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ReneSola Announces Sale of its 34.6MW Utility Scale Project to Foresight Group

ReneSola Ltd, a leading brand and technology provider of energy-efficient products, today announced that it has sold its 34.6 MW Port Farms utility scale project in the United Kingdom to Foresight Solar Fund Limited.

31 Aug 2015

Greenlots Partners with CapitaLand and BMW Group Asia to Provide Additional Charging Stations in Singapore

Greenlots, a global provider of open standards-based technology solutions for electric vehicle (EV) networks, partners with CapitaLand, one of Asia's largest real estate developers, and BMW Group Asia to provide Singapore's growing population of electric vehicle (EV) and Plug-in Hybrid (PHEV) owners with additional charging stations in the Central Business District (CBD) and beyond.

31 Aug 2015

Despite 'Safe' Levels, Air Pollution Linked to Increased Risk of Heart Attacks

Particulate matter and NO2 air pollution are associated with increased risk of severe heart attacks despite being within European recommended levels, according to research presented at ESC Congress today by Dr Jean-Francois Argacha, a cardiologist at University Hospital Brussels (UZ Brussel-Vrije Universiteit Brussel), in Belgium.

31 Aug 2015

Report Shows 4.7 Million Tonnes of Discarded Electronics are Mismanaged or Illegally Traded within Europe

Mismanagement of discarded electronics within Europe involves a volume 10 times that of e-waste shipped to foreign shores in undocumented exports, according to a comprehensive 2-year investigation into the functioning of the used and waste electronics market.

31 Aug 2015

Swedish Wind Power Producers Prefer Onshore Wind Power over Offshore Wind Power

A group of leading Swedish wind power companies and landowners believe a separate new support system for offshore wind power is an expensive as well as unnecessary way to increase the share of renewable energy in Sweden. The same benefits can easily be achieved through onshore wind power.

31 Aug 2015

Study Reports Hotter Droughts and High Levels of Mortality in Temperate Forests

Longer, more severe, and hotter droughts and a myriad of other threats, including diseases and more extensive and severe wildfires, are threatening to transform some of the world's temperate forests, a new study published in Science has found.

31 Aug 2015

RIXS Technique Allows Scientists to Control Chemical Reactions to Produce Renewable Fuels

At the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, an international team has – for the first time – precisely tracked the surprisingly rapid process by which light rearranges the outermost electrons of a metal compound known as Fe(CO)5 and turns it into an active catalyst – a substance that promotes chemical reactions.

31 Aug 2015

Greenskies to Construct Ground-Mounted 750kW-AC Solar PV Array on Wesleyan University Campus

Greenskies Renewable Energy LLC, a Middletown-based solar energy company, has been selected to construct a 750 kW-AC solar PV array on the campus of Wesleyan University.

29 Aug 2015

Climate Models That Include Microorganisms for Future Climate Change Estimation Must Be Reconsidered

Researchers from Lund University, Sweden, and USA have shown that our understanding of how organic material is decomposed by fungi and bacteria is fundamentally wrong. This means that climate models that include microorganisms to estimate future climate change must be reconsidered.

29 Aug 2015

Spruce and Peatland Responses Under Climatic and Environmental Change Experiment gets Underway

Scientists are getting a glimpse of the future with a Department of Energy large-scale experiment designed to answer questions about how carbon-rich peatlands will respond to projected warming of the climate and increases in atmospheric carbon dioxide.

29 Aug 2015

Anthropogenic Climate Change Could Alter Genetic Diversity of Wild Plant Species

A study by the University of Liverpool has found that the genetic diversity of wild plant species could be altered rapidly by anthropogenic climate change.

29 Aug 2015

Climate Change May Be Leading to Decline in Humus Stocks of Arable Soils

The yields of many important crops in Europe have been stagnating since the 1990s. As a result, the input of organic matter into the soil - the crucial source for humus formation - is decreasing. Scientists from the Technical University Munich (TUM) suspect that the humus stocks of arable soils are declining due to the influence of climate change. Humus, however, is a key factor for soil functionality, which is why this development poses a threat to agricultural production - and, moreover, in a worldwide context.

29 Aug 2015

Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals Could Be Released During UOG Activities to Release Natural Gas

More than 15 million Americans live within one mile of unconventional oil and gas (UOG) operations that combine directional drilling and hydraulic fracturing, or "fracking" to release natural gas from underground rock. Scientific studies still are inconclusive on the potential long-term effects on human development.

29 Aug 2015

Researchers Develop New Techniques to Protect Eagles from Wind Turbines

Collisions with wind turbines kill about 100 golden eagles a year in some locations, but a new study that maps both potential wind-power sites and nesting patterns of the birds reveals sweet spots, where potential for wind power is greatest with a lower threat to nesting eagles.

28 Aug 2015

Research Reveals Children Exposed to Toxic Air Pollutants Have Lower GPAs

A University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) study on children's health has found that fourth and fifth graders who are exposed to toxic air pollutants at home are more likely to have lower GPAs.

28 Aug 2015