Skyonic has received commitments for a $35 million investment for construction of a carbon capture and utilization plant in San Antonio, Texas. It has finalized the agreement for the initial $9 million part of the total commitment.
By G.P. Thomas
27 Jun 2012
According to IEEE members, algae are a potential sustainable energy source to address ever-increasing global energy demands. Moreover, they are also involved in new developments in well-established technologies such as smart grid and wind power to deliver reliable and eco-friendly energy worldwide.
By G.P. Thomas
27 Jun 2012
Australian cleantech companies have signed-up in record numbers for the second Australian Clean Technologies Competition, with 103 companies registered as entries closed yesterday. Last year 70 companies entered the competition.
Ford is delivering more fuel-efficient vehicle choices in 2012 than ever before and a fresher new vehicle lineup than any full-line automaker in the U.S.
Liberty PlugIns (LPI) has partnered with QuickPay Corp., a premier mobile payment platform provider, to make mobile payments available for electric vehicle (EV) charging stations.
For the first time in its thirty year history, Leadership Florida® is pleased to announce that its 2012 Annual Meeting has gone 100% carbon neutral.
Nanodiamonds, pieces of carbon less than ten-thousandths the diameter of a human hair, have been found to help loosen crystallized fat from surfaces in a project led by research chemists at the University of Warwick that transforms the ability of washing powders to shift dirt in eco friendly low temperature laundry cycles.
Smart cargo that knows where it is, where it is going, when it needs to be there and who is handling it would revolutionise the freight industry, improving efficiency, saving suppliers and recipients time and money, and helping protect the environment. EU-funded researchers have developed a proof-of-concept 'intelligent cargo' system that promises all those benefits and more.
An on-going Kingston University research project which investigates whether members of a community can be facilitated to deliberately debate, develop and adopt new low energy norms, practices and lifestyles is marking its first anniversary.
A research by biologists from the University of Gothenburg reveals that local changes have occurred in the vegetation in the Arctic due to warming in the Arctic in the recent years.
By Nick Gilbert
26 Jun 2012
In association with Instituto e, a non-profit arm of Brazilian high-end fashion brand Osklen, and the Italian Government and Osklen, Forum das Americas’ President, Mario Garnero has helped in the creation of a ground-breaking cooperation program at the Rio+20 and Sao Paulo Fashion Week Junctures.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
26 Jun 2012
Ernst & Young partnering with the Earthwatch Institute has announced that they are sending 30 volunteers based on their skills for expeditions to Costa Rica and Brazil in order to carry out field research and suggest strategies so that economically sustainable and eco-friendly practices can be implemented to local businesses.
By G.P. Thomas
26 Jun 2012
SodaStream, a manufacturer of beverage carbonation systems, has formed a virtual ‘Cage Challenge’ on Facebook following Coca Cola’s attempts to close SodaStream’s environmental Cage Exhibits. Facebook visitors from across the globe can fill up this virtual cage with images of utilized cans and bottles.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
26 Jun 2012
Synthesis Energy Systems (SES), a global provider of equipment, engineering services and technology for converting low cost, low rank coal into chemical products and energy, has completed laboratory-scale testing of Turkish lignite coals for clean power generation projects in Turkey.
By G.P. Thomas
26 Jun 2012
The University of Gothenburg, Sweden, conducted a research on the levels of carbon dioxide in Arctic coastal seas and reached a conclusion that the level of absorption of the greenhouse gas, carbon dioxide by the Arctic coastal seas is continually decreasing.
By G.P. Thomas
26 Jun 2012