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IK4-Ikerlan Develops Battery Pack Sizing Tool with Novel Energy Efficiency Features

Energy consumption can be one of the most critical cost factors in manufacturing, especially for processes requiring a continuous and intensive use of energy. IK4-IKERLAN, a Spanish technology centre based in the Basque Country, is busy engineering integrated tools for battery packs used in industry with innovative energy efficiency features. And what is more, these tools can be used to put in place control strategies aimed at releasing energy to the process when it is most needed, in step with price peaks on the market.

26 Dec 2015

Fortum Commences Wind Farm Project with 35MW Capacity in Ulyanovsk, Russia

Fortum is starting a wind farm project in Ulyanovsk, Russia with a total capacity of 35 MW. The value of the investment is approximately EUR 65 million. The wind farm is expected to start production in 2017, serving the city of Ulyanovsk, which is located 680 km south-east of Moscow and has 620,000 residents.

24 Dec 2015

Concord Green Energy Completes Acquisition of Canadian Solar’s EarthLight Plant

Canadian Solar Inc. (the "Company", or "Canadian Solar"), one of the world's largest solar power companies, today announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, Canadian Solar Solutions Inc., completed the sale of its 10 MW AC EarthLight LP ("Earthlight") to One West Holdings Ltd., an affiliate of Concord Green Energy Inc. ("Concord").

24 Dec 2015

Azure Power Secures 100MW Solar Power Projects Under NTPC Auction

Azure Power, a leading independent power producer in the solar power sector in India, has announced that it has won projects with 100 MW solar power capacity which were recently put up for auction by NTPC Limited, India's largest power generation company. The auction is part of the National Solar Mission.

24 Dec 2015

Hooper Solar Photovoltaic Power Plant in Colorado Becomes Commercially Operational

Xcel Energy and SunPower Corp. announced today the commercial operation of the 50-megawatt Hooper solar photovoltaic (PV) power plant in Colorado's San Luis Valley. Xcel Energy is purchasing the power generated by the plant at cost-competitive rates under a power purchase agreement with SunPower. The utility estimates that the plant is generating enough electricity to serve the needs of approximately 13,500 average Colorado homes.

24 Dec 2015

Permanent Protected Areas and Wilderness Key to Effective Conservation of Marine Ecosystems

Permanent marine protected areas and wilderness—places where fish can grow old—are critical to the effective conservation of marine ecosystems according to a new study conducted by the Wildlife Conservation Society, James Cook University, and Lancaster University.

24 Dec 2015

MIT Researchers Develop Simple Procedure for Making Promising Type of Solar Cell

MIT researchers have developed a simple procedure for making a promising type of solar cell using lead recovered from discarded lead-acid car batteries — a practice that could benefit both the environment and human health. As new lead-free car batteries come into use, old batteries would be sent to the solar industry rather than to landfills.

24 Dec 2015

New Concept for Converting Solar Energy into Electricity and Hydrogen

Researchers from Purdue and EPFL propose a new concept for round-the-clock power supply and a sustainable economy via synergistic integration of solar thermal power and hydrogen processes.

24 Dec 2015

PNNL’s New Organic Battery Cheaper than Basic Vanadium Flow Battery

Energy storage system owners could see significant savings from a new flow battery technology that is projected to cost 60 percent less than today's standard flow batteries.

23 Dec 2015

New Cyclodextrin-Based Technique Could Transform Water-Purification Industry

We’ve all seen the Febreze air fresheners, which employ a derivative of corn starch to trap invisible air pollutants in the home and remove unwanted odors.

23 Dec 2015

Scientists Develop Highly Conductive Hybrid Electrolyte for Solid-State Lithium Batteries

Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have developed a novel electrolyte for use in solid-state lithium batteries that overcomes many of the problems that plague other solid electrolytes while also showing signs of being compatible with next-generation cathodes.

23 Dec 2015

Citycon to Convert to Geothermal Heating and Cooling at Jakobsbergs Centrum

Citycon will convert to geothermal heating and cooling in Jakobsbergs Centrum reducing the overall energy consumption of the shopping centre by up to 65%. Jakobsbergs Centrum will serve as a pilot project for geothermal solutions in Citycon’s shopping centres in line with Citycon’s objective to invest in energy efficiency and increased use of renewable energy sources.

23 Dec 2015

EDF Renewable Services, ALLETE Clean Energy Sign Remote Monitoring Contract

EDF Renewable Services (EDF RS), the leading provider of renewable operations and maintenance services in North America, announced today it has entered into a contract with ALLETE Clean Energy (ACE), a wholly-owned subsidiary of ALLETE, Inc., to provide 24/7/365 remote monitoring and turbine resets for five of its wind projects located in Oregon, Iowa, Minnesota and Pennsylvania.

23 Dec 2015

Canadian Solar Sells 9MW AC Aria Solar Power Plant to Concord Green Energy

Canadian Solar Inc. (the "Company", or "Canadian Solar"), one of the world's largest solar power companies, today announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, Canadian Solar Solutions Inc., completed the sale of the 9 MW AC Aria Solar Plant ("Aria") valued at over CAD $65.6 Million (USD $47.2 Million) to One West Holdings Ltd., an affiliate of Concord Green Energy Inc. ("Concord").

23 Dec 2015

VIASPACE Provides Updates on Biomass Electricity Projects Using Giant King Grass

VIASPACE Inc. provides an update on electricity projects being pursued by VIASPACE and partners around the world. Several of the projects have been publicly discussed previously and some are new projects. All of the projects have customer sensitivity and some are completely confidential at the request of the customers. The confidential projects will only be described at a high level.

23 Dec 2015