InSinkErator, a Racine, Wisconsin-based business of Emerson, a producer of instant hot water dispensers and food waste disposers, has undertaken a professionally evaluated Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) study on the impact of a range of presently practiced food waste clearance systems.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
16 Aug 2011
The researchers from North Dakota State University (NDSU) have declared the development of bio-based resins that have the potential to change the present resin and coatings technology.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
16 Aug 2011
A new study by the researchers from University of Virginia reveals that algae-based biofuels are not as green as they are thought to be. According to the researchers, though the algae biofuels offer higher level of energy output and require minimum level of land area to develop, the production of such fuels result in significantly more environmental degradation.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
16 Aug 2011
Vorks Energy has recently signed agreements with number of schools in Delhi and NCR region to provide solar roof top solution. The schools will run completely on solar energy during the day and will use energy from battery bank when sun is not available.
The change in energy policy has been decided; Germany needs more green energy. From September 5-9 in Hamburg, everything will revolve around our biggest energy supplier: the sun. At the European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference, in Hall B4G, Stand C12, Fraunhofer researchers will present new methods for making solar cells cheaper and more efficient.
Archer Daniels Midland Company (NYSE: ADM) announced today another important step in the expansion of its oilseed processing, food manufacturing and biodiesel capabilities with the signing of an agreement to purchase a majority share of Elstar Oils
A team of ecologists led by Peter Curtis, professor and chair of evolution, ecology and organismal biology at Ohio State University have voided some of the theories about the aging forests and the resultant concern about the continual benefits such as carbon storage to counterbalance greenhouse gas emissions, filtered water, soil fertility and cleansed air.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
12 Aug 2011
First Wind, a wind energy company in the US, has completed its 60 MW Rollins Wind project located in Penobscot County, Maine.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
12 Aug 2011
U.S. Green Building Council’s Orange County Chapter has declared its proposal about a planned pilot project to furnish a currently existing class room at Costa Mesa-located Davis Magnet School.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
12 Aug 2011
AEG Power Solutions, declared that it has contracted an accord with Surana Venture, an Indian company to supply balance of electrical systems such as measurement equipment, monitoring systems and inverters for a 5 MW solar power project located in Gujarat, an Indian State.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
12 Aug 2011
MicroGen Systems, an Ithaca based company and Cornell Nanoscale Facility of Cornell University, have joined to build battery-free sensors that can function using energy harvested from any type of motion such as shakes, jiggles, rolls and spins and can function in clothing dryers or car tires.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
12 Aug 2011
Atlantis Resources Corporation, the international marine energy developer, has connected its 1MW AR1000 tidal turbine to the grid at the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) in Orkney, Scotland.
DuPont’s Packaging & Industrial Polymers operations site in Orange, Texas, has been honored by the American Chemistry Council (ACC), a U.S. trade association, for energy-efficiency improvements that also resulted in green house gas (GHG) reductions.
From the first of May 2011, the commercial operation for the power plant, the first commercial plant in the world to use molten salt storage in a central tower configuration with a heliostat field, yielded better results than were expected. With its 19.9 MW of power, Gemasolar reached peak production levels of over 350 MWh in 24 hours of uninterrupted operation.
Washington and Lee University has declared the contracting of an accord with Secure Futures, a Staunton, VA-based solar power developing company to erect two solar PV panels at two locations on the W & L campus to generate a total of 450 kW power.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
11 Aug 2011