Cardno, a professional infrastructure and environment services group, has acquired EM-Assist, an environmental services and compliance management firm in California, for $14.25 million.
By G.P. Thomas
4 Jul 2012
Advanced Solar Photonics (ASP), an American company manufacturing crystalline silicon solar photovoltaic panels, will unveil its advanced glass-to-glass photovoltaic module series at the Intersolar North America 2012 at San Francisco’s Moscone Center on July 10 to 12, 2012.
By G.P. Thomas
4 Jul 2012
KPMG, a global provider of audit, tax and advisory services, has released the second edition of its “Infrastructure 100: World Cities Edition” report, which highlights inspiring and innovative urban infrastructure projects. The release of the report took place at the World Cities Summit in Singapore.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
4 Jul 2012
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), an energy research center, has initiated a four-year project on printable organic solar cells.
By Nick Gilbert
4 Jul 2012
A student from TU Delft has shown the association between the maximum amount of power that can be generated by power-generating windows and the color of material used for luminescent solar concentrators.
By G.P. Thomas
4 Jul 2012
Global warming may increase harmful algal blooms in the Baltic Sea. Increase in water temperature in the Baltic sea may lead to low oxygen levels which promotes blue-green algal blooms. This type of algae is also called as cyanobacteria.
By G.P. Thomas
3 Jul 2012
A research team from the Fraunhofer Institute for Environmental, Safety and Energy Technology (UMSICHT) are working on two projects to develop new adhesives using renewable raw materials.
By G.P. Thomas
3 Jul 2012
Solena Fuels has chosen Oxford Catalysts Group’s microchannel Fischer-Tropsch technology for utilization in a biomass-to-liquids (BTL) project being developed in the United Kingdom.
By G.P. Thomas
3 Jul 2012
TopTen USA, a major independent source of consumer data on energy efficient products, has revealed the latest ranking list of the most-efficient computer monitors, which include popular brands such as Dell, Philips, AOC, ViewSonic, Samsung and Acer, to name a few.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
3 Jul 2012
A research team from UNED has devised a technique to fabricate a fuel cell component that enables surpassing the power target set by the US Department of Energy for 2017.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
3 Jul 2012
A research team at Northumbria University has assisted in developing a teaching instrument, through which students can discover the fundamental principles of solar energy.
By Nick Gilbert
3 Jul 2012
The winning projects of the Green Campus Challenge- Energy Efficiency in Higher Education will be announced on July 5, 2012. The Green Campus Challenge that has been conducted nationwide focuses on contributing towards the usage of energy efficiency measures in university campuses in Portugal. About 81 teams from all over the country have taken up this challenge.
By Nick Gilbert
3 Jul 2012
Schletter, a provider of solar mounting systems, has planned to shift its headquarters to the East Coast as part of its efforts to provide better customer service in the area and reduced shipping costs.
By Nick Gilbert
3 Jul 2012
The ninth annual Corporate Responsibility Report was released recently by IBM. The report enumerates a year-to-year comparison of IBM’s citizenship and philanthropic projects, environmental ventures, community partnerships, and employment policies and practices.
By G.P. Thomas
3 Jul 2012
German wind turbines kill more than 200,000 bats every year. These mortality rates are quite high and may lead to significant decline in their population. The death of bats may not be sustainable.
By G.P. Thomas
3 Jul 2012