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Microvi-ABPDU Collaboration Demonstrates Breakthrough Improvements to Biological Ethanol Production

Microvi Biotechnologies, a leading innovator of biocatalytic processes, working with the Advanced Biofuels Process Demonstration Unit (ABPDU) at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab), has demonstrated breakthrough improvements to biological ethanol production.

26 Jun 2015

Sybac Acquires 40MW of Yingli Solar Panels for Two Honduras Power Plants

Yingli Green Energy Holding Company Limited ("Yingli"), one of the world's leading solar panel manufacturers, today announced that it will supply 40 megawatts (MW) of solar panels to Sybac Solar, a major global solar integrator, for two power plants in Honduras: the Pacific Solar project, located in Nacaome, and the La Manzanilla y Las Lajas project, located in Choluteca.

26 Jun 2015

SunEdison to Deliver Solar Plus Storage System to Municipal Utility Silicon Valley Power

SunEdison, Inc., the world's largest renewable energy development company, and Green Charge Networks, the largest provider of commercial energy storage in the U.S., today announced that they have teamed up to deliver a solar plus storage system to the municipal utility Silicon Valley Power. This project is part of an ongoing strategic partnership between SunEdison and Green Charge Networks to deliver additional electricity savings to commercial and municipal customers throughout Calif.

26 Jun 2015

DONG Energy to Construct Race Bank Offshore Wind Farm Off Britain’s East Coast

DONG Energy has decided to construct Race Bank Offshore Wind Farm, located in the Greater Wash area, approximately 27 km off the east coast of Britain.

26 Jun 2015

Hilton Head Launches Beer in High-Recycled Novelis Beverage Cans

Novelis, the world leader in aluminum rolling and recycling, and Hilton Head Brewing Company today announced the launch of Hilton Head Brewing Company beer in aluminum cans, made from Novelis evercanTM – the world’s first and only certified high-recycled content aluminum can sheet.

25 Jun 2015

First Solar to Supply High Performance PV Modules for 200MW Solar Park in Dubai

First Solar, Inc. today announced that it has signed an agreement to supply its high performance photovoltaic (PV) modules to power the 200 megawatt (MW)AC second phase of the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates.

25 Jun 2015

Canadian Solar Closes Sale of LunarLight 10MW AC Solar Power Plant to BluEarth Subsidiary

Canadian Solar Inc., one of the world's largest solar power companies, today announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, Canadian Solar Solutions Inc., completed the sale of LunarLight, a 10 megawatt AC solar power plant to a subsidiary of BluEarth Renewables Inc.

From Canadian Solar 25 Jun 2015

Stanford Researchers Develop Water Splitter for Production of Clean-Burning Hydrogen Fuel

Scientists at Stanford University have developed a cheap water splitter with a single catalyst to separate hydrogen and oxygen continuously. The device could be potentially used as a renewable source of clean-burning hydrogen fuel for industrial and transportation applications.

25 Jun 2015

NRG Renew Announces Plans to Develop 20MW Solar Energy Facility for Cisco’s San Jose Headquarters

Today, NRG Renew LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of NRG Energy, Inc., the country’s largest independent power producer, announced plans to develop a 20 megawatt (MW) solar energy facility that will generate clean, reliable solar power for delivery to Cisco’s San Jose headquarters.

24 Jun 2015

IXYS Introduces Solarade Portable 5W Solar Charger for Smart Phones

IXYS Corporation, a manufacturer of power semiconductors and integrated circuits (ICs) for energy efficiency, power management, and motor control applications, today announced the availability of Solarade – the smallest and lightest 5W solar charger ideal for charging smart phones, tablets, and multi-media players.

From Littelfuse 24 Jun 2015

SunEdison Completes 1MW DC Canal Top Solar Power Plant for Krishna Bhagya Jala Nigam

SunEdison, Inc., the world's largest renewable energy development company, today announced the completion of a 1-megawatt DC canal top solar power plant built for Krishna Bhagya Jala Nigam Ltd (KBJNL), the Karnataka government agency responsible for the Krishna River and Dam.

24 Jun 2015

EDF Renewable Energy Acquires Salt Fork Wind Project from Cielo

EDF Renewable Energy (EDF RE) today announced the acquisition of the up to 200 megawatt (MW) Salt Fork Wind Project from Cielo Wind Power LP (Cielo).

24 Jun 2015

Fifty Years of Gains in Global Human Health Could Be Undermined by Climate Change

The threat to human health from climate change is so great that it could undermine the last fifty years of gains in development and global health, according to a major new Commission, published in The Lancet.

24 Jun 2015

SBG Cleantech to Promote Adoption of Clean and Safe Energy in India

Japan headquartered telecommunications and Internet major SoftBank Corp. (“SoftBank”), leading Indian business conglomerate Bharti Enterprises Limited (“Bharti”) and Taiwan-based top design and manufacturing services provider Foxconn Technology Group (“Foxconn”), came together with plans to form a joint venture, SBG Cleantech Limited (“SBG Cleantech”) to promote the adoption of clean and safe energy in India. Subject to certain conditions, all three companies will jointly invest in the venture.

23 Jun 2015

Large Amount of Marine Nitrous Oxide Emissions Produced in the Southeast Pacific

Originally it became famous as an anesthetic gas used by dentists. However, laughing gas, or chemically correct nitrous oxide, is also found in large quantities in nature and has serious effects on climate: In the lower atmosphere it is a strong greenhouse gas, and in higher layers of the atmosphere it contributes indirectly to the destruction of ozone.

23 Jun 2015