Ikehu Natural, a Hawaii-based startup company that focuses on clean technology, has received the Peak Energy Usage award from the U. S. Department of Energy (DOE). The award recognizes the company for developing Demand Response Incentive (DRIVE) System, a patent-pending solution that delivers incentives to residential customers to reduce power consumption during peak and critical peak times.
By G.P. Thomas
11 Jul 2012
Trina Solar, a manufacturer of high qualitysolar photovoltaic (PV) modules, has expanded into Canada by opening a new sales and business development center in Ontario. The formation of a subsidiary, Trina Solar (Canada), signifies Trina Solar‘s commitment towards the solar PV market in Canada.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
11 Jul 2012
At a site in Laupheim, Germany, grass, maize and whole plant silage have been used for biogas production in the past four years. Erdgas Südwest processes the raw biogas into biomethane, which is then supplied through the own natural gas grid to end customers.
By G.P. Thomas
11 Jul 2012
Rock the Green, a near-zero waste outdoor music festival sponsored by Veolia Environmental Services, has reported that Third Eye Blind will headline the festival. Atlas Genius, Morning Parade, Imagine Dragons, Switchfoot and Metric will also support the event.
By G.P. Thomas
11 Jul 2012
The Corporation for Battery Recycling (CBR) has released a request for proposal (RFP) for a stewardship organization (SO) to manage a national recycling program for household batteries.
By Nick Gilbert
11 Jul 2012
The price of photovoltaic modules and the associated electrics has declined by 50% in recent years. Moreover, the related costs continue to drop. Even though this scenario holds potential for construction of large-scale photovoltaic plants, there is limitation in the price dropping space of the photovoltaic modules.
By G.P. Thomas
11 Jul 2012
Boeing has teamed up with the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the American Airlines in the 2012 ecoDemonstrator program. The American Airlines 737-800 airplane is to be used for ascertaining environmentally progressive technologies.
By G.P. Thomas
11 Jul 2012
Infinite Power Solutions, Inc. (IPS), a provider of rechargeable, solid-state, thin-film battery solutions has introduced the IPS-EVAL-EH-02 wireless environmental sensor energy harvesting evaluation kit for smart home and building automation applications.
By G.P. Thomas
11 Jul 2012
Researchers belonging to the Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences (BIOS) and Princeton University have together conducted a study on the impact of climate change on bacteria.
By G.P. Thomas
11 Jul 2012
Innovative Materials Processing Technologies (IMPT) together with 13 partners have secured a major European research project worth 10 million euro.
At this week’s Intersolar Show in San Francisco (July 9-12, 2012), imec presents a 20.04% large-area industrial-level silicon solar cell (certification results from Fraunhofer ISE-Callab). The cell combines a high efficiency with a low-cost industrial process.
Australia is well placed to play a lead role in the global cleantech sector judging by the calibre of the 30 semi-finalists announced today for the Australian Clean Technologies Competition 2012, says John O’Brien, managing director of Australian CleanTech.
Geologists at Kansas State University are part of a statewide study to test the feasibility of aquifer rocks for permanent storage of CO2. Production of CO2 has been associated with climate change.
By Nick Gilbert
10 Jul 2012
The journal, Nature Climate Change has published a study related to climate reconstruction in northern Europe over the past 2,000 years. An international research team has calculated the cooling trend over the period. These findings are important for the present climate policy.
By G.P. Thomas
10 Jul 2012
Altran, an engineering consulting company, has played an important role in the first trans-Mediterranean flight of the Solar Impulse solar plane between Switzerland and Morocco. The plane is on a round trip voyage to complete a distance of 5,000 km. At present, the solar plane has landed at the Barajas Airport in Madrid.
By G.P. Thomas
10 Jul 2012