may appear to have little link with climate change research, but today, climate scientists have adapted key Cold War research laboratories as well as the science utilized to model nuclear bomb blasts and trace radioactivity. SAGE has published the research report in The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists.
By G.P. Thomas
16 Jul 2012
A 3-day forum will be held between July 20 and 22 by NASA and the LAUNCH: Beyond Waste Forum partners in order to discuss novel waste management ideas. While planning human spaceflight missions of a long-term nature to Mars, an asteroid or beyond, it is essential to have clear waste management strategies.
By G.P. Thomas
16 Jul 2012