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Sandia Chosen to Manage Renewable Energy Program, SEGIS, the Solar Energy Grid Integration Systems

Sandia National Laboratories has been chosen as project manager of a new Department of Energy renewable energy program called Solar Energy Grid Integration Systems (SEGIS)

9 Oct 2008

New Material Set to Use Waste Heat From Your Car to Increase Mileage

Northwestern University led research team has identified a promising new material that could transform a technology that currently cools and heats car seats -- thermoelectrics -- into one that also efficiently converts waste heat into electricity to help power the car and improve gas mileage

9 Oct 2008

Solar Powered Not Terminated as Arnold Schwarzenegger Dedicates Solar Electricity System at Applied Materials

Today California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger dedicated the 2 megawatt solar power system at the Applied Materials campus in Sunnyvale, California, one of the largest corporate solar power installations in the United States. The Governor praised Applied’s work in the solar industry after viewing the extensive parking lot-based solar array as well as a demonstration of the company’s thin film solar technology

9 Oct 2008

New Methods for Recovering Petroleum May come from Deep Biosphere Research

Researchers are investigating how geochemical transformation from recalcitrant matter to usable organic compounds occurs deep in Earth's crust

9 Oct 2008

Climate Change Clues Revealed by Arctic Soil

Frozen arctic soil contains nearly twice the greenhouse-gas-producing organic material as was previously estimated, according to recently published research by University of Alaska Fairbanks scientists

9 Oct 2008

Hybrid Electric Vehicle and Electric Vehicle Batteries Demand Boosted by Volatile Gas Prices and Environmental Concerns

Hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs) and electric vehicles (EVs) are part of the new breed of environmentally-friendly vehicles that accelerate the transition from complete dependency on oil-based fuels to advanced EV technology

8 Oct 2008

Ecosystem Fragmentation can be Reversed by Ecological Restoration

The Society for Ecological Restoration (SER) International maintains that even with the tremendous pressures that humans presently exert upon our ecosystems, fragmentation is neither inevitable nor irreversible

8 Oct 2008

Nanotechnology Developments to Replace Fossil Fuels and Solve Climate Change

A team of physicists, engineers, chemists and biologists at the University of Kansas and partner institutions is devising nanotechnology that could help supplant fossil fuels and curb climate change

8 Oct 2008

Live Stock Farming Pollution Affects Health of Children and Increases Infant Mortality

A new study in the American Journal of Agricultural Economics explores the effects of pollution from livestock facilities on infant health and finds that production is associated with an increase in infant mortality

8 Oct 2008

Extreme Summer Snowmelt in Northern Greenland Revealed by Satellite Data

The northern part of the Greenland ice sheet experienced extreme snowmelt during the summer of 2008, with large portions of the area subject to record melting days

8 Oct 2008

Vehicle Makers Warn Against Using Hybrids as Taxicabs

Two of the world's largest automakers, Toyota and Honda, have issued outright warnings against using their hybrid passenger vehicles as commercial taxicabs

8 Oct 2008

Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reductions by Pfizer Honored by EPA

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) honored Pfizer Inc today in recognition of the company’s award-winning Energy and Climate Change Program, which reduced total greenhouse gas emissions by 43 percent per million dollars of revenue from 2000 to 2007

8 Oct 2008

Electric Vehicle Podcast Celebrates Anniversary

On Tuesday, October 14 at 1:00pm Eastern, the hosts of the EVcast will broadcast their 100th episode at EVcast.com. Evcast is a show dedicated to educate and entertain audiences around the globe on the practicality and availability of electric vehicles

8 Oct 2008

BRE Environmental Profiles for Building Materials to be Provided by BBA

BRE Global have signed a licence agreement with the British Board of Agrément (BBA) to provide Environmental Profiles certification for construction product manufacturers

8 Oct 2008

Nanotechnology Brings High Efficiency and Colours Never Seen Before to Seasonal Holiday and Christmas Lights

Holiday Creations - Diogen Lighting and Evident Technologies, Inc. today announced the signing of an exclusive licensing and purchase agreement to enable a new type of LED to be commercialized in the seasonal light strand market in the US and Canada

8 Oct 2008