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New Rechargeable Battery Could Safely, Cost-Effectively Store Electricity from Intermittent Energy Sources

A team of Harvard scientists and engineers has demonstrated a rechargeable battery that could make storage of electricity from intermittent energy sources like solar and wind safe and cost-effective for both residential and commercial use.

25 Sep 2015

Purdue Study Shows Majority of Scientists Believe in Human-Caused Climate Change

A Purdue University-led survey of nearly 700 scientists from non-climate disciplines shows that more than 90 percent believe that average global temperatures are higher than pre-1800s levels and that human activity has significantly contributed to the rise.

25 Sep 2015

Yingli Signs Solar Panel Supply Agreements with Qingdao New Energy Solutions

Yingli Green Energy Holding Company Limited, one of the world's leading solar panel manufacturers, today announced that it recently signed several agreements with Qingdao New Energy Solutions Inc. (NESI), a leading provider of agricultural and industrial building-integrated photovoltaic (BIPV) and utility-scale solar solutions, for the supply of 130 megawatts (MW) of high quality solar panels. Yingli has begun to deliver the first 30 MW and expects to complete the delivery by the end of September 2015.

25 Sep 2015

Researchers Explore Market Potential and Environmental Trade-Offs of Using Natural Gas in Marine Fuels

As the maritime shipping industry transitions toward cleaner fuels in response to new environmental regulations and emissions standards, abundant supplies of natural gas in the United States, and worldwide, appear to offer a promising solution in transportation industries.

25 Sep 2015

Deep-Sea Fossil Corals Help Understand Earth’s Last Deglaciation

In a paper published today in Science, researchers from the University of Bristol describe how they used radiocarbon measured in deep-sea fossil corals to shed light on carbon dioxide (CO2) levels during the Earth’s last deglaciation.

25 Sep 2015

NAUSICAA Announces Diary of Events and Press Trip Invitations

The ocean is essential for our life on Earth. It covers three-quarters of our planet, regulating the climate, playing a part in the life cycle of water and influencing the quality of the air we breathe. Preserving the world's oceans is therefore a major ecological issue.

24 Sep 2015

AEP Energy to Install 3.6MW Solar Energy Array in Clyde, Ohio

AEP Energy, a subsidiary of American Electric Power, has partnered with the City of Clyde, Ohio, to design, build, own and operate a 3.6-megawatt solar energy array.

24 Sep 2015

Study Reveals When and Where First Clear Signs of Global Warming Appeared

The indications of climate change are all around us today but now researchers have revealed for the first time when and where the first clear signs of global warming appeared in the temperature record and where those signals are likely to be clearly seen in extreme rainfall events in the near future.

24 Sep 2015

SolarWorld Signs Supply Agreement with Panasonic for 65MW of 72-Cell Solar Panels

SolarWorld– the largest U.S. crystalline silicon solar manufacturer for 40 years, with well over 1 gigawatts of annual production capacity to its name – announced today that the company and Panasonic Enterprise Solutions Co., a division of Panasonic Corp. of North America, have signed an agreement for SolarWorld to supply 65 megawatts of the company’s high-efficiency, 72-cell solar panels for a solar farm planned in remote southeast Oregon. The contract, to be fulfilled in 2016, encompasses the largest single project supply in the company’s history.

24 Sep 2015

Test Results Confirm UPM Bioverno Diesel Greatly Reduces Harmful Tailpipe Emissions

Finnish wood-based UPM BioVerno diesel has been found to significantly reduce harmful tailpipe emissions. A number of engine and vehicle tests have been carried out across a number of key research institutes such as VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd, University of Vaasa in Finland and at FEV, internationally recognised vehicle engineering company based in Germany.

24 Sep 2015

H2air and Nordex Officially Launch SRN Wind Farm in France

Less than 3 months ahead of COP21 in Paris, H2air and Nordex have officially inaugurated on Friday the 11th of September the innovative wind farm Seine Rive Gauche Nord (SRN).

23 Sep 2015

CAGE Deploys Two Methane Observatories in the Arctic Ocean

It is not only the space agencies that launch landers with sensors to far away places . Marine science institutions have a lot of unknown ground to cover in their quest for knowledge. Also they are depending on groundbreaking lander and sensor technology to lead them to that knowledge.

23 Sep 2015

SunEdison Installs 1.2MW of Solar Systems at Four Government Facilities in Arizona

At a dedication event in Coconino County today, SunEdison, Inc., the largest global renewable energy development company, celebrated the commissioning of 1.2 megawatts (MW) DC of solar carport and rooftop systems at four Coconino County, Ariz., government facilities. The buildings include the county's King Street Community Services building, law enforcement administration facility, juvenile detention center and correctional facility.

23 Sep 2015

CleanCore™ Technologies Provides Answers to Common Questions About Aqueous Ozone Cleaning Technology

Now that more facilities such as schools, restaurants, office buildings, and healthcare settings are selecting engineered water or no-chemical cleaning systems such as aqueous ozone, it is becoming clear that custodial workers often have questions about them, including why they are being adopted in the first place.

23 Sep 2015

Wind & Solar Power Increased Without Additional Storage

Much of the nation's energy policy is premised on the assumption that clean renewable sources like wind and solar will require huge quantities of storage before they can make a significant dent in the greenhouse gas emissions from electricity generation.

22 Sep 2015