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New Method to Produce Extremely Thin Semiconductor Layers for Flexible Solar Cells

Using a new procedure researchers at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) and the Ludwig Maximillians University of Munich (LMU) can now produce extremely thin and robust, yet highly porous semiconductor layers. A very promising material – for small, light-weight, flexible solar cells, for example, or electrodes improving the performance of rechargeable batteries.

9 Dec 2015

UK Supports New Research into Toxic Fumes Polluting Beijing

New research into toxic fumes polluting a Chinese megacity could help protect the health of millions in the coming decades.

9 Dec 2015

Estimates of Plants' Ability to Offset Greenhouse Gas Emissions may be Unrealistically Optimistic

Because plants need carbon dioxide to grow, scientists have expected rising atmospheric CO2 to substantially enhance plant growth, offsetting a portion of human CO2 emissions and, in turn, slowing climate change. However, new research from the Institute on the Environment published today in Nature Climate Change adds to a growing body of research challenging this expectation.

8 Dec 2015

Two Studies Shed New Light on Mercury Pollution in Northeastern US Waters

Two studies by Dartmouth researchers and their colleagues shed new light on mercury pollution in the waters of the northeastern United States.

8 Dec 2015

Warming Effects of Climate Change Could Lead to More Carbon Flooding the Atmosphere

The warming effects of climate change usually conjure up ideas of parched and barren landscapes broiling in a blazing sun, its heat amplified by greenhouse gases. But a study led by Princeton University researchers suggests that hotter nights may actually wield much greater influence over the planet's atmosphere as global temperatures rise -- and could eventually lead to more carbon flooding the atmosphere.

8 Dec 2015

New Study Demonstrates Acute Temperature Sensitivity of Greenland Glaciers

Greenland's glaciers are retreating quickly, and a new study shows in historical terms just how quickly: over the past century, at least twice as fast as any other time in the past 9,500 years. The study also provides new evidence for just how sensitive glaciers are to temperature, showing that they responded to past abrupt cooling and warming periods, some of which might have lasted only decades.

8 Dec 2015

PowerCell Commences Study on Storage of Excess Electricity from Wind, Solar Energy as Hydrogen Gas

The leading fuel cell company PowerCell Sweden AB (publ) announces partnership with Wallenstam AB, Midroc Automation AB and Hydrogen Sweden to jointly launch a pilot study on developing a system where surplus energy from wind and solar energy can be temporarily stored as hydrogen which then together with fuel cells provides electricity on cloudy and windless days.

8 Dec 2015

Minesto and Partners Receive EUR 5.1 Million to Develop Deep Green Technology

Leading marine renewable energy company Minesto, has together with eight partners received EUR 5.1 million, to develop the Deep Green technology within a project named PowerKite. The project will be financed through EU Horizon 2020.

8 Dec 2015

Eolus to Provide 38.4MW of Wind Power to Munich Re

Eolus has signed an agreement with MEAG, Munich Re’s asset manager, regarding an investment in 38.4 MW of wind power developed by Eolus, for 425 MSEK.

7 Dec 2015

Pristine Sun and Solaris-Synergy to Receive BIRD Energy Program Funding

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and Israel's Ministry of National Infrastructure, Energy and Water Resources (MIEW) have announced the selection of six projects to receive $5.1 million under the 2015 Binational Industrial Research and Development (BIRD) Energy program. Pristine Sun, LLC of San Francisco has been selected by the BIRD energy program to receive funding in partnership with Jerusalem-based Solaris-Synergy, Ltd to further their ongoing efforts to develop floating solar technology.

7 Dec 2015

Faculty Senate Members Visit Stanford's New Central Energy Facility

When the members of the Faculty Senate arrived in the conference room at Stanford's new Central Energy Facility on Thursday for the last meeting of fall quarter, they found bright blue hard hats awaiting them on the tables.

7 Dec 2015

Google to Purchase Wind Power from EDF Renewable Energy

Google, Inc. announced today that it has signed a deal with EDF Renewable Energy (EDF RE) to purchase renewable energy for its data center. The Power Purchase Agreement will provide Google with the full output of the 201 megawatt (MW) Great Western Wind Project (Project) located in Woodward and Ellis counties near the base of the Oklahoma panhandle. The Project will commence construction in the first quarter of 2016 and be fully operational by end of the year.

7 Dec 2015

Fundamental Rethinking of ‘Cement’ Needed in this Age of Global Warming

Meetings in Paris this week on the climate brought forth a call for more environmentally friendly construction from a new alliance of nations and organizations, the Lima-Paris Action Agenda Focus on Building.

7 Dec 2015

California Hasn’t Taken Full Advantage of Opportunities to Increase Production of Biofuel

California has not taken full advantage of opportunities to increase its in-state production of biofuel, despite state policies that encourage biofuel consumption, according to a report (PDF) by the Climate Change and Business Research Initiative at the UCLA and UC Berkeley law schools.

7 Dec 2015

New Accounting Approach May Provide More Accurate Picture of Carbon Sequestration in US Forests

Scientists with the USDA Forest Service have developed a new approach to forest carbon accounting that will result in a more accurate picture of how much carbon is sequestered in forests - the planet's greatest terrestrial carbon sink - and the ramifications of changes in land use, wildfire and invasive insects on carbon sequestration.

1 Dec 2015