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NASA’s COral Reef Airborne Laboratory to Survey More of the World's Coral Reefs

A new three-year NASA field expedition gets underway this year that will use advanced instruments on airplanes and in the water to survey more of the world's coral reefs, and in far greater detail, than ever before. The COral Reef Airborne Laboratory (CORAL) will measure the condition of these threatened ecosystems and create a unique database of uniform scale and quality.

8 Jan 2016

Large-Scale Subsurface Energy System Incorporates CO2 Sequestration and Energy Storage

Meeting the Paris Climate Agreement goal of limiting the increase in the global average temperature to well below two degrees Celsius compared to pre-industrial levels will require increased use of renewable energy and reducing the CO2 intensity of fossil energy use.

8 Jan 2016

Electrochemical Principle-Based Method to Harness Energy from Small Motions

For many applications such as biomedical, mechanical, or environmental monitoring devices, harnessing the energy of small motions could provide a small but virtually unlimited power supply.

7 Jan 2016

US Would Gain Major Economic Benefits from Global Mercury Regulations

Mercury pollution is a global problem with local consequences: Emissions from coal-fired power plants and other sources travel around the world through the atmosphere, eventually settling in oceans and waterways, where the pollutant gradually accumulates in fish.

7 Jan 2016

Switch Utilizes Energy from New Solar Facilities to Run SUPERNAP Data Centers

Switch announced that as of January 1, 2016 all of its SUPERNAP data centers and its more than 1,000 clients who are colocated at their facilities, will be powered by 100 percent renewable energy, making Switch the world's largest colocation data center environment to adopt all-inclusive green technology.

7 Jan 2016

Astoria 2 Solar Power Project Utilizing GE 1500V Inverters to Reach Commercial Operation in Fourth Quarter of 2016

Canadian Solar Inc., one of the world's largest solar power companies, today announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, Recurrent Energy, one of North America's largest solar project developers, closed on a tax equity investment commitment with GE unit GE Energy Financial Services for the 75 megawatt (MWac) Astoria 2 solar power project. Recurrent Energy also closed a debt facility for the Astoria 2 project, currently under construction in California.

7 Jan 2016

Town of Wilton to Participate in Solarize Wilton Program

The Town of Wilton has been selected to participate in a cutting-edge solar program that makes going solar easy and affordable.

7 Jan 2016

NCAR Scientists to Record Carbon Dioxide Absorption of Southern Oceans

A team of scientists is launching a series of research flights this month over the remote Southern Ocean in an effort to better understand just how much carbon dioxide the icy waters are able to lock away.

7 Jan 2016

Roosevelt Wind Project in New Mexico Begins Commercial Operation

EDF Renewable Energy (EDF RE) announced today that the 250 megawatt (MW) Roosevelt Wind Project in New Mexico reached commercial operation on December 15, 2015.

6 Jan 2016

ACE Completes Construction and Sale of Carbon-Free Thunder Spirit Wind Energy Project

ALLETE Clean Energy (ACE) has finalized its sale of the Thunder Spirit wind development to Montana-Dakota Utilities after wrapping up construction on the project in December.

6 Jan 2016

EPFL Develops Perovskite-Based Photovoltaic Cells with 20.8% Light-to-Electricity Conversion Efficiency

When it comes to solar cells, cost and efficiency are key factors for moving from the lab to the market. Metal-halide perovskites show outstanding photovoltaic properties combined with relatively cheaper manufacturing.

6 Jan 2016

TPI to Provide Blades for Vestas V126 Wind Turbine from Izmir Factory

TPI Composites, Inc., a leading global supplier of wind turbine blades, announced today that it has signed a multiyear supply agreement with Vestas Wind Systems A/S to provide blades for the V126 wind turbine from TPI's recently announced second factory in Izmir, Turkey, which is scheduled to open for production in late 2016.

6 Jan 2016

Reikon Beheer to Market SheerWind's INVELOX Wind-Power Generating Systems

SheerWind, a Minnesota USA based wind-power innovator, has signed a licensing agreement with Reikon Beheer, a diverse investment company that will allow SheerWind's INVELOX(™) wind-power generating systems to be marketed and deployed in the Netherlands.

6 Jan 2016

NASA’s Green-Related Technologies Could Save Billions in New Era of Aviation

The nation’s airlines could realize more than $250 billion dollars in savings in the near future thanks to green-related technologies developed and refined by NASA’s aeronautics researchers during the past six years.

6 Jan 2016

CES 2016: Intelligent Energy Showcases Embedded Hydrogen Fuel Cell Electronic Prototypes

Intelligent Energy, the energy technology company, today unveiled a number of consumer electronic prototypes powered by an embedded hydrogen fuel cell, to significantly extend the up time of the devices and provide a solution to the battery life conundrum facing consumers today.

5 Jan 2016